[kj] forthcoming gigs

[iPat]

i understand bands wanting to leave old songs in the past in order to
promote new material, but that material needs to be able to stand on
its own. While i feel that they have moved that way to my personal
tastes i wonder if they can sell a tour on that alone.

Looking at the Bush gigs the average age must have been around the
40's mark and i would guess that a percentage of those there are still
over-indulging in the old material, hence the 'sell out'. Then again
it was a celebration of the past.

it would be prudent to keep old material around but with less emphasis
to it, concentrating on performing new songs. All this of course
depends on the strength of the new material and whether they have
faith in it. If they are doing the festival circuit then they have the
perfect opportunity to sell their album to a whole load of people who
may not have heard them before.Whether the younger audiences will take
to guys the age of their fathers i dunno.


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:29:43 +0000, Paul Rangecroft
<spud.u.hate at gmail.com> wrote:
> more of an excuse than an explanation, i'd say! if they don't play any
> old stuff ever again i'll believe it.
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