MY PROBLEM WITH US TOUR DATES SO FAR

[GnR-NOW]

More shows the better, they need to get the album out though !

[Eazy E]

Ok, everyone is attacking the first poster here instead of taking what he is saying into consideration... If Guns N' Roses scheduled 100 tour dates in Florida, everyone would agree that they are playing "too many shows in the same area". ?There is a certain line that gets crossed where a band is playing too many concerts in the same area (just like how if a local band plays tons of shows in their hometown, the interest level will drop).

Obviously 100 shows is an extreme example, but the first poster seems to think the line has been crossed with 4-5 shows considering we don't know if there is an album coming out and the band will be playing to half full arenas (which detracts from the concert experience, a sold-out crowd helps to make an event THAT much better). ?You may disagree that the line has been crossed, but you don't all need to jump on the thread's creator like this is a thread about Axl's teeth.

[GnR-NOW]

florida is a big state though, like CA. NY would only require 2 shows, one in the city and one in albany, NJ would need atleast 2 one in meadowlands, one in AC, maryland would need 1 show .. DC. Texas atleast 3 dallas, houston, san antiono.  so by playing the shows in FA gets the band maximum exposure throughout the state.

[erose]

i think they ad all these shows because they know that the album is comming out real soon, just like axl said several times over the last few weeks. it makes sence, things were a little different in 91 i know, but they started the u.s. tour before the illusions were out and if i remember correctly the press had basically been fisting axls ass for years just like they still do and probobly always will do.

and if this is such a bad idea, do you really think that clear channel whould risk another blow??? i

[WAR41]

and if this is such a bad idea, do you really think that clear channel whould risk another blow??? i

Is Clear Channel the one doing these shows?? 

[MotleyCrue]

It seems to me that Axl and the boys are playing too many dates.

I don't see how they are going to come close to selling out these dates in Tampa, Jacksonville, Nashville and small cities such as this....I have NEVER HEARD OF ESTERO FL!!!!!

they should do 2 dates in FLorida... MAX...

Theya re going to end up not selling out thesse venues and then the press is going to turn on them and say look they cant sell out gigs... i think it will turn into bad press...

I think they should have stuck to major cities in the U.S.? ?until the album is out and hopefully doing well.


DOes anybodyelse agree?

Shut up complaining and just be thankful theyre doing shows at all, what would happen if they cancelled everything, and just packed it in........then ud be even more upset

[requiem156]

Ok, everyone is attacking the first poster here instead of taking what he is saying into consideration... If Guns N' Roses scheduled 100 tour dates in Florida, everyone would agree that they are playing "too many shows in the same area". ?There is a certain line that gets crossed where a band is playing too many concerts in the same area (just like how if a local band plays tons of shows in their hometown, the interest level will drop).

Obviously 100 shows is an extreme example, but the first poster seems to think the line has been crossed with 4-5 shows considering we don't know if there is an album coming out and the band will be playing to half full arenas (which detracts from the concert experience, a sold-out crowd helps to make an event THAT much better). ?You may disagree that the line has been crossed, but you don't all need to jump on the thread's creator like this is a thread about Axl's teeth.

Well, I guess the real question is, why does he think he knows something that management doesn't? He has never heard of Estero, and we're supposed to take that as some sort of sign that no one there likes GNR?

There is another perspective - by playing shows in places that don't ususally get big bands, they could be creating a grassroots awareness of the band.

[TheDave0206]

I actually purchased 2 of the $10 tickets for the second show in Philly, so yes, that was a special deal if you were at the first show-

That's odd, because they never ended up going on sale?!! 

 

Just to clear my name, though others have already done so, if these tickets never went onsale, how come I called one of my other friends to see if he could go b/c the person i was with the first night had to go back to Penn State that Saturday, then I bought the tix because he could go, then I said to go through all the BS of getting a refund for both sets of tix from ticketmaster-- The sequence above in terms of how I got the refund and all for the second set is a little bit foggy, being that it was 4 years ago, but I definitely had tickets and had purchased them that infamous night at the then First Union Show-- Do me a favor and don't try to make me look stupid when you don't even know the whole story (apparently).

[russtcb]

and if this is such a bad idea, do you really think that clear channel whould risk another blow??? i

Is Clear Channel the one doing these shows???

Live Nation and Clear Channel are the same company.