U2\/KEANE<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 10\/07\/2005 thru Fri 10\/14\/2005
Venue: Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Promoter: The Next Adventure\/Ron Delsener Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 5\/5
Gross: $9,658,009
Sold\/Capacity: 93,275 \/ 93,275
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $165.00, $49.50<\/p>\n
Why is it in 1988, upon release of "Rattle and Hum", U2’s fans cried UNCLE!\u00c2\u00a0
Were worn out with Bono’s God act.\u00c2\u00a0 And now, there’s no BACKLASH?<\/p>\n
Because now you don’t have to pay attention.\u00c2\u00a0 U2 can play a week at Madison
Square Garden and it can completely evade your radar screen.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s 2005, when
there’s so much input that everything pales in comparison.\u00c2\u00a0 It takes
something on the level of Katrina to get us to all pay attention, and then for only a
little while.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, U2 continues to play by eighties rules.\u00c2\u00a0 Needing to demonstrate
again and again that they’re the biggest band in the world.\u00c2\u00a0 Why don’t these
guys just book Madison Square Garden for a MONTH?\u00c2\u00a0 Or maybe the entire year.\u00c2\u00a0
Turn it into Vegas.\u00c2\u00a0 Fuck with Celine Dion.<\/p>\n
Oops!\u00c2\u00a0 Nobody cares about Celine Dion anymore other than the people who are
going to see her.\u00c2\u00a0 And they forget about her soon after the show.<\/p>\n
So on one hand, who gives a fuck.<\/p>\n
On the other, could Bono just COOL IT?\u00c2\u00a0 Does he have to meet with Bush, does
he have to save all of us?\u00c2\u00a0 Can’t he cease being such a celebrity and
concentrate on playing music?\u00c2\u00a0 Can’t he follow his guru Bob Dylan into the edges,
turning out what’s not expected of him, rearranging his songs, trying to push the
edge of the envelope? OF COURSE NOT!<\/p>\n
And that’s my problem with U2.<\/p>\n
I’ll let you in on a secret. I’m sure I’D have a great time at a U2 show.\u00c2\u00a0 I
love so many of those songs.\u00c2\u00a0 But the band doesn’t represent what it once did.
\u00c2\u00a0It used to stand for adventure, now it stands for complacency.\u00c2\u00a0 Where was
the band challenging the norms with "Unforgettable Fire".\u00c2\u00a0 Turning its back on
its hit formula from "War" and doing something different?\u00c2\u00a0 Where is the band
that stunned us by releasing the at first impenetrable "Achtung Baby" after the
negative reaction to "Rattle & Hum"?\u00c2\u00a0 Where is the band that is taking CHANCES
instead of fighting like a two bit Hollywood celebrity player for ink?<\/p>\n
Just call me Jim Carroll.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m just a constant warning to take the other
direction.\u00c2\u00a0 (And if you don’t know this line, from the impeccable "City Drops Into
The Night", download it NOW!<\/p>\n
PAUL McCARTNEY<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 10\/14\/2005 thru Sat 10\/15\/2005
Venue: Palace of Auburn Hills – Auburn Hills, MI
Promoter: The Cellar Door Companies\/Palace Sports & Entertainment
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 2\/2
Gross: $4,733,526
Sold\/Capacity: 33,511 \/ 33,511
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $252.50, $127.50, $92.00, $52.50<\/p>\n
What if a Beatle put out a new album and nobody cared?<\/p>\n
There’s more anticipation, more interest in Neil Diamond’s newest than Paul
McCartney’s "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard".\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, I read all the hype
about him working with Nigel Godrich, but did you listen to "Jenny Wren"?\u00c2\u00a0 CREEPY!<\/p>\n
U2 and Paul are on the same page.\u00c2\u00a0 Enamored of their fame.<\/p>\n
If you’re not willing to risk it all, you’re not an artist.<\/p>\n
Go see your Beatle show.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d rather not have someone fuck with my memories.<\/p>\n
\nBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN<\/p>\n
Date: Sun 10\/09\/2005
Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Uniondale, NY
Promoter: Ron Delsener Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $783,325
Sold\/Capacity: 8,570 \/ 10,052
% Sold: 85.3%
Ticket Price(s): $85.00, $55.00<\/p>\n
He can’t even sell out in his own backyard…\u00c2\u00a0 In a scaled-down arena to boot.<\/p>\n
Do you really think fiftysomethings want to pay a hundred bucks to sit this
far away?\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, they’ll pay that number, just let them sit close, where they
don’t need binoculars.<\/p>\n
I applaud Bruce for trying.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t love his new album, but unlike U2’s, it
was different.\u00c2\u00a0 But it appears his audience really only wants to see him with
the E Street Band.<\/p>\n
Funny, isn’t it.\u00c2\u00a0 How dumb your audience can be.\u00c2\u00a0 You think you’re the star,
and you are, but they want the brand name.\u00c2\u00a0 Just check Trey Anastasio’s
numbers without Phish.<\/p>\n
Then again, I’d rather listen to Bruce explore his sensitive acoustic side
than have him make more tripe like "The Rising".\u00c2\u00a0 Play that one recently?\u00c2\u00a0 I
didn’t think so…<\/p>\n
FOO FIGHTERS, WEEZER, HOT HOT HEAT<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 10\/14\/2005
Venue: Continental Airlines Arena – East Rutherford, NJ
Promoter: Ron Delsener Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 1 \/ 1
Gross: $579,220
Sold\/Capacity: 15,862 \/ 15,862
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $42.50, $30.50<\/p>\n
I think Dave Grohl is a great guitarist for a drummer.\u00c2\u00a0 But he’s not a major
talent.\u00c2\u00a0 But, the audience seems to think so, and I don’t care, since none of
his music is memorable and I never have to hear it anyway.<\/p>\n
Many people believe Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is a major talent, but his last
album disappointed these people.<\/p>\n
But make no mistake, this isn’t about the package.\u00c2\u00a0 This show would have sold
out if it was the Foo Fighters alone.<\/p>\n
One thing in its favor?\u00c2\u00a0 THE TICKET PRICE!<\/p>\n
Grohl knows his fans.\u00c2\u00a0 He knows you can’t be PERCEIVED to be ripping them
off.\u00c2\u00a0 (McCartney doesn’t care, people will pay anything to see him before he di
es.\u00c2\u00a0 U2 and Madonna…attendees just want to say they were THERE!)<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, do you really think you can go to the show for this price?<\/p>\n
\nFrom: gl3br@______.com<\/a>
Date: November 3, 2005 1:00:19 PM PST
To: bob@lefsetz.com<\/a><\/p>\nhi Bob<\/p>\n
im fairly new to this country and love many aspects of it, one thing
that pisses me off though is the institution known as Ticketmaster.<\/p>\nI know its a whory old issue, but seriously where do they get off ?
i just bought a ticket to see My Morning Jacket at the Henry Fonda in LA next week, the ticket price was a more than reasonable $20.50, cool well worth it, but then after purchasing it through the only legal route (Ticketmaster) after all their monopolising and dubious fees i end up paying $36.50 ! <\/p>\nnow i still bought it because i know itll be a great gig, but as i enjoy Jim James and his crew i know at the back of my mind i ll be really fucking annoyed at the fact that Ticketbastard will be earning almost as much from me to do fuck all, as the band i paid to entertain me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nTHE KILLERS, ARCADE FIRE, MODEST MOUSE, DOVES, BRITISH SEA POWER<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/08\/2005
Venue: Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA
Promoter: Bill Graham Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $475,647
Sold\/Capacity: 16,453 \/ 22,000
% Sold: 74.8%
Ticket Price(s): $45.50, $25.50<\/p>\nWho the fuck put THIS bill together?\u00c2\u00a0 Aren’t the bands supposed to share the
same audience?<\/p>\nI don’t want to hear from the pros how this is a good number, to evaluate the
lack of a sellout in light of the fact that the extra capacity was the lawn,
these are HOT ACTS!\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, not hot enough to sell out a venue like this
alone.<\/p>\nActs like this should be playing indoors.\u00c2\u00a0 They lose all their charisma
outside.\u00c2\u00a0 You want to feel the presence of your brethren, you want the sweat, you
want the darkness.<\/p>\nOh yeah, Clear Channel owns all these amphitheatres…<\/p>\n
\nNINE INCH NAILS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, AUTOLUX<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/08\/2005
Venue: Joe Louis Arena – Detroit, MI
Promoter: The Cellar Door Companies
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $468,897
Sold\/Capacity: 9,986 \/ 14,754
% Sold: 67.7%
Ticket Price(s): $49.50, $39.50<\/p>\nNine Inch Nails is an oldies act and Queens Of The Stone Age released a
second-rate record and lost a ton of momentum.<\/p>\nYou don’t stay on top forever.\u00c2\u00a0 Nine Inch Nails peaked back at Woodstock,
another century ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Their fans have graduated from college and started careers.
\u00c2\u00a0The music wasn’t radio-friendly to begin with, now callout flummoxes those
hearing the snippets.\u00c2\u00a0 A credible band, that did not make a terrible record,
but it can’t sell out arenas anymore.<\/p>\nTime marches on.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want to stay on top you’ve got to release records
more frequently.<\/p>\nThen again, do you need to stay on top?<\/p>\n
\nSYSTEM OF A DOWN\/MARS VOLTA<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/08\/2005
Venue: Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA
Promoter: Bill Graham Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $433,858
Sold\/Capacity: 9,798 \/ 14,107
% Sold: 69.5%
Ticket Price(s): $45.00, $32.50<\/p>\nAlthough in THEORY these two bands share a similar audience, they don’t.<\/p>\n
Mars Volta fans are like Dead fans.\u00c2\u00a0 They believe in this band and this band
only.\u00c2\u00a0 They don’t want to endure another act’s music and don’t want to be
exposed to another act’s fans.\u00c2\u00a0 They want MORE Mars Volta music, and LESS of
anything else.<\/p>\nPackages appeal to oldsters.\u00c2\u00a0 Who are interested in value.\u00c2\u00a0 Youngsters are
\n
rabid.\u00c2\u00a0 They truly BELIEVE!\u00c2\u00a0 They could give a shit about the opening act, they
just want more of the HEADLINER!<\/p>\nAUDIOSLAVE, SEETHER, 30 SECONDS TO MARS<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 10\/07\/2005
Venue: Air Canada Centre – Toronto
Promoter: House of Blues Canada
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 1 \/ 1
Gross: $380,801
Sold\/Capacity: 8,910 \/ 8,910
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $41.89<\/p>\nDate: Wed 10\/12\/2005
Venue: Veterans Memorial Auditorium – Columbus, OH
Promoter: Belkin Productions
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $102,716
Sold\/Capacity: 2,754 \/ 3,844
% Sold: 71.6%
Ticket Price(s): $46.00, $40.50<\/p>\nCanada and the U.S. are two different markets.\u00c2\u00a0 And don’t ever forget it.<\/p>\n
\nJETHRO TULL<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/08\/2005 thru Sun 10\/09\/2005
Venue: Carnegie Hall – New York, NY
Promoter: Ron Delsener Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 2 \/ 2
Gross: $370,320
Sold\/Capacity: 5,576 \/ 5,576
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $80.00, $40.00<\/p>\nDon’t think this is about New York City, the cachet of Carnegie Hall.\u00c2\u00a0 Tull
sold out in Toronto.\u00c2\u00a0 And in Lowell, Mass (well, 4 tickets shy of a sell-out).\u00c2\u00a0
Sure, Ian and the boys only did 71.7% in Dallas, but tickets there were a
ridiculous $99.00 BEFORE service charges.<\/p>\nI heard "Skating Away" on XM yesterday and it was so fresh it made me a
believer all over again.<\/p>\nFurthermore, on the way down to Newport last Sunday my 22 year old nephew
told me he was going to see Atmosphere at the Wiltern, but that the hightlight of
his year had been Jethro Tull.\u00c2\u00a0 This came up when the Scotsman’s band came
over the classic rock radio station and Andrew had to TURN IT UP!<\/p>\nMake no mistake.\u00c2\u00a0 People know what’s real.\u00c2\u00a0 And good.\u00c2\u00a0 Classic rock rules.\u00c2\u00a0
\n
Catalog is where it’s at.<\/p>\n3 DOORS DOWN, SHINEDOWN, ALTER BRIDGE<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 10\/14\/2005
Venue: Cricket Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
Promoter: Evening Star Productions
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $125,917
Sold\/Capacity: 4,769 \/ 8,232
% Sold: 57.9%
Ticket Price(s): $46.00, $22.50<\/p>\nI’m using the Phoenix number instead of the marginally better Las Vegas
number since Las Vegas is known as a shitty rock town.\u00c2\u00a0 But, by doing this I risk
the wrath of Danny Zelisko.\u00c2\u00a0 Danny, get your fingers typing, I KNOW you’ve got
something to complain about here!<\/p>\nCould it be over?\u00c2\u00a0 Could the age of the faceless meat and potatoes band be
HISTORY?<\/p>\nI certainly fucking hope so.<\/p>\n
Then again, 3 Doors Down is far better than Ashlee Simpson and the other crap
being purveyed today.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s just that 3 Doors Down is just not that special.\u00c2\u00a0
I mean where’s their "Gimme Back My Bullets", never mind "Sweet Home Alabama".<\/p>\nAs for Alter Bridge…\u00c2\u00a0 Isn’t this like the Doors without Jim Morrison?<\/p>\n
\nJUDAS PRIEST, ANTHRAX<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/01\/2005
Venue: U.S. Cellular Arena – Milwaukee, WI
Promoter: Elevated Concerts
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $92,896
Sold\/Capacity: 3,698 \/ 8,605
% Sold: 43%
Ticket Price(s): $47.50, $12.48<\/p>\nDate: Fri 10\/07\/2005
Venue: Paul E. Tsongas Arena – Lowell, MA
Promoter: Tea Party Concerts
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $57,866
Sold\/Capacity: 1,716 \/ 6,800
% Sold: 25.2%
Ticket Price(s): $38.50<\/p>\nWhat if a classic metal band reunited with its lead singer and went on the
road.\u00c2\u00a0 Wouldn’t everybody care?<\/p>\nMaybe Judas Priest just isn’t that classic.\u00c2\u00a0 Or maybe the band’s fans just
got too old.<\/p>\nAnd, is Anthrax touring with its real lead singer again?\u00c2\u00a0 Who knows, after
all these years of changes.<\/p>\nIt appears that that the only hard rocker who never dies is Ozzy.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sure
\n
Iron Maiden would do better business than this, but not a hell of a lot better.
\u00c2\u00a0And with Ozzy no longer on Ozzfest (then again, can one trust Sharon,
especially if the initial ticket counts or guarantees are slim?), one wouldn’t
expect THAT tour to do so well.\u00c2\u00a0 Then again, people have to take off their shirts,
dribble beer on their chests and bang their heads SOMEWHERE.<\/p>\nJASON MRAZ<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/01\/2005
Venue: Congress Theatre – Chicago, IL
Promoter: House of Blues
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 1 \/ 1
Gross: $86,700
Sold\/Capacity: 2,890 \/ 2,890
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $30.00<\/p>\nElektra Records built something.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, Jason built it himself and Elektra
capitalized on it.\u00c2\u00a0 A great story, act and band working hand in hand.\u00c2\u00a0 THEN, the
suits come in, eliminate Elektra under the rubric of merging it with Atlantic
and Jason gets caught in the shuffle.<\/p>\nHave you SEEN this guy?\u00c2\u00a0 The little girls eat him up.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s cute.\u00c2\u00a0 And
\n
talented.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, the Matrix helped him write his hit, but there’s SOMETHING there.\u00c2\u00a0
Which the rap-centric Atlantic Records fails to notice.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean how is it that
Atlantic is now run by the same people who ran Island\/Def Jam into the
ground?\u00c2\u00a0 How is it that a rock-oriented label with a few black hits has become a
totally unsuccessful black label?\u00c2\u00a0 I guess I’ve lived long enough to realize
nobody really cares about this movie.\u00c2\u00a0 Money changes hands, assets are sold, it’s
all forgotten.\u00c2\u00a0 Doug Morris did a great job of ramping up a house that Ahmet
built.\u00c2\u00a0 Then Doug built Universal.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t think Doug is Mo, but compared to
the other slackers in the business today, he’s a god.<\/p>\nDEATH CAB FOR CUTIE\/YOUTH GROUP<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 10\/08\/2005
Venue: The Fillmore – Denver, CO
Promoter: Chuck Morris Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 1 \/ 1
Gross: $72,000
Sold\/Capacity: 3,600 \/ 3,600
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $20.00<\/p>\nOkay, here’s where I contradict myself.\u00c2\u00a0 This act IS ON Atlantic Records.<\/p>\n
But there were four records before.\u00c2\u00a0 And the act was quite big before
Atlantic picked it up.\u00c2\u00a0 And the pick-up made insiders notice, but it’s not like
airplay is selling this record\/act.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather, it’s PURE WORD OF MOUTH!<\/p>\nWell, based on great music.<\/p>\n
THIS is the buzz band.\u00c2\u00a0 I know, because I hear it buzzed about.<\/p>\n
I mean I’m sitting around the table at Halloween, and the famous southern
actor is waxing rhapsodic about country music and then he says, HAVE YOU HEARD
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE?<\/p>\nHow great is this.\u00c2\u00a0 Small venue.\u00c2\u00a0 Cheap price.\u00c2\u00a0 Good music.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the way
\n
it’s supposed to be.<\/p>\nBRIGHT EYES, NEVA DINOVA, JESSE SYKES<\/p>\n
Date: Sat 02\/05\/2005
Venue: La Zona Rosa – Austin, TX
Promoter: Charles Attal Presents, Direct Events
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 1 \/ 1
Gross: $27,200
Sold\/Capacity: 1,206 \/ 1,206
% Sold: 100%
Ticket Price(s): $25.00, $22.50<\/p>\nConor Oberst is the overhype of the century.<\/p>\n
But I applaud this show.<\/p>\n
Instead of booking himself into larger venues, commensurate with the press,
\n
Conor is playing small venues where his tribe of believers can see him up close
and personal.\u00c2\u00a0 He should continue to fly under the radar.\u00c2\u00a0 Because hype turns
the core off.<\/p>\nLOS LONELY BOYS, LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 09\/30\/2005
Venue: Avalon Ballroom – Boston, MA
Promoter: Tea Party Concerts
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $24,315
Sold\/Capacity: 740 \/ 1,850
% Sold: 40%
Ticket Price(s): $32.50<\/p>\nA turntable hit or was this gig too far north of the Mason-Dixon line?<\/p>\n
You decide.<\/p>\n
\nYELLOWCARD, ACCEPTANCE, PINK SPIDERS<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 09\/30\/2005
Venue: Littlejohn Coliseum – Clemson, SC
Promoter: Littlejohn Coliseum
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $20,917
Sold\/Capacity: 1,620 \/ 5,000
% Sold: 32.4%
Ticket Price(s): $20.00, $17.00<\/p>\nThe major label model is bankrupt.\u00c2\u00a0 They can build acts that can get on the
radio, but not acts that anybody wants to see live.<\/p>\nIt appears that the only people eager for the new Yellowcard record are radio
programmers, and the media whores who need a heavily-hyped act to make their
magazines\/TV shows appear to have the patina of hipness.<\/p>\nBut there’s more hipness in the back row of a Widespread Panic show than any
\n
of the acts these fucks are promoting.<\/p>\nBOB MOULD, SHINY TOY GUNS<\/p>\n
Date: Fri 10\/14\/2005
Venue: The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
Promoter: Bill Graham Presents
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $12,200
Sold\/Capacity: 544 \/ 1,150
% Sold: 47.3%
Ticket Price(s): $25.00<\/p>\nIt appears his decision to retire and write for the WWF was a good one.<\/p>\n
\nNADA SURF, SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, ARMY OF ME<\/p>\n
Date: Wed 10\/05\/2005
Venue: Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Promoter: Electric Factory Concerts
#Sold Out\/# of Shows: 0 \/ 1
Gross: $5,978
Sold\/Capacity: 477 \/ 810
% Sold: 58.9%
Ticket Price(s): $14.00<\/p>\nDon’t call it a comeback.<\/p>\n
____________________________________________<\/p>\n
As for all those acts in the Top Ten of the sales chart…<\/p>\n
They’re nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n
You see those acts don’t play live, they play on the radio, on TV.\u00c2\u00a0 No one
cares if they lip-sync, because nobody believes they’re real musicians.<\/p>\nThe real musicians are in their basements right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Or their garages.\u00c2\u00a0
They’re cooking up a brew closer to Mars Volta than Ashlee Simpson.\u00c2\u00a0 Expect them
to build on the Web and then tour the underground.\u00c2\u00a0 Starting not even at the
bottom of this chart.\u00c2\u00a0 In coffee houses, in places that don’t report to
statisticians.<\/p>\nThen, suddenly, these unknown acts will show up on this chart and you’ll have
no idea what’s going on, because they didn’t do it the traditional way, the
OLD-FASHIONED way, from the top down.<\/p>\nNo, it’s back to the old days.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s DIY.\u00c2\u00a0 From the bottom up.<\/p>\n
It’s just that with all the technology, the sound of the bottom ain’t that
different from the sound of the top.\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody can afford the tools, the means
of production.<\/p>\nThe concert business we’ve now got was built on an old paradigm.\u00c2\u00a0 It grew out
of the rock explosion of the late sixties and early seventies.\u00c2\u00a0 Hell, look at
the names of the Clear Channel promoters…Bill Graham, Belkin, Electric
Factory.\u00c2\u00a0 These were all entrepreneurs who rode the crest of a wave.\u00c2\u00a0 And they’re
run by people who’ve seen the past more than the future.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet there are good
young people involved, more than at record labels.\u00c2\u00a0 And this, along with their
near-monopoly on real estate, will allow these enterprises to flourish in the
future.<\/p>\nBut, are you gonna want to hear the new bands at the shed?<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Not even in the arena.<\/p>\n
You’re gonna want to see them in theatres, in clubs.\u00c2\u00a0 Where you’re close
enough to bond with the act, where you can marinate in the music.<\/p>\n(Statistics from celebrityaccess.com)<\/p>\n
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