10-09-2014, 08:20 AM
Show them the prices that other top acts are charging. Show them several setlists from when these bands play back to back to back to back shows, so they can see how much the song/placement varies. Show them what the hip are trying to gouge their loyal Canadian fanbase for, show them how much value fans can find if they take their money elsewhere. And last but not least, show them this quote:
"We have never played the same set twice, mostly for our own sake. Boredom is death for music and the more routine a live performance gets, the more boring it can become for the band and the audience. We have always guarded against this." - Gord Sinclair, 1997
From: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thehip.com/albums/Live+Between+Us/biography/">http://www.thehip.com/albums/Live+Between+Us/biography/</a><!-- m -->
Sad to say this will be the first hip tour I'll miss in over a decade, but that is better having the same setlist screamed at me from shows at Niagara, Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto over the last couple years. Easily spent over $1000 going to those shows, Im not going to throw good money after bad when I could see 5 innovative and relevant up&coming acts for the same $.
"We have never played the same set twice, mostly for our own sake. Boredom is death for music and the more routine a live performance gets, the more boring it can become for the band and the audience. We have always guarded against this." - Gord Sinclair, 1997
From: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thehip.com/albums/Live+Between+Us/biography/">http://www.thehip.com/albums/Live+Between+Us/biography/</a><!-- m -->
Sad to say this will be the first hip tour I'll miss in over a decade, but that is better having the same setlist screamed at me from shows at Niagara, Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto over the last couple years. Easily spent over $1000 going to those shows, Im not going to throw good money after bad when I could see 5 innovative and relevant up&coming acts for the same $.