11-05-2004, 09:18 AM
ITA with posts that say the touring schedule is nothing out of the ordinary.
I don't think there is a corelation Wendy. The Hip are a touring band. I believe sales have been declining with every album in both Canada and the US. Sure they tour to promote the albums but they also tour because thats what they live and love. I don't think the Hip doing a US club tour is necessarily going to get more people to buy the album. Let's see. I'm in the US living in a non-border town. This band I've never heard on the radio or seen on MTV or see in the record stores is playing a local bar. Good candidate to buy a ticket and a CD? I'm not saying it doesn't happen but....I consider myself to be a big music fan and have been to literally over a thousand of shows. But there are concerts in Toronto every night of the week by known established bands that I never even hear about. Part of it is where I am in life now. But imagine how much harder it is for the Hip in the states.
Quote:I'm hoping, not that I wish poor sales on them, but maybe they are touring so much because the album isn't selling as well as they'd hope?
I don't think there is a corelation Wendy. The Hip are a touring band. I believe sales have been declining with every album in both Canada and the US. Sure they tour to promote the albums but they also tour because thats what they live and love. I don't think the Hip doing a US club tour is necessarily going to get more people to buy the album. Let's see. I'm in the US living in a non-border town. This band I've never heard on the radio or seen on MTV or see in the record stores is playing a local bar. Good candidate to buy a ticket and a CD? I'm not saying it doesn't happen but....I consider myself to be a big music fan and have been to literally over a thousand of shows. But there are concerts in Toronto every night of the week by known established bands that I never even hear about. Part of it is where I am in life now. But imagine how much harder it is for the Hip in the states.
