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Interesting tweet by Steve Van Zandt, in response to fan requests for information about Springsteen’s future touring plans. After saying that Bruce and the band want to continue touring, he said that future touring plans are limited by:
“Availability of a limited amount of venues, hotels, planes, trucks, buses, cars, crewmembers, staging, sound systems, lights, video screens, etc, etc, etc. Every possible band and individual artist capable of touring is doing so like never before all at the same time.”
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With news of a summertime video/photo shoot for a new studio record, I'm nostalgic for the old tour cycle of a late summer album release with N. America tour start in August/September. Dare to dream?
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
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Interesting tweet by Steve Van Zandt, in response to fan requests for information about Springsteen’s future touring plans. After saying that Bruce and the band want to continue touring, he said that future touring plans are limited by:
“Availability of a limited amount of venues, hotels, planes, trucks, buses, cars, crewmembers, staging, sound systems, lights, video screens, etc, etc, etc. Every possible band and individual artist capable of touring is doing so like never before all at the same time.”
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This supports some of the posts in this thread about the reason for the extended delay of the Stones tour, once it had to be postponed.
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
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Come to think of it, Revvy on rocksoff.org talked about a few promotional gigs this year...
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Come to think of it, Revvy on rocksoff.org talked about a few promotional gigs this year...
Revvy was also insisting all along the rumors of a tour this year were completely made up.
This album isn't going to sell millions or possibly even hundreds of thousands so there isn't going to be much of a promotional budget. Even smaller promotional gigs would still require great expense. Otherwise possibilities include Today show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and a few others where they can do 4-6 song set on Live TV and maybe a few extra songs for the assembled crowd without the same level of preparation.
I always thought Jimmy Kimmel Live on Hollywood Bl (like McCartney, Depeche Mode, Van Halen) would have been a better choice than Fonda Theatre for the Sticky Fingers gig for example and done a better job of promoting the rest of the tour.
But a lot of bands not at Stones level, even if not actually "on tour" yet will now augment TV appearances with local club gigs so they can still pay expenses involved so 30-50k can't just be charged against their record company account to be paid back out of royalties.
For the Stones the costs would still run much higher.
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
May 10 2005 at Julliard
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
November/December 2012?
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
May 10 2005 at Julliard
That was a press conference, not a gig with a paying crowd. Three songs. Limited band. No pressure. Then they spent two months in Toronto rehearsing for the real shows. Also, this was 18 years ago.
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
May 10 2005 at Julliard
That was a press conference, not a gig with a paying crowd. Three songs. Limited band. No pressure. Then they spent two months in Toronto rehearsing for the real shows. Also, this was 18 years ago.
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Tell me the last time they did "promotional gigs". Mind you it takes a month of rehearsals to get rid of the "rust" and get ready.
May 10 2005 at Julliard
That was a press conference, not a gig with a paying crowd. Three songs. Limited band. No pressure. Then they spent two months in Toronto rehearsing for the real shows. Also, this was 18 years ago.
A promotional appearance, promoting the tour that was announced that day. They performed, therefore it was a gig. That's pretty much the textbook definition of a promotional appearance.
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Keith wore an eye patch way back for The Circus ...
Madonna steals the idea and adds an X ...... HHHHHaaaaaaaaaaa