Artists doing gigs playing a complete classic album
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Perhaps. I'm sure some would. I know I've not been able to go to smaller gigs I'd like to go to because I've overspent on a big ticket, more than once.
Fozzie Bear
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There is also the question of where future classic albums are going to come from if everyone is going to see Ned's Atomic Dustbin performing "God Fodder" in its entirety.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Maybe young people just can't afford to go to gigs as much as they used to.
When I was young, you could see a band at The Duchess Of York every night of the week and rarely pay more than £4.
I only had a paper round, but I could afford to go at least once a week.
When I was young, you could see a band at The Duchess Of York every night of the week and rarely pay more than £4.
I only had a paper round, but I could afford to go at least once a week.
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hiraethified
Risky new bands wouldn't be playing the same size venues as 'classic' bands playing classic albums, so that point is a non starter.
I'd suggest that the market for premium 'classic album' gigs doesn't overlap too much with the market for fresh new acts.
Some older bands are still making new music. It's up to them. maybe they're just as happy playing their old stuff and why shouldn't they be?
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hiraethified
I saw them at a festival fairly recently. They were so dour they managed to reverse the effects of the drugs I'd just taken.
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hiraethified
The xx have just done a record breaking 7 days at Brixton Academy so I don't think we have to worry too much about there not being enough popular bands about in the future, although we'll all probably be watching holo-gigz by then.
depends on the band really - my local 150 capacity venue mainly has tribute acts and old indie bands playing their hits.
Not at all - someone upthread said something about the glut of shoegaze reformations we've seen recently being driven by younger fans - there's a massive crossover.
of course it's up to them. But the bare economics of - new material: less money, old material: get paid means more of them are making that decision than perhaps would otherwise.
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hiraethified
Hang on - tribute acts are an entirely different thing - but a lot of those are made up of young musicians who - I dare say - contain members who are using them to fund their own bands writing original material. Or maybe they're learning their craft like musicians in the past traipsed around the country playing sets of covers. All good in my book.
A lot of these bands doing classic albums signed shit record deals or never saw much money because of business shenanigans. If doing these tours gives them a bit of income - and the opportunity to keep playing and hopefully get to release new material - I can't see what the problem is.
skyscraper101
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I'm going to see Leftfield play Leftism in full next month at Brixton Academy. And honestly speaking I find that preferable to having to listen to much of their second or third albums anyway.
Siouxsie
Fashionable objector with a uniform fetish
*cough* Until now
I've seem Marillion do 'Misplaced Childhood' in full...slotted between other songs.
Also WASP doing 'The Crimson Idol'...my favourite concept album..that was a really great gig. Again, lots of other songs included.
It's weird to see a whole album done live, but wonderful
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hiraethified
Give that there is clearly no shortage of new acts coming through, what's the problem? I'm not a fan of tribute acts at all, but I'd rather see live musicians than DJs and that's pretty much the choice in smaller venues. Fashions will change and there may well be more young original bands, but anything that keeps the smaller venues in business is OK by me.
I don't think it is clear. That's the problem.
ska invita
back on the other side
I went to PE Nation of Millions and Pixies Doolittle....i know those records backwards and it was pure joy hearing them played... I know some didnt enjoy the gigs as much as me, so it seems to split opinion. I dont see the problem with it on any level. give the people what they want.
One good thing is that it means tunes that don't usually get a live outing get a play. If you love an album enough to do this there are no fillers
still gutted I couldn't get a ticket to Songs in the Key of Life.... He played the whole double album then took an interval and then did another two hour set....it hurts to know that.... So many tracks there that wouldn't normally make a set list.
This week Ive been playing the first Pixies album - i thought id rinsed it but it still sounded amazing - so nice i played it twice!
I dont like a lot of guitar bands much tbh and i wish there was more like this that i did...i try new stuff, and i try stuff other people seem to think is good, and it doesnt do much for me....so in the meantime ill go back to the classic albums i love.
Im against the need for constant novelty in music....its symptomatic of capitalist logic for new product.....nothing wrong with having a Great World Song Book and replaying the best moments of modern music over and over again
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hiraethified
On what basis are you implying that there is some kind of shortage of new acts? I'm a live promoter and I've never found any shortage of interesting new acts, and the global best sellers are hardly dominated by heritage acts.
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Fozzie Bear
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I've just remembered that I saw Sparks perform the whole of their "Hello Young Lovers" album when that came out. It was a great show, massively enhanced for me because I'd not heard the album before at all.
It was a festival gig and nobody I was with had heard it either. That was quite a cool approach I thought.
It was a festival gig and nobody I was with had heard it either. That was quite a cool approach I thought.
TruXta
tired
"Needs citation"
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hiraethified
What do you mean by that? There's plenty of bands that have risen up recently - The 1975 being a good example.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Me too, they were excellent. As was Iggy and the Stooges doing Raw Power supported by Suicide doing their first album in 2010 at Hammersmith Odeon. I'd never seen any of those bands before so I'm really glad I went when I did, esp that now for different reasons there's no chance I'll ever get to see them again.
There was one other full album show I went to see a few years back that I'd rather not have gone to, but it was my bro-in-law's birthday and we agreed to go with him - and buy his ticket as a present - to see Tangerine Dream playing Phaedra. It was shit.
skyscraper101
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Heh, I was at that Iggy show too.
I dunno, maybe it's different in London but the live music scene for young bands in the rest of the country is mostly pretty desperate. Venues closing, gigs half empty, promoters making losses on most of their shows.
There used to be a relatively thriving live music scene in my town, now there's almost fuck all. This is an issue I see reflected most other places I go in the country too. The only shows that have a decent attendance are the heritage acts and the tribute bands, and a very few hype bands that break through. Manchester and Liverpool (my two closest big cities) do a bit better, but there's still loads of bands, venues and promoters really struggling.
The two 'breakthrough' acts you've managed to dredge up (the xx and the 1975) broke through half a decade ago btw.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Ohh I forgot I did that one too. Fuck, it was great.
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hiraethified
But that's got BUGGER ALL to do with big bands occasionally doing classic album tours. If anything those guaranteed sell out shows give the venues a much needed revenue boost.
Err, the 1975's debut album was only released in September 2013.
I'm a live promoter and I see no shortage of new acts. None at all. Like the Fat White Family who I booked at a small pub and then at a venue attended by a 1,000 people.
There's shitloads wrong with the music industry but blaming bands playing classic album tours for the demise of small venues is plain daft.
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