Top touring acts since 1990

[Bammer]

Surprising absence from this list. Thoughts?

http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/t ... s-touring/

My take: PJ doesn't play as many shows as they used to, nor do they charge as much for tickets as bands like the Stones.

[stip]

they need to moneygrab harder!

[Strat]

they need to moneygrab harder!

This is where the like button would come in handy!

[bodysnatcher]

interesting list. aside from a few names on there, most of them were well-established acts by the time the 90s rolled around, so they were already charging higher ticket costs from the beginning of this timeframe. PJ spent most of the 90s charging below $25-30 for shows (I'm assuming this list only counts the base ticket price, and not overall price with Ticketmaster surcharges).

Considering that, makes you realize how much some of the newer artists on that list charge for a show. I'll never understand Coldplay.

[Bammer]

I'll never understand Coldplay.

Seriously

[McParadigm]

I'll never understand Coldplay.

Seriously

This world is chock full of "working professional" midlife parents who think that liking Coldplay makes them a little bit cooler in the eyes of their kids than their parents were to them, at that age.

I might actually choose a death sentence over having to sit through a Dave Matthews concert. Everybody else on the list has one or two hits that are kind of fun, in the way watching cartoons with your kids can be fun. But I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always The Dave Matthews Band.

[bodysnatcher]

i knew a guy who lived behind Dave Matthews and his wife in Seattle. They shared a backyard fence. The guy had a party one night, and Dave Matthews poked his head over and said he'd play a song for a hot dog. Always thought that was a funny story until I realized how many hot dogs Dave Matthews could buy with one show's profit

[BurtReynolds]

i knew a guy who lived behind Dave Matthews and his wife in Seattle. They shared a backyard fence. The guy had a party one night, and Dave Matthews poked his head over and said he'd play a song for a hot dog. Always thought that was a funny story until I realized how many hot dogs Dave Matthews could buy with one show's profit

yeah. why didn't he just buy their house and kick everyone out? he wouldn't have to play a song and could eat all the hotdogs he wanted. what an idiot.

[bodysnatcher]

i knew a guy who lived behind Dave Matthews and his wife in Seattle. They shared a backyard fence. The guy had a party one night, and Dave Matthews poked his head over and said he'd play a song for a hot dog. Always thought that was a funny story until I realized how many hot dogs Dave Matthews could buy with one show's profit

yeah. why didn't he just buy their house and kick everyone out? he wouldn't have to play a song and could eat all the hotdogs he wanted. what an idiot.

Post-Ants Marching Money Grab

[McParadigm]

i knew a guy who lived behind Dave Matthews and his wife in Seattle.

Dave Matthews and his wife in Seattle.

Dave Matthews and his wife in Seattle.

[bodysnatcher]

tell me about it

i think his wife is from here. she went to the same small grad school as my wife

[Bammer]

I am not ashamed to say I have seen DMB live (once, at the Gorge) and really enjoyed it.

PS - Their drummer is arguably the best in the business and regardless of their music or image or whatever, that is hard to deny.