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Anyone who thinks Arcade Fire could headline should see the fact it still hasn't sold out TD Garden yet.
Tickets below face value on Stubhub are plentiful too.
Not surprised given the reception to the album. But I think there's still a decent chance they end up on the lineup, and they definitely wouldn't be anything but a headliner. BC would just need to book two sure things sales-wise to offset the lackluster results Arcade Fire would produce.
With Jack White working on a new album I could see him playing next year too. He's a name I've seen requested a LOT whenever they ask who people want
Post by theeimportance on Sept 8, 2017 21:13:48 GMT -5
Did Jack White sell out his Fenway show with the smaller amphitheater set up during his last tour? I remember there being a few empty sections when he played Agganis in 2012.
Anyone who thinks Arcade Fire could headline should see the fact it still hasn't sold out TD Garden yet.
Tickets below face value on Stubhub are plentiful too.
Yeah... If I had heard Everything Now I would not have argued in favor of them headlining. Somehow it gets worse with every listen. They're somewhere between Agganis and TD level, but I agree with cgs299 that they'd still headline and that they'd be the lesser of three.
Really just a complete fumble in every conceivable way from the marketing to the actual content of the album.
A bit off-topic, but I've got another opportunity to perform stand-up and have it videotaped on Saturday night, so I'm giving away a free ticket to see Sturgill Simpson @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion with Fantastic Negrito opening.
PM if interested. (I'm now staying off social media during the workday, but I'll check in the evening.)
I bought it at the Orpheum box office, so I can't simply transfer through Ticketmaster. We'd need to meet for the hand-off.
Anyone who thinks Arcade Fire could headline should see the fact it still hasn't sold out TD Garden yet.
Tickets below face value on Stubhub are plentiful too.
There are a TON of seats still available, and that's not counting all of the sections around the horseshoe on either end which they never planned on selling.
A lot of sections still have 100+ tickets left. I wouldn't be surprised if, upon arriving at the show, they move people down from the balcony to the loge, to fill in more sections.
I chalk this up to Infinite Content. No, not the album, but the sheer volume of music, sports, movies, TV, graphic novels/comic books, comedy, web content, literature, etc. out there. Anyone under 30 here can't begin to imagine what being an arts consumer in the 70's and 80's was like. You could stay on top of everything and never worried about not connecting with something you'd like. The number of musical artists, TV shows, comic books, etc. was so much smaller than it is now that nothing flew below your radar if you made the slightest effort to keep up with the things you like, especially since the internet didn't yet exist to give everyone a venue for everything.
Today, there's so much content competing for your attention and dollars. There are only so many hours in the day, and countless choices we all have to make over how to use those hours (Not to mention the hugely ironic fact that the amount of time so many of us spend talking about art & entertainment on social media reduces the amount of time we have to spend consuming more art. I'll catch myself spending an hour on Twitter after a season finale of a TV show tweeting and reading tweets about that season finale, instead of watching the next show I like.)
Another likely reason for the poor ticket sales is the paradigm shifts in musical tastes among young people. Inforoo participants, in general, have far broader tastes than people of similar age on average, and radio pop, rap, and R&B are the center of mainstream musical tastes for a majority of 12-30 year olds in 2017. There's a reason why Katy Perry added a second night at the Garden, while Arcade Fire can barely fill half of the same arena for one show.
To cut through the clutter of the sheer volume of art competing for an audience, bands/artists need to constantly be out there in every conceivable way to keep the brand strong. Taking three or four years off between albums really doesn't feel like an option for anyone other than U2, Coldplay, or Taylor Swift anymore.
(Here's something bands could do to keep the ship afloat -- secondary market tours. When you're in Boston, NYC, Chicago, etc., you tend to spend your entertainment dollars on what you like the best, because everything comes to town. But if you live in Syracuse, NY or Columbus, OH or Des Moines, IA, you're more likely to take a chance on a touring act that's not necessarily one of your favorites because that's what's coming to town and not everything comes to town. In the 70's and 80's, acts like KISS, Bob Seger, and Peter Frampton built up to their big breakthroughs by touring constantly and playing the cities that Led Zep and the Eagles felt were too small to play. After a few years of secondary market touring, they had huge commercial breakthroughs.)
A band at the level of Arcade Fire probably should have booked this at Agganis or gone with an opener who might be able to fill up the Orpheum on their own. Or booked it in Portland, ME or Providence, RI, where there aren't as many shows happening.
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Anyone who thinks Arcade Fire could headline should see the fact it still hasn't sold out TD Garden yet.
Tickets below face value on Stubhub are plentiful too.
There are a TON of seats still available, and that's not counting all of the sections around the horseshoe on either end which they never planned on selling.
A lot of sections still have 100+ tickets left. I wouldn't be surprised if, upon arriving at the show, they move people down from the balcony to the loge, to fill in more sections.
I chalk this up to Infinite Content. No, not the album, but the sheer volume of music, sports, movies, TV, graphic novels/comic books, comedy, web content, literature, etc. out there. Anyone under 30 here can't begin to imagine what being an arts consumer in the 70's and 80's was like. You could stay on top of everything and never worried about not connecting with something you'd like. The number of musical artists, TV shows, comic books, etc. was so much smaller than it is now that nothing flew below your radar if you made the slightest effort to keep up with the things you like, especially since the internet didn't yet exist to give everyone a venue for everything.
Today, there's so much content competing for your attention and dollars. There are only so many hours in the day, and countless choices we all have to make over how to use those hours (Not to mention the hugely ironic fact that the amount of time so many of us spend talking about art & entertainment on social media reduces the amount of time we have to spend consuming more art. I'll catch myself spending an hour on Twitter after a season finale of a TV show tweeting and reading tweets about that season finale, instead of watching the next show I like.)
Another likely reason for the poor ticket sales is the paradigm shifts in musical tastes among young people. Inforoo participants, in general, have far broader tastes than people of similar age on average, and radio pop, rap, and R&B are the center of mainstream musical tastes for a majority of 12-30 year olds in 2017. There's a reason why Katy Perry added a second night at the Garden, while Arcade Fire can barely fill half of the same arena for one show.
To cut through the clutter of the sheer volume of art competing for an audience, bands/artists need to constantly be out there in every conceivable way to keep the brand strong. Taking three or four years off between albums really doesn't feel like an option for anyone other than U2, Coldplay, or Taylor Swift anymore.
(Here's something bands could do to keep the ship afloat -- secondary market tours. When you're in Boston, NYC, Chicago, etc., you tend to spend your entertainment dollars on what you like the best, because everything comes to town. But if you live in Syracuse, NY or Columbus, OH or Des Moines, IA, you're more likely to take a chance on a touring act that's not necessarily one of your favorites because that's what's coming to town and not everything comes to town. In the 70's and 80's, acts like KISS, Bob Seger, and Peter Frampton built up to their big breakthroughs by touring constantly and playing the cities that Led Zep and the Eagles felt were too small to play. After a few years of secondary market touring, they had huge commercial breakthroughs.)
A band at the level of Arcade Fire probably should have booked this at Agganis or gone with an opener who might be able to fill up the Orpheum on their own. Or booked it in Portland, ME or Providence, RI, where there aren't as many shows happening.
i'm going to the show tomorrow, and i'm driving down, which isn't the case for everyone, but the $45 parking at TD can suck it. i have balcony seats, so hopefully i'll get lucky. i wish they did play agganis though.. although maybe with their stage set up, they needed a bigger space?
I remember five years ago, Rammstein played at the Centrum (DCU Center) in Worcester. Yeah they needed an arena for their large stage setup. But the Centrum was more appropriately sized for the crowd expected in New England, and still close enough to Boston to make it a worthwhile stop. Problem is, Arcade Fire think they're a whole lot more popular and important to music than they really are. They should be playing DCU Center or The Dunk, if not Agganis or Tsongas Center.
There are a TON of seats still available, and that's not counting all of the sections around the horseshoe on either end which they never planned on selling.
A lot of sections still have 100+ tickets left. I wouldn't be surprised if, upon arriving at the show, they move people down from the balcony to the loge, to fill in more sections.
I chalk this up to Infinite Content. No, not the album, but the sheer volume of music, sports, movies, TV, graphic novels/comic books, comedy, web content, literature, etc. out there. Anyone under 30 here can't begin to imagine what being an arts consumer in the 70's and 80's was like. You could stay on top of everything and never worried about not connecting with something you'd like. The number of musical artists, TV shows, comic books, etc. was so much smaller than it is now that nothing flew below your radar if you made the slightest effort to keep up with the things you like, especially since the internet didn't yet exist to give everyone a venue for everything.
Today, there's so much content competing for your attention and dollars. There are only so many hours in the day, and countless choices we all have to make over how to use those hours (Not to mention the hugely ironic fact that the amount of time so many of us spend talking about art & entertainment on social media reduces the amount of time we have to spend consuming more art. I'll catch myself spending an hour on Twitter after a season finale of a TV show tweeting and reading tweets about that season finale, instead of watching the next show I like.)
Another likely reason for the poor ticket sales is the paradigm shifts in musical tastes among young people. Inforoo participants, in general, have far broader tastes than people of similar age on average, and radio pop, rap, and R&B are the center of mainstream musical tastes for a majority of 12-30 year olds in 2017. There's a reason why Katy Perry added a second night at the Garden, while Arcade Fire can barely fill half of the same arena for one show.
To cut through the clutter of the sheer volume of art competing for an audience, bands/artists need to constantly be out there in every conceivable way to keep the brand strong. Taking three or four years off between albums really doesn't feel like an option for anyone other than U2, Coldplay, or Taylor Swift anymore.
(Here's something bands could do to keep the ship afloat -- secondary market tours. When you're in Boston, NYC, Chicago, etc., you tend to spend your entertainment dollars on what you like the best, because everything comes to town. But if you live in Syracuse, NY or Columbus, OH or Des Moines, IA, you're more likely to take a chance on a touring act that's not necessarily one of your favorites because that's what's coming to town and not everything comes to town. In the 70's and 80's, acts like KISS, Bob Seger, and Peter Frampton built up to their big breakthroughs by touring constantly and playing the cities that Led Zep and the Eagles felt were too small to play. After a few years of secondary market touring, they had huge commercial breakthroughs.)
A band at the level of Arcade Fire probably should have booked this at Agganis or gone with an opener who might be able to fill up the Orpheum on their own. Or booked it in Portland, ME or Providence, RI, where there aren't as many shows happening.
i'm going to the show tomorrow, and i'm driving down, which isn't the case for everyone, but the $45 parking at TD can suck it. i have balcony seats, so hopefully i'll get lucky. i wish they did play agganis though.. although maybe with their stage set up, they needed a bigger space?
You can save yourself that ridiculous $45 by parking in the garage at Alewife station (end of the Red Line) or the lots at Oak Grove, Malden Center, or Wellington (last three stops on the Orange Line). The latter option would keep it a bit simpler for you, since the Orange Line goes to North Station (TD Garden), but you'd need to switch from Red to Green or Orange if you park at Alewife.
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i'm going to the show tomorrow, and i'm driving down, which isn't the case for everyone, but the $45 parking at TD can suck it. i have balcony seats, so hopefully i'll get lucky. i wish they did play agganis though.. although maybe with their stage set up, they needed a bigger space?
You can save yourself that ridiculous $45 by parking in the garage at Alewife station (end of the Red Line) or the lots at Oak Grove, Malden Center, or Wellington (last three stops on the Orange Line). The latter option would keep it a bit simpler for you, since the Orange Line goes to North Station (TD Garden), but you'd need to switch from Red to Green or Orange if you park at Alewife.
good to know.. i only moved up to NH a year and a half ago, and i'm still trying to figure boston out haha
You can save yourself that ridiculous $45 by parking in the garage at Alewife station (end of the Red Line) or the lots at Oak Grove, Malden Center, or Wellington (last three stops on the Orange Line). The latter option would keep it a bit simpler for you, since the Orange Line goes to North Station (TD Garden), but you'd need to switch from Red to Green or Orange if you park at Alewife.
good to know.. i only moved up to NH a year and a half ago, and i'm still trying to figure boston out haha
Here's parking 5 minute walk from the Garden for $12
Parking will likely be even cheaper at the t-stations, but you'll then pay $4 - $5 round trip on the subway, so you might as well go for Spothero. Sounds like a much better alternative to spending the big bucks required to park in most downtown Boston lots and garages.
Parking will likely be even cheaper at the t-stations, but you'll then pay $4 - $5 round trip on the subway, so you might as well go for Spothero. Sounds like a much better alternative to spending the big bucks required to park in most downtown Boston lots and garages.
thanks guys! seeing sturgill simpson tomorrow as well, so spothero will come in handy. i'm used to just being able to hop on the train to nyc, but new hampshire is behind 20 years, and boston just confuses me
Parking will likely be even cheaper at the t-stations, but you'll then pay $4 - $5 round trip on the subway, so you might as well go for Spothero. Sounds like a much better alternative to spending the big bucks required to park in most downtown Boston lots and garages.
thanks guys! seeing sturgill simpson tomorrow as well, so spothero will come in handy. i'm used to just being able to hop on the train to nyc, but new hampshire is behind 20 years, and boston just confuses me
Update: got my balcony seat upgraded to loge!
You made out better than I did. The Red Line broke down and after waiting for a long time at Harvard Sq, and realizing that I'd be missing at least a half hour of AF, I turned around and went home. .
BTW, the venue tomorrow night is nowhere near the Garden. You may want to see if Spothero has a lot closer to the venue. (OK, you could walk there in 30 min or so from the Garden. It's a convoluted MBTA ride from there -- Green to Park St or Orange to Downtown Crossing, change to Red Line, take to South Station, switch to Silver Line bus to venue).
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thanks guys! seeing sturgill simpson tomorrow as well, so spothero will come in handy. i'm used to just being able to hop on the train to nyc, but new hampshire is behind 20 years, and boston just confuses me
Update: got my balcony seat upgraded to loge!
You made out better than I did. The Red Line broke down and after waiting for a long time at Harvard Sq, and realizing that I'd be missing at a least a half hour of AF, I turned around and went home. .
You didn't just get an Uber, and actually skipped the entire show cause of the MBTA?
thanks guys! seeing sturgill simpson tomorrow as well, so spothero will come in handy. i'm used to just being able to hop on the train to nyc, but new hampshire is behind 20 years, and boston just confuses me
Update: got my balcony seat upgraded to loge!
You made out better than I did. The Red Line broke down and after waiting for a long time at Harvard Sq, and realizing that I'd be missing at a least a half hour of AF, I turned around and went home. .
BTW, the venue tomorrow night is nowhere near the Garden. You may want to see if Spothero has a lot closer to the venue. (OK, you could walk there in 30 min or so from the Garden. It's a convoluted MBTA ride from there -- Green to Park St or Orange to Downtown Crossing, change to Red Line, take to South Station, switch to Silver Line bus to venue).
yeah i'm gonna use spothero to find somewhere closer tomorrow, probably gonna go in early and spend the day.
You made out better than I did. The Red Line broke down and after waiting for a long time at Harvard Sq, and realizing that I'd be missing at a least a half hour of AF, I turned around and went home. .
You didn't just get an Uber, and actually skipped the entire show cause of the MBTA?
Dayumn son.
I don't carry a smart phone or other mobile device, so Uber and Lyft are out of the question. To me, spending $50 per month for service, plus the cost of the phone, in the off-chance that I might once in a while have need for something that I can only get through a mobile app is a waste of money. (And I'd have to go for a bigger, more expensive phone, if I had one. I did have a smart phone for a couple of months a few years ago and couldn't manipulate the keyboard on a small phone).
Gonna go ahead and predict Pond for next year. Maybe a bit of wishful thinking, but they just announced a tour in January w/ east coast dates but no Boston, and their NYC show is presented by Gov Ball, which I'm assuming means they'll be playing that come the spring.
Post by wheattoast1 on Sept 27, 2017 22:04:20 GMT -5
Can we point out how David Byrne will be active next year (at least in South America..) and in the Q+A session Aaron Dessner had on BC's twitter account earlier this year, someone asked if they's ever try to get David Byrne and Aaron replied by saying "We have tired and we will continue to" or something to that effect?
Can we point out how David Byrne will be active next year (at least in South America..) and in the Q+A session Aaron Dessner had on BC's twitter account earlier this year, someone asked if they's ever try to get David Byrne and Aaron replied by saying "We have tired and we will continue to" or something to that effect?
I didn't know they'd said that and that would be fucking great. I don't even know what his solo shows are like. Doesn't matter, the man is a national treasure
I find the fact that she's headlining the Garden absolutely shocking. I would have guessed that she's a 5K - 7K seat venue headliner, tops.
Lana sold out the Xfinity Center in 2015.
Thats different. Being able to sell out a summer concert especially with Lawn seating so that people can do stuff that is unrelated to the show is much easier than selling out an indoor 23k arena.
Thats different. Being able to sell out a summer concert especially with Lawn seating so that people can do stuff that is unrelated to the show is much easier than selling out an indoor 23k arena.
Those two venues are almost exactly the same capacity (both a little under 20k) and summer concert's might have a more casual (I'd argue for an artist like Lana that that's not the case) but that's offset by how convenient TD is compared to xfinity
Thats different. Being able to sell out a summer concert especially with Lawn seating so that people can do stuff that is unrelated to the show is much easier than selling out an indoor 23k arena.
Those two venues are almost exactly the same capacity (both a little under 20k) and summer concert's might have a more casual (I'd argue for an artist like Lana that that's not the case) but that's offset by how convenient TD is compared to xfinity
I find Xfinity far more convenient than TD, but then again I live south of town and have a car.
you missed a great show
