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Anecdotal but my friends at work with young teenage kids are always talking about how much their kids love Glass Animals. It's always Glass Animals and your Childers/Bryans etc. being in the south might have something to do with the latter.
Haven’t been following can someone summarize why Billy Strings is still in this?
He's the rising star in the Jam scene. Already playing same size venues as Phish and Dead. But really a question of how much jam bands/ bluegrass have a place in the major festivals in the future. Younger Gen Z on the whole seems a lot less interested than millenials and older.
Haven’t been following can someone summarize why Billy Strings is still in this?
He's the rising star in the Jam scene. Already playing same size venues as Phish and Dead. But really a question of how much jam bands/ bluegrass have a place in the major festivals in the future. Younger Gen Z on the whole seems a lot less interested than millenials and older.
I disagree that younger people have less interest because they’re the reason Billy is selling out arenas.
Haven’t been following can someone summarize why Billy Strings is still in this?
He's the rising star in the Jam scene. Already playing same size venues as Phish and Dead. But really a question of how much jam bands/ bluegrass have a place in the major festivals in the future. Younger Gen Z on the whole seems a lot less interested than millenials and older.
I didn’t know he was that big. I guess he could headline Bonnaroo then but bluegrass seems too niche
He's the rising star in the Jam scene. Already playing same size venues as Phish and Dead. But really a question of how much jam bands/ bluegrass have a place in the major festivals in the future. Younger Gen Z on the whole seems a lot less interested than millenials and older.
I disagree that younger people have less interest because they’re the reason Billy is selling out arenas.
Maybe. I saw Billy in Atlanta in March and I was probably the youngest person in my periphery (apart from some parents with their kids). I know one show isn't a proper gauge but I just feel like the jam scene as a whole is sinking a bit compared to the last two decades. Would love to be wrong and have Billy headline Bonnaroo, even if only Thursday.
I disagree that younger people have less interest because they’re the reason Billy is selling out arenas.
Maybe. I saw Billy in Atlanta in March and I was probably the youngest person in my periphery (apart from some parents with their kids). I know one show isn't a proper gauge but I just feel like the jam scene as a whole is sinking a bit compared to the last two decades. Would love to be wrong and have Billy headline Bonnaroo, even if only Thursday.
I also saw him in Atlanta in Mar. and I didn’t notice it being an old crowd at all.
I disagree that younger people have less interest because they’re the reason Billy is selling out arenas.
Maybe. I saw Billy in Atlanta in March and I was probably the youngest person in my periphery (apart from some parents with their kids). I know one show isn't a proper gauge but I just feel like the jam scene as a whole is sinking a bit compared to the last two decades. Would love to be wrong and have Billy headline Bonnaroo, even if only Thursday.
I caught Night 3 at UNO Arena here on NYE. It was a mixed crowd, but definitely was skewed younger. I told T that I felt like I was in a southern college town with all the freaks who were in attendance. Different people I talked to were traveling to see him, and it was for sure not a typical New Orleans jam crowd.
Post by problem dog on Apr 30, 2024 11:00:13 GMT -5
On paper, Billy should have a ceiling because of bluegrass/jam, but he's probably the biggest bluegrass act ever at this point. And I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a new jam band reach a level where they can comfortably headline multi-night arena runs since Phish.
He isn't country, but he still benefits from country having a moment. Serial collaborator who's played with a ton of rising Americana acts. Not out of the question that he could land on someone else's hit single.
I don't think it would even be a stretch for him to headline Bonnaroo at this point, and the Pretty Lights spot seems to be the floor there. He's already bigger than Pretty Lights, and he doesn't have that post-hiatus boost.
it immediately faded and no one cares or even knows what that song sounds like at this point. And then she got cancelled.
First sentence is just a story you made up in your head about millions of people you don't know, and the second sentence no one actually seems to care about. Did she get dropped from Bonnaroo?
