DLR cancels remainder of 2026 tour reportedly from low ticket sales.

[DanTravis62]

Those are concerts attended by gray haired eddie wannabes. Nobody among those should've-retired old man groups is holding young bands down.

There's only so many venues and so many dates in a year.

Theres an entire economy of reunions, has-beens, and never-was, along with the older bands still trucking along doing it for real.

If you don't think it has an effect on the gig economy, you're just being a contrarian dipshit

 

[VonBonfire]

There's only so many venues and so many dates in a year.

Theres an entire economy of reunions, has-beens, and never-was, along with the older bands still trucking along doing it for real.

If you don't think it has an effect on the gig economy, you're just being a contrarian dipshit

Sorry, no reunion show stuff is holding young bands down. Different music market, different demographic, different venues.

You seem embittered lately though. Sorry if that's the case.

 

[DanTravis62]

Sorry, no reunion show stuff is holding young bands down. Different music market, different demographic, different venues.

You seem embittered lately though. Sorry if that's the case.

No, it's actually not

Rock music in general is an ever shrinking piece of the the pie, with a demographic that is getting older and dying off, and with venues that are shutting down over time.

I understand that you want to start an argument to derail every thread that isn't a stupid fucking neo-soul carlos santana james tyler meme frenzy

But in this case, i'll just delete all your posts until you shut the fuck up

 

[VonBonfire]

No, it's actually not

Rock music in general is an ever shrinking piece of the the pie, with a demographic that is getting older and dying off, and with venues that are shutting down over time.

I understand that you want to start an argument to derail every thread that isn't a stupid fucking neo-soul carlos santana james tyler meme frenzy

But in this case, i'll just delete all your posts until you shut the fuck up

Rock music was D.O.A in the early 2000's but 60 year old EVH wannabes aren't wrecking the market for young bands. Young people are. Young bands rely on young people, not retirees. Demographics.

If you were right, you wouldn't need to threaten to delete my posts but go for it if that makes you feel more right. You're definitely embittered by the business lately. Sorry man, it's something anyone who is serious about making music has to deal with.

 

[DanTravis62]

Rock music was D.O.A in the early 2000's but 60 year old EVH wannabes aren't wrecking the market for young bands. Young people are. Young bands rely on young people, not retirees. Demographics.

If you were right, you wouldn't need to threaten to delete my posts but go for it if that makes you feel more right. You're definitely embittered by the business lately. Sorry man, it's something anyone who is serious about making music has to deal with.

I'm only embittered by you attempting a derailing in every thread VBF

Snug it up so I don't have to do something about it

 

[The Polish Hammer]

Nice! The lead singer got annoyed at one point because a few folks started shouting out song requests and it ticked him off, lol.

"Play some Skynyrd!!!"

 

[RaceU4her]

It's seriously so obnoxious. We're playing a festival in seattle this fall, and like half of the bands are 100% the exact type of "Reunion" you're talking about.

I don't mind it when an older band is still going strong, putting out real records, doing their thing... I don't think anyone minds that. For obvious examples, Motorhead, Annhilator, bands like that.

But everyone knows that it's obvious when a band is just milking it for cash as much as humanly possible

Honestly the shit like DLR and motley crue seriously need to retire. They're holding down younger bands, sucking all the oxygen out of the room, and they haven't written any music worth a shit in decades.

literally just heard an ad on the big NYC sports radio station for the Crue tour

Sorry, no reunion show stuff is holding young bands down. Different music market, different demographic, different venues.

You seem embittered lately though. Sorry if that's the case.

i believe it is in the hardcore and metal world at least, where fests have taken over as they have everywhere else. I see the lineups and cant believe how high up the list some of these bands who havent played in 20 years are, im not sure what the promoters are thinking other than they want to see these bands themselves, then more often than not the crowd reaction for them is terrible and all i can think was theres newer younger bands people actually want to see that should have had that slot.

 

[VonBonfire]

i believe it is in the hardcore and metal world at least, where fests have taken over as they have everywhere else. I see the lineups and cant believe how high up the list some of these bands who havent played in 20 years are, im not sure what the promoters are thinking other than they want to see these bands themselves, then more often than not the crowd reaction for them is terrible and all i can think was theres newer younger bands people actually want to see that should have had that slot.

Name recognition wins in the industry, regardless of current or past ability to perform. That's what sells the tickets that cover the cost of the bands, venue, promotion, etc etc unless you have a corporate sponsor footing the bill as a tax write off for their own business. It's not a new concept.