Tom Petty kept his price very low compared to his contemporaries. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire did, too, when they paired up for a tour, and it was very successful. |
Business (nationwide) is actually up substantially compared to the first quarter of last year. |
Florida tends to be one of those places that people like to play in the winter, |
He did good business last time. |
He goes back and plays the same markets repeatedly and just develops a good, loyal following. It's an organic development, not based on MTV or radio hype, and that's the best kind of artist development. |
I think everyone was surprised. I don't know that anybody expected the Pixies to be bigger today than they had ever been. |
I think it's a great event that can help bolster Chicago's reputation as being a great music town. |
I think there's a pretty widespread understanding now that we've pushed the upper limits of the ticket price and the public has pushed back. |
I would be surprised if they (Bon Jovi) go and do sellout business in every arena they play. |
If (Des Moines) supports the shows and they do well, it's all good for the reputation of the arena and the market. |
It looks like they may have stretched some on the top side in Pittsburgh. |
It makes sense to try to take care of your loyal fans, but it's a fine line before that moves over into just a way to up the ticket price. |
It used to be that there was a pretty good relationship between a big-selling concert act and big sellers on the charts. But over the last 20 years, there's been a real divergence. |
It's almost like the business went off a cliff and it has not come back yet. |
It's easier to sell 10,000 seats if you're in Philadelphia as opposed to 10,000 seats in Grand Forks because you're surrounded by millions of people. |