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Originally Posted by dontdrink36
I think people still care but they market for live releases of DMB is pretty heavily saturated[/B]. I mean this is LT 55 and there are tons of other types of releases too. How many different live albums does a casual fan need/want? You can a pretty comprehensive balance of their career with probably 5 or so releases in your collection. If I hadn't attended LT 55 I would have passed on buying it and I'm about as hardcore as fans can be in 2021.
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Its very era-based. There’s some tours with almost no representation. Other acts with a heavy live presence still do fine despite tons of live material available. Part of the perceived saturation is due to the choices - the heavy-handed use of 2018/2019, and many shows with very similar sets being released.
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Originally Posted by dontdrink36
I don't think they will struggle much the first tour or two after covid because everyone is so ready to get back to normal and do all the things, like concerts, that have been paused for over a year now. For arguments sake let's say they play full venue shows this fall. Those will sell well as well summer of 22. By summer of 23 I could see a dip in small market weekday shows as the rush to normalcy is over.
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Depends on a few things, including when the tour starts. I also think a lot of people may feel that they should target bucket-list bands now that we had an entire year off, the whole “who knows if I’ll ever be able to see them again”. DMB isn’t a bucket-list band. So some who may have gone to their shows in the past may be more likely to spend that ticket/trip money elsewhere.
I also think if the new album (what album?) isn’t good - and there’s no real reason to expect it to be better than Come Tomorrow - and they play it heavy in shows, they’re going to lose ticket sales to folks like me. I’m about as hardcore of the DMB fan that’s left. But if they’re going to shoehorn new stuff and further dilute sets, I just don’t know if I can justify the expense for something I only marginally like at this point.