I think this has been brought up before but please allow me one, albeit
naive, question.
I have been a part of many music scenes for many years and for the life of
me, I cannot figure out,
in regards to tours and with Big Top, as an example:
WHY do some artists on a major tour play "drop in" dates that are often
unconfirmed?
I could guess that this happens for many reasons:
such as
1. conflicts with other dj/live gigs
2. could'nt get tour support to play the whole tour
3. not interested?
but...
why the STUPID shroud of mystery and wonder behind "who's going to be the
special live guest"?
*will* Aphex Twin play? ( not to pick on RDJ *necessarily*)
*will* (so and so) show up?
and
we *cannot* confirm that ( fill in the blank with topical artist of choice
) will show up
Personally, the more mystery behind who will show up and whether that
individual will be
"live" or djing" creates a greater unlikelihood that I will attend.
Again , for example...isn't it typical that "mysterious" artists are
typically the one who
will "mysteriously" be showing up? It would be ridiculous if say, a lesser
known artist with a much smaller
fan base were to play that kind of bullshit game. People would'nt care.
To me (sorry Sam! ) , its back to money:
By making an appearance "mysterious" and unconfirmed, it just confirms that
lots and lots of people will
pay lots and lots of money for something that they cannot even bank on
happening.
Poo.
Why has Big Top been unconfirmed and confirmed at *least* five times on
this list alone?
It certainly could'nt be bad management alone...
Again, this is a universal question; I'm not just picking on Big Top. I
think it's cool that it's going on, even
though a one hour train ride from NYC is a bit unlikely for me...OK, 40
minutes.
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