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Old 02-06-2020, 11:05 PM
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However, that brand is too heavily associated with Stevie these days. It would be viable, but it wouldn’t be an arena band.
as you said somewhere above - we don't have any proof of that. it's just a calculation that may or may not pan out if tried. i can almost guarantee you they would have been arena band. BuckVie without the name brand recognition were touring sheds, so FM brand? of course they can tour arenas. many other bands of their era are touring without their best known members and still filling arenas, just on the brand alone.

however, you are right that Mick and promoters didn't want to risk the unknown, just in case. they didn't want to in 2011/12 and didn't want to in 2018. and apparently you are similarly risk averse, or you think you'd be.

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So, do you make a new album that will be largely forgotten in a few years and make $3-$6 million, or do you skip the album and make $12 million
what do you do? in their situation? when they already made millions on millions? you disband and keep the peace in the family. you keep the only legendary band with all classic-era members still around and able to perform intact. you don't break it up into pieces.
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