Stevie postpones shows due to Covid in the band

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

That has to be the reasoning for the ticket price of $1,000. She doesn't perform a two hour show or a three hour show like Springsteen. And she performs two covers out of a 17 song setlist. For one thousand, those souls in the first row should get hand touches from Stevie!

They’re not even getting a full version of Edge!

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by jmn3

They’re not even getting a full version of Edge!

Soldier's Angel has a verse cut too!

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Soldier's Angel has a verse cut too!

There’s always a silver lining

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by jmn3

There’s always a silver lining

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRs0OqV4uSc

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRs0OqV4uSc

thank you thank you...I'll be here one more night!

[deluge]

I paid $349+fees for 1 GA Pit ticket to Springsteen in Greensboro a week ago - and got a hand touch from him!

Stevie’s shows are not selling well. I wonder how she feels performing in an area that is half full (or half empty depending on your point of view). Has to be a blow to her ego.

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

That has to be the reasoning for the ticket price of $1,000. She doesn't perform a two hour show or a three hour show like Springsteen. And she performs two covers out of a 17 song setlist. For one thousand, those souls in the first row should get hand touches from Stevie!

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by deluge

I paid $349+fees for 1 GA Pit ticket to Springsteen in Greensboro a week ago - and got a hand touch from him!

Stevie’s shows are not selling well. I wonder how she feels performing in an area that is half full (or half empty depending on your point of view). Has to be a blow to her ego.

You would hope that she might think that it is time to throw in the cape and retire but no such luck .She is going to go the Baby Jane Hudson route.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by deluge

I paid $349+fees for 1 GA Pit ticket to Springsteen in Greensboro a week ago - and got a hand touch from him!

And Bruce plays right under three hours. Sweats, jumps, and dances. And he hits the high notes in his songs too.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by jmn3

There’s always a silver lining

this made me laugh out loud.

[deluge]

Bruce at 73 years old was non-stop, full-speed ahead, kick-ass rock and roll. His voice is best I've heard it. Oh yeah, he was sweating. I could feel the sweat on his hand when he reached down into the Pit and I brushed his hand. It was warm and humid inside the Greensboro venue, and at the end of the show he ripped open his shirt, with great panache. I've got to say, seeing him close up like that... Bruce is in incredible shape. The next day, I headed to the gym!

But this isn't a Bruce Springsteen message board. It's a Stevie Nicks message board. My underlying point is that Stevie's arena shows don't seem to be selling well. In contrast, Springsteen is selling out the same venues (side stage and back stage too), at much higher average ticket prices.

Why are ticket sales for Stevie's arena shows so dismal? Serious question.

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

And Bruce plays right under three hours. Sweats, jumps, and dances. And he hits the high notes in his songs too.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by deluge

Bruce at 73 years old was non-stop, full-speed ahead, kick-ass rock and roll. His voice is best I've heard it. Oh yeah, he was sweating. I could feel the sweat on his hand when he reached down into the Pit and I brushed his hand. It was warm and humid inside the Greensboro venue, and at the end of the show he ripped open his shirt, with great panache. I've got to say, seeing him close up like that... Bruce is in incredible shape. The next day, I headed to the gym!

But this isn't a Bruce Springsteen message board. It's a Stevie Nicks message board. My underlying point is that Stevie's arena shows don't seem to be selling well. In contrast, Springsteen is selling out the same venues (side stage and back stage too), at much higher average ticket prices.

Why are ticket sales for Stevie's arena shows so dismal? Serious question.

My take only - Stevie just isn’t that big of a draw and hasn’t been for years. She has had jumps in popularity with the younger crowd over the last decade but I seriously doubt some teens or early 20’s girls who are in love with Stevie giving it to Lindsey in a 26 year old Silver Springs clip on TikTok are going to shell out the kind of money she’s asking for tickets. At least not in mass quantity.

A Springsteen concert in comparison is a spectacle. An event. A marathon where you are likely to get a selection of different songs either not played recently or ever before, and an energy level that is topped by very few (read: any) “classic” acts. He has a fanatic fan base that follows him year after year.

Stevie is popular, yes. She is the main draw in Fleetwood Mac, yes. But she’s overexposed and just not the kind of act that can pull in the numbers to fill out an arena tour unless she’s paired with another act (hence why the thing with The Pretenders did well - Stevie’s a greater draw, but The Pretenders are a big enough draw to fill out the gaps).

[UnwindedDreams]

I see that there are tickets for her show in Birmingham for $49.50.
Perhaps the promoters give a lot of comp tickets to the shows too?

[The Catdancer]

Originally Posted by jmn3

My take only - Stevie just isn’t that big of a draw and hasn’t been for years. She has had jumps in popularity with the younger crowd over the last decade but I seriously doubt some teens or early 20’s girls who are in love with Stevie giving it to Lindsey in a 26 year old Silver Springs clip on TikTok are going to shell out the kind of money she’s asking for tickets. At least not in mass quantity.

A Springsteen concert in comparison is a spectacle. An event. A marathon where you are likely to get a selection of different songs either not played recently or ever before, and an energy level that is topped by very few (read: any) “classic” acts. He has a fanatic fan base that follows him year after year.

Stevie is popular, yes. She is the main draw in Fleetwood Mac, yes. But she’s overexposed and just not the kind of act that can pull in the numbers to fill out an arena tour unless she’s paired with another act (hence why the thing with The Pretenders did well - Stevie’s a greater draw, but The Pretenders are a big enough draw to fill out the gaps).

And Stevie makes her shows into a talk show... about herself

[FM77]

Birmingham and New Orleans have now been cancelled.

[Nicks Fan]

What about all those people who claimed she sells out arenas and is so popular?

She's hurt herself by touring way too much with mostly the same setlist but worsening vocals. Then add to the fact the prices for tickets are obscene and you have these shows not selling well.

She's not like Bruce in that he does change it up night to night ( this tour being an exception as he's sticking mostly to a standard setlist). Even with the setlist not changing much there are some songs in it that aren't played all the time at his shows.

The younger set who are newer fans clearly aren't interested in paying these prices and even some of her more older fans are clearly not interested either.