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Originally Posted by The dance
Makes me wonder why tickets are not going good in some countries?
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Another finnish Fleetwood Mac fan here!
And new here. I think i could answer your question.. First, the obvious reason for Helsinki cancellation was that tickets werent selling. Couple of days before cancellation news, i checked and you could buy great THIRD row seats in front. Amazing when the Eagles sold out two concert here in something like 20 minutes.
The problem is that the Nicks-Buckingham era Fleetwood Mac is rather unknown thing in Finland. It somehow hasnt spread here.. and if somebody knows the band, i always noticed they refer to the Peter Green -era blues band. Maybe because of the internet and youtube there is a younger generation following.. like a really big undeground thing for special taste, rather than big nostalgia concert for Buckingham-Nicks FMīs generation, the usual target group for the concerts.
I am sure if this would have been the blues-version of Fleetwood Mac, tickets would have sold much more (but i like the Buckingham-Nicks era). Blues version of the band was here 44 years ago. That is what the older generations of music freaks in Finland know, blues-era FM. And blues people dont seem to like Rumours era stuff here. Then i also heard that 100 euros for FM was too much for younger folks who actually KNEW the Nicks-Buckingham era stuff.
I was thinking the cancellation may happen because itīs too much of a "niche" for such a big event for finnish people. They may know some hits like Little Lies and Dreams but not know what band it is. The difference why Helsinki got cancelled and Stockholm is going strong is that Finland is not a pop country, and our mainstream music is in metal and rock. Thereīs never any talk or stuff going on about Buckingham-Nicks era FM here in Finland in music mags... Only some music fans with special taste or musicians like me know their existense and follows them. They would deserve much more attention here in Finland!
Oh well...off to Stockholm then!
