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Originally Posted by David
I think there was more of that concert+album sales connection in the old days. But nowadays the rules have all changed for getting played on the radio, selling albums, selling shows, etc. The entire industry just isn't going to work the way Fleetwood Mac expects it to work any more.
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Not for a band like Fleetwood Mac anyway.
Actually, I think the dynamic has kind of reversed itself in some ways for up-and-coming bands: it's the albums that sell the concerts to some extent. With so much file-sharing going on, and so many bands releasing mp3s or streaming audio on their websites, I think the hope is that people will hear the music online and then shell out money for a concert ticket to the band live.