UK Tour Dates

[jellyman10]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Then I suppose you are okay with working your normal full time job but taking a big paycut, or worse, owing your employers money. The reason she goes to "other places" is because they make it worth her while. She is certainly not a humanitarian mission to Australia; she is evidently making serious bank there and is playing large theatres and stadiums there. Perhaps your ire should be directed more at your local tour promoters than at Stevie? And what about all of the apathetic residents of Europe who didn't exactly run out and buy Stevie's newest album? If nobody is buying her music, chances are that they won't pay money to see her live in concert. Promoters realize this.

I think that's harsh, especially since Dodfather and I and others in this thread are exactly the people who did buy Stevie's product in Europe. The broader point is surely why a tour has to make 'serious bank' to be worth doing at all? I actually don't believe that there is are no promoters at all who are willing to bring Stevie to the UK, especially if it was in conjunction with Dave S. And if the real shortage is not simply 'promoters' but 'promoters who will guarantee Stevie et al a massive paycheque', then we're back to the central point: why must the cheque be massive?

I don't pretend to understand the business, but I have eyes and ears, and there are acts coming to this country and my city all the time who don't have the drawing power of Stevie Nicks, and they manage it somehow. I just wonder why she 'can't'.

Loz