tommie
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Post by tommie on Aug 20, 2008 5:40:43 GMT
played a before huge, "arena-sized" crowd (15,000-20,000 people)?
We saw the Jones Beach show on Aug 9th and every seat was filled (20 thou) and don't believe they've done that size for a typical "Tull concert" in probably at 20 years?!
We've seen everu U.S. tour since 1973 and the last time they played this kind of crows was 1989's "ROCK ISLAND" tour which hit the NY area at Continental Arena.
From 1991 on.........they'd play venues that would be, at the very most, 3,000 seaters (eg Beacon Theater) and usually smaller places than that.
Anyone know?
Thanks!
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Post by admin on Aug 20, 2008 10:12:09 GMT
Good question. Some of those outside shows in Europe Tull have just played looked like pretty decent sized crowds so it would be interesting to see what size venues they play in all these different countries.
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 22, 2008 2:07:07 GMT
Tull's venue size, US and otherwise, has been widely fluctuating, even within tours, for quite some time...the majority of gigs take place in venues between 1200 ( old fashioned theaters or opera house type places) and smallish rock halls (4-5 thou) but they still book the odd 'shed' in the summer ( outdoor 10 thou type) or sports arena ( 8-15 thou) with no apparent rhyme or reason beyond, i guess, availability. They seem to get similar results everywhere...not sellouts but respectable near sellouts...whether small or big...which, at first seems odd...howcome a band that almost sells out 8000 one tour doesn't fully sellout 2000 the next? Well, Ian is a very astute micro-manager...he schedules tons of radio station visits, in store promos and press interviews...keeps a close eye on sales per city and promptly cancels all that $h1t when the sales look decent.....if a venue is really looking embarassing Ian and the other tullies will do the footwork the last 24 or even less, hours too guarantee a burst of visibility and walk up bizness....It leaves ian open to criticism for ditching the PR work, for extra rest, when the sales have been good but i think it's admirable and authentic that they still need to self-promote, now and then, the day of the gig, up and coming band style, to do satisfying bizness...I don't begrudge them pimping out if the seats are spoken for....it's only rock and roll and this startegy keeps tull on the road!...I expect some of ian's promises to the radio guys and local press hounds are made with clear understanding that he'll sleep late if the gig is looking sold.
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