Amen!! I don't even think VH could pack arenas without something new and damn near chart topping. Definately not another nostalgia tour... Only way they could pull a draw similar to 07/08 would be to team up with another big name band.Originally Posted by Va Beach VH Fan
On their own... I think today, they'd be about where DLR Band left off before 2007... Ribfests, county fairs and the washed up casino tour circuit with the likes of Ted Nugent, Foreigner and Steve Miller...
"If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”
Yeah dude, I picked up the DVD at best Buy without knowing anything about it and it's really good...
Hey now!
The Nuge is selling out...
And the tix are way too expensive...
That's a bold statement.
I am by no means a blind VH stroker, but cmon.....
VH would NOT be doing Sturgis and the like.
As much as I'd like to think they could pull the fans with or without new material, I dont think these guys egos would allow them to do the D list circuit.
Yeah we all know where Dave ended up. We know Van Hagar opened for Bon fucking Jovi.
But the mighty Van Halen? I just can't see it. Since achieving stardom these guys have never done anything less than arenas. Including 23 years later. As a band they have never had to watch their popularity fade. I say they'd go big or stay home.
Ride the big wave all the way.
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Fuck Scott Weiland. Fucking asshole. I get trashed all the time and still go to work. And my job sucks ass. -ODShowtime
You are absoloutlely right hambon, there was way too much talent in that eeas band to just go away like that , but Vai did stay around for a couple more albums
The Hankster Cometh
I too would have "liked" to think otherwise... but the market ain't there for Van Halen. Just look at this year's stats:That's a bold statement.
I am by no means a blind VH stroker, but cmon.....
VH would NOT be doing Sturgis and the like.
As much as I'd like to think they could pull the fans with or without new material, I dont think these guys egos would allow them to do the D list circuit.
Yeah we all know where Dave ended up. We know Van Hagar opened for Bon fucking Jovi.
But the mighty Van Halen? I just can't see it. Since achieving stardom these guys have never done anything less than arenas. Including 23 years later. As a band they have never had to watch their popularity fade. I say they'd go big or stay home.
Ride the big wave all the way.
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/artic..._revenue_down/
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The recession has finally caught up with the lucrative concert touring industry.
The industry trade magazine and website Pollstar says gross revenue for the top 100 tours in North America in the first six months of 2010 is down nearly $200 million from last year.
That's a 17 percent drop in an industry that seemed impervious to the weakening economy just a few years ago. The total haul of $965.5 million was the lowest for the first half of the year since 2005 when gross revenue was $730.9 million.
Ticket sales also were off. The top 100 acts sold an average of 6,951 tickets per show, down about 9 percent from 7,639 during the same period in 2009.
Declining ticket sales have been evident in the number of cancellations this year for usually bankable stars.
Major acts such as The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna and the Lilith Fair have canceled or curtailed tours, but Pollstar editor in chief Gary Bongiovanni said others -- including Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Muse -- aren't having problems moving tickets.
To compensate, promoters have been offering discounted tickets, which some say has created more problems for the industry.
The top-grossing show this year was Coachella. The California festival drew 225,000 fans who paid more than $21.7 million for tickets.
Bon Jovi has the top North American tour in the first half of 2010 with $52.8 million in grosses. James Taylor and Carole King are next at $41 million and Swift is third with $34.2 million. The tours of Paul McCartney ($31.6 million) and George Strait ($29.8 million) round out the top five.
AC/DC rules ticket sales worldwide with 1.8 million. No other act has reached 1 million. The band has grossed $177.5 million.
Bongiovanni says the recession appears to be hitting larger shows the hardest, with club-level acts still seeing respectable ticket sales.
It matters not where they play.
With Dave & Eddie together, I will go to a stadium, an arena, a casino, a dive bar, an old folks home to watch them. I don't care. I'm not going there for the people around me or how many there are...I'm going for the 2 guys on stage playing my favorite fucking songs.
I was starved too long of seeing them together and I'm gonna soak up as much of them while I can.
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what about Joe Dolce?
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translating your Japanese.
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I think ZZ Top would be a good opening act to tour with Van Halen.
RIDE TO LIVE, LIVE TO RIDE
LET `EM ROLL ONE MORE TIME
That's a double bill. One I'd pay to see.
Cheers! :bottle:
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