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Marc Geiger of the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles.
Mr. Geiger, citing poor sales for the Dead, Dave Matthews, Van
Halen and Kiss. "My question is, what is doing well?" he said. But not all promoters agreed that the summer concert business was in a slump.
Seth Hurwitz, an independent promoter in Washington who booked
Lollapalooza into the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., said
that there was waning interest in aging alternative rock acts like the
ones on the Lollapalooza tour.
"How well is Morrissey going to do in the Midwest?" he said. "I wouldn't
venture to guess. The problem is that there is just not a really large
interest in alternative music. What was called alternative in the 90's
was exploding with something new, with Pearl Jam and Nirvana. It was
exciting stuff."
Mr. Hurwitz said many of his concerts, including those by younger acts
like Evanescence and Three Doors Down, were selling well.
"They tried to pull together Morrissey and Sonic Youth," he said, on an
alternative bill. "But there are not enough people who care about it."
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