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I'm going to put a positive spin on this.
First off, I'm happy that I won't have to spend money this summer. I already blew a LOT of money in the spring when you factor in travel costs, and I really shouldn't have done that. If they had toured this summer I should have only gone to Philly and Cleveland (where the big meetup was going to be). But I doubt I would have had the discipline to limit it to that, and probably would have been sucked into Baltimore, Hampton VA, etc.
Second, they did the exact same setlist from 6/9 to the end so the surprises were over. I don't know about you but I was getting really bored by the end of the 2007-08 tour and wasn't exactly sad when that ended; 80 shows of the same exact thing were more than enough. If they went on tour this summer and didn't have it in them to work anything different up, didn't have the energy to at least rotate songs, that would have been very, very disappointing.
Third, it's not the end, they're touring Japan in November. Plus my acquaintance who has an in with the band has expressed confidence they'll be back for another round at least in North America.
Fourth and most importantly we got a new album. The tour was gravy. But the album will go on forever and can't be taken away from us. If you made me choose between one more tour or one new album, I'm going with one more album every time.
Take this time to explore some new music, new unheard-of bands, see shows you might not have seen otherwise with the money you had earmarked for VH. That's what I did from 2009 to the beginning of this year; VH wasn't on my mind at all. And then when VH unexpectedly came back it was great. For better or worse, time will move ridiculously fast.
First off, I'm happy that I won't have to spend money this summer. I already blew a LOT of money in the spring when you factor in travel costs, and I really shouldn't have done that. If they had toured this summer I should have only gone to Philly and Cleveland (where the big meetup was going to be). But I doubt I would have had the discipline to limit it to that, and probably would have been sucked into Baltimore, Hampton VA, etc.
Second, they did the exact same setlist from 6/9 to the end so the surprises were over. I don't know about you but I was getting really bored by the end of the 2007-08 tour and wasn't exactly sad when that ended; 80 shows of the same exact thing were more than enough. If they went on tour this summer and didn't have it in them to work anything different up, didn't have the energy to at least rotate songs, that would have been very, very disappointing.
Third, it's not the end, they're touring Japan in November. Plus my acquaintance who has an in with the band has expressed confidence they'll be back for another round at least in North America.
Fourth and most importantly we got a new album. The tour was gravy. But the album will go on forever and can't be taken away from us. If you made me choose between one more tour or one new album, I'm going with one more album every time.
Take this time to explore some new music, new unheard-of bands, see shows you might not have seen otherwise with the money you had earmarked for VH. That's what I did from 2009 to the beginning of this year; VH wasn't on my mind at all. And then when VH unexpectedly came back it was great. For better or worse, time will move ridiculously fast.
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