[Heeplist] Touring classic rock and new music

[Don Malecic]

RC ,
Good explanation on how that all works.
but , like you said probably  won’t change much, at least they are getting
creative with the golden oldies , like I was really impressed with how they
presented Gypsy.
Doesn’t take much to change things up a little anyway.
Don

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:52 PM RC McWilliams <mcfoghat at cox.net> wrote:

> Having worked in this business for a long time, it has been my experience
> that the problem lies with the promoters and not the bands.  A classic rock
> act will usually be required to play a certain percentage of hit material.
> Many acts like Foghat, Styx and REO will continue to release great new
> music, but in order to satisfy the casual fans who are buying the tickets,
> they must play the hits. There are not enough ticket sales from us hardcore
> fans to support the acts and the tour. There are some acts ( todd rundgren
> comes to mind and I'm sure there are others) that will take a new album out
> on tour and play smaller venues for less money and hope for the best, but
> it is risky. The usual recourse, then, is to follow it up with a hits tour
> to make more money.  I'm afraid that UH will only be allowed to present a
> certain amount of the new material on the next tour as they did a couple of
> years ago with Outsider.  It sucks for us fans, but unfortunately it is the
> nature of touring for classic acts.
> Mcfoghat
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