Originally Posted by Thomas Anderson

That is why online petitions are pointless, because most of the people who sign them wouldn't/couldn't go if the band did do a show there.

If you get people who live in whatever place to sign it because they want to go, and you get a lot of signatures, maybe someone might take notice, but when people worldwide sign a petition for a band to play in a specific place when they can't/won't go then its stupid and pointless.