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Originally Posted by danfan
I don't know the inner working of the band or it's management, so I can't say anything about that. However, if that's the case, can you blame them?
Although I don't condone the outrageous amount of money for tickets, touring is quite a pricey undertaking, and as someone pointed out yesterday, to fly all that equipment to certain places where they're just gonna end up either losing money or breaking even, it's not really worth it to them.
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The point is, if for example Mark Knopfler plays in a venue that holds 10.000 people and makes money after playing there, tours all around the world and makes money everywhere, Bon Jovi should be able to do so as well. It's not a matter of losing money, it's a matter of not making the money they'd like to make everywhere.
I'm sure no one could imagine them during the 1993 and 1995 tours saying "no we don't want to play in a venue that doesn't give us (for example) one million dollar after selling it out. They did 29(!) European shows in 1995, 22 on their return in 1996 but if it continues to go like this, they'll end up being a band that does 5 shows in Europe, and then flies back home. That's just a sad thing and shows how money orientated they've become.
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