[symbeline]

They should cater to all fans, like they’ve always done. NA sets were static and hits-centered, but there were always moments of brilliance at least every few shows. There was a discussion around the music.
You check social media now and all people talk about is Jon and how hot he is. And their media people encourage this when they repost videos/pictures of people freaking out over Jon coming to their section and dancing and kissing fans. And other fans responding how they’d kill for experiencing that. This honestly grosses me out and above all it saddens me to see this happen. This is what Jon always tried to escape from, the pretty boy/image without substance label. This is what critics and fans who hated them have said since the 90s.

I don’t see their media management reposting anything about the music (and there’s people posting interesting and positive things), they are very very very clearly pandering to the female fans.

They won’t lose much if *I* don’t go to their shows. But I’m not in the minority. Here, in other boards, friends I know personally that were huge fans in the past… there’s lots of people who have spend a lot of money over the years and won’t see their favorite band reduced to this. They can’t afford to lose those fans, the screaming female fans will move on to greener pastures one day.