Originally Posted by jdanielross

From the latest (Bob) Lefetz Letter:

"... if your fans are angry at you, you're on the road to oblivion."

and

"Yes, clubs utilize velvet ropes, but they have a tiny audience inside. Then again, if you believe you're only entitled to a tiny audience, have a huge cover charge and sell overpriced drinks. Which is kind of like when Bon Jovi and the Eagles go on tour. Those are dead acts. You've got to be alive. If you're not growing, you're over."

I think this tour is the beginning of the end for the band if they continue the same policy of overpricing and catering to people in their mid 40s and those with much disposable income. They are already at risk of oversaturating their markets by touring every two to three years and playing what is, in essence, the same show. I've noticed a huge difference in the demographic of the shows in just the last decade. "It's My Life" brought in a younger crowd but those people didn't come back, because the last tour was a middle aged audience (disclosure, I am in my mid-30s) with little energy.

This is the first tour that I (a die-hard fan with bunches of bootlegs and tons of money spent on their product) is considering not even bothering to try to attend. Will it make a difference to them? Of course not. However, I'm starting to believe that more and more shows on this coming tour will be more and more empty and, while this tour won't be it, subsequent tours might lead them to what Lefetz describes.

Thoughts?