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Originally Posted by manarosi
what you don't understand is that "hardcore fans" that are let down are like what, 5% of the crowd nowadays?? just give a look to instagram,fb,twitter, all the people that goes to a bj concert is not even aware of jon's struggles, forget about if they care if cadillac man it's played or if there's a medley in the middle of bad medicine. Now, put his clothes on and try to think about the business, would you play those setlists and make 95% of the people there happy or play some rarities for the 5% of the crowd risking to absolutely botch them and to let all the others unhappy?? by the numbers they are doing good, all arenas are full, the critics have never been so soft with them, they are playing it safely and from an economic pov right now it is the right choice...then, we are 2 guys discussing in a bj forum that matters less then 0 in a 30 date tour, that's the truth...i'd like to hear the entire these days album played every night with demos from nj and b sides from ktf but who would care about them?? those 20 people that are costantly writing in this forum and that's all. About the prices, keith urban costs around 200$ and it's not even the best seat...we're talking about a global market that is costantly rising up the prices, not bj
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Then that's fine. If he wants to go after casual fans and please casual fans then do it. But on the flip side there's a group of fans that won't come back to the next tour. You're taking what I'm saying and putting it into extremes. I'm not asking for These Days played in full, I'm not asking for Cadillac Man. Hell, I'm not asking for rarities. Lost Highway, Whole Lot of Leaving, We Got It Going On are all being played in 2018 from an album that came out in 2007. That's 11 years of those songs being included in most setlists from an album not even being promoted.
There's no reason why non essential songs can't be swapped out with other non essential songs. There's a back catalouge of rockers that would give Jon the opportunity to interact with the crowd that could replace WGIGO easily. Yeah the album sold well in America but as far as singles go, none of those are ones that people are going to the show in dire need of being included. I'm all for a balance of keeping people happy but the same songs in the setlist tour after tour means less people come back. I don't buy the "well the arenas are full so who cares" mentality. Their fanbase is already dwindling, if the hardcore fans drift away you're left with casual fans are getting harder and harder to attract.