You guys are a terrific bunch - but do you think about us?

The Summer only has 3 month or something so they can't make breaks of one month inbetween.

You forgot to mention the dutch, belgian, Irish, Spanish, Austrian and Swiss fans

Maybe there just isn't the market in Asia / South America / Australia any more. Maybe the record company aren't willing to let them play there.

I am no expert, but if the band wanted to tour those places, I don't "think" the record co. could or would stop them. Why do you insist on thinking that the record co. hold the strings?

maybe cause Island/DefJam are a bunch of greedy folks who profite much on bj's success so that they wouldn't support them playing in places where theres less money to grab

The record company doesn't have anything to do with the tours. In fact Mercury got to know from us when Richie was touring in 1998. They didn't have a clue about the dates and stuff.

I can beleive this. I think I remember reading somewhere that Richie had to finance his solo tour himself because the record. co didn't want to know.

I wouldn't say that this is the case for the band tours tho, but I would be interested to know just how much of an input they have in the touring process.

Why aren't they touring these places then??

The record company provides the money. Thats why BJ r touring places with a market, that will make a return & hence why there were 5 shows in Germany, and none in France.

you don't know for sure that it's the record co. making the decisions.

My understanding, which may be incorrect, is that the record company does financially back the tours to an extent.

Of course if you live in an area where no band plays, or where bands rarely play, you can't really expect to get a tour from your favorite band, just because they're your favorite and you want it.

Becky