Originally Posted by nikos greece

Apart from the poor cd sales, touring wise bj doent seem to have any problem in north america. i follow the band closely and there hasnt been one show in us that sold poorly, unlike in europe, through the stadium lh tour.
bj always knew that they are a worldwide band, they show interest in japan-europe-australia and s.america from the beggining of their career, very few contemporary acts were smart enough to focus in certain-more prolific and accessible marketss, and that really paid off for them during the grunge period in us, obviously bj are overexposed- the audience and tha band need a break but i dont think they add new countries because they couldnt play arenas in dallas-miami-la-texas-nashville one more time.
the japan shows will be sold out, around 90.000 people will attend, this can be seen as a failure only by michael jackson's standards in japan...i realise that they may were more popular in the past but obviously the band hasnt focused in that market the recent years, and after the break and with some promo i m sure they d be able to play 4-5 domes like they did the past tours, the program and not the dicline of their popularity is to blame for the less dates in my opinion and having fewer dates may help the interest in the next visit. who knew for sure some years back that bj were still that popular in australia? they ve done a small tour with lost highway and now multiple stadiums, i consider the same will happen after some years with south america by the way were there was more demand in many countries