THINFSale - Charts

You do make me laugh Rosa. I'm sure Jon is wiping away a tear whilst flicking through JT.

It's not even negativity though, it's a fact. It's a 2 year old album that has been artificially pushed to #1 on the back of ticket bundles, it's going to disappear next week. It's a fact, and not a slight on Jon like you perceive everything to be. It's a nice little or boost, if they bother to use it to sell more tickets like they should.

I’m not going to be hoarding 8 CDs. I’ve already decided on a few people who are getting copies and others that I will ask if they want it. And, again, no one was forced to redeem a single CD or the same number of CDs as tickets bought. These redeemed CDs are a reflection of people who wanted them.

I just got 7 CDs in the mail today. One can kick around in my car and play in the CD player. The rest are up for grabs. I still have the original CD I bought about a year ago, that one I'm keeping LOL.

I got an email saying mine are on their way... Do yours have the new tracks on them?

... the bundle of cds I got on the last leg didn't have any of the extra bonus track on them.

If this becomes the tonic, Jon should put a lot of bonus tracks in the next album, again, because it is not worth buying a new album knowing that when you go to the shows you will have plenty of copies of the album to give away.

They won’t have new songs.

Why doesn't all bands do this? Offer a CD with the ticket price? Any band who announces a tour with a decent following would get a No. 1 album that way. I agree it's a good way to showcase the new album and I'm glad to see it No. 1, but I don't know if I like this way of getting a No. 1 album.

When Ed Sheeran can take over the whole top 20 singles thanks to loads of his fans constantly streaming the entire album, it's a bit past being worried about any other gimmick to manipulate the charts. At least it was previously No.1 and not a new peak I suppose.

I do like the idea of the new album with a ticket purchase though - there should be no reason for anyone at a concert to be unfamiliar with the new material as they have the CD. Theoretically.

And here comes another question, how many songs of THINFS will play at this leg?
In The last show (Sao Paulo) only 3 was played.

The official BJ page posted on FB today that the album went to number 1 again.
When I opened up the comments section, there was all kinds of moaning, basically split up between fans being upset about the outrageous ticket prices, the fact that it only climbed back up there due to copies having been thrown around with tickets and the musical decline/Richie's departure.

I've rarely seen such an amount of complaints on the official site.