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05-23-2013 11:01 AM |
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Originally Posted by Crushgen24/88
(Post 1132544)
Yeah, cause they wouldn't have had to move if Richie was there?
Let's be real here.
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Agreed, I think many people on here are vastly over exaggerating Richie's draw to the band.
Yes he has fans, but for one to not attend a Bon Jovi show purely because of his absence you're talking only the real diehards here, and you can get an idea of how many he has by looking at the attendance figures for his solo tour.
Even in the impossible scenario that every one of those fans who went to Shepards Bush last year (or use any other example from that tour) refuse to go to any UK Bon Jovi dates because of his absence, this is totally insignificant to the bigger picture. What's several hundred or even a thousand or so fewer tickets, compared to the 30-50,000 in a stadium? You'll get a bunch of vocal Sambora fans maybe kicking up a stink online or something, but it will have zero impact on the tour which, as we all know, is playing to audiences consisting of 95% casual fans, who probably didn't even know Richie was absent in the first place because they don't follow the band online like we all do.
Andi
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