That’s a lot of Canada colored in for Toronto and maybe Vancouver
For the US section … I think they skip coloring Alaska too.
Yo what about Banff
Smaller metal bands don’t often have the means to tour off the beaten path. Just the logistics of organising tours in e.g. South America or Africa are likely prohibitively expensive.
Some bigger rock and metal bands have actually been pretty good in touring places that aren’t just the standard tour countries.
Smaller bands? Fucking Mastodon are losing money when they go on an international tour nowadays… Times are fucking hard for anyone who isn’t a superstar, support the bands you like in any way you can!
Rage Against The Machine went to play for guerillas in the jungle once, does that count?
You forgot the part where the US is only CA and NY.
And Canada is just Toronto
Or in some cases not Canada at all . But definitely not where I live .
And australia is only Sydney and Melbourne (this coming from a Perth lad)
For musical tours it’s usually something more like: Seattle, LA, a big city in Texas, Minneapolis OR Chicago, Atlanta, NYC and sometimes Boston. But I take your point lol
The odd thing to me is the Minneapolis or Chicago. In pure numbers, it should be Chicago every time, but Minneapolis seems to draw a strangely outsized amount of musical acts. I think it’s because MSP is a big airline hub. Or something? I honestly don’t know.
Why the fuck would a global tour go to places that can’t afford tickets?
You mean like Norway?
Even Norway wouldn’t pay the ticket costs. You realize that taking a tour to Norway, when there’s no other reasonable options for shows nearby means Norwegians would be paying a massive premium for the artist to get there right?
You realize I am Norwegian and know what people here are willing to pay for seeing less known artists go live.
Just check prices for anything live at Oslo spectrum, or DNB Arena.
Lesser known artists don’t have the overhead global super stars do. Selling 50k tickets in Norway, would have to be thousands of dollars each to cover the costs because there’s nowhere nearby they could travel to efficiently and perform again.
You live in a far away place surrounded by places that don’t have a high level of expendable income. I live in a similarly hard to access, not wealthy place and wouldn’t expect Taylor Swift or the like to be passing thru at all.
Meanwhile, tickets in Norway:
- X Ambassadors - ca. $45 (February 2024)
- Jason Derulo - ca. $60 (March 2024)
- Jonas Brothers - ca. $60 (June 2024)
Similar prices for when Taylor Swift was here last…Most people in Norway have a good salary, and live very comfortably. Most Norwegians can afford to go to concerts or other entertainment.
Norway is far from some Third World country, that apparently seem to be what some people think.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯there’s nowhere nearby they could travel to efficiently and perform again.
What? Like airplanes don’t exist? Or idk this thing called cars?Travelling in, to or from Norway is far from difficult or expensive
6-hour drive, Oslo - Stockholm
6-hour drive, Oslo - CopenhagenWhat’s Taylor’s tickets going for now? I’ve never considered Norway anything other than a very wealthy country. That’s not really the issue it hand here though. The issue is that it’s very remote and traveling there is very expensive which would need to be factored into ticket prices which are already very high on these tours that we’re seeing. That you think these concerts easily pack up onto a plane or a freaking car just shows you have no idea the scale of performance that you’re talking about. Jason Derulo does not have near the stage setup that someone like Taylor Swift would have. That’s just an indisputable fact.
Also, and serious question…if these artists thought they could make money do you think they intentionally skip your country? These are now billion dollar events. They have actuaries that tell them where they can maximize their profits. They can’t make their money in Norway so they don’t go. Just like they can’t make their money in Regina Saskatchewan so they don’t go.
Yeah let me go to Ukraine real quick 💀
I hear they have some killer pyrotechnics.
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New Zealand, South Africa, and Scandinavia shouldn’t be too difficult, right?
You wouldn’t believe the bribes it takes for the Queen of Denmark to allow rock concerts. She’s an incorrigible smoker.
As a resident of Ohio, that might as well be a grey spot too.
I do alright. I live pretty much smack dab between Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus so an artist is likely to hit at least one of those. The hour and a half drive before and after a show sucks, but even Chicago and Pittsburgh are close enough for a weekend trip for a show.
The absence of Scandinavia checks out. Generous of them to leave Poland in, though.
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Møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti.
I’m guessing that the expected ticket sales don’t justify the additional expense of getting there, or if the tour schedule is busy, there are more profitable places to visit. Just the other week, a Stockholm concert for a US artist touring Europe was cancelled because of too low ticket sales, so I’m guessing margins are tight.
Who cancelled?
Low population density, less potential customers
“I’m going to the places where people can afford to see somebody who goes on a world tour.”
Hey now! Sweden is a hotspot for great metal concerts!
it is these days you couldn’t say that back in the 70s and '80s much from what I understand
Please for the love of God tell me there is a genre called troll rock
Unless you’re Horse the Band, which did their best to hit up every country on their world tour.
Really? Well I managed to miss this one :'(
Fuck Portugal I guess.
The average American is unaware of Portugals existence
X --> Doubt
I am above average, but I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Ask your aunt, boss, and dentist to point it out on a map and let’s see the failure rate
I went to SonicBlast this summer, it was awesome! And Brutus came to Porto twice in, like, 3 months so it’s not all bad :)
Assuming that guy is American, he is roughly 13 foreign countries over the US average.
That would be around the world so it’s fine
The other parts aren’t worth visiting