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This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I ho

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

maxclark 6y ago
I was in the same boat. Just never seemed to be in the right place. 28 years is an incredible run.
afavour 6y ago
I wouldn't discount the possibility of one-off reunion shows in the future, provided they parted on good terms (and that's usually the case when a band has been together 20+ years) (FWIW, I was very smug that I got a ticket to one of LCD Soundsystem's goodbye shows. It was awesome. They reunited a few years later, released albums and resumed touring ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
- TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
  Phil Collins did a "First Finale Farewell Tour." Then followed it with a "Not Dead Yet Tour."
  - toyg 6y ago
    Tina Turner has had quite a few "last" tour. And I'm sure there are plenty more. People can always change their mind.
    - dylan604 6y ago
      Eventually, everyone needs money again.
      - rtx 6y ago
        Not Bill gates, if he stops to pick-up money he loses money.
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        jakeva 6y ago
        I get the joke, but the literalist inside me wants to always point out when I hear this that it's not as though he stops being the founder of Microsoft in the few seconds he stops to pick up money. He doesn't lose money by picking up money. It's more than likely less than the daily market fluctuation of a single stock of MSFT, but stopping to pick up money doesn't interrupt or halt his income in any way.
        ficklepickle 6y ago
        Well he pressured oxford into not open-sourcing the vaccine. To him, that is probably a quarter on the ground.
    - dandersh 6y ago
      I've lost count the amount of Rolling Stones "farewell tour" concerts I've been too.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago
  I too have gone through this with Nine Inch Nails. You said you were done Trent!
pyrophane 6y ago
Both artists are under 50. I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.
- buro9 6y ago
  And with the added advantage that as they are electric they'd sound as good in the future as they did in the past. You wouldn't even know if it wasn't them under the masks. The counter point being that I saw Velvet Underground live and they sucked badly :D
  - schwartzworld 6y ago
    I went to a smashing pumpkins show and was so turned off that I stopped being a fan. I have met several others with the same experience
    - JansjoFromIkea 6y ago
      What was the issue? Was it the length of the show, the aura of Billy Corgan (and his horrific aesthetics), renditions that somehow made the original versions worse? Guy was obviously talented but I don't think he's the best judge of his strengths. There's a couple of songs from Adore and Machina where the music videos manage to make the songs drastically worse for me.
      - schwartzworld 6y ago
        You pretty much nailed it. This was on the Melon Collie tour.
        hluska 6y ago
        I saw them play Mellon Collie too. Did they play their > 25 minute version of XYU? Christ, everyone but Billy Corgan was bored 15 minutes into that but it just kept going and going and going...
    - 6y ago
playingchanges 6y ago
Maybe my biggest concert regret is not seeing the Alive tour. Game changers.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  It was my very first concert, and honestly I probably didn't even appreciate it enough at the time (though I loved it), due to lack of perspective and being a teenager, but wow did I get lucky :)
Nelkins 6y ago
I feel the same way. I think I've listened to Discovery hundreds of times. With any luck there will be a reunion within a decade or two.
rvieira 6y ago
Don't mean to twist the knife, but I saw them live and it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to :). I've seen concerts with better music in small venues (DJ Spooky), I've seen crazier concerts (BHole Surfers) and more sensory beating ones (Chemical Brothers), but never one that was such a blast as theirs.
JansjoFromIkea 6y ago
I think they probably knew they had a bit of an issue in terms of live shows in that they had a pretty divergent audience it'd be very hard to please. It was already a bit of a marvel how well they combined their three albums into one show in 2007 and they were still pretty firmly a dance act at this stage (which I'd say has blurred a lot since as Discovery and RAM become increasingly dominant over Homework in mainstream recognition) Outside of doing seated gigs (ie something very firmly to set the tone in advance) I'm not sure how you could clearly set a tone that wouldn't upset a large portion of the audience. I'd skip a seated gig for sure. Plus the demand would be off the charts. Horrifically expensive tickets bought maybe a year in advance. That'd be a lot of pressure to include hits that may not fit very well in (e.g. thinking of how Digital Love was left outta the 2007 show, which was absolutely the right move)
ryanmarsh 6y ago
Came here to say this. After missing 2010 I set aside some money so that if a concert was announced anywhere in the world I could drop everything and go. Sadly it doesn't look like that will happen now.

This completely sucks. I had a bucket list item to see them live. Definitely my most listened-to artist ever. Best of luck to their next endeavors though, I hope they both continue to make music.

maxclark 6y ago

I was in the same boat. Just never seemed to be in the right place. 28 years is an incredible run.

afavour 6y ago

I wouldn't discount the possibility of one-off reunion shows in the future, provided they parted on good terms (and that's usually the case when a band has been together 20+ years) (FWIW, I was very smug that I got a ticket to one of LCD Soundsystem's goodbye shows. It was awesome. They reunited a few years later, released albums and resumed touring ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
Phil Collins did a "First Finale Farewell Tour." Then followed it with a "Not Dead Yet Tour."
- toyg 6y ago
  Tina Turner has had quite a few "last" tour. And I'm sure there are plenty more. People can always change their mind.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    Eventually, everyone needs money again.
    - rtx 6y ago
      Not Bill gates, if he stops to pick-up money he loses money.
      - deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
      - jakeva 6y ago
        I get the joke, but the literalist inside me wants to always point out when I hear this that it's not as though he stops being the founder of Microsoft in the few seconds he stops to pick up money. He doesn't lose money by picking up money. It's more than likely less than the daily market fluctuation of a single stock of MSFT, but stopping to pick up money doesn't interrupt or halt his income in any way.
      - ficklepickle 6y ago
        Well he pressured oxford into not open-sourcing the vaccine. To him, that is probably a quarter on the ground.
  - dandersh 6y ago
    I've lost count the amount of Rolling Stones "farewell tour" concerts I've been too.
toomuchtodo 6y ago
I too have gone through this with Nine Inch Nails. You said you were done Trent!

pyrophane 6y ago

Both artists are under 50. I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.

buro9 6y ago
And with the added advantage that as they are electric they'd sound as good in the future as they did in the past. You wouldn't even know if it wasn't them under the masks. The counter point being that I saw Velvet Underground live and they sucked badly :D
- schwartzworld 6y ago
  I went to a smashing pumpkins show and was so turned off that I stopped being a fan. I have met several others with the same experience
  - JansjoFromIkea 6y ago
    What was the issue? Was it the length of the show, the aura of Billy Corgan (and his horrific aesthetics), renditions that somehow made the original versions worse? Guy was obviously talented but I don't think he's the best judge of his strengths. There's a couple of songs from Adore and Machina where the music videos manage to make the songs drastically worse for me.
    - schwartzworld 6y ago
      You pretty much nailed it. This was on the Melon Collie tour.
      - hluska 6y ago
        I saw them play Mellon Collie too. Did they play their > 25 minute version of XYU? Christ, everyone but Billy Corgan was bored 15 minutes into that but it just kept going and going and going...
  - 6y ago

playingchanges 6y ago

Maybe my biggest concert regret is not seeing the Alive tour. Game changers.

ehsankia 6y ago
It was my very first concert, and honestly I probably didn't even appreciate it enough at the time (though I loved it), due to lack of perspective and being a teenager, but wow did I get lucky :)

Nelkins 6y ago

I feel the same way. I think I've listened to Discovery hundreds of times. With any luck there will be a reunion within a decade or two.

rvieira 6y ago

Don't mean to twist the knife, but I saw them live and it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to :). I've seen concerts with better music in small venues (DJ Spooky), I've seen crazier concerts (BHole Surfers) and more sensory beating ones (Chemical Brothers), but never one that was such a blast as theirs.

JansjoFromIkea 6y ago

I think they probably knew they had a bit of an issue in terms of live shows in that they had a pretty divergent audience it'd be very hard to please. It was already a bit of a marvel how well they combined their three albums into one show in 2007 and they were still pretty firmly a dance act at this stage (which I'd say has blurred a lot since as Discovery and RAM become increasingly dominant over Homework in mainstream recognition) Outside of doing seated gigs (ie something very firmly to set the tone in advance) I'm not sure how you could clearly set a tone that wouldn't upset a large portion of the audience. I'd skip a seated gig for sure. Plus the demand would be off the charts. Horrifically expensive tickets bought maybe a year in advance. That'd be a lot of pressure to include hits that may not fit very well in (e.g. thinking of how Digital Love was left outta the 2007 show, which was absolutely the right move)

ryanmarsh 6y ago

Came here to say this. After missing 2010 I set aside some money so that if a concert was announced anywhere in the world I could drop everything and go. Sadly it doesn't look like that will happen now.