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Marketing 101. I don't go to concerts often, but there was one last year. Tickets for the thursday show were sold out within minutes, but oh look, they tried Re

Marketing 101. I don't go to concerts often, but there was one last year. Tickets for the thursday show were sold out within minutes, but oh look, they tried Really Hard and revealed they were going to do an EXTRA show on the Friday! (they already had it planned but wanted to make sure the first show on the less popular day was sold out first)

dtech 6mo ago
Or they didn't want to commit to the extra shows until demand was clear
- mrkstu 6mo ago
  Wouldn’t you do Friday first in that scenario?
  - afavour 6mo ago
    Venue might be cheaper on the Thursday.
    - nslsm 6mo ago
      I thought venues paid artists.
      - scarecrowbob 6mo ago
        Generally not outside of the bar-band level, but it is highly variable.
- onlyrealcuzzo 6mo ago
  > Or they didn't want to commit to the extra shows until demand was clear I think the whole point is that only Superstar Divas used to be able to operate like this. Now, even "starving artists" are employing grey-area price-gouging techniques. My anecdata is that concert fatigue is real. I doubt this is going to bode well in the mid or long term. My crystal ball doesn't work any better than anyone else's though...
  - javier123454321 6mo ago
    Would you care to elaborate on what you mean with concert fatigue? I've never heard of it and you're talking about it as though it's something that is so common, it is implied to be known.
    - kibibu 6mo ago
      I go to more concerts than ever, due to the well-known phenomenon of streaming guilt. (I just invented that term, but it's real for me!)
- elzbardico 6mo ago
  Logistically, it is complicated to do that unless it is a small venue and you are an indie band. It takes a lot of planning, contracts and advance payments to make a reasonably big show to happen. Larger venues are usually booked with months in advance, and most things you pay in advance are not refundable.
dheera 6mo ago
I often see ads on Facebook for products where it says "selling out really fast" or "first batch already sold out" type of thing and my first mental response is "okay, I probably won't be able to get one then, I'll wait for your supply chain to catch up to the demand"

dtech 6mo ago

Or they didn't want to commit to the extra shows until demand was clear

mrkstu 6mo ago
Wouldn’t you do Friday first in that scenario?
- afavour 6mo ago
  Venue might be cheaper on the Thursday.
  - nslsm 6mo ago
    I thought venues paid artists.
    - scarecrowbob 6mo ago
      Generally not outside of the bar-band level, but it is highly variable.
onlyrealcuzzo 6mo ago
> Or they didn't want to commit to the extra shows until demand was clear I think the whole point is that only Superstar Divas used to be able to operate like this. Now, even "starving artists" are employing grey-area price-gouging techniques. My anecdata is that concert fatigue is real. I doubt this is going to bode well in the mid or long term. My crystal ball doesn't work any better than anyone else's though...
- javier123454321 6mo ago
  Would you care to elaborate on what you mean with concert fatigue? I've never heard of it and you're talking about it as though it's something that is so common, it is implied to be known.
  - kibibu 6mo ago
    I go to more concerts than ever, due to the well-known phenomenon of streaming guilt. (I just invented that term, but it's real for me!)
elzbardico 6mo ago
Logistically, it is complicated to do that unless it is a small venue and you are an indie band. It takes a lot of planning, contracts and advance payments to make a reasonably big show to happen. Larger venues are usually booked with months in advance, and most things you pay in advance are not refundable.

dheera 6mo ago

I often see ads on Facebook for products where it says "selling out really fast" or "first batch already sold out" type of thing and my first mental response is "okay, I probably won't be able to get one then, I'll wait for your supply chain to catch up to the demand"