Absolutely. Listen to old concert recordings, and even established acts like the Eagles and Led Zeppelin shamelessly plug their newest albums during concerts.

Absolutely. Listen to old concert recordings, and even established acts like the Eagles and Led Zeppelin shamelessly plug their newest albums during concerts. The big story arc of "Spinal Tap" involved the problems with releasing "Smell the Glove", the promotion of which was the whole point of the tour. The technical changes seem to be making musicians into traveling minstrels once again--not a good thing. Studio recordings are better 99.99 percent of the time.