Probably wouldn’t be huge bands doing that though, yeah? I would assume that would mostly comprise of older bands, who do one offs? If a larger band were flying in for mofo, wouldn’t it be more economically viable for them to do a few spare gigs around the rest of Australia? Seems a waste to gather all that gear and staff, and travel a lot of that, just for one gig.
For sure except, from what I understand, they can afford to pay the bands for exclusivity. I don’t think it happens much any more but I’ve definitely seen more than a few bands come to oz just to play there then leave over the years.
Except when they come and play exclusively for Dark Mofo and then leave. To be fair to you though, that’s rarely part of a “world tour”
Probably wouldn’t be huge bands doing that though, yeah? I would assume that would mostly comprise of older bands, who do one offs? If a larger band were flying in for mofo, wouldn’t it be more economically viable for them to do a few spare gigs around the rest of Australia? Seems a waste to gather all that gear and staff, and travel a lot of that, just for one gig.
For sure except, from what I understand, they can afford to pay the bands for exclusivity. I don’t think it happens much any more but I’ve definitely seen more than a few bands come to oz just to play there then leave over the years.
Yeah right! Trippy stuff!