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Originally Posted by StolenAway0721
Seeing numbers like that is upsetting to us here in Raleigh. The last two summers we've had excellent shows with high energy and near capacity, yet got cut for shows that barely hit 5,000? Especially seeing that Charlotte had a great showing, they would be better off adding a 2nd show in NC, preferable Raleigh.
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Originally Posted by dpduke5173
We had a good run there getting 2014/2015 summer stop and Farm aid D&T but I knew it was bound to end. Hope they come back to Walnut Creek in 2018
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Originally Posted by StolenAway0721
Agreed- I generally thought the shows were high energy and very well-received...I'm wondering if the issues during the Phish show with local police/security accosting fans in lots had anything to do with DMB not playing Walnut Creek...Who knows.
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Originally Posted by BruceW
I thought I remember the shows in Raleigh had rather low attendance the last few years. Not as grotesquely low as some of these figures, but Charlotte was still fairly far ahead of Raleigh I think.
One of those shows was a mid-week one though I believe.
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Originally Posted by garagebrothers
Agreed. I remember having 2 shows every year in Raleigh, then they cut it to one, and then zilch. We had great numbers the last couple times they were here, I was surprised when they decided not to play here again this summer. I'm sure that this has been discussed ad nauseum in other threads, but I'm new here, so I haven't gotten around to reading them all yet :P But IMO, the reason they aren't selling out is that since the early 2000's they have kind of gone onto autopilot. You basically know what you're going to see every nite. As someone else said, there is no new album to draw people, you would think that they would start playing a shit ton of songs that we haven't heard in forever, or be more experimental with their jams like in their earlier years. DMB is far and away my favorite band in the world, but early DMB > present DMB.
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Raleigh 2014: 14,181 / 19,980 (Wednesday)
Raleigh 2015: 13,214 / 20,000 (Friday)
Not terrible, not great either.
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Originally Posted by BeyondKnight
It makes me wonder if LiveNation bundles some of these venues together when they negotiate the tour. Management knows there is bank to be made in the traditional markets, but has to agree to some "burn dates" in some of these other ones...
It's the only way I can think of explain 2 shows in Kansas of all places.
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I'm pretty sure that's exactly how tour structures work.