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Originally Posted by Mike413
4. See my earlirer posts. Yes owes nothing. No one "owes" anything to us. With the internet and communication at an all-time high, the fans know what's going to happen before the artist thinks it up! (ok an exaggeration...) If I like the way the tour is shaping up, I'll go. And if I don't like the concert, I won't go again. For fans to say they owe us anything is a bit selfish.
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Speak for yourself. No groups owe their fans anything? It's only their fans who buy their records and their tickets. I think it's selfish if bands do music only for themselves and don't take into account how they are coming across to those who feed them. In some ways you are right but either extreme is unhealthy.
True bands ultimately have the say over what they do or don't do but I can't help notice when a band is still touring that their last studio album was "somewhere to elsewhere in 2000 or "magnification" in 2001 and here it is almost the end of the decade. I think the fans have a right to hear new material at some point otherwise just buy the dvd. I'm a little bit more forgiving but I can certainly understand fans who feel that way. I'd say it's possible for both the bands and the fans to be selfish.
Ok this is it for me. If you want to continue this debate send me a pm. I don't want to waste any more space on this thread with this because it's just going around in circles.
