Will they go back on tour after Reading/Leeds?

[Guest]

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[Yaz.]

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Every band ever, suddenly packs their bags

[Guest]

Every band ever, suddenly packs their bags

See, all they needed was for Céadóg to ask.

[Cath]

nobody says they won't come for this tour. Austria, India, Mexico, etc.. didn't have any dates too. still a chance they will add some dates soon. and if they played in 2010 as you said they may come back

[Pule92]

nobody says they won't come for this tour. Austria, India, Mexico, etc.. didn't have any dates too. still a chance they will add some dates soon. and if they played in 2010 as you said they may come back

Sure, I didn't say anyone said they are not coming soon. I was just comparing how many dates other countries had to Latin America.

[okotavio]

To be honest since Latin America was highlighted above, I can say that: Green Day doesn't have THAT much fans down here (and I mean fans who can afford going to the concert, which is a VERY, VERY expensive thing in Brazil).

I attended the gig in Sao Paulo in 2010 and it was far from selling out the venue. It was a 25,000 capacity outdoor place and there was like 18,000 people. The problem: they played in 4 cities in Brazil, so fans from around the country would went or to city A or city B. If they played a single stadium concert, maybe it would be reasonable to bring them back here.

Yet I'm guessing they will come to Lollapalooza Brazil and Chile for 2014. Both scheduled for april.

[Heather.]

So what if every band in the world besides Green Day goes to Latin America every year? I still don't think it's Billie Mike and Tre's decision at all.

Logically, you would think they'd have traveled to South America more than twice in their long history, but in the context of 2013 I'm especially not surprised that nothing has happened yet because I immediately assumed that given the one-step-at-a-time nature that should be Billie's rehab into the world of touring, they wouldn't want to do a full on world tour. Play the tried and true, stay in your comfort zone to some degree.

The difference between Latin America and Europe is frankly they can schedule infinitely more dates much closer together in Europe because of how snuggled all the countries are together. Sure, maybe Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua all have a nice little geography going on together, but it's no match for all those tiny countries around Switzerland that can give them 5 major (and wealthy) cities to play. Europe is insanely easy to travel through dozens of countries via buses, not to mention the European Union simplifying currency, border control, etc. You can fucking go from Italy to Spain and not have to worry about your money or customs inspections. Latin American tours require a lot of plane rides to traverse the region properly. And doesn't every country have a different peso? I know these sound like petty things, but when a corporation is scheduling shit and planning logistics, Europe just has much greater appeal.

Then we can get into a whole nother conversation about Warner discriminating against hispanic people and the third world Maybe they just figure Europeans have a lot of money to throw at T-shirts. Notice Green Day doesn't go to Greece, ever.

I don't even feel the need to defend their U.S. tours. They're an American band, this country has 400 million people, they feel comfortable in their own country, their popularity will always be greatest here. They do play different American cities and venues every tour. I know I'm biased since I live here, but it's just logical that they always do a full U.S. tour (which they DIDNT this year, by the way.)

[Pule92]

To be honest since Latin America was highlighted above, I can say that: Green Day doesn't have THAT much fans down here (and I mean fans who can afford going to the concert, which is a VERY, VERY expensive thing in Brazil).

I attended the gig in Sao Paulo in 2010 and it was far from selling out the venue. It was a 25,000 capacity outdoor place and there was like 18,000 people. The problem: they played in 4 cities in Brazil, so fans from around the country would went or to city A or city B. If they played a single stadium concert, maybe it would be reasonable to bring them back here.

Yet I'm guessing they will come to Lollapalooza Brazil and Chile for 2014. Both scheduled for april.

Dude let me tell you that 72% of attendance (which obviously is not an official number, just what you think) taking into account that they played in FOUR cities, it's a lot. I'm pretty sure that if they had played 2 gigs instead of 4, they'd had definitely sold out both.

So what if every band in the world besides Green Day goes to Latin America every year? I still don't think it's Billie Mike and Tre's decision at all.

Logically, you would think they'd have traveled to South America more than twice in their long history, but in the context of 2013 I'm especially not surprised that nothing has happened yet because I immediately assumed that given the one-step-at-a-time nature that should be Billie's rehab into the world of touring, they wouldn't want to do a full on world tour. Play the tried and true, stay in your comfort zone to some degree.

The difference between Latin America and Europe is frankly they can schedule infinitely more dates much closer together in Europe because of how snuggled all the countries are together. Sure, maybe Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua all have a nice little geography going on together, but it's no match for all those tiny countries around Switzerland that can give them 5 major (and wealthy) cities to play. Europe is insanely easy to travel through dozens of countries via buses, not to mention the European Union simplifying currency, border control, etc. You can fucking go from Italy to Spain and not have to worry about your money or customs inspections. Latin American tours require a lot of plane rides to traverse the region properly. And doesn't every country have a different peso? I know these sound like petty things, but when a corporation is scheduling shit and planning logistics, Europe just has much greater appeal.

Then we can get into a whole nother conversation about Warner discriminating against hispanic people and the third world Maybe they just figure Europeans have a lot of money to throw at T-shirts. Notice Green Day doesn't go to Greece, ever.

I don't even feel the need to defend their U.S. tours. They're an American band, this country has 400 million people, they feel comfortable in their own country, their popularity will always be greatest here. They do play different American cities and venues every tour. I know I'm biased since I live here, but it's just logical that they always do a full U.S. tour (which they DIDNT this year, by the way.)

What I was trying to say when I said how many worldwide bands come here every year, is that they face the same problems (or even more for example bigger bands like Rolling Stones which are coming this summer here) that other bands. As I said before, I know many guys who works in this companies that deal with bands to play here, and the fact that we have different currency between countries is not a problem because ALL bands touring here (no matter how big or small they are) they pay in US Dollars.

You're definitely right with the fact that Europe is insanely easy to travel, I know that but it was not my point. My point is, if your band is touring the world since 1994 (let's say the release of Dookie, when they became worldwide), there is definitely no excuse to tour here just TWICE. They are a worldwide band and no matter what everyone can say here, we all know they can EASYLY sold out one gig per country, because that's what all of this huge bands that tour here do. I just can't see what's the difference between them and many other bands (many of them WAY smaller than them and also tour here more often).

No one where can justify that, because we just simply can't know why this happen. Let's put an example. Megadeth's been touring the world since 1984, that's 29 years ago. They're as not as popular as Green Day here (still way popular though) and they played here 23 TIMES. And I have many examples as this one, bands who face the same problems as them, and they are bigger or smaller than Green Day.

[Iva]

This is getting ugly and nasty

While I get all points of view and know how it works, let me just say something on the behalf of those who wait: you don't know what it's like when something's completely unavailable to you; so our friends' wishful thinking and excitement is justified.

[jon18]

Economic disparities are important in some South American countries.

And a small proportion of the population can afford a concert ticket to a profitable price for a band like Green Day.

[BucksCoEric]

if they are going to tour in north America after reading and leeds, will they be playing in Philadelphia or new jersey? id assume they would but ya never know.

[rokandrecr]

Im from Costa rica and thanks god i saw green day in 2010 in the ending of the tour. But bands like aerosmith,black sabbath,Metallica,Megadeth,Pearl Jam and others, come to Costa rica a lot of times and if my country is small i dont think this affect because Lady Gaga in november do a concert and it was full,metallica do a concert in 2008 and it was full... And all my friends likes green day! I think theres no excuse

[LisaBJA]

European dates???? Hope they will do some

[DookieLukie]

Maybe they just don't like South America?

[Cath]

did matt say they were supposed to announced new north american dates for this automn?