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Post by Pea on Nov 12, 2010 12:06:59 GMT -8
Were they referring to the crowd sucking or their performance sucking? I think they played right after Mumford and Sons so a whole shitload of people left that stage before they came on. I think they knew it too because they didn't look very happy to be playing.
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Post by interstateeight on Nov 12, 2010 14:12:02 GMT -8
Until people start producing numbers -- actual numbers with dollar signs -- I would like to suggest an absolute ban on "They can't afford (x band)" arguments.
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Post by topspin on Nov 12, 2010 14:31:15 GMT -8
what does that have to do with cymbals eat guitars.
just kidding I8 i do remember this is a Radiothread. The they cant afford band thing died in my head after they got The Cure
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 12, 2010 14:39:28 GMT -8
And Nine Inch Nails. And R.E.M. And the Lips' U.F.O., which doesn't go ANYWHERE. Some of the biggest acts in the world have played Sasquatch. We could probably even land The Eagles or Roger Waters or whatever if we wanted to, but mass appeal generally seems to be low on the list of priorities for the people who book Sasquatch. Mostly they aim for the Fucking Awesome factor.
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Post by Cbats on Nov 12, 2010 15:46:55 GMT -8
Here is a collection of prices for current bands: prettypolly.com/show-other-avail-artist-list.php?openerurl=college-concerts.phpthings in there: My Morning Jacket (75+), Ween (75-100), Flaming Lips (60-75) I booked bands for 4 years while in college, it's really not that hard to get a ballpark of what someone is going to cost based on what venues they play. I know I paid about 50 bucks to see Radiohead at the sold out White River Amphitheater show. White River holds 20k so that's 1 million right there but lots of tickets were more than 50 so im sure that the total was higher than that. sasquatch sells like 22k tickets at 75 dollars a peace. Leaving a total operational budget of 1.65 million dollars. Realistically they're not gonna spend more than 65% on bands (that seems awfully high as is) so I would guess that they spend less than 1 million on all of the bands for one day. On the other hand, lots of people say we can't afford daft punk which I don't quite believe. When I saw them in 2007 they played WaMu theater which has a maximum capacity of 7000. I think tickets were about 40 bucks which means that the gross was about 280,000. Still fairly high but it's not as out of reach as 1 million is. Oh and on the cure: getting the Cure was no doubt a Coup for Sasquatch but I remember that it only happened because their other show fell through (basketball playoffs i think?) and they only agreed to play Sasquatch after getting some promises from the bookers. That said, last time they toured through on their own they played at White River but it was during a festival that they created (curiosa) that had some big names (Muse, Mogwai, the rapture, etc) so their grosses would be significantly lower than Radioheads summary: Radiohead is not playing unless there are like 3 other acts that day Is this good enough I8?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 12, 2010 16:13:57 GMT -8
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Post by wolfhat on Nov 12, 2010 16:15:48 GMT -8
So many numbers!
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Post by Pea on Nov 12, 2010 17:03:54 GMT -8
i can't wait until they announce radiohead as a headliner and cbaton is like
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2010 20:15:06 GMT -8
But to do that Adam Zacks would have to be like
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Post by Cbats on Nov 13, 2010 13:01:14 GMT -8
The beauty of my position is that it's really win win. If Radiohead isn't there then I'm right, if Radiohead is there I get to see Radiohead.
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Post by Pea on Nov 13, 2010 13:10:10 GMT -8
hahaha god damn that's some good logic!
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Post by vismundcygnus on Nov 14, 2010 3:33:39 GMT -8
why do you do this to yourselves? radiohead will play coachella. no festival will tell them no and people will drive to see them. if they're playing a west coast festival, why wouldn't they go with the money? playing sasquatch would be an act of charity on radioheads part, especially when you consider the fact that they havent played coachella since '04. im not saying that such an act of kindness is beyond the band, but yeah right.
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Post by revolutionj on Nov 14, 2010 10:14:50 GMT -8
why do you do this to yourselves? radiohead will play coachella. no festival will tell them no and people will drive to see them. if they're playing a west coast festival, why wouldn't they go with the money? playing sasquatch would be an act of charity on radioheads part, especially when you consider the fact that they havent played coachella since '04. im not saying that such an act of kindness is beyond the band, but yeah right. Lets keep the optimism going fellas.
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Post by vismundcygnus on Nov 14, 2010 12:09:38 GMT -8
there is no optimism in the face of radiohead... only miracles.
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Post by revolutionj on Nov 14, 2010 12:12:18 GMT -8
there is no optimism in the face of radiohead... only miracles. Point taken...lets keep the miracles going then.
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Post by vismundcygnus on Nov 15, 2010 3:53:45 GMT -8
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 15, 2010 8:06:28 GMT -8
Only with Radiohead could denouncing all published information about their new record be called an 'update'. Cross The Beatles with Pink Floyd and build an airtight glass case around them and you've got Radiohead. Regarding Sasquatch, let's not forget our ace in the hole:
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Post by interstateeight on Nov 15, 2010 9:03:13 GMT -8
Here is a collection of prices for current bands: prettypolly.com/show-other-avail-artist-list.php?openerurl=college-concerts.phpthings in there: My Morning Jacket (75+), Ween (75-100), Flaming Lips (60-75) I booked bands for 4 years while in college, it's really not that hard to get a ballpark of what someone is going to cost based on what venues they play. I know I paid about 50 bucks to see Radiohead at the sold out White River Amphitheater show. White River holds 20k so that's 1 million right there but lots of tickets were more than 50 so im sure that the total was higher than that. sasquatch sells like 22k tickets at 75 dollars a peace. Leaving a total operational budget of 1.65 million dollars. Realistically they're not gonna spend more than 65% on bands (that seems awfully high as is) so I would guess that they spend less than 1 million on all of the bands for one day. On the other hand, lots of people say we can't afford daft punk which I don't quite believe. When I saw them in 2007 they played WaMu theater which has a maximum capacity of 7000. I think tickets were about 40 bucks which means that the gross was about 280,000. Still fairly high but it's not as out of reach as 1 million is. Oh and on the cure: getting the Cure was no doubt a Coup for Sasquatch but I remember that it only happened because their other show fell through (basketball playoffs i think?) and they only agreed to play Sasquatch after getting some promises from the bookers. That said, last time they toured through on their own they played at White River but it was during a festival that they created (curiosa) that had some big names (Muse, Mogwai, the rapture, etc) so their grosses would be significantly lower than Radioheads summary: Radiohead is not playing unless there are like 3 other acts that day Is this good enough I8? I'm impressed, and I appreciate your effort. The problem is that you're basing this on speculation, by which I mean calculating what they take away on tickets. That ignores, like, a million things: days that sell out, ticket packages, what they'll charge this year, what they make on those crazy expensive festival shirts/posters/etc., and a number of other things. What I wanted to see was Sasquatch's booking budget for THIS year, followed by examples from past years, and a solid idea of what bands are asking for this year. So while I don't think this is good enough, I do applaud your effort. And this: Excellent.
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Post by funnygrrl on Nov 15, 2010 12:07:21 GMT -8
I don't think radiohead will be there, but one thing that people are forgetting is the past 3 years they have gone to smaller headliners on the 3 rd day, my guess is they have aoperating budget. Any surplus from the budget goes to a war chest in case they want to book someone big, i did the numbers game last year, with educated guesses and i thought they spent between 45 to 55 percent of ticket sales to book bands, if they put about 5 percent away, the last couple of years, they could have an extra 15 percent to book a big whale. 15% of tickets sales is about $500,000, if adam zacks wants to make a splash he can spend that extra money on a band like radiohead, that probably wont happen but, we can see another big band like pearl jam.
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Post by miked on Nov 15, 2010 13:21:00 GMT -8
Regarding Sasquatch, let's not forget our ace in the hole: ....I think our 'ace in the hole' looked more like this last year.
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