What is up w/ the release of dates??

[leith]

I am truly pissed off that all these freakin\' dates are coming out and we still have little idea when the band is coming out West!!!!!!!!
 Yeah we know it is at the tail end of March but come the FUCK on! A date in MAY is released before the Western dates in MARCH? That is the epitome of fuckin\' weaksauce!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Me!]

Relax GUY!

[leith]

yeah yeah. I am tired of being told to chill out. How the fuck can I promote a show/s w/o a date/s? The earlier the better. Come on. If the band wants people to come out  they need a really good promotion as the have really fallen off the radar out here.  This is only coming from my desire that they get a good reception ie good size crowds. If you want to flame fuck off! and that\'s not personal Chris that is to anybody that wants to get on me for this thread.

[Me!]

I\'m not even gonna get into it with you.......

[leith]

Thanx. Just venting per usual

[Steffmo]

You need meds....

When the signed contracts come in, the dates get posted.  Period.

[leith]

You need meds....

When the signed contracts come in, the dates get posted.  Period.

pffffft

[Jim Cobb]

whaddya mean pfft?  they can\'t post dates until they are confirmed.  plain and simple.  what do you want them to do?  release dates without knowing if their actually going to be playing those dates?  then what?  you\'ll promote the shit out of a show before realizing that the show you spent so much time and energy promoting isn\'t actually gonna happen.  that would suck for everyone involved.

[obsession600]

:that:
I think Leith is already on a ton of meds. You keeping up with the dosage, Leith?

[Spacey]

The fault needs placed on the booking agent and there release of confirmed dates. The band only releases them when they know they are confirmed, as Steffmo said, signed.

I also agree with Leith that the shows on this tour heading out West are more important then a bunch of local dates being announced. More street work is needed for the mid-west, west then the east coast. Hell, we can use all the time we can get to promote the band.

[Overexjoesure]

Time to go shopping,....................again

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[leith]

whaddya mean pfft?  they can\'t post dates until they are confirmed.  plain and simple.  what do you want them to do?  release dates without knowing if their actually going to be playing those dates?  then what?  you\'ll promote the shit out of a show before realizing that the show you spent so much time and energy promoting isn\'t actually gonna happen.  that would suck for everyone involved.

I get your point but my point is why release all these other dates? They do not HAVE to release the dates and it seems to me that they KNOW there are people (not just me) that are looking for dates out West. We all know that any date out east is going to have a crowd and any in places like Utica are sure to be attended well, so why not just release those dates after the Western ones?
So yeah pffft

The fault needs placed on the booking agent and there release of confirmed dates. The band only releases them when they know they are confirmed, as Steffmo said, signed.

I also agree with Leith that the shows on this tour heading out West are more important then a bunch of local dates being announced. More street work is needed for the mid-west, west then the east coast. Hell, we can use all the time we can get to promote the band.

Thank God Someone understands what the hell I am talking about.

[SlimPickens]

I get your point but my point is why release all these other dates? They do not HAVE to release the dates and it seems to me that they KNOW there are people (not just me) that are looking for dates out West. about.

It seems to this casual observer that they release the dates as they get the signed contracts.  I\'m not understanding your irritation w/ the order in which they announce dates.

[Spacey]

The fault needs placed on the booking agent and there release of confirmed dates. The band only releases them when they know they are confirmed, as Steffmo said, signed.

I also agree with Leith that the shows on this tour heading out West are more important then a bunch of local dates being announced. More street work is needed for the mid-west, west then the east coast. Hell, we can use all the time we can get to promote the band.

Thank God Someone understands what the hell I am talking about.

believe it or not, I have had this conversation with someone a couple of days ago.

This is a major issue in my opinion b/c you really need at least 6 weeks to properly promote a show and when flyers get to you the week before the show all your efforts are useless b/c maybe 2 people out of 100 flyers will actually come on such short notice.

[leith]

I get your point but my point is why release all these other dates? They do not HAVE to release the dates and it seems to me that they KNOW there are people (not just me) that are looking for dates out West. about.

It seems to this casual observer that they release the dates as they get the signed contracts.  I\'m not understanding your irritation w/ the order in which they announce dates.

the irritation lies in the way they release dates. it is soo random and and does not lend to promotion well. The idea behind promotion is to BUILD anticipation. Releasing dates to early can lend to the anticipation leveling off and releasing dates to late lends to well... Dates out east will get a crowd it\'s been proven and these dates can be released way later than they are. Mid West and West coast fans that may want to get tour info from .info and are not used to the way shit is done in Bfast land may be discouraged @ seeing dates that do not include them.
It really is weaksauce.