Sorry, I felt like I was being rude so I deleted. Tabs is right (for once), we don't play up there because we can't sell any tickets.
The LN "360" deal was an interesting concept for a while, but it was really only effective with huge artists, originally designed to give big artists a sizeable advance on future sales - sales that didn't exist anymore. At least as far as record sales go. not really applicable for the "mid-cap" kind of business i am in. The insidious part of it was that they would rope smaller bands into it; knowing that the record sales were nonexistent; so they could garner a return from ticket sales and t-shirts.
Of course, In addition to the "convenience" and "service" fees they would split with the ticketing agencies, that they also own and are also in the same office building. Interesting stuff! Very challenging to make money.
Rant? Over.
