• LavaPlanet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s an error there, Tasmania is coloured red. They never visit Tasmania. You live in Tasmania, you want to see your favourite band, it’s a plane ticket and a hotel stay, plus ticket. So close and yet so far. I hear the Tasmanians have given up and just built a huge ear horn, to collectively use.

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      1 year ago

      yeah the Australian red should just be brisbane, sydney, melbourne.

      W.A. and S.A. occasionally get concerts, Tasmania rarely get concerts, and I’ve never heard of a band going to the N.T.

    • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Except when they come and play exclusively for Dark Mofo and then leave. To be fair to you though, that’s rarely part of a “world tour”

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        1 year ago

        Probably wouldn’t be huge bands doing that though, yeah? I would assume that would mostly comprise of older bands, who do one offs? If a larger band were flying in for mofo, wouldn’t it be more economically viable for them to do a few spare gigs around the rest of Australia? Seems a waste to gather all that gear and staff, and travel a lot of that, just for one gig.

        • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          For sure except, from what I understand, they can afford to pay the bands for exclusivity. I don’t think it happens much any more but I’ve definitely seen more than a few bands come to oz just to play there then leave over the years.