Barry Gibb Mythology Tour Thread (Bee Gees)

The fact that his last show in the US was at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino was more about him purposefully keeping the scale of the show small. It was just a one-off, and I believe he didn't want to make a big deal out of it with a huge glare of press and people. That said, the Casino arena fits a little over 5k and I recall it being packed.

 

... except I'm treating.

 

I guess with those rules you do not go to many concerts.

 

Honestly, I'm not sure that this tour would've sold that well if all thee Bee Gees were still alive and involved - I just don't think they have the big a "popular presence" in the US. Clearly they'd have done better than Barry solo but I don't know if they could've sold out multiple arena shows in the US...

 

I'm not sure what his "$200 to see one Bee Gee" comment has to do with attending concerts. There aren't a lot of expensive shows that only feature one artist from a band - especially if you eliminate those who had successful solo careers, which isn't the case with Barry. Sure, artists like McCartney, Sting, and Paul Simon charge big bucks, but they aren't out there solely as artists who succeeded in the band context, while Barry is.

I don't want to come across as down on this tour or Barry - I like the Bee Gees and would go to the show if he played the DC area. Heck, I might even have schlepped to Philly if it fit my schedule better.

I just think the tour over-estimated US demand to see Barry. If these shows are going to sell out, they're going to require STEEP discounts...

 

I know of at least two discounts for Boston that have already happened, one was a two-for-one deal that Live Nation ran on Valentine's Day; the other was a third-party site offering some of the lesser seats at a $25 discount (but you still had to pay the extra $25 fees). I hope there are more chances as the show gets closer; I want to go but face value tix are way out of my range.

 

I was half joking, Colin. Most acts that have been around as long as Barry Gibb would have people missing. You go to the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen and they are not intact anymore, either. Very few acts are.

Anyway, I just thought it was a stupid comment. I saw Barry Gibb a couple of years ago at the Grand Ole Opry. He sounded great. If was coming close to me this time I would not use that as an excuse not to go see a living legend one last time.

Since everything I have said in this thread has been disagreed with I will let you all carry on.

 

Bruce isn't intact? Is he missing a leg or something?

I know that you meant to imply that most - heck, nearly ALL - decades-old bands no longer have all the original members, but this is at an extreme in the case of the Bee Gees. The Stones still have 60% of the original members, and the Who has 50%. The Bee Gees are at 33%.

(E Street is even worse than that, with only 20% of the original members still in it - Garry's the last one - but I regard that as an exception because a) the band evolved a lot over the years, and b) Bruce is the real attraction, not his backing band.)

I don't think anyone has said Barry won't sound good or put on a good show - I think the sentiment is simply that it's an expensive evening to sit in an enormodome and see 33% of the Bee Gees.

Plop Barry in a 5000-seater and make tickets $75? No complaints, I don't think.

I see it like a Pete Townshend or a Roger Daltrey solo tour - they can't play the same size venues or charge the same prices as the Who can...

 

Actually I go to lots of concerts and don't blink at spending $200 I kind of have to agree with my friend at work that this tour is a little too late and in venues two large charging too much. I'm still planning on going but waiting for the prices to drop for the seats.

 

I prefer to think of Barry as the Bee Gee these days.

 

John Fogerty(plus the 1 solo song he didn't get sued on)
Roger Waters

 

That he is ....

 

Fogerty doesn't charge "big bucks" for tickets, does he? Fogerty definitely doesn't play the large venues like the others I mentioned.

You're right about Waters, though I think he tours as "The Wall" more than as "Roger Waters". Remove the "event" nature of that tour from the equation and I think Waters is playing small venues - or flopping in big ones.

Come to think of it, didn't he try to tour arenas with "Radio KAOS" and he did poorly? I could be wrong, but that's my memory. Not sure how other non-Floyd-focused Waters tours have done...

 

Not sure the specifics, but I believe the audiences for the KAOS tour *were* very small compared to the simultaneous AMLOR tour.

But yes, outside of The Wall, which obviously required a huge venue (and could easily fill such a thing), Roger's shows are generally somewhat small scale.

 

Had the same issue! Told everyone I knew who are BIG music fans and concert goers and all I could wrangle up for the Jones Beach show was one of my friends and my wife!

 

Well, his retreat from the business for almost a decade (with the exception of the commercial failure of the second Streisand album) didn't help promote this tour. If he had instead channeled his grief into his art, and released another solo album or two along the way (e.g. the country album he was working on at one point), it might have helped. Touring around some smaller venues would have been good for his solo career too, imo.

 

Maybe he can get Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake on board to round out a vocal trio and boost sales?

 

I find it sad that I start a thread to discuss the actual tour, and a whole lot of bean~counters jump on board to speculate on the money/business side of things.

Alas, it is the music industry, as always!

 

But the tour hasn't started, so we can't discuss the shows. Since they went on sale recently, it's natural to discuss how the tickets are moving - the discussion will shift when the shows actually take place...

 

Interestingly I was on the treadmill at the gym yesterday and the tv was tuned to ESPN. A commercial came on for the Barry Gibb Mythology tour. Showed various photos of him at different stages of his life, and of his brothers, and different song titles popped up as well. The sound was turned down (had my headphones on anyway) so I can't tell you what songs they were using to promo, but I found this interesting in light of our ticket sales discussion.

I haven't checked You Tube to see if I could find the commercial yet.

 

They just cut the price of box seats at the Hollywood Bowl by $25 (use the code "jive").

 

13 Barry Gibb, Audio Vixen Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia Feb. 12, 2013 $1,873,590 12.260 / 12.607 1 / 0 $178.04, $85.88 Live Nation

4 Barry Gibb, Audio Vixen Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney, Australia Feb. 8, 2013 $1,735,570 11,067 / 11,656 1 / 0 $206.16, $103.03 Live Nation

2 Barry Gibb, Audio Vixen Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia Feb. 16, 19, 2013 $2,960,860 18.709 / 19.784 2 / 0 $123.98, $103.30, $72.28 Live Nation

Barry GibbO2 ArenaLondon, U.K.Oct. 3, 2013$1,049,700 At 10,291 /
13,1991 / 0$105.31, $44.55

 

I also wish he was coming to the south; I live in Mississippi but I'm traveling to Chicago to see him. I've seen the clips on Youtube of the Australian and European
concerts, and they were awesome. I don't care if his voice is perfect. I feel this is probably our last chance to see him. I wouldn't miss it for the world.

 

People either don't care or they would crawl across cracked glass to see him. I'm in the latter group.

 

Same here.