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[–] Cipher22@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In other news, rich artists tend to focus on locations likely to provide a profit and that they're likely to survive the visit.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

sad finnish noises

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I think a lot of people have a misconception about how much money modern musicians are making

[–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] andyMFK@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

And Brisbane only if you're lucky.

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[–] ReeferPirate@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's a lot of Canada colored in for Toronto and maybe Vancouver

[–] standard_error@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

As a recent transplant from the US living in not Toronto or Vancouver, I agree.

To be fair to the artist though, I don't think many US tours include any stops in Montana or the Dakotas (nevermind Hawaii or Alaska).

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

For the US section .... I think they skip coloring Alaska too.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Could we chop off the top half of Australia please.

I live there and artists go on Australian tours and don't even come to the Northern Territory.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why are we even coloured in? World tour means Canada, UK, Germany, maybe France or Netherlands.

We are usually a down under tour with Sydney, maybe Melbourne, and Brisbane if they are kind. Poor NZ though.

[–] qupada@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Poor NZ though

As someone who has paid out the arse for flights from Wellington to Melbourne to attend an (also expensive) concert, I appreciate the empathy.

The travel isn't the end of the world (it's only a 3 hour and change flight), but of course the prices go way, way up around the dates of major events.

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

"Canada" means two nights in Toronto and then right back down to the States.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Could probably change Australia to 3 red circles for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could we chop off the top half of Australia please.

Done. Should I put it in Tupperware or ziplock?

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[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you also have Metallica who played Antarctica.

[–] Cano@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

They have a song called "trapped under ice" and of course they decided to NOT play it on their tour in fucking antartica

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You forgot the part where the US is only CA and NY.

[–] YouWorkForMeNow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Canada is just Toronto

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And australia is only Sydney and Melbourne (this coming from a Perth lad)

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[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Smaller metal bands don't often have the means to tour off the beaten path. Just the logistics of organising tours in e.g. South America or Africa are likely prohibitively expensive.

Some bigger rock and metal bands have actually been pretty good in touring places that aren't just the standard tour countries.

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[–] S_204@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why the fuck would a global tour go to places that can't afford tickets?

[–] techognito@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah let me go to Ukraine real quick 💀

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I hear they have some killer pyrotechnics.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The absence of Scandinavia checks out. Generous of them to leave Poland in, though.

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[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a resident of Ohio, that might as well be a grey spot too.

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[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey now! Sweden is a hotspot for great metal concerts!

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

"I'm going to the places where people can afford to see somebody who goes on a world tour."

[–] beefteeth@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you’re Horse the Band, which did their best to hit up every country on their world tour.

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[–] irkregw@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The map of asian groups "international" tours is also funny.

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Korea, Japan, and maaaayyyyyee Hawaii if they're adventurous

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[–] Shialac@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I've seen World tours with stops only in the US and UK

[–] jcdenton@lemy.lol 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The other parts aren't worth visiting

[–] DancingIsForbidden@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how many Dream Theater fans there are in North Korea.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Assuming that guy is American, he is roughly 13 foreign countries over the US average.

(1st) World Tour!

[–] Damdy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Fair enough tbh. Most counties are fucked up.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

How about the baseball world series?

[–] molochthagod@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, do you expect them to go to every country in the world?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

That would be around the world so it’s fine

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