While I admit that neither the New Kids or Boyz II Men were my band of choice, I will concede that both could claim to be the top acts in their musical genres for a time. This makes me wonder just what the hell 98 Degrees is doing on this tour. Honestly, they were the group you booked if the Backstreet Boys and N*Sync both cancelled on you. I can only assume they were included because when three acts are touring together you can make sure one is a step lower than the other two so that neither of the headlining act has to resort to being referred to as "the opener." Still, there is no other way to look at this whole thing other than it just being kind of sad. If reunion tours are what happen when everyone has burned through their royalty checks, collaboration tours are what happen when the royalties have run out, but the act isn't enough of a draw to fill a venue on their own. As near as I can tell a mega-concert where each act could headline their own tour has only happened once, when Metallica, Guns 'n Roses and Faith No More went out in the summer of '92. This will clearly not be the stadium tour that one was. But, no musical act can stay at the top of the charts forever, so as long as people are willing to pay to hear you perform I guess it beats doing something else.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Every Last Dime
The other day I was forwarded an article which billed itself as a guide to when the best time of year was to buy every item imaginable. Basically, this site claims that everything goes on sale eventually and if you waited until the exact right month you could get some amazing deals. Some of them were pretty easy to guess for yourself, such as Christmas decorations in January and patio furniture in September. But, there were some slightly stranger ones to figure out, such as why March is the best time to buy a new TV (I think it has to do with anticipated tax returns jacking the prices up in April). The point is that certain things tend to happen at specific times of the year, whether we are aware of it or not. Along those lines, apparently January is the month for reunion tours to be announced, because just a couple of days after Destiny's Child announced they would be releasing new music, 80s boy band New Kids on the Block, 90s R&B group Boyz II Men and 90s boy Band 98 Degrees announced they would collaborating on a tour. (First of all, I'm not sure the New Kids can really claim to be 'New' anymore. Joey McIntyre, the 'young' one, is 40.) And all across the Twitterverse, women in their 30s began rejoicing and reserving babysitters.
While I admit that neither the New Kids or Boyz II Men were my band of choice, I will concede that both could claim to be the top acts in their musical genres for a time. This makes me wonder just what the hell 98 Degrees is doing on this tour. Honestly, they were the group you booked if the Backstreet Boys and N*Sync both cancelled on you. I can only assume they were included because when three acts are touring together you can make sure one is a step lower than the other two so that neither of the headlining act has to resort to being referred to as "the opener." Still, there is no other way to look at this whole thing other than it just being kind of sad. If reunion tours are what happen when everyone has burned through their royalty checks, collaboration tours are what happen when the royalties have run out, but the act isn't enough of a draw to fill a venue on their own. As near as I can tell a mega-concert where each act could headline their own tour has only happened once, when Metallica, Guns 'n Roses and Faith No More went out in the summer of '92. This will clearly not be the stadium tour that one was. But, no musical act can stay at the top of the charts forever, so as long as people are willing to pay to hear you perform I guess it beats doing something else.
While I admit that neither the New Kids or Boyz II Men were my band of choice, I will concede that both could claim to be the top acts in their musical genres for a time. This makes me wonder just what the hell 98 Degrees is doing on this tour. Honestly, they were the group you booked if the Backstreet Boys and N*Sync both cancelled on you. I can only assume they were included because when three acts are touring together you can make sure one is a step lower than the other two so that neither of the headlining act has to resort to being referred to as "the opener." Still, there is no other way to look at this whole thing other than it just being kind of sad. If reunion tours are what happen when everyone has burned through their royalty checks, collaboration tours are what happen when the royalties have run out, but the act isn't enough of a draw to fill a venue on their own. As near as I can tell a mega-concert where each act could headline their own tour has only happened once, when Metallica, Guns 'n Roses and Faith No More went out in the summer of '92. This will clearly not be the stadium tour that one was. But, no musical act can stay at the top of the charts forever, so as long as people are willing to pay to hear you perform I guess it beats doing something else.
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