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[–] LavaPlanet 76 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

And Brisbane only if you're lucky.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been to Canberra but it turned out it was a holiday. That city felt strangely dead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's our preference that people recall it that way

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Same thing with other large countries like the US and Canada. No band is going up to Alaska or Nunavut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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"

[–] LavaPlanet 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LavaPlanet 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah right! Trippy stuff!