this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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[–] Cipher22 102 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.

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

sad finnish noises

[–] sturmblast 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] LavaPlanet 76 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

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

And Brisbane only if you're lucky.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] standard_error 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).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Aussiemandeus 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 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] TheBat 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 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you also have Metallica who played Antarctica.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 23 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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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] YouWorkForMeNow 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Canada is just Toronto

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[–] Agent641 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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[–] S_204 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] techognito 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] Arthur_Leywin 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah let me go to Ukraine real quick 💀

[–] RealFknNito 9 points 1 year ago

I hear they have some killer pyrotechnics.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 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 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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[–] Shialac 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] irkregw 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] gmtom 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The other parts aren't worth visiting

[–] Treczoks 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] TryingToEscapeTarkov 6 points 1 year ago

(1st) World Tour!

[–] molochthagod 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Damdy 5 points 1 year ago

Fair enough tbh. Most counties are fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That would be around the world so it’s fine

[–] buzz86us 5 points 1 year ago

How about the baseball world series?

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