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Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:04 pm This is on the short side, isn't it?

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:24 pm Even PISS are doing a two hour show.

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:23 am Yes it was a huge crossover hit and maybe their highest charting single?, but 99.9% of the actual Aerosmith ticket buyers could care less if they play "Don't Want To Miss A Thing".

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:17 am

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:23 am Yes it was a huge crossover hit and maybe their highest charting single?, but 99.9% of the actual Aerosmith ticket buyers could care less if they play "Don't Want To Miss A Thing".

Aerosmith have been a soccer mom band for way longer than they were a one-ballad-an-album-sleazy-rock-band. Get a Grip came out thirty years ago. An 18 year old kid at that time is almost 50. I guarantee you that an huge percentage of an Aerosmith crowd in 2013 wants to hear "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing."

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:30 am There's an entire generation that know Aerosmith as the Alicia Silverstone video and Armageddon song band. The only 70's song they know is "Walk This Way" and that is because of Run DMC. Only in Sludge land is this denied.

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:50 am

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:30 am There's an entire generation that know Aerosmith as the Alicia Silverstone video and Armageddon song band. The only 70's song they know is "Walk This Way" and that is because of Run DMC. Only in Sludge land is this denied.

Agreed, there.

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:55 am

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:50 am

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:30 am There's an entire generation that know Aerosmith as the Alicia Silverstone video and Armageddon song band. The only 70's song they know is "Walk This Way" and that is because of Run DMC. Only in Sludge land is this denied.

Agreed, there.

If you were a teen when Permanent Vacation came out, you're pushing 60 now. Anyone that was actually around to see and hear Aerosmith's initial 5 album run is in their 70s and 80s. I'd argue they make up a minority of the crowd on a tour like this. This will mostly be the soccer moms and frat dads that are seeing DL/MC in MLB stadiums.

WOLF wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:43 pm Some of the comments here are hilarious…

Did you expect more than 18 songs/105 minutes? They are old as fuck. That’s why you get a world class opener playing for an hour.

Did you expect a set of 70’s rarities while they ignored the 90’s/2000’s? I don’t love the 90’s material, but it’s necessary. This was always going to be a career spanning hits retrospective. I’m thrilled with the 70’s material we got!

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:55 am

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:50 am

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:30 am There's an entire generation that know Aerosmith as the Alicia Silverstone video and Armageddon song band. The only 70's song they know is "Walk This Way" and that is because of Run DMC. Only in Sludge land is this denied.

Agreed, there.

If you were a teen when Permanent Vacation came out, you're pushing 60 now. Anyone that was actually around to see and hear Aerosmith's initial 5 album run is in their 70s and 80s. I'd argue they make up a minority of the crowd on a tour like this. This will mostly be the soccer moms and frat dads that are seeing DL/MC in MLB stadiums.

ijwthstd wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:29 am

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:55 am

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:50 am
Agreed, there.

If you were a teen when Permanent Vacation came out, you're pushing 60 now. Anyone that was actually around to see and hear Aerosmith's initial 5 album run is in their 70s and 80s. I'd argue they make up a minority of the crowd on a tour like this. This will mostly be the soccer moms and frat dads that are seeing DL/MC in MLB stadiums.

It was similiar for Vegas except swap Dude for Janie and some diff 70's songs.

At one of the Vegas shows there was some fat dude with his arms folded complaining during Hangman Jury "I wish they would play something I know" even though that album sold 5 million the first year and who knows how many since. And every time they would have a megahit in the 80's/90's, Greatest Hits would boost in sales anyway.

Otherwise it was a pretty good mix and people generally know they are a really old band with distinct eras regardless of what era they prefer. Everybody else seemed to enjoy it.

Better than some shows I have got boots of where it's all MTV era singles and a smattering of 70's songs.

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:08 am

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:55 am

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:50 am
Agreed, there.

If you were a teen when Permanent Vacation came out, you're pushing 60 now. Anyone that was actually around to see and hear Aerosmith's initial 5 album run is in their 70s and 80s. I'd argue they make up a minority of the crowd on a tour like this. This will mostly be the soccer moms and frat dads that are seeing DL/MC in MLB stadiums.

Yep. No question. There are not many hardcore Rocks fans still dying to see Aerosmith in 2023. It being their last hurrah tour doesn't change that. It just means that more 50 year old soccer moms with their husband's money who loved "that song from that movie" will put on their Bedazzled jeans, hop into the Escalade, stop at TGI Fridays for some pre-show margs, and go scream along to "Cryin'" and "IDWMAT" while being totally surprised that Aerosmith even has songs like "Rats."

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:56 am

Mojo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:08 am

Tymaster wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:55 am

If you were a teen when Permanent Vacation came out, you're pushing 60 now. Anyone that was actually around to see and hear Aerosmith's initial 5 album run is in their 70s and 80s. I'd argue they make up a minority of the crowd on a tour like this. This will mostly be the soccer moms and frat dads that are seeing DL/MC in MLB stadiums.

Yep. No question. There are not many hardcore Rocks fans still dying to see Aerosmith in 2023. It being their last hurrah tour doesn't change that. It just means that more 50 year old soccer moms with their husband's money who loved "that song from that movie" will put on their Bedazzled jeans, hop into the Escalade, stop at TGI Fridays for some pre-show margs, and go scream along to "Cryin'" and "IDWMAT" while being totally surprised that Aerosmith even has songs like "Rats."

But, the setlist also pretends to ignore that they made any more music after 1998 while skipping Nine Lives entirely. So pretending that the GAG era is somehow the sweet spot for their current fan base is silly... like ijw said, they're an old band for old people, and they put together a set that covered their prime years as equitably as possible.