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goooooooooooo..... Hootie!
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I guess I look at bands like Hootie and their playing of casinos etc. a little differently. My guess is that they have a shitload of money from their early success, and they're just playing wherever they can because that's what they like to do. I have more respect for that over, for example, Tom Petty charging a $75 minimum (after Ticketmaster fees) ticket price any day of the week.

I only wanna be with yooooooou...

Hootie is Threwtie.

redcat, i can see that. and they really are a good live show, so the fact that they are playing anywhere is good news.

but at the same time, i doubt huge venues are looking to book them anymore, which was my original point.

Wow, odd example since Tom Petty is pretty much the prime example of the artist that keeps his ticket prices low. Compare Petty to other acts from that day (Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles) and I think you'll find him to be the lowest he can be. Additionally where on earth did you find a $75 minimum for Petty out of curiosity. I looked, even did a search with some other forums and I can't find it.

Check the prices on Ticketmaster. My random sampling came up with about $70 as the lowest (including the ticketmaster fee as stated in his post).

Vegas tickets were over $100 for "obstructed view" tickets.

Well you must just be random sampling Vegas, Reno and red rocks because for the most part the cheap seats are 25-30 prior to fees for Petty, just checked again and that hadn't changed.

Sorry, but the main difference would be that Tom Petty is worth $75+ and Hootie & The Blowhards are not.

IMO, of course.

K