that stage where you think they aren't popular anymore but are actually way more popular than they were when they had "buzz"

and yet...

post-buzz records All That You Can't Leave Behind and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb both outsold trailing-buzz records Zooropa and Pop, and their last two tours (2009-11, 2005-6) are both among the top five concert tours of all time in inflation-adjusted gross and very nearly in actual attendance as well even though neither you nor i know a single person who would consider themselves a fan

by contrast, they pulled in slightly fewer dollars and butts on the 1987 Joshua Tree tour than NKOTB managed in 1990.

Wow.

the U2 thing is tough to quantify because, while the last couple records have sold pretty well for classic rockers, they're still very much in that Stones zone where it's all about their back catalog and their 'brand.' not really what this thread is about.

joan osborne

Weezer?

I dunno, Weezer was selling out summer sheds on their own ten years ago, but they've been doing theaters/package tours recently.

They're definitely not bigger than when they had 'buzz' but they're bigger than most people would probably assume they are at this point. The massive success of any/all of those post-reunion albums just boggles the mind. There was probably a point around 'Beverly Hills' where they were 'bigger' than the Blue Album although I'm not sure by which metrics.

Could they have seriously gotten away with doing things like the Weezer Cruise around the time of the first record?

I never really knew much about Passion Pit but a friend is working for them and they play really big gigs

I think they were popping before they had internet buzz actually

Ok yeah I don't have a frame of reference but they sound like they are pretty huge on the tour circuit

Death From Above 1979 have a charting single right now, in 2014

I dunno, Weezer was selling out summer sheds on their own ten years ago, but they've been doing theaters/package tours recently.

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Egg on face.

An easy answer to this thread is: everything that has an RSD exclusive release specifically for Black Friday

mass appeal ≠ critical acclaim

For UK people of a certain age.

Ocean Colour Scene released SIX studio LPs between 2001 and 2013, all six charted, their next one will too.

They are playing Birmingham O2, Manchester O2, Dublin Olympia, London Roundhouse and a four-night residency at Glasgow Barrowland this December. Two of the Glasgow dates are sold out.

huh that is wild

hold on no, those dates are for next year. the dates are sold out *more than a year in advance*

Tame Impala is playing Toyota Center (Basketball arena) in Houston next summer.

Maybe that goes here: How did they sell out THAT place? - venue size shocker

I'm starting to think Ween are one of those bands

yeah Push the Daisies isn't even in their top Spotify tracks

Tame Impala is playing Toyota Center (Basketball arena) in Houston next summer.

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headlining coachella

Every Eminem album is massive and just not a critical event at all. Obviously he's not MORE popular than when he was at his peak but he's still the best selling artist on the century despite having been officially past his best for most of it.

Bloc Party are still reliably filling up decent sized venues 15 years after their moment of peak buzz and at least a decade since any real hype dissipated.

the best selling artist on the century

waht? is this really true?

yes

that's bizarre. I assume some of that is because he was still releasing huge albums pre-streaming era...

ah I see. Yeah his leader status is all because of his 2000 and 2002 albums.

hell, even during the download era (2009-2013) he was doing phenomenal numbers comparatively

sure. but it's also obvious that Adele will overtake him when her next album comes out.

When you raised the question, I had to look up the sales totals of Adele's three albums.

Just found out that at the end of the month Greta Van Fleet is headlining Toyota Center in Houston, a venue that recently hosted/will host Springsteen, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Bad Bunny, and Paramore.

lead singer came out last month, was talked about a bit

That alone doesn't get you into touring basketball arenas.

Like, Paramore is a way more popular band, and even they are having some issues filling up that place.

GVF has that big boomer dollar

GVF has a bafflingly huge fanbase somehow.

Joe Bonamassa fans ready to step up to something a bit more fresh and exciting.

Tame Impala is playing Toyota Center (Basketball arena) in Houston next summer.

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This show didn't happen for obvious reasons, and when they did return to Houston in '21, they played The Lawn At White Oak Music Hall, the same place they played at here in 2019.

I checked out GVF in Houston on Setlist.fm, and in their two prior appearances they headlined '18 at the House of Blues and graduated the next year to Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land (huge suburban theatre that hosts a lotta Classic Rock/Nostalgia Alternative/rising Pop acts, plus lol Bonamassa).

Cigarettes After Sex are a slowcore/dream pop band on an indie label and they have crazy high streaming numbers - it feels like a lot of people don't notice they're this big? their top song is no one's idea of commercial but it's closing in on a billion streams on Spotify pic.twitter.com/Oa4vSpcUai

— Matthew Perpetua (@perpetua) July 13, 2023

heard of them through my mom and david lynch

Pitchfork gave their 2017 album a 7.4, but their 2019 album got a 4.0--a sign that the buzz is over.

the band name vaguely rings a bell. Listening to the top track (Apocalypse) now and not really my thing but I guess I see the appeal, has a real dreamy melancholic easy listening vibe.

the buzz is over
you were with me all the while

This doesn't quite fit here, but my friend is seeing Jimmy Eat World next week in an outdoor theater, and the opening act is a band called "Manchester Orchestra"... I had never heard of them, and looked them up (b/c their name is so odd); turns out they've been around since 2004, have released 6 albums, made numerous TV appearances, "curate" an annual music fest, and have had a bunch of songs featured in films, TV, and video games.

iirc Manchester Orchestra has a few big ilxor fans, I really like a few of their records

I've also been baffled by Manchester Orchestra. A chronically ordinary band, they've been getting main stage placements at festivals for the past decade.

I got sent an email about that tour a few days ago, apparently they played Montana (NOBODY plays Montana) this week.