How did they sell out THAT place? - venue size shocker

Jordan -

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

yeah Vulfpeck is weird, younger guy I worked with loves them, first time I'd heard of them

Father John Misty/Jason Isbell played an 8400 capacity place that the 1975 played recently, Billy Eilish too

I knew they had good followings, but I didnt think that big, though I guess both could probably headline

see: every single contemporary jam band

an endless number of EDM acts with really terrible names that ilm or philip sherburne wouldn't touch with a 10 ft pole

https://armorymn.com/events/ganja-white-night-buds/

i had tickets for gillian welch at the hollywood bowl and it was only on the night of the show that i realized she was supporting father john misty (who i had never heard of). in fact if i try hard i have still never heard of him.

Father John Misty/Jason Isbell played an 8400 capacity place that the 1975 played recently, Billy Eilish too

I knew they had good followings, but I didnt think that big, though I guess both could probably headline

The Misty/Isbell tour played a 5,000 capacity indie-leaning amphitheatre here in Houston that surprisingly enough Misty himself headlined at on his prior tour. Isbell himself has been a 1000+ theatres the last couple times he's been in town.

Billie Eilish has graduated to big arenas: she's headlining the Toyota Center (18 thou capacity) this fall.

Sturgill Simpson's two most recent headline shows here were at 5,000 seat venues. He sold out a 500 capacity club before that.

tame impala are massive, look at the view counts on their music videos sometime

guster selling out terminal 5 fit in here?

Lana Del Rey is now at selling-out-the-biggest-venue-in-Europe stage (Manchester Arena; 21K capacity). I love that it’s happening but it’s kinda surprising, as a coupla albums back she almost seemed like a ‘cult’ artist and was at the local Apollo theatre (3K capacity).

that's interesting because i'm pretty sure her biggest success commercially is still Born to Die and its singles, by a decent margin. oh and "young and beautiful" but that's from a close enough time to count

Pretty sure she could sell out at least 8k by her last album

Jason Isbell is headlining (over Lucinda Williams) at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (Houston's Summer Shed-capacity 16,500) this summer.

was i hallucinating or did i see that THEE OH SEES are headlining Red Rocks this summer?

related thought: is this summer a lousy time to think about this kind of thing because venue capacities might be reduced? or are we past that?