I'm talking about all the concerts he plays in London on any given tour - yes, he's played Brixton loads over the years. On the 2018 tour he played Brixton Academy, Albert Hall, Alexandra Palace and the Palladium all within the space of a few days which makes well over 20,000. In most of the UK tours in previous years he's played to similar size crowds in London.
The drop in popularity post early 2018 really has been unprecedented for him and probably any other act in history, and was nothing to do with passing fashion. Yes, there have always been people who hated him (Daily Mail readers, royalists, vegetarian haters etc.) but the core fanbase always more-or-less stuck by him. Then he urged them to vote for the far right and huge chunks of them decided instead to vote with their feet.
But all is not lost. He will sell out most of these London tickets and he still has a decent (if much-reduced) fanbase, and indeed he always will. My hunch is that Radio 2 will play his new stuff again, which will help a lot in getting a deal, but the indie stations probably won't go anywhere near him.
An album is ready to go - it sounds like a second one might be close to completion. He still looks and sounds great and is obviously super keen to put out new stuff. So, many grounds for optimism and we should make the most of these times. He may not be alive in 5 to 10 years time as indeed many of us may not. I don't want to spread bad vibes round here (Dog on a Chain is a great album) but I'm afraid I do like to point out the reality of his predicament as many people remain utterly deluded. It can easily be resolved.
Yes but that was him being perverse and he rarely plays more than three venues in London on one spin
Its usually three in London max and not big venues either. Back in the day, he used to take joy in going off the beaten track quirky small venues, in out the way British towns.
Anyway, I'm sure there is some truth in your point. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a shit.
We aren't all morons, we do know M has lost a small town's worth of his fan base in every single country. Including in LA (yes I know that's not a country)
He knows that. Its annoying as it's stopping an lp from coming out but beyond that, I just don't care. I love him that's enough. I don't need his name in the Rock N Roll hall of fame.
I think your opinion of how popular he was is, let's say myopic
In the 90s he was HATED, M fans were at times attacked. Corner Ship had a poke People mocked him on stage , the Wonder Stuff guy for one. Vic Reeves stitched him up on national TV
He would play small venues and thats it , he never played arena shows here, or rarely
By the time of maladjusted, he had no deal. You rarely heard a nice word about him
But, he knew he had time on his side and he sat it out and waited and after 4 or 5 years , fashion changed and people forgot why they disliked him or more to the point, why they thought they didn't like him .
Quarry comes out and he was more popular than ever, then Russell Brand elbowed some love his way but all over it's been a rocky road. He looked like he was gonna turn it around when he had BMI on his side but being a certain kind of Brit, warped and perverse he decided to wind people up .
Forgetting, not everyone gets his idea of amusing. I have said lots of times M has made mistakes, I have said a number of times how his fan base has shrunk and also , that it was rarely as big as some think.
So Im not sure what you are saying. My general point is, that maybe he can still turn this around
what is yours that he can not?
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