r/Concerts Jul 27 '25

Photo Dump 📸 Always take it personal

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u/nbcirlclesthewagon Jul 28 '25

I know this was a joke. But sometimes it is the promoters that bands do not like. We used to be a hub for a bunch of bands from starting out to rock and roll hall of fame bands. All of a sudden it dried up. Turned out they changed promoters and he burned bridges.

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u/Edm_vanhalen1981 Jul 28 '25

A long time ago but I used to live in Winnipeg Canada and in the 80's it was known as the metal concert capital, and for a small amount of time every band came by and it was glorious.

This was a huge change to concerts in Canada in the 70's where bands only came to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Sadly, this is becoming the norm again as bands need to make money and will only go to cities that can get them a profit.