Jip, It is great that international band visit us these days.
I just wish that there would be more international metal bands visiting.

_-L-_

Here is a list of bands/ performers I would love to see in SA :

Joe Satriani / Steve Vai / John Petrucci (G3)
Radiohead
Tool / Perfect Circle
U2
The Porcupine Tree
ACDC
KillSwitch Engage
Tommy Emmanuel
Celine Dion






HAHAHA... and for a second you thought I was serious about that last one....

Hmmm...

Unfortunately it seems that South Africa is where bands come to die.

when last you hear something new from The Cranberries, Bryan Adams or Counting Crows?

and smashing pumpkins broke up shortly after there sa tour

Pumpkins have since 'reunited' sans Iha and D'arcy, just Chamberlain and Corgan. Couple ok'ish tracks off Zietgeist which I waited and counted down the days to release of.

Offspring's last album was met with lukewarm reviews, Live has... and I can't believe I'm writing this (oxymoron), Live has died *snigger*.

Who else? Next it's Oasis who should have vanished years ago. They've already faded into obscurity. I fear this is bad news for BFMV, Snow Patrol and Panic!... Shame, their lives had only just begun.

Speaking of which, Queen didn't last long after SA either. (slightly different circumstances though)

You got a point there Spykey...

Seems like were the last stop before obscurity or death....Roger Waters comes to mind....
Panic! and Snow Patrol are Pop Rock bands...pop never lasts long....

Its BFMV that I'am sorry about....

Metallica are still about but alot of people were dissappointed by their new album so the SA curse strikes again!

That was very informative, never thought of it that way!
So "Africa the music bone yard" :'(

Hope no one from international bands read this post ?

inflames wrote: That was very informative, never thought of it that way!
So "Africa the music bone yard" :'(

Hope no one from international bands read this post ?

It is a crying shame. I'm in no way trying to prevent bands from coming to SA, I just noticed this and I think it's sad. Cranberries Zombie encore still leaves me with goose bumps whenever I think about it - hauntingly eerie.

Lawrence wrote: You got a point there Spykey...

Seems like were the last stop before obscurity or death....Roger Waters comes to mind....
Panic! and Snow Patrol are Pop Rock bands...pop never lasts long....

U2, the Stones, Celine Dion... all performed in SA, still going strong. Must be more.

The fact of the matter is that some promoter within SA has to put together a proposal and then send it to the act's management. Wether or not a promoter does that or not would depend on wether they think there is enough of an audience to allow them to recover the costs.

Its just such a shame Toto did n't come back to SA. My all time favourite band.

Would have loved to see them live. I think they were here in the 90's, but i was still too young..

Damn!

I soooooo wish that some great metal acts would come to SA . I live in Durban where everybody loves the whole hardcore scene. Ive been to numerous gigs but have never been really impressed. Thats why we got Underoath here ( at least it was one decent international act)


Speaking of which , what are the ticket differences like here? same as overseas? more expensive?

So ampd for Haste The Day!!

Devil Driver came to SA a few months ago, so sad i missed them But Underoath was amazing!! By far the best gig i've ever been to.


50th post btw... no longer a noob! 8)

Well As i Lay Dying is going to come to SA this month or next - they still have to confirm but is 90% certain! ?

Firstly Devil Driver did not play in SA due to some controversy. :'( The rumor is that they will return this year, but I don’t think so since they are recoding their forth studio album.

I can’t wait for As I Lay Dying. :bopping:

Hopefully this will be the start of some great metal acts visiting SA.
Maybe, just maybe the SA graveyard shift is over!

_-L-_

Bob Dubery wrote: U2, the Stones, Celine Dion... all performed in SA, still going strong. Must be more.

I feel otherwise to this. Only recently heard something new from U2 and it really isn't getting the rave reviews one would think from a band of their stature. Their latest sounds like they're trying too hard to reinvent themselves.
Celine - she too is just riding a wave of past success - minimal new material. SA was everything but a boost for her career.
Stones, can't comment there.

Don't forget Nile that pulled out due to poor ticket sales.

Would have been Awesome to have seen George Kollias do his thing in person!

I do hope that we get some very decent big name bands in this country..

I would hate to think that we are the backwoods tour stop for bands that are just trying to eek out a living.
Bands should want to come here because of the fans.I for one would love to see Linkin Park.

Having a promoter friend that has tried in the past to bring over big name acts and hearing what he has had to go through to even get them to consider it is quite disturbing....Tour riders and band demands + the costs involved are ridiculous sometimes.He was the one involved with the Devil Driver saga.Local opposition to the band and poor pre ticket sales were the downfall of the tour,hes tried to put together other gigs but the overseas acts seem to pull out.

Spyke wrote:

Bob Dubery wrote: U2, the Stones, Celine Dion... all performed in SA, still going strong. Must be more.

I feel otherwise to this. Only recently heard something new from U2 and it really isn't getting the rave reviews one would think from a band of their stature. Their latest sounds like they're trying too hard to reinvent themselves.
Celine - she too is just riding a wave of past success - minimal new material. SA was everything but a boost for her career.
Stones, can't comment there.

U2 have just announced a major tour with all sorts of "never been seen before" features. They're still a viable act, and whilst they're not going to sell the new album in "Joshua Tree" numbers, I doubt they're going to be losing much on the album or on the tour.

Most acts have a peak in their careers anyway. Not all U2 albums sold or will sell like the Joshua Tree. Led Zeppelin had some massive hit albums, but then things started tailing off. Elton John still tours and gives live shows, but his platinum album days are behind him.

What killed Celine Dion's career I think (albeit making her a lot of money in the process) was a long residency in Las Vegas. She was certainly very happening when she came to SA.

I don't think that SA is the kiss of death to visiting acts. It may be that for the acts that play in soccer stadiums and the like that they are, shall we say, seeking to diversify. I think there is a pattern of acts making it big with sales and concert tickets in the UK and USA and then looking to other markets - Asia, South America etc. So at that point these big acts might include SA on a schedule, but I think that's a function of their changed circumstances rather than touring SA putting the kibosh on them.

For many years now the Stones concert ticket sales have been out of relation to their album sales. I would think that U2 are in a similar state now.

The problem, I think, is that we don't have well developed circuits of smaller venues that bands can play - and that we're a long way from the UK and the USA. In the UK if you don't want to go see whatever dinosaur is playing that 02 Dome that weekend you have plenty of choices - many of them bands that are still rising and playing in smaller venues, but something a bit better and perhaps more appealing than a pub. Do we have such options here?

Iron Maiden will also be coming down this year. We are busy looking for a venue that holds at least 2000 people. The dome wants to charge R400000 for this and thats way to expensive. Anyway this is going to be a great even with about 15 session musicians and then iron maiden.