Rock benediction

Sarah Ditum on Pop

● IT WOULD BE NICE TO IMAGINE that most concerts end with the performer in some kind of green room bacchanalia. Nice, but wrong, because the end of one concert is usually the beginning of the next: tours are so tightly scheduled that performers will be ushered off stage and pretty much immediately into the big black luxury coach that carries them to their next date while they sleep. This system is efficient, because it maximises the time spent playing the gigs that make the real money now record sales have been replaced with the piddling revenue from streaming. It’s also safe, because it minimises the artist’s contact with the public. Fans are essential, of course — no fans means no show means no income — but they’re unpredictable. Just…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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