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US Arenas Cancel Macklemore Benefit Shows (quokk.au)
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[–] 8 points 5 days ago* (9 children)

Look I support Macklemore and his views .

But I want to see ticket sales data. I believe msg that he wasn’t filling enough seats.

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  • [–] [S, A] 47 points 5 days ago

    The European shows apparently sold out and the venues he was set to play in the US are of comparable size to the European ones, I can't see filling seats being his issue.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    "Look, I support Macklemore and his views, I just support billionaires and their capital more."

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (3 children)

    Person wants more data.

    Lemmy: CaPItaLiSM!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    Close, except the alternating caps indicates sarcasm, my point was sincere.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    I'm the one being sarcastic. Not every bad thing in the world is capitalism. Besides, if you're American you are under an oligarchy, not capitalism. If you're in the EU or the like, congrats, you have capitalism with a mostly sane government and social safety nets.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Then the whole thing should have been alternating caps, not just the part where you were fake-quoting me. The American oligarchy is a direct result of unfettered capitalism, they're anything but mutually exclusive. Idk what else to blame when their argument was "it won't make enough money".

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Do you think the venues turned him down because they thought the show would be too small? I don't have data on hand, but word on the street is that these shows have been jam out.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Chase Center is local to me, and I can attest to the fact that they regularly allow shows there that are significantly less popular than Macklemore would be.

    This decision was very clearly not based on ticket sales.

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