Gary Bongiovanni
Gary Bongiovanni
anybody bigger expected pixies today
I think everyone was surprised. I don't know that anybody expected the Pixies to be bigger today than they had ever been.
bolster event great help music reputation
I think it's a great event that can help bolster Chicago's reputation as being a great music town.
artist based best develops goes loyal markets mtv organic plays radio repeatedly
He goes back and plays the same markets repeatedly and just develops a good, loyal following. It's an organic development, not based on MTV or radio hype, and that's the best kind of artist development.
chicago compared fire kept low petty price tom wind
Tom Petty kept his price very low compared to his contemporaries. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire did, too, when they paired up for a tour, and it was very successful.
figure healthy industry sign
You have to figure that's not a healthy sign for the industry overall.
bring casinos good looking money people realized spend traffic
Tribal-operated casinos have realized that that's a very good way to bring in traffic to their casinos. They're looking for people to come in and spend money on gambling, not just go to a concert.
acts alone drive helped huge mccartney normally stones three ticket touring
You don't normally see three huge acts like that out touring in the same year. McCartney and The Stones alone really helped drive up ticket prices.
casinos improved playing stigma
The stigma of playing in casinos is long gone. They've improved over the years.
acts coldplay gravy hard knows older quite run someday train
These older acts are the gravy train, but someday that train is not going to run anymore, and no one really knows what to do when they're gone. Of the young acts, you have someone like Coldplay who does quite well, but where will it be in 10 years? That's hard to say.
baby boomers concert continue fuel support
The baby boomers really continue to support and fuel the concert business.
bad sell
That's not bad, not bad at all. Most amphitheaters don't sell out.
act concert good last relationship
It used to be that there was a pretty good relationship between a big-selling concert act and big sellers on the charts. But over the last 20 years, there's been a real divergence.
almost business cliff
It's almost like the business went off a cliff and it has not come back yet.
looks side stretched top
It looks like they may have stretched some on the top side in Pittsburgh.