It's a tease for fans to remind people they're still around, but only VIPs in "important" cities get to see it. It's an elitist placeholder.
Haha there's another one..."VIPs in important cities", give it a rest, eh? Your imaginary class war really has worn out its welcome.
Everybody had the same chance to get a ticket. Are you really so stupid that you think everyone at the "VIP" LA gigs lives within 20 miles of the venue?
Let's get this straight, this is an elitist tour because they're only playing two major cities in the US rather than, say, Wichita, KA and Lincoln, NE?
If they'd announced four US gigs in just
those two cities instead, what do you think would have happened? Only locals would have applied for tickets and been so grateful for being included? No. People from all over the US would have chanced the mad dash we saw last week, bought tickets...then decided, hey that was lucky, I got tickets to a small Radiohead gig in a
non VIP city (
) better book a flight and make a trip of it.
Sooo...the non-elitist gigs you seem to crave so badly would be........full of the elite who could afford flights and accommodation to some small city slap bang in the middle of America. You know, a city farrr away from NY and LA because fuck putting on your only 4 American gigs in major cities, you elitist hipster bastards.
Like I said, everyone had the exact same chance to get tickets. I don't live anywhere near London, I got a ticket and have to pay for travel etc as well. I'm not part of your imaginary elite, but I understand if they're only playing 3 gigs in the UK, it's sensible for them to do it in one of the major cities with the better infrastructure that people can get to a hell of a lot easier than fucking
Plymouth. Sorry your country's so giant that the two major cities are on opposite ends and posing more of a problem, but them's the breaks.
I get the feeling you'll say something along the lines of "I'm not saying only do two small cities and nothing else, I'm saying do NY/LA
and the small cities.....and a load of other cities so it's fair and not elitist waaaah!!!" or whatever, so I'll just say again....all those smaller cities will GET GIGS ON THE ACTUAL TOUR LATER. Stop pretending their won't be much larger gigs in the US that will most likely MAKE UP PRETTY MUCH HALF OF THE ENTIRE TOUR!! If you can't wrap your head around that and will continue to sit their fuming because you don't get a full US leg
NOW rather than later then um....I don't know what to tell you.
Not really much I can add anymore, I'm just dealing with the facts here, the precedent set by previous tours. If you're going to keep pounding sand, ignoring the facts and common sense so you can make a big deal of how anti-elitism you are, then I really can't help you.
