The Honeymoon Suite Comment on Manchester Promoters Quitting

Matt from The Honeymoon Suite has posted a blog on the bands myspace about the recent announcement that Manchester-based promoters Mutiny are to call it a day.

Matt said:

"People aren't going to concerts anymore, unless its a band that have been pushed to fuck in Kerrang! or something, no one is interested, despite the incredibly low ticket prices. Most people are content to just sit at home and check the band out on Myspace, and while it feels amazing to look at your player while it wheels up like 4000 plays a day or whatever, it doesn't bring in any money. No-one sells CD's anymore, the only way bands can afford to sustain themselves and justify trying to do what they love is by merch sales and playing shows to the people who love them. So you downloaded someones album for free, and you love it, but when they come to town only about 10% of the people who are into it bother going to see them. If this mentality sticks around in music, you won't be getting a 2nd album by most of these bands and they'll have had a blast while it lasted but inevitably have to go to a career in a call centre or some bullshit until they're 65. Go listen to A Crowd Of Full Pockets on our page, that's about exactly this kind of thing."

The full blog can be read here.