Reply #14: They're not hurting but they've taken a commericial hit [View All]

[Mike Daniels]

Their current album went platinum but if you followed a comparison of sales between this and the last studio album they took a good sized hit. That can probably be equally attributed to lack of radio support and people still boycotting them. Although, with all the media coverage they got I don't completely accept the radio freeze-out as being the primary source of their downturn in sales.

Also, even if certain dates sold out quickly, for the most part their concerts have taken a while to sell out this time around (the DC show had seats of all price levels still being advertised up till a few days before the concert).

One thing I think people forget is that on the last go around that most if not all the shows were pretty much sold out "prior" to Maines' making her comments.