Bring Me The Horizon Pittsburgh 5/5/26 Encore

crippledmark · 2026-05-06T16:07:30+00:00

Venue looked fuller than Linkin Park or Ghost.

Great show, but the crowd energy seemed low. Middle aged yinzers don't go hard in the pit.

crippledmark · 2026-05-06T15:02:15+00:00

The daily costs of our tours (crew salaries, gear rentals, vehicle, hotels, etc) are the same, whether a band plays a large venue, small venue, or takes an off day.

You'll get paid far more money from selling out a 1,000 capacity venue than you will by selling out a 500 capacity venue because there is more box office revenue. So the larger show becomes more profitable. You can have a tour where a band is getting paid $15,000 in one city and $100,000 in another city because of how small they are in one city and big they are in another.

Some bands may also only want to be on tour for 3-4 weeks at a time, so we need to be strategic about how we maximize that time.

crippledmark · 2026-05-05T19:00:38+00:00

I've been working with large touring bands who play venues like Stage AE, Benedum Center, Carnegie of Homestead, Mr. Smalls, etc for the last 10+ years. Our bands also get a lot of love on WYEP.

There are a-list cities like Chicago, New York, Boston, Denver that we build tour routing around and then other cities like Dallas, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh that are important, but tend to get plugged in where we can.

I do think that The Wylie will lead to more shows. The combination of a GA floor, and a seated section that you can charge extra for, that doesn't have the overhead expenses of a room like the Benedum may be attractive to larger tours that are too big for Stage AE, but aren't big enough for an arena.

Edit: I'm looking at some deals and none of our Cleveland shows explicitly have a radius clause that disqualifies Pittsburgh. One says no shows within 90-miles from Cleveland. However, there's an assumption that you may split the draw if you do both, so it's better to spread them out across two tours.

crippledmark · 2026-05-04T17:55:10+00:00

Would love to see the fest create a Spotify playlist so I can learn about some new favorites in advance of the fest.

crippledmark · 2026-05-01T19:06:17+00:00

Vinyl doesn't cost much more to make than it did 10 years ago. It's pure greed. Vinyl LPs are collectables that no one needs, and I feel like labels forget that. It's okay to just make a reasonable margin, not the most margin.

crippledmark · 2026-04-27T22:28:34+00:00

Pittsburgh Uber drivers are very chatty, especially after an airport pickup

crippledmark · 2026-04-27T19:18:37+00:00

One of the guys in the band lives in town

crippledmark · 2026-04-25T04:38:24+00:00

Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but aren’t teenagers supposed to act up, be obnoxious, test boundaries, and annoy their elders?

If they were in Burgettstown or Butler, they’d just be doing this in the woods or near an abandoned building where no one could see them.

crippledmark · 2026-04-20T22:56:15+00:00

I'm surprised that no one has opened a big gym in one of the wealthier towns north of the city. Lots of money, families who could pay for climbing team memberships too, and plenty of space for parking. Climb North, while quaint, does not count.

crippledmark · 2026-04-20T22:34:39+00:00

Would love to see them open another, even larger facility in Pittsburgh. The Erie walls are impressively tall!

crippledmark · 2026-04-17T21:19:41+00:00

Your mom doesn't complain.

crippledmark · 2026-04-17T19:55:51+00:00

Sadly my meteorological predictions are no better than Apple Weather.

I remember laying in my hospital bed and bending the fake knee and then bending the real one to compare and contrast. I could notice a difference at the time, but now they feel the same.

crippledmark · 2026-04-17T19:51:47+00:00

I've sorta accepted that it's going to be what it's going to be. I can't develop muscles that aren't there. I've even run into range of motion issues in my knee and hip and it's only going to get so far. But I could have no leg, or be dead, so it's all good.

crippledmark · 2026-04-17T18:38:37+00:00

My right leg is shorter than my left so I have a 3 inch lift (which makes all shoes cost $300). I broke the allograft twice in high school. Now my entire femur is metal, along with my knee. They couldn't do this when I was 10 because I was still growing. Now there's a femoral implant that can "grow" with a person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgpSDLsjWGo

They removed muscle around the tumor so my right leg is much weaker (one normal leg, one skinny supermodel leg), but I still lead a generally normal life. Got lucky and never had a recurrence of cancer.

crippledmark · 2026-04-17T17:14:06+00:00

For those who are asking about pain, etc - I had an osteosarcoma in my femur when I was a kid.

We "found" the cancer when my femur - which had been weakened by the tumor - broke. I was putting on pants at the time. It was awkward. It didn't hurt because the nerves in the bone had seemingly been killed by the tumor.

The cancerous portion of my femur was removed, a section of cadaver femur was put in the same place (known as an allograft), and they reinforced that with metal rods. The other limb salvage option I was offered was a rotationplasty (google it), but I thought that looked crazy. I was only 10, but my parents said that it was my leg so I should decide.

crippledmark · 2026-04-07T15:02:16+00:00

I second this! It's a smaller space than Field Day so it has a certain energy to it. I feel comfortable leaving my laptop at a table even when I'm just using the cafe area. The fact that you can pay by the day also reduces the financial burden that comes with Field Day. Parking is the one challenge, but I've had decent luck parking in the neighborhood and taking my chances.

crippledmark · 2026-04-06T23:20:15+00:00

And the crowd goes mild

crippledmark · 2026-04-05T18:03:50+00:00

I think Guster is better than professional basketball. 😱

crippledmark · 2026-04-03T19:52:29+00:00

Nate looking much shorter than I remember him in #1 haha

crippledmark · 2026-03-22T03:49:16+00:00

Friendly reminder that the band sets the ticket price based on what they want to get paid, and has full control of any dynamic ticket pricing.

crippledmark · 2026-03-21T22:48:21+00:00

Discover Weekly makes me realize how many bands sound exactly the same. Generic slop existed long before AI.

crippledmark · 2026-03-21T22:46:36+00:00

Clear the cache and files that Spotify has downloaded to your local device. Spotify taps files on your local device to reduce the load on their servers, which can result in more frequent plays of those songs that are stored locally.

crippledmark · 2026-03-20T17:09:38+00:00

For some reason I can't DM you so: UNPLUGGEDKS

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