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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,180 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: The Final Tour? Reply #25 - May 7^th, 2008 at 2:03pm ijwthstd wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 11:15am: In 2012 gas will be at least $10 a gallon. Would any band be able to haul around 50 trucks of equipment, charge enough money to make a profit and still be able to pack the place? Its already that over here and they manage to get by OK
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Reply #27 - May 7^th, 2008 at 2:04pm

Gazza wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:03pm:

ijwthstd wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 11:15am:

In 2012 gas will be at least $10 a gallon. Would any band be able to haul around 50 trucks of equipment, charge enough money to make a profit and still be able to pack the place?

Its already that over here and they manage to get by OK

I just booked a flight on ba.com & at the end they asked me if I wanted to spend an extra $38 to offset my carbon footprint. WTF????

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Reply #28 - May 7^th, 2008 at 4:49pm

Gazza wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:03pm:

ijwthstd wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 11:15am:

In 2012 gas will be at least $10 a gallon. Would any band be able to haul around 50 trucks of equipment, charge enough money to make a profit and still be able to pack the place?

Its already that over here and they manage to get by OK

But don't they tour America first because of the higher profit margin? If American fuel prices double or triple in the space of a few years would it really not affect the prices and attendance of a Stones tour?

Also I could be wrong but I don't think Europe has the culture of the gas guzzler and 30-50 mile one way work commute which is going to place a heavy strain on the disposable income of even the Stones upper middle class target audience.

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Reply #29 - May 7^th, 2008 at 4:55pm

ijwthstd wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 4:49pm:

Gazza wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:03pm:

ijwthstd wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 11:15am:

In 2012 gas will be at least $10 a gallon. Would any band be able to haul around 50 trucks of equipment, charge enough money to make a profit and still be able to pack the place?

Its already that over here and they manage to get by OK

Its all relative i suppose. Even if your fuel prices doubled youre still paying less than we are, and with higher incomes. It'd still be relatively inexpensive. Anyway they do it, Stones tickets are so high that they're still going to make zillions.

we're certainly a bit more conscious of the "gas guzzling" here, but the work commute you describe is pretty commonplace over here too.

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Reply #30 - May 7^th, 2008 at 4:56pm

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Gazza wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:03pm:

ijwthstd wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 11:15am:

In 2012 gas will be at least $10 a gallon. Would any band be able to haul around 50 trucks of equipment, charge enough money to make a profit and still be able to pack the place?

Its already that over here and they manage to get by OK

I just booked a flight on ba.com & at the end they asked me if I wanted to spend an extra $38 to offset my carbon footprint. WTF????

You snapped it up, Im sure..... !

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Reply #31 - May 7^th, 2008 at 5:30pm

gazza...what do you do for a living?

when i lived in britain, the minimum wage was lower than it is here in the US, food cost more, people made less...but still everyone went out and got schockered on saturday nights and ended up peeing on the streets of newcastle...

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