2. Whether or not they bought on to stadium headliners (MCR seemed to curate their openers personally, blink I'm not sure) or late night appearances is irrelevant.>>>
No it isn't. It's fake. It doesn't truly measure their real drawing power.
They've become big enough where they're either being invited or "the powers that be" have decided that dropping 200k to put them in those places is something that they can both afford and has the potential for returns. >>>
Glow On their most successful album hasn't even gone Gold so what makes you think their next album will go Gold, Platinum or multi-platinum? You can't always BUY success - see Code Orange who need to hang it up cuz they look & sound ridiculous. Probably smell ridiculous too.
2. Whether or not they bought on to stadium headliners (MCR seemed to curate their openers personally, blink I'm not sure) or late night appearances is irrelevant.>>> No it isn't. It's fake. It doesn't truly measure their real drawing power. They've become big enough where they're either being invited or "the powers that be" have decided that dropping 200k to put them in those places is something that they can both afford and has the potential for returns. >>> Glow On their most successful album hasn't even gone Gold so what makes you think their next album will go Gold, Platinum or multi-platinum? You can't always BUY success - see Code Orange who need to hang it up cuz they look & sound ridiculous. Probably smell ridiculous too.