^^^Hence Harm's Way sellout is fake.I mean how strange is it that Harm's Way a 17 year old band is only now selling out Metro yet a much younger Drain sold out Metro first & being around a lot less time. It's almost as if Hardlore & the money behind it thought hey let's book a Harm's Way tour & buy out x amount of tickets at their hometown show to make it look like a sellout...oh wait...Do the math. 1100 capacity so 1000 sell to after staff, band members & crews & guestlist. The undercard alone draws 400 paid, Harm's Way figure 150 to be fair for 550 total. Hardlore sponsors buy the other 450 tickets @ 40 a pop = 18K & give 'em away. 18K is chickenfeed cuz they make back x of that on merch cuts from all the bands at the show & whatever HW makes (HW makes X minus money owed after merch cuts )Also sold out doesn't mean the place sold 1000 tickets to 1000 people & all 1000 people will show up. If an attenedee buys an average of 2.5 tickets that's only 450 buyers (1000 by 2.5.)
^^^Hence Harm's Way sellout is fake.I mean how strange is it that Harm's Way a 17 year old band is only now selling out Metro yet a much younger Drain sold out Metro first & being around a lot less time. It's almost as if Hardlore & the money behind it thought hey let's book a Harm's Way tour & buy out x amount of tickets at their hometown show to make it look like a sellout...oh wait...Do the math. 1100 capacity so 1000 sell to after staff, band members & crews & guestlist. The undercard alone draws 400 paid, Harm's Way figure 150 to be fair for 550 total. Hardlore sponsors buy the other 450 tickets @ 40 a pop = 18K & give 'em away. 18K is chickenfeed cuz they make back x of that on merch cuts from all the bands at the show & whatever HW makes (HW makes X minus money owed after merch cuts )Also sold out doesn't mean the place sold 1000 tickets to 1000 people & all 1000 people will show up. If an attenedee buys an average of 2.5 tickets that's only 450 buyers (1000 by 2.5.)