> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:25:33 -0400 > > Maybe I should have just said : "This day in history" > > It amazes me that bands today need to "go on tour" to promote their > records...yet , the Beatles did not need any tour after 1966...and their > albums still topped the charts. The Beatles earned themselves that luxury. They were multi-millionaires by the time George Harrison threatened to quit over the idiocy of touring in '66. They didn't NEED to tour...so they stopped. But acts like The Who, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones had to continue touring because their hit record success rate and merchandising deals weren't as lucrative. It wasn't until the Stones took control of their destiny in the early '70s that they began to afford to do intermittent tours. And at this point, they don't even need to tour anymore...but they like to...which is McCartney's way of seeing it. Both of them love to play...and that's how it should be. Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records CDs: http://www.bullseyecanada.com MP3s: http://www.bullseyesongs.com RADIO: http://www.radiothatdoesntsuck.com SWAG: http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/bullseyecanada MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/bullseyecanada Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ PERSONAL - http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz - http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Jaimie-Vernon BLOG - http://verminator.livejournal.com FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/jaimievernon
