![It seems TBK parted with their managers following the tour cancellation debacle (NYT — Are Big Music Tours Really in Trouble?)](https://external-preview.redd.it/kbp5ns_zo1OTGWE6hep6BZcY85p8qVTG-IfTHdkQfgA.jpg?auto=webp&s=4a1ceda484a65fe7803ef1cc3458baf0d5c33999)
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/arts/music/tours-jlo-black-keys.html
Here's all of what pertains to the duo:
"Most conspicuously, Jennifer Lopez and the Black Keys have canceled entire arena tours. In the case of the Black Keys — a standby of rock radio and a popular touring draw for nearly two decades — the fallout has been severe enough that the band has parted ways with its two managers, the industry giant Irving Azoff and Steve Moir. Through a representative, Azoff and Moir said they had “amicably parted” with the band."
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"No single explanation can cover the range of problems in the live market this year. Some tours, like the Black Keys’, may simply be a matter of the band overestimating demand.
In 2021, the Black Keys left their longtime manager for a new partnership with Azoff and Moir, who also work with John Mayer and the Grateful Dead spinoff Dead & Co., and the band later praised Azoff’s “focus on touring and selling our tickets.” But even after a new album — the band’s 12th — was released in April, concert sales lagged, leading to the cancellations and a housecleaning behind the scenes.
In a social media post after the tour was abandoned, the group said it would “make some changes” to its touring plan to offer a more “intimate experience.” A representative for the band’s label did not respond to a request for comment on the management changes."
Outside of the firing of their managers, there's not much which we didn't already know. That said, it'll be interesting to see how the revised tour will be brought about. Hopefully it'll be in a better state than it was shaping up to be in its original form.
TBK thinking they had the same kind of draw as Dead & Co to fill arenas is just a massive miscalculation.
Hiring the same manager does not equal thinking you are on the same playing field. That being said- the last album was a complete retread of sounds they have already put out, paired with big corporate marketing. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say most people don’t want to pay to see essentially the same show again.