PennyPurple said:

Taylor Swift!

She was here in KC for 2 nights, I couldn't believe the impact she had. Downtown KC lit buildings up in her honor, they changed street signs to her name, 1000's of beaded bracelets. Celebrating her for days!

Every stadium she went to was sold out, all kinds of celebrities and their kids attended.

The celebrities that joined her on stage.

I've never seen anything like it, where ever she went.

I don't see that with anybody else, including Bey.

You should keep looking. All sorts of folks are in the audience at the Beyonce concert. I've more recently seen Lizzo, Taraji P. Henson, and Madonna. I think both tours are pulling in a lot of celebs. And why wouldn't they?

They both have a strong fanbase, often overlapping. Whether it's those friendship bracelets, or whatever. It's crazy, but cool.

With celebs on stage, Taylor's done that a lot, but Beyonce hasn't. It's whatever. The folks she had on the Reputation Tour was pretty cool. I watched a good bit of those performances.

Taylor's tour sure got a lot of free press when that Ticketmaster glitch happened. So I can see the extra hype around it. But honestly, I've heard pretty much equal hype about both tours.

https://www.tiktok.com/@bey7hive/video/7255291782307597574

Kevin Aviance got a sweet acknowledgement at a Beyonce show

Beyonce's always been a starf*cker. Her and Jay-Z probably threaten to blackball these people from the industry if they don't attend her concerts and promote it to their social media followers.

WhisperingDandelions said:

Beyonce's always been a starf*cker. Her and Jay-Z probably threaten to blackball these people from the industry if they don't attend her concerts and promote it to their social media followers.

You have no proof of that.

TrivialPursuit said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Beyonce's always been a starf*cker. Her and Jay-Z probably threaten to blackball these people from the industry if they don't attend her concerts and promote it to their social media followers.

You have no proof of that.

They both iced The-Dream out for a couple years after one of his ex's spilled tea about them allegedly inviting third parties into their bedroom. He got significantly less "big name" artist work during this time and was relegated to shit like the Nicole Scherzinger solo album for a period. Now they've made up and he's everywhere again.

Keri Hilson's solo career definitely cashed when she committed the sin of having "beef" with the almighty Bey. Her solo stuff was better than Beyonce. Beyonce made sure none of her songwriters or labels would help Keri out after the beef.

Sean Paul had a duet hit with Beyonce that was supposed to be performed at the VMA awards that he claimed Jay-Z axed at the time, years later and he's backtracked trying to mea culpa his way back into their good graces.

They also stopped associating with Kanye when everybody else kinda did... but still, he did a literal album with him and had so many of his hits produced by him. Ruined Taylor's VMA moment in the name of Bey. Seemed like they were all BFFs for a loong timer. Gives starf*ckery vibes...

TrivialPursuit said:

S2DG said:

If it were free, I would pick Ms Swift, just out of curiosity.

They're PRICY. Of course, they're huge tours. Taylor's Reputation Tour was pretty big, as was The Formation Tour with its monolith and weird ass catwalk.

So free would be a determining factor. haha

I took it more as a hypothetical but I've heard from random people that she puts on a great show. I'm still curious because I'm not a fan but if I was, money wouldn't be a factor if she came to my city.

While the Beyonce tour has been tremendously succuessful by any measure, Taylor's tour has been unprececedented. Never before has so many people tried to get tickets that it crasdhe Ticketmaster to the extent that she did. Not only that, it has been amazing that almost all her albums have been in and out of the top 20 throughout the tour, and at many times she has had 4 albums in the Top 10 (I think that is true yet again this week). Meanwhile, dozens of her songs old and new have charted in the top streaming songs chart. The re-emergence of so many of her older albums and songs is uniquely connected to the success of the tour. There is hardly anything of Beyonce that is currently selling or streaming, no renaissance of her old albums.

Special mention should be made of P!nks tour as well. It hasn't made the headlines here in the States as much as the other two due to for most of the Summer she has been selling out and breaking records in Europe. I saw her in Munich and she was great! Her tour has started in the US recently and she also is selling out stadiums consistently. She was the first woman every to headline a stadium show in Wisonsin and she broke the stadium attendance record there. She broke a stadium record in Minnesota the next stop. She also has gotten tremendous reviews as well.

It used to be an industry stereotype that women couldn't sellout stadiums and that only a few could consistently even sellout arenas. It is pretty amazing that three women are doing it at the same time!

Yeah did anybody predict P!nk's longevity? Total shocker. I still say she fell off after "Most Girls" but uh.. the public definitely disagrees with that take.

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WhisperingDandelions said:

ShellyMcG said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Yeah did anybody predict P!nk's longevity? Total shocker. I still say she fell off after "Most Girls" but uh.. the public definitely disagrees with that take.

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Is Pink still going? I haven't heard anything from her in years.

Absolutely. Her past two albums, including one released a few months ago, haven't yielded the big hits she had up till the pandemic, but they still debuted in the top 2 and got radio play. She set a record for most #1 singles on the Hot AC chart (which is basically pop radio without much rap) that was just broke by Taylor this week. Although she is one of the few pop artists that have had as many hits in the US during the 2000 - 2020 stretch, she is even bigger in Australia, Germany, and England. A couple of weeks she just sold the most tickets by anyone in Australia in only a few hours. So yes, she is alive and thriving!

I wouldn't bother with either.

I'd rather watch grass grow while I wait 4 the Purple Estate 2 show some balls.

Gooddoctor23 said:

I wouldn't bother with either.

I'd rather watch grass grow while I wait 4 the Purple Estate 2 show some balls.

Enjoy yourself.

TrivialPursuit said:

Gooddoctor23 said:

I wouldn't bother with either.

I'd rather watch grass grow while I wait 4 the Purple Estate 2 show some balls.

Enjoy yourself.

I've cut the yard twice.............and ran into a copperhead snake.

gandorb said:

ShellyMcG said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Yeah did anybody predict P!nk's longevity? Total shocker. I still say she fell off after "Most Girls" but uh.. the public definitely disagrees with that take.

Is Pink still going? I haven't heard anything from her in years.

Then you've not paid attention, yo! The girl is everywhere. She was just in Europe in June/July, then brought her Summer Carnival Tour to the states. She's toured pretty much every year or every other year, except during Covid.

I admit, I don't listen to her music as much as I used to, but I got mad respect for her voice, longevity, and endurance on these shows. I always loved that she was a no-bullshit kinda gal.

Look up the Summer Carnival Tour on YouTube.

TrivialPursuit said:

ShellyMcG said:

gandorb said:

Absolutely. Her past two albums, including one released a few months ago, haven't yielded the big hits she had up till the pandemic, but they still debuted in the top 2 and got radio play. She set a record for most #1 singles on the Hot AC chart (which is basically pop radio without much rap) that was just broke by Taylor this week. Although she is one of the few pop artists that have had as many hits in the US during the 2000 - 2020 stretch, she is even bigger in Australia, Germany, and England. A couple of weeks she just sold the most tickets by anyone in Australia in only a few hours. So yes, she is alive and thriving!

As an Australian, you'd think I should have known that Lol. But I didn't . Thanks for the info.

Your must be missing an Oy from your Oy OY Oy . Since you have liked her in the past, I encourage you to go to one of her many Australian concerts planned in the next several months. Even people who are just lukewarm Pink fans are amazed by her concerts. By the way, a lot of her more recent material is good too. She played 4 or 5 songs from her recent album Trustfall on this tour and they all were well received.

gandorb said:

The Vegemite Experience.

WhisperingDandelions said:

ShellyMcG said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

The Vegemite Experience.

Have you ever tasted Vegemite? It's the most vile thing I've ever tasted.

no, but they used to play that Men at Work "Land Down Under" song in elementary school and have us sing along to the text, so it always made quite the impression on me.

I'd probably try it now, honestly. It's on my international most-wanted along with the Durian and Matcha Kit-Kat bars.

Is it similar to liverwurst? I used to work assisted living and always chickened-out on ordering the liverwurst.

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WhisperingDandelions said:

I'd probably try it now, honestly. It's on my international most-wanted along with the Durian and Matcha Kit-Kat bars.

Is it similar to liverwurst? I used to work assisted living and always chickened-out on ordering the liverwurst.

Vegemite is a spread, a very salty spread. If you've ever seen the texture of potted meat, it's like that, but much more gelatinous. There's not much else I can compare it to, because it's that unique nasty.

TrivialPursuit said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Liverwurst is a spread, too. Wikipedia seems to frame it like a European thing. I always associated it with like older generations. They seem to all be hip to liverwurst while anyone gen x, millenial or gen z are always like wtf is liverwurst.

Literally the only place I've ever seen it as a deli option on a menu was when working assisted living. It's like choice of ham, turkey, roast beef or liverwurst.

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We always used liverwurst by the slice, not as a spread. But it certainly has that consistency.

MattyJam said:

I honestly wouldn't go to either if they were free and in my street.

You seem fun.

TrivialPursuit said: