Olivia Rodrigo explains why ‘SOUR’ tour isn’t in bigger venues

[HIM820 1,840]

The venues will benefit the songs she has so far. I would actually prefer to see her in a smaller venue with this album. 
 

Also from a longevity perspective, I wouldn’t want to debut in stadiums and go to arenas or theaters for my second tour. People and press would run with that. 

[HeardASine 442]

She has about 40 mins of songs she can sing, I think a theater tour is perfect! Also shows some humility which I think is v refreshing 

[Taylucifer 5,139]

I do understand, I don't think anyone really could have foreseen how massive she has become and how much ppl want to see her live, especially when booking for tours cause they have to do it so far in advance it makes sense

[gagawaffles 165]

Do you guys know we’re in a pandemic? That is not slowing down? That we have a vaccine resistant strain? 

[Sepsami 18,881]

The gheys love throwing away mental health awareness for "slayage"lol

[ToxicHot 6,444]

This probably has to do with safety too, she also probably doesn’t want to seem too insensitive based on what happened at Astroworld?

[monstertoronto 10,142]

I wouldn’t expect her to jump to stadiums, but she could totally do an arena tour. But it totally makes sense that she is a person, a teenager, for whom this whole life as a pop star is brand new. Think about what you were doing at 18. People are nervous to public speak in their schools.  Let her play to theatres before making her be the centre of attention in arenas with 15,000 to 18,000 expecting her to entertain them for two hours.  Also, remember that Gaga started Fame Ball in CLUBS and she already had two number one singles. And then even Monster Ball started as a theater tour but then got upgraded to an arena tour because demand was so overwhelming. 

[Dojo 19,365]

3 hours ago, HeardASine said:

She has about 40 mins of songs she can sing, I think a theater tour is perfect! Also shows some humility which I think is v refreshing 

f**** humility!

do you think ARTPOP would'd been born if Gaga was humble? 

[Dojo 19,365]

25 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

I wouldn’t expect her to jump to stadiums, but she could totally do an arena tour. But it totally makes sense that she is a person, a teenager, for whom this whole life as a pop star is brand new. Think about what you were doing at 18. People are nervous to public speak in their schools.  Let her play to theatres before making her be the centre of attention in arenas with 15,000 to 18,000 expecting her to entertain them for two hours.  Also, remember that Gaga started Fame Ball in CLUBS and she already had two number one singles. And then even Monster Ball started as a theater tour but then got upgraded to an arena tour because demand was so overwhelming. 

it makes you wonder how Britney managed to do this before she was 18

 

[monstertoronto 10,142]

55 minutes ago, dojo said:

it makes you wonder how Britney managed to do this before she was 18

 

Was this a one-off concert with lots of other artists tho, and she only did a few songs instead of carrying the whole show, let alone a whole tour? 

[Dojo 19,365]

9 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

Was this a one-off concert with lots of other artists tho, and she only did a few songs instead of carrying the whole show, let alone a whole tour? 

lets ask @Gimme More 

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

Mmmmmm I don't see her selling out arenas.

[Ronk 14,762]

Fans are in for a real treat to see her in a small venue.  She is performing at The Met Philadelphia, the same venue I saw Madonna in 2019.  Madonna performed 4 concerts in a row at that venue instead of one concert at the arena.  Four times as much work for Madonna, but she preferred the atmosphere of a small venue, and I was glad she did.  It really was wonderful.

So good for Olivia.  And good for those in attendance.  I'm sure she will bump up to arenas for the next tour.

[Future Lovers 6,914]

10 hours ago, dojo said:

lets ask @Gimme More 

No need to, what @monstertoronto said was true. That performance is from Wango Tango which is an annual music festival with a bunch of different artists. Britney's first two tours (the Baby One More Time Tour and the Crazy 2K Tour) were performed in a few theaters but primarily amphitheaters. She didn't perform in arenas as a headliner until the Oops I Did It Again Tour and even then, it was about half arenas and half amphitheaters. She didn't do a full, arena only tour, until the Dream Within a Dream Tour in support of her third album. 

Some examples of artists hitting arenas on their first tours are Madonna and Beyonce but both of those come with caveats: Madonna's first tour was in support of her second album (she didn't tour for her self-titled debut) so she had the commercial pull and amount of songs to do arenas immediately and Beyonce was already established as a member Destiny's Child and the Dangerously in Love Tour was restricted to the UK only. 

[ladygagafan1234 700]

she could of set a record tbh like biggest attendance for a debut tour or smth...