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Ginger Root praised for honest announcement of ‘first ever relegated show’

Ginger Root praised for honest announcement of ‘first ever relegated show’

Ginger Root has been praised by fans after announcing his “first ever relegated show” and being transparent about low ticket sales.

The group’s frontman Cameron Lew took to Ginger Roots’ official social media accounts and shared a video announcing the new, smaller venue where their show will now take place in Los Angeles instead of the previously announced Hollywood Palladium.

“Greetings Los Angeles, Due to the lack of ticket sales, Ginger Root will no longer perform at the Hollywood Palladium. Instead, we learned that the show has been downgraded to The Wiltern,” the American indie soul singer said in the clip.

He continued: “All previously purchased tickets are still valid, but we are positive about the situation as this is Ginger Root’s first ever show in a lower league. So come celebrate with us. Ginger Root’s first ever relegated show, the final stop of the Shinbangumi USA tour on November 3 at The Wiltern. Fans can purchase tickets for the show here.

Many users took to the comments section on Instagram to praise the musician for his transparency. “Dang it might be a smaller venue but I’d say it’s more of an upgrade than going to Hollywood,” one user wrote, while another added: “The Wiltern is cooler, tbh. Even more secret areas in there!!”

Ginger Root is the latest musician to downgrade shows this year. The Black Keys have been cancelled ‘International Players Tour’ in Aprilwhich would include 31 dates in the US and Canada from September to November this year.

No explanation was given, but shortly afterwards, following speculation that the move was made in light of low ticket sales, the members opened up about the cancellationsaying that it was abolished and rescheduled in favor of smaller theater venues as listed on their recent European dates.

Earlier this month, Liela Moss – formerly of The Duke Spirit – had to is canceling her upcoming tour due to the “increasing costs” of shows.

In a lengthy site size next year, as a way to recover some of that investment over time.”

Moss added that she “cannot justify or afford to lose that amount of money if it does not further my career,” adding that the lack of ticket sales means she is not in a position to move on to “money to get back.” even gradually”.

Last month, Michael Kiwanuka reflected on the financial difficulties associated with touring and expressed “concern” that rising costs could deter new musicians from playing live.

“I worry that the quality of the artists we produce is declining because they are not learning from the basics what it is to play and connect with your audience,” he said. Music week.

Back in August, The Armed announced the cancellation of their planned US tour this year on financial issues.

“As the tour moving into pre-production has drawn on resources we simply do not have, we have had to face the facts that our current scenario is simply unsustainable. We cannot bring you the show at this time,” they wrote in a statement shared on their social media accounts.

That same month, Rachel Chinouriri quit Remi Wolf’s American tour and several festivals because the financial pressure became “too great”..

At the beginning of the year, members of Blur, the band formerly known as Easy Life, Get Cape. Wear a cape. Fly and more told NME about the enormous battles artists face when playing liveand also how they hope the sector will improve in the future.

Earlier this year Another Sky frontwoman, Catrin Vincent, spoke to NME about how “It’s hard to sustain yourself as an artist.”

“It’s very tough for musicians at the moment – ​​especially in the UK. There are many factors that affect us: such as Brexit, the cost of living crisis. Most artists, maybe not the ones you see, are doing really well, but we rely on cheap ways of living – from small places in London, subletting rooms, too many people in a house, situations like that,” she said .

She continued, “Now that it’s all gone, life costs a lot more and people have to have more jobs. It is very difficult to make a living as an artist. You depend on cheap ways of living because you don’t get paid well. Streaming doesn’t pay, TikTok has had a big impact on the music industry, there’s too much.”