DREAMWORLD Greatest Hits Tour 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 & now 2026

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#1021 Post by Vintage Youth »

Does last night's set during the jolly at Tate Modern count as a Dreamworld performance?!

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#1022 Post by nonesuch »

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 26 Jun 2025, 4:30 pm Does last night's set during the jolly at Tate Modern count as a Dreamworld performance?!
Looks like it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLV-a6KSO0_/
click through for several clips

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#1023 Post by petshopgrrl »

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 26 Jun 2025, 4:30 pm Does last night's set during the jolly at Tate Modern count as a Dreamworld performance?!
Yes, but with an asterisk?

Wow, imagine going to an arts fundraiser and a PSB show breaks out!

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#1024 Post by BoyStrange »

Will they dare to not play "Go west" at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg 9 August?

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#1025 Post by MikeyC »

BoyStrange wrote: Fri 04 Jul 2025, 7:20 pm Will they dare to not play "Go west" at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg 9 August?
The didn’t play New York City Boy in New York City a few years ago on the Unity Tour!

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BoyStrange wrote: Fri 04 Jul 2025, 7:20 pm Will they dare to not play "Go west" at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg 9 August?
They never played Paninaro on Milan!

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#1027 Post by psbfannyc »

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Neil with his book and newspaper and Chris with his fanny pack in Marbella today, 15 July 2025.
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#1028 Post by nonesuch »

^I got an ad for adidas right below this on Instagram, lol.

They both look good and happy lately.

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#1029 Post by PSB-90 »

Lovely pic :)

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#1030 Post by Parkol »

Why do they sell T-shirts, keychains, fanny packs, all sorts of junk that is not always needed at PSB concerts?
But there is no vinyl, no albums, no singles.
Is this prohibited or what is the point?
After all, people come to concerts for the music, and not for a keychain first and foremost.

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#1031 Post by Dog »

Parkol wrote:Why do they sell T-shirts, keychains, fanny packs, all sorts of junk that is not always needed at PSB concerts?
But there is no vinyl, no albums, no singles.
Is this prohibited or what is the point?
After all, people come to concerts for the music, and not for a keychain first and foremost.
T shirts are the norm because you can make £20 plus profit on a T shirt, they are lightweight and easy to transport to display, which is vital if you’re on a world tour. Clothing has a universal appeal while LPs and CDs are niche. Also the venue or promoter often take a cut of merch sales, which would mean any vinyl etc would have to be priced well over the odds to make it worth doing.
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#1032 Post by Parkol »

Dog wrote: Wed 23 Jul 2025, 7:53 am T shirts are the norm because you can make £20 plus profit on a T shirt, they are lightweight and easy to transport to display, which is vital if you’re on a world tour. Clothing has a universal appeal while LPs and CDs are niche. Also the venue or promoter often take a cut of merch sales, which would mean any vinyl etc would have to be priced well over the odds to make it worth doing.
Well, the clothes are fine. But music. It's not only fans who go to concerts, and there are instinctive purchases. For example, I remember that at The Cure concert there were T-shirts, but there were no vinyl disks and as a non-fan of the band I didn't look for their vinyl for a long time after that, because I needed it at that moment. A person leaving a concert is ready to buy a record, and then the chance can be missed. And if bands are interested in selling disks, it's strange to sell T-shirts and not sell disks, even if the records will be a bit more expensive. My friend came back from Italy yesterday, 2 days ago he was at a concert in Luca, so he said that there is nothing to buy from merch there at all. T-shirts, belt bags, all sorts of nonsense, and the new album, singles were not on sale.
It's like a chocolate bar in the store at the checkout, while you're standing in line, you can make a spontaneous purchase. And then you won't go back to it on purpose.

I mean, PSB album sales would increase many times over if they sold records along with t-shirts and key chains. And we have to admit that dreamworld merch is unfortunately inferior in terms of design.

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#1033 Post by Dog »

Parkol wrote:
Dog wrote: Wed 23 Jul 2025, 7:53 am T shirts are the norm because you can make £20 plus profit on a T shirt, they are lightweight and easy to transport to display, which is vital if you’re on a world tour. Clothing has a universal appeal while LPs and CDs are niche. Also the venue or promoter often take a cut of merch sales, which would mean any vinyl etc would have to be priced well over the odds to make it worth doing.
Well, the clothes are fine. But music. It's not only fans who go to concerts, and there are instinctive purchases. For example, I remember that at The Cure concert there were T-shirts, but there were no vinyl disks and as a non-fan of the band I didn't look for their vinyl for a long time after that, because I needed it at that moment. A person leaving a concert is ready to buy a record, and then the chance can be missed. And if bands are interested in selling disks, it's strange to sell T-shirts and not sell disks, even if the records will be a bit more expensive. My friend came back from Italy yesterday, 2 days ago he was at a concert in Luca, so he said that there is nothing to buy from merch there at all. T-shirts, belt bags, all sorts of nonsense, and the new album, singles were not on sale.
It's like a chocolate bar in the store at the checkout, while you're standing in line, you can make a spontaneous purchase. And then you won't go back to it on purpose.

I mean, PSB album sales would increase many times over if they sold records along with t-shirts and key chains. And we have to admit that dreamworld merch is unfortunately inferior in terms of design.
Vinyl is too big, bulky and expensive to take around the world on tour. Venues and promoters add a mark up which would make it more expensive to buy than in a store, when an LP would already be £30 plus. It’s also a niche purchase - most concert goers choose to stream. There are plenty of reasons why artists don’t sell vinyl while on world tours.
Woof.

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#1034 Post by Gabby »

I'm kind of glad the Dreamworld tour hasn't come to Canada, because I'm not super fussy on the merch, but always "have" to buy a souvenir from concerts.

The Unity merch was pretty blah too I thought but got a long sleeve tee nonetheless.

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#1035 Post by markus »

I came up with the idea of a "qr code album" sold as an album on paper sleeve, handed out as a flyer, a billboard sign...you name it. Perfect for a band like Psb having trouble making listeners play their latest songs - at the concert just scan the code and start streaming.

I should probably start a business but can't be bothered.

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