Peter Murphy, was Re: As the Goth turns..

[manny at garfieldartworks.com]

Well, as I said, there was also a lot of other darkness going on and
people only have so much money. It's also very probable that at this
point, Murphy simply has only a limited audience in Pittsburgh. He's
certainly no bigger than, say, people like Howard Jones, or Thomas Dolby,
or Squeeze's Glenn Tillbrook, or The Fixx, who play places even smaller
than the Hazlett, such as Club Cafe, the Rex, or Hard Rock Cafe. Such is
the fate of '80s (and often, '60s and '70s) icons.
Unless perchance they have a TV special on PBS or something. :)

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:27 PM,  <manny at garfieldartworks.com> wrote:
>>
>> plus it was on the North Side. (it probably would have done better in
>> either Oakland or South Side).
>
> This is actually an interesting observation.  Peter Murphy draws older
> crowds who generally have more access to cars (and usually own their
> own), so I'd think that changing the location a few miles to the east
> or west wouldn't be as damning for this sort of show.  I've been to
> the New Hazlett Theater for other shows (even just last week for
> Attack Theater's interpretation of the Tinycrumb Ghastlies), and
> really like the venue.
>
> --
> Gwendolyn R. Schmidt
>