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| i would much rather listen to twisted sister than poison. poison aren't even in my top 30 favorites bands but i do have access to view record sales in some countries and poison has outsold twisted sister in the UK where the download festival is held. can't comment on other countries because i have no access to those numbers but i can tell you this. every year since 1999 poison has booked a big summer tour in the USA that runs roughly from late may-late august. the only years this did not happen were 2005, 2010 and now 2013. when are are these big festivals in europe held? in the dead of summer. is it more economical for poison to play 40-50 shows a summer here in the USA or halt a big tour for 2-3 weeks to go play a handful of shows in europe? thats the difference between a band that plays 10 shows a year and can pick and choose what they do and a band that wants to book a summer tour that is 40 dates. poison has played the donnigton festival and a few festivals in brazil in the early 90's but even when they had a top 10 album in the UK never toured there. |