Northern Lights ranked #49 in concert ticket sales in 2011 among club venues worldwide that report numbers to industry publication Pollstar. The Clifton Park venue reported a little more than 58,000 tickets sold. Northern Lights was was #55 on 2010's list.
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3 months ago AOA posted a similar topic...with a grain of salt...why the northern lights love? no one goes there any more...it's too crowded.
... said elvin jones on Jan 12, 2012 at 8:09 PM | link
@elvin: That last post was about numbers from the first three quarters of the year. When I saw the numbers for all of 2011, I figured it was worth another mention. If I knew the year-end numbers would come along, I probably wouldn't have posted the another thing -- I would have just waited. So it goes.
... said Greg on Jan 13, 2012 at 7:55 AM | link
i just want to know why. do the people who book the acts have some awesome manipulation tactic where the band never knows how crappy the zero visibility/blocked stage/awful venue is until the day they perform? how are they able to keep their stage where it is? truly one of the worst venues, don't know how they get the semi decent shows they get.
... said jen on Jan 13, 2012 at 9:03 AM | link
"no one goes there any more...it's too crowded."
This is the comment of 2012 so far for me. Brilliant in its defective logic.
... said -S on Jan 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM | link
@-S: That line has a long history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra#Examples
... said Greg on Jan 13, 2012 at 11:46 AM | link
Jen, the usual explanation is that the capital district is right in the line of fire for many tour schedules (coming north from or going south to NYC), and Northern Lights is the right sized venue for pop acts.
... said B on Jan 13, 2012 at 12:08 PM | link
@Greg: thanks, I like learning nuggets of American culture. Including nuggets with a defective, chewy center.
... said -S on Jan 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM | link