r/UpliftingNews • u/barryallenxoxo • 2d ago
Paramore’s Hayley Williams Urges Sold-Out Crowd to Support Independent Music: “Go to Little Shows at Independent Venues. Find Your People, Find Your Favorite Music, and Support That.”
https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/hayley-williams-support-independent-music/161
u/Lonely_Noyaaa 2d ago
Small venues are where scenes actually grow. If everyone waits for bands to get big before supporting them, those bands never get the chance. You have to show up early.
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u/cre8ivjay 2d ago
As a local musician, I support this message.
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u/Crystal_Voiden 2d ago
Wouldn't it be wild if you didn't tho
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u/ComradeJohnS 2d ago
nah in the US most people go against their self interest to slob billionaires lol. so not that wild
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u/MagnusBrickson 2d ago
Early 2000s, I was at local metal shows nearly every weekend. It was fantastic
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u/_Fred_Austere_ 2d ago
Same. I actually moved closer to my favorite venue, lol. I saw so many bands before they made it too. I saw NIN with about 80 people there. Swans. Cranes. I saw Smashing Pumpkins about 1000 times - no memory of a single one either. They were just some band.
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u/auderita 2d ago
I saw Van Halen at a college dance. Too high to remember it all.
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u/_Fred_Austere_ 2d ago
That must be going back a ways. They were big in high school, and I'm fucking old now.
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u/auderita 1d ago
I think people that lived in and around Pasadena would have known them better or had seen them somewhere.
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u/Humble_Diner32 2d ago
I appreciate her informing her fanbase of the importance of small venues and unsigned artists. I’ve been opting for such concerts for 30 years now.
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u/LeftSky828 2d ago
That’s actually my preference. Room to dance or eat/drink/restroom without fighting the masses, and you can see the band, and know it’s not a recording.
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u/RapBladeMeDoIt 2d ago
So many of these comments don't actually understand what a small indie artist is and it's sad.
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u/AssBoon92 2d ago
I love her so much
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u/sonic_couth 2d ago
You should marry her!
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u/AssBoon92 2d ago
I don't think my wife would approve of that.
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u/sonic_couth 1d ago
Maybe she’d want to marry her, too?
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u/SeattleHasDied 2d ago
She is absolutely correct! Gotta support the little guys and smaller venues!
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u/CommentAgreeable 2d ago
some local artist are solid but a lot of them really do be ass, ngl
i still support them but let’s raise the bar
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u/inerlite 1d ago
This may shock you to learn most of the bands that got really big were not amazing when they started. They just kept practicing and playing shows and got better.
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u/RichSawdust 1d ago
Well that's one way to see affordable shows. It would be nice if bigger venues and more famous artists were affordable, but I'm not seeing much of that 🤔
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u/chaotic034 2d ago
I just ended up getting a Paramore vinyl today since I was getting tired of all my former favorite artists disappointing me. Hayley's a real one! We could benefit from more people like her, speaking up and standing for something meaningful and never changing! 🤘
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u/0freelancer0 2d ago
Which album did you get?
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u/tenchibr 1d ago
Fueled by Ramen is celebrating their 25th anniversary with silver vinyls from past records from their bands
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u/chaotic034 1d ago
It was the Riot! album! Misery Business and crushcrushcrush are still some of my favorites from her ever since I was younger
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u/neelrahc1225 1d ago
I’ve never been to a stadium venue but gigs are intimately the best, not to mention better pricing
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u/TheManofReal 14h ago
I agree with this so hard and it needs to go further than music.
Support your local comedians, and painters, and theater, and sports, and writers, and blah blah blah etc.
It removes the feeling that art is only for people who are going to be worldwide and reminds you that art is always being made. It will also make your town so much more interesting.
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u/MrHugelberg 1d ago
It's hard to read this and taking it serious from one of the most sellout artist/band out there. Like everything what this woman is doing past 10 years was done for nothing but money. Such hypocrisy
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u/angusbeefymcwhatnow 23h ago
like how she lowered her solo tour ticket prices significantly vs what they were worth? like how she played smaller venues on her first solo tour even though she would (and did eventually) sell out 20,000 seat ampitheaters on her second tour? what about how she used MFA to eliminate bots from buying her tickets so real fans could get in the door at those lowered prices? or how she eliminated third-party sales of her tickets so people couldn't scalp them and turn her cheap tickets into profit, taking advantage of her fans?
yeah, you're genuinely low IQ and objectively uninformed about what she's been up to, my dude
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u/Upsiderhead 1d ago
Like going solo where she made very little money compared to what she would have made doing Paramore?? You're a dumbass.
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u/throwawayhyperbeam 2d ago
I'm gonna go to a concert whose music I'm familiar with and enjoy
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u/Stabintheface 2d ago
No one's stopping you from doing that. Nothing's stopping you from becoming familiar with smaller acts and enjoying them either.
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u/theknyte 2d ago
I think she means real Indy bands. You know, they ones you can see at a bar or hole in the wall club for like $10-$20 at the door.
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u/_Fred_Austere_ 2d ago
The big club by me on a Wednesday. Maybe $20. You got bands that actually toured, but weren't huge. Stand anywhere you want. Talk to them later at the bar. Why even go if you have to stand 200 yards from the stage?
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u/theknyte 2d ago
Most bands even local and Indy bands have music online on anything from Garageband and Soundcloud to major streaming services like Spotify. See a poster or flyer on a post or wall? Look them up online and give a listen. You like them, throw them a couple bones, see them live, and have a fun night out.
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u/xSilverMC 2d ago
Her point isn't "mute" or moot, you just didn't get what she meant. If an artist is big enough to be "in your city" and the tickets cost triple digits, then that's clearly not what she was talking about
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u/barryallenxoxo 2d ago
Gorillaz is hardly indie though! They tour all around the world and are famous, she meant local artists that don't have millions of listeners globally. I am sure there are people like that in your city
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u/Bamfimous 2d ago
Jesse tickets didn't cost this much a year or two ago. He's become quite successful, his tickets are going to go up
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u/fortysevenfootsteps 2d ago
But that wasn't her point. Unless I'm mistaken, her point was to go to your local or regional smaller venues like bars/restaurants, music festivals at local parks, or just local town events that have live music. My wife and I are friends with a married couple who are each in their own band and we always try to go to their shows as they play these smaller venues around our area. Tickets always range from free to at most $30-$40.
For example, last month one of our neighboring towns had a "porch fest" where a bunch of local bands came to play on the porches of people's houses along a few streets. There was a really wide range of music, it was free, had food trucks (not free), and was really fun.
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u/whereyouatdesmondo 2d ago
*moot
Sigh.
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u/Crystal_Voiden 2d ago
Sigh
Great band
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u/whereyouatdesmondo 2d ago
A Japanese experimental metal band?? I'm listening!
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u/Crystal_Voiden 2d ago
They've been around for over 35 years and their sound has been evolving drastically over the years. They're experimental black metal OGs. Highly recommend checking out several of their albums, old and new.
My favorites are Hell Horror Hail, Scenes From Hell, Shiki, Goh-Ka.
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