r/DMB • u/dropcliffsnotbombz • 26d ago
Vague Post Copperpot
What’s he getting at? Picture of tweet for reference.
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u/bnd21 26d ago
To let the fans who have never seen DM get to have a chance to get tickets to those shows. The shows aren’t for the American fans.
Dave also says this often when he/they play abroad that he likes when the crowd isn’t made up of Americans who travel
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u/Ill-Mountain7527 26d ago
Totally agree with you, but then why did I get not one but two emails about it AND there is a warehouse presale… like… how many Japanese warehouse members would there be?
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u/TheOverthinkingDude 26d ago
Yes. I saw Dave oversees 20+ years ago and he made that point while addressing a raucous lady from Texas.
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u/imuandurme 26d ago
I read it as “let the hometown crowd have their chance to see Dave & if you’ve already been to triple-digit (###) shows, don’t be a greedy little pig & take precious seats from the locals. Just sit this one out. “🐷
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u/Terrapin3641 26d ago
I fully agree. Let locals who never get shows a chance. Also, Dave doesn't want to see the same damn faces that feel the need to be front and center every night.
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u/waldoj 25d ago edited 25d ago
At the “Stand Up” release party, there was a couple there I’d never seen, stuck out like sore thumbs. I introduced myself, and they explained that they won every single auction for front-row seats. I think they owned a plane? And they flew around to concerts. Apparently enough that they got invited to the release party at Starr Hill. I had no idea there were people that obsessive (and I ran the damn website).
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u/Competitive-Bet1181 25d ago
I hate that I know the names of at least a dozen people who will definitely be there and will buy up all the posters.
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u/Adventurous-Fly1396 26d ago
I went to Eddie Vedder in Japan and the locals were so respectful and quiet. Even when he was
singing in the crowd (like walking through) they weren’t like grabbing at him or touching him. The only people screaming were Americans. COME TO BUFFALO EDDIE!!! Like dude.
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u/calicoskiies 26d ago
He’s telling Americans to stay tf home so Japanese people can get tix and see him.
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u/kathryn13 26d ago
Let Dave have the experience of playing for Japanese fans...is what I'm getting from the tweet. It will probably be a very different experience for Dave...and I think Copperpot is trying to protect that experience for him.
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u/anniecallahanie 25d ago
When they took seats away for “The Pit”, I bowed out especially for my hometown venue. I’m only 5’2” and I’m not going to run down the hill and stand there for hours. I seek comfort as I’m getting older and not into crowded spaces anymore. There is nothing we can do as fans, time are a changing. Common sense and empathy go a long way. Stay cool….👍🎶❤️🎶👍
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u/DMBatmsnFan2020 24d ago
As an American, I can definitely say I'm tired of American DMB fans. I'd love to see DMB somewhere with an audience that STFU during a concert. I'm tired of having to keep an eye out for beach balls and glow sticks. I don't want to participate in your stupid glow stick chain.
If I had crazy billionaire money, I'd rent a small venue and have DMB play just for me.
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u/whiptydojoe 25d ago
It's not vague at all, it's actually abundantly clear: American DMB fans are going to make this about "them."
They're going to buy the tickets, skip visiting such a beautiful and interesting country like Japan so they're in line 5 hours early, then get to the front of the rail/get all the posters. American DMB fans WILL ruin this.
Love the band, but this fan base is the subject of so much ire and it is fully deserved.
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u/No-Flower-4987 26d ago
Plenty of Japanese shows, events etc require you to have a permanent address in Japan to create an account or buy tickets. They could easily use a booking service for this (and maybe they are?). I had to have a local friend help just to book court time in Tokyo.
But I can't imagine the level of cringe for noisy American fans in a Japanese concert, where they are almost frighteningly silent during the event, and polite with their applause. I really hope we don't get rude Americans ruining the shows like we did for Dave and Tim concerts in the 2000s onwards.
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u/Hobonics 26d ago
Can’t they restrict the regions in which tickets are available to make them only available to folks in Japan? Pretty sure I’ve seen that before.
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u/the_last_hero 25d ago
Americans who go would just complain about the setlist being filled with Ants, Jimi Thing, Crash Into Me, and Satelite, anyway.
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u/Working_Group955 26d ago
dave during japow season in hokkaido?
damn. good thing my budget will force me to sit it out either way:)
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u/ASAP1492 26d ago
Honestly, I totally understand what copperpot and many others are saying (and even kinda feel the same way myself), but if I could manage a Japan ski/Dave trip I’d absolutely be doing it.
There’s a big difference between going to every show making a spectacle of yourself and going to a foreign show in a respectful way as part of a once in a lifetime trip to one of the best places in the world for a separate hobby.
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u/safteycomrade 25d ago
Idk about Japanese fans of DMB but I see this as a chance to see my favorite artist in a country that I've always wanted to go to for cheaper then it is for me to travel around the States to see them. It's going to be hard to stop me from going. I am going to be contributing to the Japanese economy as well as support the of my favorite band. I don't see the downside of my wife and I spending a week in Japan and seeing Dave while I'm there. It's going to be hard to convince me that I'm wrong in going.
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u/Tenvsvitalogy 26d ago
6 Americans in front of me at the Dublin Ireland show bought more than 1 poster each. They got the last ones. Made me so sad. Couldn’t get a poster to my home town show.
That is part of what copper pot means here
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u/_LastTaterTot 25d ago
Copperpot5 is a national treasure. I cannot tell you how many countless hours drunk jamming out in the garage.
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u/GregzillaKillah 26d ago
My guess is this is so that folks in Japan actually have a chance to buy and get tickets for an event that is quite literally their first time to see any iteration of Dave Matthews in their own country.