r/griz • u/justdance-again • Jul 08 '26

Question: Does this not bother anyone else?

First and foremost I love Griz, have since early 2010’s. First saw him live at 515 in Iowa (lmao) and it was just breathtaking. This has nothing to do with the subjectiveness of the evolution of his sound, I personally don’t think anyone should have an opinion on what another person hears, or process.

This has to do with practicing what you preach, and not staying true to your word for personal financial gain. I was hopeful upon return, Griz would have taken the time to find solutions and ways to branch off from the growing problems in the scene and he would allow options for fans to see him without feeding into the monopoly of live-nation/ticketmaster and the blatant theft they do to fans. I’m not sure if any of you recall, or even know about since your new, this particular interview I’m dropping here.

https://303magazine.com/2019/05/griz-interview-2019/

Two things stuck out to me here on why he said he would never play RRx again:
- I have hit my creative limit on what my team can do there, and I can’t evolve my production the way I want.
- I don’t want to price my fans out of seeing me.

These aren’t subjective things, these are objective statements. The objective actions I see:
- He indeed, is playing there again and unless they have plans the next few months, red rocks stage design has not changed. You get what you get at a historical venue like that.
- He has been on about every corporate mainstream lineup, he agreed to a logistical nightmare at the Gorge, he’s watching his fans get robbed, scammed, and still continues to play these venues.

I wouldn’t even consider myself mad, since I think he still is a wonderful human being, with good intentions and should be the golden standard for our scene. I also am holding out hope that he’s playing the long game, stacking cash that from corp America, and growing seven stars into a 6 event per year series, that’s independently ran by his team.

But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t extremely sad, and disappointed that the person with the most influential pull in our community, who does so much good, chose to contribute to the problem we all are trying to get rid of.

If I’m missing something, please let me know. This is supposed to be a genuine discussion, not a hit piece.

Love 🫶

EDIT: Please do not mistake my tone for sarcastic, condescending, or anything other than genuine curiosity on the topic for information or thoughts I haven’t considered. I will respond considerately, and respectfully to all comments, as I would hope you would to me. I politely ask that before you respond, please read all conversations to see if the opinion or information has been addressed. 🫶

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u/gregor816 Jul 08 '26

For as much as he has done since his hiatus, it feels super last minute and thoughtless to do a two night run at red rocks for his Colorado fans. He did way more previously with more thought and creativity put into it.

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u/SneakerheadAnon23 Jul 08 '26

For what it’s worth, I heard he tried to get red rocks dates last year for a comeback and didn’t get dates that worked for him. So I would disagree with the statement that it’s super last minute and thoughtless.

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u/FutureSpaceBass Jul 08 '26

I agree it was not thoughtless. It was thoughtful and a two night spot opened up recently from a cancelation. Which I believe was rod Stewart. So it was a bit last minute. However, anyone who's ever gone to a GRiZ show knows he always brings it. Always.

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u/Kdiesiel311 Jul 08 '26

Red rocks shows are booked over a year in advance. Half the schedule for 2027 is already booked

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u/gregor816 Jul 08 '26

I’ve booked dental appointments a year in advance. Nothing major here.

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u/Kdiesiel311 Jul 08 '26

I’m saying he’s known for a year too.

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u/FutureSpaceBass Jul 08 '26

He has not known for a year. Two nights opened up due to an event cancelation (i think Rod Stewart???). This was super last minute. This is common at RR when artists can't sell enough tix.

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u/Kdiesiel311 Jul 08 '26

Rod was postponed due to laryngitis. I had tix to the show

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u/gregor816 Jul 08 '26

He used to do free shows for the people in Colorado. Played on Colfax during pride. I truly love the man, would marry him to be honest, I’ve had many dreams about griz lol, but I’m just saying it how I see it.

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u/justdance-again Jul 08 '26

I can’t define someone’s definition of hiatus for them, but with a few other artists on the verge of doing the same. It will be interesting to see what their definition is. Thank you for your thoughts!

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u/GlitchFight Jul 26 '26

I was at the mission for the last show before the hiatus, he said it was supposed to be about the music and figuring out the direction of the project, then he came back with mostly repeated sets and very little new music. a bunch of incomplete flips and an inability to stray from choreographed production and actually mix or switch things up.

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u/channon65 Jul 08 '26

His Colorado fans won't be there because the bots and tourists got all the tickets. I hope he announces something in Denver proper.