Originally Posted by
bobbie solo
Of course it will generate bigger crowds. You're overthinking it & giving too much credit to casual music fans/bros/etc. Look at the GnR "reunion" this summer. Only real change is that Slash is back. Duff's been playing off and on for years a la Iha. Didn't seem to matter much to promoters or fans did it? They're playing fucking football stadiums just b/c the guy in the top hat is doing guitar solos again, ignoring that there's also like 27 other unnecessary people on stage as well. Hilarious.
People, perhaps incorrectly, assume they will hear a set filled with big 90's material if the original band is back together. With the Pumpkins that is def. not a given since Billy is so finicky, although if festivals are gonna pony up big $ (close to 7 figures per performance seems accurate) for a reunited SP headliner festival set, then they might specify a clause that discusses the material the band will play. They also might not. Never an exact science with how this stuff works.
Either way, I'll be waiting to see what the setlists and set times are before jumping in on a show. If I'm gonna pay more $ to finally see SP, and it's going to include the original members, then I want to see a two hour set filled with predominantly material up to Adore. Which is what most people would expect as well. I def. enjoy alot of the newer material (Oceania is a great album, and Elegy has some great songs too), but I'd much rather hear as much of Mellon Collie live as I can, for example.