Why Weren't We Asked Back.

[Bluewine]

Has your band ever played a really nice venue, with a good crowd, lot's of dancing and the pub cash registers busy but your band was never asked back.

 

There could be a lot of reasons. Share your thoughts or stories.

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

I think sometimes it's a matter of poor follow up from whoever does the bands bookings.

 

I always felt that if the owners or whoever books the bands for the venue are present during the gig you should attempt to book another date with them at the end of the gig.

 

I don't think you wait for the venue to contact you.

 

Daryl

[fretmeister]

Yup.

 

A very busy music pub. 
 

Apparently we were so loud they got their entertainment licence revoked by the local authority.

So really nobody got asked back.

 

That was back in 1993 iirc. 

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

don't think you wait for the venue to contact you.

 

I think that's it 100% 👍

[Lozz196]

In my old punk covers band The Daves we played a local venue where we went down amazingly. Unfortunately a lady and her husband that we knew had come to see us, she was very drunk and started a fight with him, yelling at him very loudly in the middle of the pub. When he left she started yelling at anyone who made eye contact she would fight them too. Her broad German accent made the behaviour even more noticeable in rural Watford. We could hardly say we didn’t know her as she had a Daves tee shirt on. No matter how many times we tried to get gigs they were always fully booked…..

[Stub Mandrel]

Usually It's calendar issues, or venues changing hands  

[chris_b]

Some promoters are morons.

 

We were playing a well known pub chain and the manager had to fight his way across the heaving dance floor to tell us he wanted us to play more danceable music!!! The dance floor was full, so we carried on with the set and everyone had a great night. . . . and we didn’t get rebooked!

[martin8708]

In my experience, Pub Landlords tend to favour particular styles of bands , so if they like Punk /Ska music , they will book those type of bands . If you play more non mainstream music  ( as we do ) , you tend to get the “ thanks for playing , here’s the money , goodnight “ treatment . I do sometimes wonder if we’re just cr@p , but we have over 200 years of combined musical experience, and lots of good feedback from the audience in general.