re: #2 HappyWarrior

Todd seems like a really really good guy.

I think Todd is one of these people who is impossibly gifted in one area (namely all aspects of music) and nearly clueless when it comes to just about everything else.

He does not have the reputation of being a really good guy in the concert business. They readily put up with him when his name on the marquee automatically sold 1500+ tickets, but now that is no longer the case he has problems playing in some parts of the country.

Just for context, I have been a fan for more than 30 years & seen him about 25 times…I also know a couple of people involved in concert promotion.

I bought & am enjoying the new album, but I am passing on his tour. The setlist (which is totally static) is 90% made up of his very hit and miss 21st century output. Later this summer he is playing on a package tour with the bogus version of Yes (that doesn’t include Jon Anderson). I shudder to imagine what prog rock fans are going to make of his very non-prog rock set.