They canceled because they didn't sell any tickets. Covid was just a cover-up. Crowdsourcing, i.e. my readers, hipped me to this.
Not that it's fully explicable, the act had two top ten hits in 2020 and one already in 2021, but to know more I'd have to investigate locations, ticket prices, etc.
Failure in the marketplace is always a complicated story. What makes people stay home is unclear. Yes, now we've got the Delta variant, but Florida Georgia Line is a country act, and country leans right, and it's those on the right who say they're not afraid of the virus.
But Florida Georgia Line had its first hit in 2012, which is almost ten years ago, and it has a strong appeal to adults who may not want to risk a show, then again they're going to see so many acts in the amphitheatres.
But looking at the data, sales of FGL's albums have declined over the years, the act was strongest when it debuted. Then again, in the interim streaming has burgeoned and it's a bit apples and oranges, but the mania is gone, the act is not brand new, people are either fans or they're not, they're going to buy tickets or they're not. Maybe FGL is now seen as a singles act, which have a harder time selling tickets.
But what we do know is some of our biggest heroes obfuscate, lie, to avoid telling the truth, that they're canceling dates because they couldn't sell tickets.
As a matter of fact one of classic rock's legendary artists, with A+ credibility, canceled an arena date saying it was in solidarity with the unions when the truth was tickets just weren't selling.
So there you have it.
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