who is supporting exodus tour?

[MindInsane]

Testament is the bigger band...therefore...they should headline. Record sales dictate this...seems like a no brainer to me??!!

 

[dom]

Ok well i guess the main idea would be to have both bands at the same gig, and it would be a fucking legend - but what is the actual possibility of this happening?
It doesn't matter to me who supports who, but a co headline tour would be perfect.

Deadly would it happen or at least could it happen later on when Testament have the album released?
I'm so hyped about this idea and it would be fucking cool if we could make this happen!

 

[Tharsh]

Fuck sales. At this point Testament is drawing the same crowd that Exodus is. If nujacks were into Testament during Low(which I believe was their biggest seller) I don't really see that crowd still being fans (fickle fags!)...so I'd have Testament open up...coz...

(1) First and foremost Exodus is "senior".
(2) Exodus currently has a record out and Testament's won't be out for a while.
(3) Exodus's comeback is big news...giving Testament bigger billing and advertizing will draw attention away from Exodus...putting more emphasis on Exodus right now won't hurt Testament as they are already well established and Exodus needs a bit more of a boost...

Anyways just one burnt match looking muthafuckers' opinion

 

[Officer Nice]

tharsh eats balls.

 

[MP-AKK]

I don't know about UK or the rest of Europe for that matter but here in Gothenburg, the line up is;
EXODUS MALEVOLENT CREATION - DYING FETUS + support + IMMERSED IN BLOOD.

So, uhm, I'm pretty happy here.

 

[one man]

If nujacks were into Testament during Low(which I believe was their biggest seller)

Not that it matters, but I believe Practice was their biggest so far.

There seems to be a little inconsistency in your post. You say that at this point Testament is drawing the same crowd that Exodus and then you justify the statement that Exo should headline by saying that "giving Testament bigger billing and advertizing will draw attention away from Exodus...putting more emphasis on Exodus right now won't hurt Testament as they are already well established and Exodus needs a bit more of a boost...".
So are they drawing the same crowd and are equally popular or are they not? Make up your mind, 'cause there's an incoherence here.

Besides, being a "senior" doesn't necessairly imply the privilege to headline. Or are you trying to suggest that every band that's older should automatically be 'above' the younger bands in the billing? That would lead to really odd orders of performance during most festivals and many tours. Where's logic here? That's not a good argument.

Anyway, just giving my two cents. I'm not trying to say TestAmenT should headline during the, for the time being virtual, tour with Exodus just because I like them more. I'm trying to to think the way tour organizers\promoters think- who sells more, draws more people to the show and that= more money. And TestAmenT has sold much more records (and the fact that Exodus have the new one out doesn't overshadow it). That's a fact. These are the rules of this business. I'm not trying to say they're just or that I support them, but they seem logical and it's the way things are and we can do nothing about that.
These are all just hypothetical divagations and unproductive, though. If such tour was to happen (I hope and I doubt it will) the bands would probably co-headline (because of the mutual respect and friensdhip, I dare to guess). It just wouldn't feel right for anyone if one of them was just supporting. But if there really HAD TO be some hierarchy, TestAmenT would be higher.