Dans le dernier post, la petite anecdote du téléphone montrait que le groupe était proche de ses fans. Mais depuis peu, un fait beaucoup moins glorieux circule. Voici l’histoire :

Le groupe jouait hier au Webster Theatre, à Hartford. De 19h à 20h, la salle où ils devaient se produire était libre, et un group local devait s’y produire, en première partie. Visiblement, ceci n’a pas plu au groupe qui aurait menacé de quitter les lieux si ce groupe se produisait.

Au final, le groupe local n’a pas joué et le concert de Lifehouse a eu lieu normalement.

Je trouve ça … étrange…

Pour ceux qui voudraient lire l’article posté par un des membres du fameux groupe :

Hey guys, I gotta tell you all one heck of a crazy story. Lifehouse was playing tonight at the Webster Theater in Hartford. We had a written contract with the Webster that if we sold 100 tickets, we would get to open on the main stage for them. Our band had sold over 200 tickets for the show alone. Apparently, Lifehouse had other intentions because they told the venue that if my band played, they’d walk for the night. They don’t support local talent and even though from 7-8 there was absolutely nothing going on (our set was going to be just a half an hour), they refused to let us play.

Kudos goes to the Webster for doing everything humanly possible to make it work. They went above and beyond with us the way a good venue should so once again - kudos to the Webster and there will be many more rocking concerts.

So yes, the short of this all is that Lifehouse, even though they were once a struggling rock/pop act doing whatever they could to get their name out there, are a bunch of divas. They had a chance to make it right several times, the Webster even offered them an additional 1200 dollars (on top of the cut they were already getting) just to let us play and they still refused to let us play a simple set that would have gotten us a lot more exposure and fans - this show was sold out and there were over 1000 people at the venue.

So, if you’re in a band and you’re playing your heart out to get your name out there, don’t buy into national acts like Lifehouse with this mentality. I guess some acts get so used to being “rock stars” they forget about the fans and fellow musicians in the process. Way to go Lifehouse for alienating some of your fans!

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