Bob Dylan announced dates for his 2012 fall tour with special guest Mark Knopfler. It is not coming to KCMO. It will, however, stop in Tulsa on Nov. 2 and Omaha on Nov. 3 (a Friday/Saturday). Dylan is also performing in Des Moines on Aug. 22. On Sept.11, Dylan will release "Tempest," his 35th studio album.
July 19, 2012
Not on the way.. The Who and Springsteen.
Posted by: Nobody likes KC | July 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Yeah, got an e-mail about this yesterday from Knopfler's website. Enjoyed his show at the Midland a couple of years ago. Both with new records coming out (Knopfler's "Privateering" Sept. release), could be interesting. Might try and do that Omaha show. TBA on presale.
Posted by: pellboy | July 19, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Add Rush to that list! Are we back to Cowtown Flyover status again? This is F@#$#NG BS! Did the guy/company who used to book these shows leave town or what??
Posted by: RogerWilco | July 19, 2012 at 12:07 PM
No Dylan, The Who, Neil Young, Springsteen anywhere in MO...
Posted by: Astrozac | July 19, 2012 at 12:18 PM
This HAS to be the slowest concert summer / fall in Kansas I've seen in some time. We're missing plenty of shows that I, for one would go see - like KISS / MOTLEY CRUE, IRON MAIDEN, THE WHO and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. There are a few more - I just can't think of them at the moment.
Posted by: Bubba | July 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Can't say as we missed out on Springsteen...yet. They haven't updated his tour schedule beyond the summer US stadium shows. I like for him to hit arenas throughout the midwest/Texas during the Fall. And are we really "missing" Dylan? It seems he has hit KC fairly regularly over the last 10 years or so.
Some of these acts simply don't do the extensive mega-tours anymore so it would just stand to reason that some cities would be left out on a particular tour. I think if you'd look closer, you'd probably find that some acts that book KC in turn miss surrounding cities like Omaha, DesMoines and Tulsa/OKC. It sucks for fans of those acts that want to catch every single tour they go on (that's Springsteen for me) but sometimes you just have to travel. Just the way it is unless you're in one of the top 10-20 markets.
Posted by: pellboy | July 19, 2012 at 01:31 PM
Jack White, Neil Young/Crazy Horse and Iron Maiden are the ones I'm pissed about.
Posted by: KC Jones | July 19, 2012 at 03:09 PM
For you folks who think Major Artists don't like our City or don't appreciate our attendance at their shows, thats not the case. It's simple arithmetic. You as an Artist have so many days/nights over the course of a tour to actually play and make bank. You have the option of booking a Tour in a City that has a 1% tax for playing there or one that does not have the 1% working tax. Since Sprint Center or Arrowhead are our premier Arenas, Concerts will always be taxed at the KC City tax rate. Average ticket is $95 x 17,000 at Sprint or x 60,000 at Arrowhead and the impact to the Artist is $1,615,000 at Sprint and even more off the charts at Arrow Head. There are two cities in America that have this onerous business killing Tax. The same shows that take a pass on KC also don't got to St. Louis if you notice. Omaha has a record of never missing a sellout at their Arena, Sprint Center? Not so much. I thought once we got our new Arena the days of having to go out of town to catch many of the shows I wanted to see were over. I was wrong!
Posted by: Tom | July 19, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Add Scorpions to the list. They're on their second year of their 3 year farewell tour and they still haven't made it to KC. Maybe next year.
Posted by: Ron | July 19, 2012 at 03:45 PM
"this onerous business killing Tax."
Posted by: Tom
Save your Teabagger bullshit for the Opinion page.
Posted by: LiveMusicFan | July 19, 2012 at 04:12 PM
Thanks for beating me to the punch, LMF. I am sure the 1% city tax is the reason bands avoid KC. That explains why no one plays NY or LA where taxes are a heck of a lot higher than they are here.
Posted by: NEW | July 19, 2012 at 05:00 PM
I sort of had forgotten all about the SCORPIONS and NEIL YOUNG. To be blunt - it's completely hopeless. Might as WELL JUST 'get' in a cool room and stay in there until maybe early Sept. First half of 2012 was okay - 2nd half simply blows chunks! Goodness.
Posted by: Bubba | July 19, 2012 at 05:36 PM
Used to work at TWC and there was a co-worker that said that Kansas City doesn't support artists. He may be partially correct and some shows sell really well and some draw paltry numbers.
I'm thinking about going to the Rush show in St.Louis, MO on Sept 22nd (Sat) at the Scottrade Center. Rush's website said that more shows are to be announced and big cities such as, Denver and Miami and not on the first leg of their tour.
Like I said before that most of the secondary metro areas are getting new arenas and acts now have more options than, the mid sized metro areas like Kansas City.
Posted by: Kurt | July 19, 2012 at 06:15 PM
Dylan said he had no interest on coming to a city without at least a toy train starter line.
Posted by: Chest Roxkwell | July 19, 2012 at 06:17 PM
Saw on the Sprint Center website that our new arena is now the 4th busiest in the country. It used to be the 2nd busiest.
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Posted by: Air Max Shoes | July 20, 2012 at 02:36 AM
The best concert I ever saw was Dylan at the Salina Bicentennial Center for his Time Out of Mind Tour. Everything about it was magic. Artists like him are better suited with smaller, more intimate settings. The Sprint Center is one big body trap of greed. You can't even see the artist--except for on a screen.
Posted by: amy | July 20, 2012 at 07:22 AM
Dear "Amy",
Please post your upcoming concert going schedule here, so I can avoid all those shows.
"The best concert I ever saw was Dylan" ? You did get the following sentence correct. "Everything about it was magic" If had to be...
Posted by: wadkc | July 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Saw Dylan at JazzFest in New Orleans .... 8 years ago ? maybe 10.
not worth the money. Mark K ...
yep.
Posted by: robert | July 21, 2012 at 03:44 PM
Tom, your math is not so good.
"Average ticket is $95 x 17,000 at Sprint or x 60,000 at Arrowhead and the impact to the Artist is $1,615,000 at Sprint and even more off the charts at Arrow Head."
The number you displayed is the gross revenue for all tickets sold at face value of $95 at a 17,000 seat venue. The actual amount of tax on that number is $16,150 or less than a dollar per ticket.
I guarantee you that any touring act worth their pay computes their revenue in post-tax dollars, and that the tax amount you refer to is built into the ticket price. The customer, not the band, pays it.
Posted by: Darrell | July 21, 2012 at 04:36 PM
And besides that if the tax is that onerous there would still be acts playing Sandstone or Livestrong instead of Starlight and that isn't happening.
Sounds like Sprint's booker better get back on the ball.
Posted by: Danny | July 25, 2012 at 01:58 PM