Larry Zaidan asks:

>When you have been to a concert that everyone thought was great, how
>much of the concert was made up of the "classic", well known tunes by
>the band/singer, and how much of the evening was spent listening to new
>music ("off the new album")?

It's a cliche (i.e., a timeworn truth) within the the pop music business,
at every level from touring megahit bands to cover bands playing in bars,
that most audiences want to hear they stuff they know and like.  It
doesn't matter how good you are, you don't get invited back if you play
unfamiliar stuff.

len (bar band drummer for too many years).