Gerry Cinnamon, weirdly, can sell out two nights at the Barrowlands up here. Are there any other acts in the UK who have a similar popularity only in their home town?
Good point. I am continually perplexed by the continuing popularity of The Courteeners. All their albums have gone Top 10!
Theyāre do well in a lot of places but the Cribs managed to sell out Leeds Arena last year
thats not their home town!!
Oh I didnāt see the bit of the OP that said hometown
Still canāt believe thereās someone out there calling themselves Gerry Cinnamon
I know, it is terrible. He also does an awful cover of āI Wanna Be Adoredā. Iām not a fan.
Missed a trick there by not covering Sally Cinnamon.
The Enemy used to routinely sell out the Ricoh Arena in Coventry and play pubs everywhere else.
Bush used to be huge in their home country of the USA while theyād be playing the Camden Monarch when they came to the UK.
I think Gerry Cinnamons success is slightly different to The Courteeners/The Enemy in that heās done it mostly through word of mouth without any record label involvement (he used to run an open mic night a few years back so I guess it built it from there), Iām not a big fan but itās a pretty impressive achievement.
You are right, whether you like to music or not (i donāt), it is an impressive achievement to sell out two nights at The Barras without any record company help whatsoever.
heās managed by DF concerts, the āno label, no press, no agentā patter is pure pish
In that case, i retract my above statement.
I didnāt know that, thought he did it all himself
Ah, interesting! I thought heād done it all himself. Howās he perpetrated this myth so well?!
The Twang regularly sell out the O2 Academy in Birmingham yet ā¦Iām assuming they donāt do much elsewhere.
I imagine a ācondimentsā festival featuring Gerry Cinnamon, Toni Basil, The Spice Girls, Veruca Salt, and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
They still play quite large places in Glasgow, like the O2 ABC, which holds 1,300. Donāt know if they sell it out mind you!
Milburn played 2 sold out stadium shows on back to back nights in Sheffield last year