I've been scanning CollectiveSoul.com the past few weeks, and notice that there are quite a fews threads knocking Live. If you look at both Live boards, Collective Soul have been pretty much ignored since early summer, so what is bringing on the hostility? My guess is that a certain throng of the CS fanbase are jealous of the fact that Live are closing the shows during this Fall tour.

I can understand being upset that your favorite band isn't headlining a tour, but Live opened for Counting Crows almost the entire summer and it was generally accepted because the CC have a larger US fanbase. In the majority of the country, Live sells more tickets than CS. They have also outsold CS by nearly 10 million CD's worldwide. Live would not be the headliner if promoters didn't feel they were the bigger band. Nothing personal, just business.

Just my thoughts.