Full Album Concerts, The New Gimmick? Options

[Hoodstock]

There's been some talk on this site about full album concerts and the idea that maybe Live should try something like this at Night of the Proms. Here's an article on this growing trend:

Albums make comeback as concert gimmick
Artists allowing fans to hear music as they did when they fell in love with it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26058401/

Here's a section from the article:

"An unmistakable trend in concert-going is the growing number of acts performing their classic albums in full. Part marketing gimmick, part an act of nostalgia, the performances are above all communal celebrations of the album as an art form.

The album is being feted just as — thanks to iPods and MP3s — its demise is being portended."

This post has been edited by Hoodstock: Aug 9 2008, 11:53 am