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Originally Posted by jayswin
lol, troutman calls the Calgary vs Edmonton concert discrepancy anecdotal again. Him and nenshi are the only two people in Calgary.
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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Updated list I posted in the concerts thread. The following concerts are skipping Calgary and playing Edmonton in 2017:
February - Garth Brooks (9 shows)
March - The Lumineers
April - John Mayer
June - Future
July - Queen & Adam Lambert, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran
August - Lady Gaga, One Direction, Metallica, Guns N Roses
September - Coldplay, Lionel Richie & Mariah Carey
October - Roger Waters, Depeche Mode
The only concerts I can find that are playing The Dome and not Edmonton are the 3 Stampede concerts: Alabama, Johnny Reid and Usher/The Roots.
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As I've said before though, it isn't like Calgary and Edmonton used to both get every concert.
It wasn't uncommon for some acts to skip Calgary and some to skip Edmonton. It is unfair to say we lost all of those to the arena issue, as some of them may have not played here regardless.
That being said, the new arena in Edmonton is clearly the difference in the recent bias toward our neighbors in the north.
The interesting part will be what happens when we get our new arena. The cities are big enough that most acts will play both, but the really big hitters will probably still only pick one.
How depressing would it be if we did get a new arena but still didn't get the concerts?