Twisted Sister Will Never Tour Again
The band make more money playing less shows
Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French has revealed that the band will never tour again – because they make more money performing less shows.
Speaking to AOL’s Noisecreep, the guitarist revealed that the band work with a different business model to most other bands.
"I would just assume things would maybe happen, but we will never tour again. I look at the mathematics of it every year, the mathematics makes no sense. None. Every year people ask me, every year I revisit the math. Every year it completely makes no sense to tour. It's just an incredibly money-losing proposition. I don't like losing money.
"I know what these other legacy bands make, I know their lifestyle, I know what they do," continues French. "I can't function that way. I don't believe it's viable for them. I believe they tour because they really have no other options on this planet. And by going out on the road constantly, they devalue themselves because they're out there all the time. We work in a completely separate business model. If I don't play, guess what? My value increases, doesn't it? So the less I play, the more valuable I become. So I work completely opposite. I'll bet you I make more money playing 12 shows than most other bands make playing 50 shows."