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Goth Devoid of Live Bands

Something that I see pop up a lot is people saying they have nothing happening in their local area. This is part of the reason why I wrote the articles about getting your local scene going, events and DJing. But I also hear about stuff like bands not being common or even not playing at all in people's local scenes compared to others which seem to get all the bands constantly.

For me I happen to live in one of those places that doesn't get a lot of goth bands touring unless they are local or interstate. When a goth band does come to Australia, the promoters usually forget there are more cities in Australia than Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Even Industrial and EBM lineups who are usually three people at the most skip Perth and Adelaide over. If you live in Canberra, Hobart or Darwin - forget it! No one comes to those places and I know there are local goth scenes in Canberra and Hobart.

Why does this happen? It's all about money. Touring in Australia is very expensive for bands. It costs a lot to fly here from anywhere else in the world. Cities aside from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are smaller and don't get the numbers to the gigs. Plus it's a big extra cost to transport to Adelaide or Perth. A short three city eastern seaboard tour has less travel between cities and more people turn up. Going to a gig from Perth is tough as it's west coast to east coast but for Adelaide it's a 12 hour drive/bus to Melbourne or a couple of hours by plane. If you can get away for it.