KC said: "And really – how do bands succeed these days? The only sure bet is to play in front of as many people as you possibly can to build your fan base. There are two ways to do that. 1 – More Shows, 2 – Bigger Crowds."

Just got an email sent out to Bronco season ticket holders announcing the Denver show, with no mention of GPN. They will get some new fans, but the brutal reality is the stadium will be one-third to half-full at most when they are on stage, probably less than see them at festivals, where they get exposure to rock fans. 

I would suggest (as I did in the forum) that "the only sure bet" in moving them out of clubs into headlining arena shows. is having some widely recognized hits.  We each could name ten songs that deserve as much attention on the radio as Florence + Machine or Adele (or Taylor Swift). This is a the part of the business I freely admit I don't understand. Music distribution is completely different now, but bottom line,  for some reason GPN is not played on rock radio stations much. Why is this?

So in the end, I don't think this tour will make much of a difference either way, unless they make a decision to embrace and go after the country market, like marketing one of their new singles/videos to the country market and then getting some  tie-in to the tour.