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Always kinda bums me out when the band straight up says, "this is gonna be our last song, none of that encore stuff".
Nah I fucking love it. Stage time is limited often by when a venue has to close due to noise ordinances, if the band respects your time enough to not pretend to walk off stage you actually get more music.
I mean, it's also about having a bit of fun. It's definitely fair that you don't like it, but I feel like enough people enjoy the little dance, so that they do demand an encore.
At the very least, you often feel like a clap-activated jukebox throughout your performance. And then when you're about to leave, the audience suddenly wakes up and showers you in applause.
Believe me, lots of musicians find encores silly, too, but when you're given so much love at the end of your performance, you feel bad not answering that with an encore.
Yeah it depends. The venue I go to definitely doesn't have to shut down due to noise (it's in the middle of the city where there's tons of bars and clubs), but I get that every minute of a show costs someone money. I don't think the kind of shows I go to would result in more music if encores were skipped, and it's a good feeling when your chant brings the band back out (even if I know it was planned). But, I understand the aspect of not wanting to be click-baited irl.
It’s always pre-planned. The performance with the encore simply begins a few minutes earlier.
I genuinely don't like the whole fake encore shit. Like a band won't play their greatest hit during the set and you just know they will be back for an encore. But I've been to plenty concerts where there was hardly a demand for an encore. Just play your main set including those popular songs and if there is a high demand, then play an encore, but if not, just leave ffs.
Yeah, this is the right way to go about it. Don’t hold onto your big hit song for the encore. I’ve been to shows where they did the fakeout standard encore leaving the stage and the crowd stayed pretty quiet; then they had to sheepishly come back onstage to little applause to play the big hits.
Artists should prepare an encore in case the crowd wants it, but don’t hold onto your big songs for that - encores should be deep tracks that are rarely played or acoustic/re-arranged versions of popular songs. One of the best encores I saw was Devildriver (heavy/death metal band) whose encore consisted of a three-song acoustic/piano medley. Super cool way to end the night!
Go to a festival where you know when they are finishing (5 mins before the next one) and you'll get sick of 5 encores a day for 4 days...
Bro it's 3am I like your music but I'm tired AF and the camping is next to the venue so I can't really sleep unless I pass out from drunkenness. Don't give me hope to the do an encore goddammit.