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Some artists are there just to play some great music, and some of them are there to put on a show. There are some artists that I don't really listen to day to day, but that I would love to see live because they are known for their live acts. In fact, there are some musical acts that simply don't translate to recordings, check out Itchy-O for another example.

There's room for both.

> "I go to the concert to watch a screen and not the band."

Chuckles in Phish fan

Ha, as you probably know, over on the Phish subreddit there has been near daily arguments along the lines of will-they/won't-they play the Sphere

It’s been awhile but the last flaming lips concert I was at I was looking at Wayne Coyne in a giant hamster ball not a screen

but this is more over the top, so this has outpeaked previous show