How Spotify silenced rock bands

Pedro, to put my comment in context, it relates to the side-discussion starting with (not sure how much of the thread you read).

mickcoxinha wrote: The problem with new rock bands is that most of the rock fans only want to listen to old bands and watch either old bands or cover bands of old bands.

As I said, I have heard musicians say that they need to play covers to make money at gigs. And while many cover bands might not do it for the money, I think for some that was the only way to get significant gigs. That cover bands are increasing lends credence to the idea that audiences are not that interested in new bands with new material. My wife was in Santa Clara recently (her workplace is based there so goes there frequently) and there was a huge rock band gig that meant big traffic delays. It was The Rolling Stones. I find it sad that so many audience members just want to hear the old stuff from classic bands, and this bothers many musicians.

As classical was mentioned, I also have heard from conductors, in one case he was talking about operas, that most people just want to hear the same old known stuff and he would like to showcase more modern performances.