I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.
I'm lucky that I enjoy touring as much as I do. I'm not going to make a living just making records.
Touring has been a major part of my career. I've done a lot of huge shows, including a 13-night sell-out stint at the Indoor Arena in Birmingham, playing to a total audience of 65,000.
I toured a lot in the U.K. and Europe solo for a lack of funds, really. I left people I'd been playing with for years at home, just because I couldn't afford it.
I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get my record and listen to it for free than 500,000 that I coerced to pay $15 for it, you know?
Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.
I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues.
Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.
I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I'm doing new stuff all the time.