You will never be able to look beyond live gates. It cannot be replicated digitally or through any other medium. You've got to be there to experience, so therefore, those who are truly popular and worth seeing will see increasing live returns year-on-year, not diminishing ones, as is the case with so many flash in the pan successes over the past few years.

For me Singles are not very important no more and are used now to sell albums. Album sales and sell out concerts for me are what I use to Judge how well the group/acts etc etc are doing.