I don't know. As she writes, "I'm not them". But six shows, in 2,500 seat theaters, at $75 per ticket is $1,125,000 gross. I know there are fees. I know you have to pay for the venues. I get it. But Marillion have always made me shake my head a bit at the business side of things. I know they are pioneers on the crowd-funding, blah, blah, blah.
But how does Neal Morse do it? The only things that are different from that list and Neal are the Visas, and some percentage of the flights (they don't all have to fly from the UK to the US, but they DO have to fly from wherever they are to the starting point).
And why not package with someone? NOT FISH - they both have said that's not going to happen, so let's not even moot that - but why not have a double-headlining tour like so many American bands do?
I feel like "if there's a will there's a way", and there isn't the will, frankly.