Fighting among the brothers, maybe not having the tour, huge radio promotion months in advance of the tour, it was absolute genius.
but I'm glad you have.
You can believe that bands form and tour and sell merch spontaneously if you wish.
They usually form spontaneously, as Oasis did. They're definitely not a band created by management or a record label, and they didn't break up and reunite because of management or a corporation. You were making it sound as if the sibling rivalry was an act, with "fighting among the brothers" just "absolute genius" from a PR firm.
Marketing did not create the demand for those tickets. And no ethical reviewer will let himself or herself be manipulated by some PR person, just as they won't blindly follow an editor's suggestion (though an editor may be able to warp what was written later, maybe editing something out or writing a misleading headline).
Don't assume people here other than yourself have no experience with advertising, journalism, the music industry, or creativity on both the personal and business sides.
I look at the world from a marketing perspective. You look at it from a fan's perspective. Both are valid.
Oh, you definitely look at the world from a marketing perspective.
And I will not criticize anyone with a fan's perspective - though I've mentioned here before that I think it's best if people who really love an artist don't identify too much as fans of that artist, but instead channel that love of the artist's music (or art, or writing) into developing their own creativity (and I don't mean fan fiction or t-shirt designs or a tribute band). Someone else's creativity can be a springboard but shouldn't limit.
Anyway, it's quite possible to have multiple perspectives for multiple reasons.
And your perspective on marketing being the main reason for Oasis's success with this reunion tour is a very narrow one that IMO misses most of the picture.
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