I just think something like this: they probably enjoy a lot playing DDN.
I think they could have done just a couple "special" shows, but if they agreed to do more (like, 3 in the same city
) it is probably because they actually enjoy playing those songs and like this idea. Dunno what you guys hope to get from their DDN shows (I'll go see a "special" show only if they'll play here in italy), it's not one of my fav album and I've already seen them play a good amount of my fav DDN songs on the MS tour... On a side note, I think that this "Don't look back" thing is growing and growing ( slint playing spiderland in italy too, for example) and this is another good reason to add dates. People want to see them playing this stuff? So why not book more dates. I don't think that this "thing" (meaning the organization of Don't look back series of gigs) was this "strong" when the others reissues were released. Actually I'm not really worried about the bands' future, I don't think that gaining more money than usual with "special" gigs could deeply affect their future decisions. As I said in that other thread, my only complain (and remember that, as for now, I'm not even going to see one of these gigs) is that "multiplying" the number of dates does not help making these gigs special.