One thing that pisses me off about most of these big bands is how difficult everything needs to be.

Okay you don't want to have Izzy commit to a whole tour because he's not reliable.

Okay you don't want to pay him a fair share of the loot.

But why should it be so hard to get these guys for one or two shows, give them what they want in terms of money and then go back to the cash grab? From what I gathered the thing with Izzy fell through only because of the money. A couple of shows is probably all he's ready to commit to anyway.

Reminds me of that movie, All the Money in the World, where old man Getty says he can't afford to pay the ransom for his grandson (at that point he's the richest man in the world), then in the next scene he spends 3 million dollars on a piece of art.