If your nearly adolescent band formed 2 years ago breaks up for 6 months & then does more gigs, can you?

Question

really call that a "reunion tour" with a straight face?

Or does your band have to have been formed before a certain year before you and your fans can use that term with credibility? Can ANY boy band use the term?

Answer 1

Only if you....
No.
It's better to just not go there. You can only really have a non-sarcastic reunion tour if you're a famous, or at least successful in a nitch-y sort of a way, band that's got at least 5-10 years under your belt. If it's kind of a fascetious sort of a thing and you do all the promotion and what have you in a very over the top way then I could see it, but you said "with a straight face."

I think a good guideline would be, you're band should have earned the right to have a greatest hits record before you can play the reunion tour card. 10 years, at least 5 records and legit hits, and you should have been broken up for at least 5+ years.

Answer 2

I know where you're going with this. The thing is the boy bands have all based their careers on being a joke. I believe their members for the most part know they're a joke as well unlike the MCR's of the world. So for them to use the term "reunion" with a straight face probably is a challenge even for them but it's still all about the Benjamins anyway.