See also: SFX entertainment.<p>Pitchfork&#x27;s core product is the website. If the music festival shows went away, the enterprise could still be viable. I&#x27;d hope they&#x27;d structure their business plan, finances, and insurance to back-stop their exposure in that area.<p>To work with your music analogy, some bands don&#x27;t have to release a new album to go on tour and make more money (even though they do), and this would be bands like the Rolling Stones or The Eagles. Or KISS, which I guess counts as a band, but I put more in the &#x27;staged entertainment featuring clowns category.