Sometimes, artists play two shows the same night, at the same venue. However, there doesn’t seem to be any guidelines specifying where/how to put that information in live bootlegs release titles.
I edit plenty of bootlegs and agree with your placing, as part of the date. And stays lower case. 2008-12-17, early show: Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
In some cases there is already a title on the bootleg, and that should be kept as it is. I expect this leads to a lot of the inconsistencies.
If this does become a guideline, then the original title of the bootleg needs to take precedent. MB documents what exists now, we are not trying to tidy up people’s music collections.
I’m not sure if this should be made into a guideline, but this idea seems good, in any case. If you feel it would benefit from being a guideline, propose a wording for the guideline page and we can see if people have issues with it and add it if not
Additional date information can be added before the colon, in the form: “YYYY-MM-DD, additional information: Venue, City, State/Province, Country”. This should only be used to distinguish events that took place the same day or if the event is advertised as such. Typical examples includes early/late show, dinner, matinée.
