Have you made promises and failed to keep them?
You don’t want to be like the politician who made campaign promises but then failed to fulfill them. More often than not, the entertainment industry is focused on myth and hysteria. When selecting shows to perform at, you want to be transparent if you won’t be having that many people at your show.
It is not the right thing for an artist to commit and engage with a number of people, resources, type of media coverage, or production they receive or otherwise produce.
Most artists end up with a reputation for being either phony or insignificant because people find it difficult to discern between good work and words and fluff. Even after they achieve, the shortcomings of a person’s previous work are almost impossible to expunge.