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Yeah, the venues for this Who tour seem a bit oversized for what they'll draw. They're playing Jiffy Lube Live in Bristol, VA, which holds about 15k in the pavilion and another 10k on the lawn. When they played there in 2000, the place wasn't even half full. Do they really think the orchestra will drive up demand that much?
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Yeah, the venues for this Who tour seem a bit oversized for what they'll draw. They're playing Jiffy Lube Live in Bristol, VA, which holds about 15k in the pavilion and another 10k on the lawn. When they played there in 2000, the place wasn't even half full. Do they really think the orchestra will drive up demand that much?
I don't think people realized how great they were in 2000 (I didn't until I heard them at concert for NYC 2001). It was easily the best post-Moon tour with a stripped down band and Pete was on fire with his extended soloing on many tunes. They also delved deep into the catalog, pulling out gems like 'Relay', 'I Don't Even Know Myself', and 'Naked Eye' among others.
When the Ox died, there was no chance of getting back to that, good as they still are.
This show stands as a testament from that tour:
[www.youtube.com]
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JJHMick
"My biggest plan is to get a Keith Moon film started."
Me, even as somebody only liking an odd song by Queen, was very impressed by Bohemian Rhapsody. I would appreciate that idea very much. Any title suggestions?! We won't get fools like Keith Moon again?!
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what time do tix go on sale on friday?
And to Mister DDDD and ALL OF YOU: the Who is as great a live band as the Stones, period. The single greatest concert by ANY band I have ever seen was the Who at Winterland (capacity 5,400) in San Francisco March 1976. It just took my breath away, so powerful, incredible, indescribable, beyond words ...
plexi
Hi Tim,
I know that jealousy and envy aren't to be encouraged, but @#$%& hell- that must have been some show, hah-hah!
This unreal shot by Mike Zagaris is one of my favourite captures by any photographer, anytime...
Wow...
Cheers,
Simon.
It truly was. And I had just seen my first Stones show a few months before in July 75 at the Cow Palace, also in San Fran. At the Who show, legendary promoter Bill Graham introduced them as the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Yeah, that is a great foto. Tell me about the photographer. This foto was recently posted on the Facebook on the Winterland Memories group. There were two shows and I believe I was at the first. You had to obtain tickets via a lottery that you had to mail in an entry for two tickets, limit. The demand was HUGE and I just plain and simple got lucky.
Oh and BTW, this was the Who with all four original members, not the 2002 version.
R u the Simon who I met at the Pilot in 07 and at the O2 itself in 08, the latter by sheer happenstance and out of nowhere??
plexi
Hi Tim,
Yep- it's me alright, hah-hah! How're y'all doing...great I hope?
Anyway, that pair of Winterland shows were apparently absolute stormers, and MZ's photos bear that out.
[zagaris.photoshelter.com]
Anyway, on with the show!
Cheers,
Simon.
ps here's a reminder from our totally random meet![iorr.org]
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I was lucky enough to have seen The Who at least twice at Wembley Arena in the 70's in the Keith Moon days, and they were great.
Even though Keith and The Ox are no longer with us, have seen them about half a dozen more times since then, and they are still a great act to see live .
More recently the gig at the small Indigo O2 some years ago and also two or three times at Royal Albert Hall were the most memorable to me with many fans from IORR also there.
Always a good night when The Who are on stage.
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I wonder about ticket sales as there is a ton of advertising for the show in South Florida and tickets are already on Groupon and the show isn't until September.
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whoa! Deltics - is that for real, do you think? Sounds more like something the Stones would have done (and should do!)
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Hairball
They restored my faith at the Desert Trip shows- truly astounding sets both musically and visually, and that's the reason I want to see them again.
Prior to that, the last time I saw them was in 2007 at Long Beach Arena, and it was a very poor show - based on that I would have never bothered to see them again - which I didn't - until the explosive sets at Desert Trip!
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Eddie Vedder and Kaiser Chiefs special guests....
Kaiser Chiefs used to be great (I Predict a Riot, Ruby, et al)- saw them live about a decade ago, but since then they turned more in to a bubbly soft pop band with their last couple of albums....
Still might be good live, and hope they guest at some of the US shows