Yepp kaskatanas
The Helsinki Licks ticket sale begun in December of 2002 and they sold some 30k the first day, then just about nothing. Then ZZ was added during springtime and the ticket sale jumped immediately. As I said, ZZ Top has for years been big in Finland so a lot of people came just to see the warm up band.
This can happen. It once did happen to me, ACDC was in Helsinki at the same stadion where Stones play, Helsinki Olympic Stadium. I don't care much for them and I was not at all planning to go and see ACDC as I have som 450 km drive down to Helsinki. But then they confirmed the warm up band which was George Thorogood and his Destroyers. That's it, I'M GOING
A funny thing happened at the consert actually:
I was digging the warm up band (Thorogood) and all ACDC fans around me were looking like huhh, look at him, he is digging the warm up act! Then the paus music in between the acts was on AND I went nuts, digging like anything and again all ACDC fans around me were looking at me, huh that guy must be crazy. Well the paus music was the complete Satanic elpee
plus lots of other Bleed, Sticky and Exile songs. THEN, the main act ACDC was on. All guys around me were jumpin like anything and I was standing there and hoping the awful noice would stop so I could drive another 450 km back home. Guess if the ACDC guys were looking at me again....
Jan Richards
www.stonesvikings.com