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daspyknows
Sound like an autobiographical song.
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daspyknows
Sound like an autobiographical song.
my thoughts as well
still musically better then last year
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Heard that at the United Center they closed the upper level and relocated people as the sales were sloowwww.
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spikenyc
Going to MSG tonight.
Does Jimmy Vaughn open the show or is he just part of Eric's band?
thx
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RisingStone
jmd, spikenyc — how did the show go down? And how big (or small) was the turnout on each night?
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jmd, spikenyc — how did the show go down? And how big (or small) was the turnout on each night?
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RisingStone
Many thanks for the MSG reports, spikenyc and jmd. You saw Sunday and Monday, respectively.
Sounds like both nights left a sufficient number of seats empty. Team Eric should have booked ‘just one night’ for Chicago and New York, and given a chance to another couple of cities. The days he played to a houseful of audience in a big arena for multiple nights seem to be the things of the past. And his anti-lockdown as well as vaccine-skeptic stance doesn’t help, either.
Hopefully this won’t be a sad end to this great talent and his career.
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calipachangero
Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
- Doxa
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
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Pretty cynical talk here. I don’t think we are talking about many people. The vast majority can differenciate between music and personal political opinions.
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Fair enough, though I can't see that out of an arena with full capacity of say 12k there are more than maybe 10% who won't go. Far from empty seats.
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
- Doxa
Pretty cynical talk here. I don’t think we are talking about many people. The vast majority can differenciate between music and personal political opinions.
Actually its quite a few. In past years I would be there along with a couple other tapers and a whole group of friends. Not a single one of us went. There is a difference between political views and actually funding such causes. Personally I am not giving him my money to support political causes I abhor. No he doesn't need my money but I don't need to support him either. I would rather go see artists I like that have more progressive views.
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
- Doxa
Pretty cynical talk here. I don’t think we are talking about many people. The vast majority can differenciate between music and personal political opinions.
Actually its quite a few. In past years I would be there along with a couple other tapers and a whole group of friends. Not a single one of us went. There is a difference between political views and actually funding such causes. Personally I am not giving him my money to support political causes I abhor. No he doesn't need my money but I don't need to support him either. I would rather go see artists I like that have more progressive views.
OMG, you're still on about this? Jesus Christ, give it up. So Clapton and some others felt it was important not to be a slave to the overreaction to the media hype on covid, and promote going out, living your life normally, no masks, no lockdowns -- which btw, in the end, he was right! Masks are useless and lockdowns didn't really prevent much, in the end everyone got it anyway.
I'm sure he's that concerned that you weren't there taping his show! "This guy that spends his life going around to shows and taping them, might no longer attend my shows -- oh no!!" LOL. You're no doubt taping shows of bands that promote drug use, have sex w/ underage girls, drink themselves 1/2 to death, etc. The Stones alone, heroine addicts, alcoholics, dating 13-year olds, etc.
But at least you have your morals, you get credit for that!
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
- Doxa
Pretty cynical talk here. I don’t think we are talking about many people. The vast majority can differenciate between music and personal political opinions.
Actually its quite a few. In past years I would be there along with a couple other tapers and a whole group of friends. Not a single one of us went. There is a difference between political views and actually funding such causes. Personally I am not giving him my money to support political causes I abhor. No he doesn't need my money but I don't need to support him either. I would rather go see artists I like that have more progressive views.
OMG, you're still on about this? Jesus Christ, give it up. So Clapton and some others felt it was important not to be a slave to the overreaction to the media hype on covid, and promote going out, living your life normally, no masks, no lockdowns -- which btw, in the end, he was right! Masks are useless and lockdowns didn't really prevent much, in the end everyone got it anyway.
I'm sure he's that concerned that you weren't there taping his show! "This guy that spends his life going around to shows and taping them, might no longer attend my shows -- oh no!!" LOL. You're no doubt taping shows of bands that promote drug use, have sex w/ underage girls, drink themselves 1/2 to death, etc. The Stones alone, heroine addicts, alcoholics, dating 13-year olds, etc.
But at least you have your morals, you get credit for that!
Having own views is totally fine and okay but Clapton was at a point where he catched up on fake news from Telegram guys (like take Vitamin D supplements and go into the sun, then Covid can't do you harm) and spread shit like comparing masks to slavery and so on.
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Clapton probably can do without those people anyway.. and feel at ease.
Yep. Nothing's funnier for a performer than to play to empty seats.
- Doxa
Pretty cynical talk here. I don’t think we are talking about many people. The vast majority can differenciate between music and personal political opinions.
Actually its quite a few. In past years I would be there along with a couple other tapers and a whole group of friends. Not a single one of us went. There is a difference between political views and actually funding such causes. Personally I am not giving him my money to support political causes I abhor. No he doesn't need my money but I don't need to support him either. I would rather go see artists I like that have more progressive views.
OMG, you're still on about this? Jesus Christ, give it up. So Clapton and some others felt it was important not to be a slave to the overreaction to the media hype on covid, and promote going out, living your life normally, no masks, no lockdowns -- which btw, in the end, he was right! Masks are useless and lockdowns didn't really prevent much, in the end everyone got it anyway.
I'm sure he's that concerned that you weren't there taping his show! "This guy that spends his life going around to shows and taping them, might no longer attend my shows -- oh no!!" LOL. You're no doubt taping shows of bands that promote drug use, have sex w/ underage girls, drink themselves 1/2 to death, etc. The Stones alone, heroine addicts, alcoholics, dating 13-year olds, etc.
But at least you have your morals, you get credit for that!