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caschimann
Since then there hasn't been any pre-tour-club shows.
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caschimann
Since then there hasn't been any pre-tour-club shows.
In 2016, there was a private show in Vegas prior to the Desert Trip shows.
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Hairball
I was going to mention the Belly Up show in San Diego in 2015, but just refreshed my memory by looking at the tour page, and it was actually a few nights after the opening show at Petco stadium.
Having been at the Petco opener, it was a thrill for sure, but some rust and cobwebs were evident throughout the performance. The Belly Up might have been tentatively pre-planned as a possibility,
so maybe they realized a second warm-up show was needed after the shaky Petco show before continuing on with the tour....
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Hairball
I was going to mention the Belly Up show in San Diego in 2015, but just refreshed my memory by looking at the tour page, and it was actually a few nights after the opening show at Petco stadium.
Having been at the Petco opener, it was a thrill for sure, but some rust and cobwebs were evident throughout the performance. The Belly Up might have been tentatively pre-planned as a possibility,
so maybe they realized a second warm-up show was needed after the shaky Petco show before continuing on with the tour....
The club show at the Belly Up was not intended as a warm up gig for the tour as most of the pre-show club shows are. It was a private show paid for by some rich dude and for his invited guests only. Most of the other pre-tour club shows have been open to a couple of hundred lucky fans and press. Since the Echoplex show in 2013 there has not been any public club/theatre shows before or during a tour. I don't know why they stopped doing them. They were always fun.
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I was going to mention the Belly Up show in San Diego in 2015, but just refreshed my memory by looking at the tour page, and it was actually a few nights after the opening show at Petco stadium.
Having been at the Petco opener, it was a thrill for sure, but some rust and cobwebs were evident throughout the performance. The Belly Up might have been tentatively pre-planned as a possibility,
so maybe they realized a second warm-up show was needed after the shaky Petco show before continuing on with the tour....
The club show at the Belly Up was not intended as a warm up gig for the tour as most of the pre-show club shows are. It was a private show paid for by some rich dude and for his invited guests only. Most of the other pre-tour club shows have been open to a couple of hundred lucky fans and press. Since the Echoplex show in 2013 there has not been any public club/theatre shows before or during a tour. I don't know why they stopped doing them. They were always fun.
Thanks for clarifying TornAndFried as I wasn't sure about the Belly Up being private or public, but wasn't the Fonda theater show in 2015 considered a warmup show?
Yes there was a unique Sticky Fingers theme, but it was also the very first show of the Zip Code tour, and pretty sure it was public. Whatever the case, were you able to ever attend any of them?
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They do private shows in order to pay for the rehearsals ahead of tours. The going price is 5-8 million US dollars.
The Fonda show was mainly a recording performance for the Sticky Fingers special. From memory, the only real warmup gigs since 2012 have been The Trabendo Paris France 2012 and Echoplex LA USA 2013.
When you tour every year (2012-2019), then you don't really need any warmup gig, to test news songs and setlists. However, after a longer break of 2-3 years, like now, I would not be surprised if they would do one, simply because they need some feedback on their current status.
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Commonly known as Thee Foreplay Shows .....
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Hairball
I was going to mention the Belly Up show in San Diego in 2015, but just refreshed my memory by looking at the tour page, and it was actually a few nights after the opening show at Petco stadium.
Having been at the Petco opener, it was a thrill for sure, but some rust and cobwebs were evident throughout the performance. The Belly Up might have been tentatively pre-planned as a possibility,
so maybe they realized a second warm-up show was needed after the shaky Petco show before continuing on with the tour....
The club show at the Belly Up was not intended as a warm up gig for the tour as most of the pre-show club shows are. It was a private show paid for by some rich dude and for his invited guests only. Most of the other pre-tour club shows have been open to a couple of hundred lucky fans and press. Since the Echoplex show in 2013 there has not been any public club/theatre shows before or during a tour. I don't know why they stopped doing them. They were always fun.
Thanks for clarifying TornAndFried as I wasn't sure about the Belly Up being private or public, but wasn't the Fonda theater show in 2015 considered a warmup show?
Yes there was a unique Sticky Fingers theme, but it was also the very first show of the Zip Code tour, and pretty sure it was public. Whatever the case, were you able to ever attend any of them?
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caschimann
Its a bit off subject, but thinking of warm up shows I think parallel about the gig after the warm up show: The Tour Opening Shows.
I always thought: I have to see the tour opener.
After that I am full and satisfied and not hungry anymore for any more tour gigs.
Let them play where and to whom they want afterwards: I have seen the 1st gig!
I belong to the ones who already seen it!
I am ahead of all other fans seeing them later!
How stupid I was!!
After my first Tour Opening Show in Fenway Park 2005 Bigger Bang-World Tour I found out quickly: the next following 2,3 gigs you are immune.
But then the medicine of the opener is gone and you're getting jealous, nervous and hungry again. And start to organize tickets. And try to see as much gigs you are able to attend.
As one IORR-buddy said here years ago: The greatest Rolling Stones Concert is always the next one you have ticktes for.