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DEmerson
The Pink Floyd Exhibit is in Hollywood and worth seeing.
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The Pink Floyd Exhibit is in Hollywood and worth seeing.
I’ll (again) second the Pink Floyd exhibit for those of you going to the LA shows. At the Vogue on Hollywood Blvd. I went a couple weeks ago and it’s really cool! You can buy timed Tix in advance. Plan to spend at least an hour and a half. A must see if you’re a Floyd fan and in town.
And, up the road a 10-15 minute walk is Amoeba records - maybe the best music/movie store in the country.
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These are excellent shots Hairball and give a real snapshot of the olden days. Thrilled that they’re still going in some form today, despite the surviving 3 being 40 years older. It was a much more stripped down operation in those days with only a piano, keyboard and saxophone player supplementing the core 5.
Also, every ticket was effectively a lucky dip back in those days with the spot you got determined by how early you were willing to turn up. Gigging really was a totally different experience back in those days. Whole floor GA with no sectors could be scary at times.
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24FPS
Tons of tickets left for the 14th. I guess there won't be any more Lucky Dips.
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grzegorz67
These are excellent shots Hairball and give a real snapshot of the olden days. Thrilled that they’re still going in some form today, despite the surviving 3 being 40 years older. It was a much more stripped down operation in those days with only a piano, keyboard and saxophone player supplementing the core 5.
Also, every ticket was effectively a lucky dip back in those days with the spot you got determined by how early you were willing to turn up. Gigging really was a totally different experience back in those days. Whole floor GA with no sectors could be scary at times.
On the first day October 9th, it was my older brother and his then girlfriend who brought my older sister and I - we played it safe and sat in the stands about 1/3rd of the way back and 30 rows up - a perfect perspective.
Saw Prince getting booed off w/an assortment of debris being thrown at the stage, and right as the Stones were announced a hailstorm of half empty beer cups and hot dogs, etc, being thrown everywhere ...chaos...
The second day was quite different however...it was just my brother and I, and he made sure we arrived early to get a decent spot on the field. It was a long day with lots of repositioning while inching our way forwards. Ultimately the closest we made it to the stage was about 30 people back, but being that close while packed like sardines was the thrill of a lifetime...I remember the waves of people being involuntarily swept off their feet.
It was 40 years ago....seems like a lifetime ago, while at the same time seems like it was just yesterday...all those years ago...
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Topi
How much setlist variation will there be between LA #1 and #2? Four songs? Five? Less than that, given there's no B-stage set?
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24FPS
Tons of tickets left for the 14th. I guess there won't be any more Lucky Dips.
I really don't see the financial point of view in releasing more of the absolute cheapest ticket category if your show is not selling well.
You'll take home more money (and more fees) by selling just one $100 ticket than a pair of LDs.
What matters (for the promoter) is the total gate receipts/avg ticket price, not so much how many warm bodies there are.
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24FPS
Tons of tickets left for the 14th. I guess there won't be any more Lucky Dips.
I really don't see the financial point of view in releasing more of the absolute cheapest ticket category if your show is not selling well.
You'll take home more money (and more fees) by selling just one $100 ticket than a pair of LDs.
What matters (for the promoter) is the total gate receipts/avg ticket price, not so much how many warm bodies there are.
Gate receipts aren't everything. The more warm bodies they can fill in the venue with cheaper tickets, the more official concert merch they can sell, the more food and beverage revenue they can share with the stadium, etc, etc, etc.
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angee
On the set list, do you suppose they will do "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" any time this tour?
Hoping for a few surprises for 10/17.
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Hairball
It was 40 years ago today that I was in between my first and second Stones concerts which took place at the L.A. Coliseum Oct. 9 and 11, 1981. And now 40 years later, can't help but reminisce a bit.
There's been many shows in between - from here to Stockholm - in clubs, theaters, arenas and stadiums in many different cities and countries around the world, and have met many fine people along the way.
Now looking forward to my 63rd (and possibly 64th) show in he same city where I first saw them as a 17 year old high school student all those years ago...
They were larger than life back then....
(photo credits L.A. Times)
And still are larger than life to this day...ROCK AND ROLL GIANTS...
It's incredible that 40 years later (almost on the same days) I'll be seeing the Stones again...
Lots has changed since both for them and myself, but the thrill leading up to a Stones show will always be there...
Setlist for October 11th 1981
Under My Thumb
When the Whip Comes Down
Let's Spend the Night Together
Shattered
Neighbours
Black Limousine
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Twenty Flight Rock
Let Me Go
Time Is on My Side
Beast of Burden
Waiting on a Friend
Let It Bleed
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Little T&A
Tumbling Dice
She's So Cold
All Down the Line
Hang Fire
Star Star
Miss You
Start Me Up
Honky Tonk Women
Brown Sugar
Jumpin' Jack Flash
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
> Keep on Rolling................