I live in Burbank! I have seen the Supersuckers, Guitar Wolf, The Wildhearts (opening for the Darkness, Wildhearts were better), Backyard Babies and The Hangmen. I could name dozens of bands but I would recommend Throw Rag. CDs are good, first one Tee Tot is amazing but they are much better live. Seen them lots of times going back to 1995.
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IORR totally blows most of the time. Sometimes they nail it but often just sleepwalk it. Sometimes SFTD sounds killer but lately its been pretty weak, especially with the extended intro and missing lines.
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Saw The Plimsouls in 1995 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys with Cheap Trick and The Tubes. Good show. Clem Burke played drums.
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bv Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Poison > School's Out > Billion Dollar Babies > ... > I have his original 70's albums and just love > Alice Cooper. > Great to have him as warmup! Wow, I didn't know you listened to anyone else! I am thinking of hitting Phoenix since I missed Alice in 2005/2006. Seen him several
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Halup Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I kind of jumped the gun on Ringo and paid $20, > but I ended up watching in front a center > orchestra seat, so I didn't mind the cost. > Universal can be a good venue for getting free > tickets when a show is not sold out. When it is > far from sold out, they give out comp tickets to > Unive
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"It is rumoured that Charlie said he did not want to do any more never ending world tours." Iron Maiden has been doing 3 month world tours since the 1999 reunion. Usually alternating between a nostalgia tour and a new album tour. Don't see why the same wouldn't work for the Stones.
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If its not in the first few rows, I'd say they aren't any good. That place sucks for concerts. I will do the same thing I did for Springsteen or for Stones Anaheim, spend $20 and watch the video screens.
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I never intended to hit the Bowl shows since almost every single show I attended there was sorely lacking in volume. The plan was just to drink beer and listen from outside. The picnic area is closer to the PA than many of the seats. But I was surprised how loud and clear it was even outside. It was just luck and a bit that nerve that I was able to make it in both nights.
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Halup Wrote: > > Dan, I'm sure I've probably seen you at shows here > in L.A. I go to shows virtually every week and I'm > sure while I've been looking for tickets, I've > seen you doing the same. I don't go to shows as much as I used to. But right now I have a preference for the papered shows at the Universal since I can walk home from ther
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I bet me and Halup have seen each other before.
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"But someone mentioned they don't do Chuck anymore because he wants high royalties or something?" Chuck made some disparing comments about the Stones during the Johnnie Johnson lawsuit. Remember, when the Stones play a Chuck Berry song the person it benefits most is Chuck so I can see why they wouldn't want to promote that material. Which sucks, I think the AC/DC guest spot
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"Or what about touts on the day? Do you think they'll be sky high or just keen to get their money back?" Chat up as many as you can. Bring a seating chart. NEVER ask them what they are charging, just tell them what you are paying. The further back the seat, the lower the price. Don't be afraid to offer ridiculously low prices ($10, $20 etc). Then just wait around. Eventuall
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Gazza Wrote: > > and you dont need warhorses to "fill a stadium" as > people dont know what theyre going to play when > they buy the tickets. Of course people expect to > hear them, but Ive never known anyone to walk out > of a Stones show because they didnt play enough > hits or because they played a few songs that a > casual fan didnt know. >
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shidoobee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Concert tickets are worth whatever people are > willing to pay for them. > No, if the Stones were in the business for the > money, they'd never have lasted 44 years. They would have lasted about 20 years. And I still contend thats what they really lasted as a real band and an artistic unit. I th
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"In the past they were usually good about making sure they didn't repeat songs from tour to tour, not anymore. Look at the differences from 75 to 78 and then to 81. Every tour they changed it up quite a bit the next time they came around." Usually between each tour they put out several live albums. Also back then they were still a band, not a virtual corporation. "Classic R
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I wish I could see a show on the east coast. My current favorite band Peeping Tom is opening. Best CD of the year.
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Blues is boring. Any more than 1 or 2 songs and the whole set drags. And the blues is more of an attitude than a style and I don't think multi-millionaires with few real problems can convincingly deliver it for 2 hours.
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So what if its not the original New York Dolls. Very few "original" bands are still together. Good musicians making good music is what it is regardless of what they call it.
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Honky Tonk Women is too slow and sounds like too much of a show tune. JJF, SFM and SMU are all great openers.
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country honk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a pitty "ticketmaster" doesn't have the same > function as "eventim", where you cold get a view > of the stadium and see how many tickets actually > were sold.... that was a very good feature by > "eventim"..... Ticketmaster outlet representatives can
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The show wont be cancelled. I think they are taking advantage of the stadium owners who might be relatively inexperienced in concert promotion. I think Cohl hustled a massive guarantee up front regardless of the amount of tickets sold. It means the Stones get paid their $5 million no matter how many people show up. If Gillette did a bit of research they would have found out the January shows in B
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Madison Square Garden has raised the rent and it now costs $275,000 to stage a concert there not to mention union fees on top of that. Anyone think so they are so intent on playing an allegedly historic venue as many times as possible that they would let it cut into their profits like that? Some people here overanalyze things too much, all you gotta do is follow the money.
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"I guess another way to put the original question would be, why don't the Stones have more demanding fans (either in number or intensity)? " What would they demand and how would they demand it? The great thing about having so many hard core fans is that their attendence and money is taken granted therefore you don't really have to offer them anything or cater to them in any
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THere are also quite a bit of tourists at Bruce shows who talk and beer run en masse til he plays Born To Run. I saw this myself with the one Bruce show I attended. But he also plays 3 hour shows so that leaves plenty of time for lots of hits as well as deep album cuts and cover songs.
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I am perfectly satisfied. But I don't spend too much money and I don't go in expecting anything other than a Stones show. I also don't equate following the setlist and listening to 75 different boots each tour as part of the concert experience. And I have said it before and will say it again, to be a "loyal" fan is to be taken for a sucker. If I were truly disappointe
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One Hit To The Body without the backup singers? I Got The Blues without horns? Some of those songs might sound just a bit too naked and stripped down.
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curtisdavis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LET ME GO would be awesome ,right out of left > field,separate the fans from the tourists..I think > Ronnie and Keith would do a better setlist than > Mick and Chuck..Probably would pick more new > songs.. Do these guys even listen back on their old material? I wouldn't be surprised if Chuc
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Lizard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He cares for trees but he hunts animals? > > What the @#$%&? Not sure what you find strange or shocking about that. Care to elaborate?
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Rev. Robert W. Wrote: > > Ha! Listen to the tough guy playin' "voice of > reason." As usual, I'm not impressed. > > Do you think that even the most casual fans don't > notice that the show is a slick, expertly > delivered and yes, sometimes thrilling showbiz > package? You don't think that significant numbers > of potential con
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Warhorse fatigue doesn't exist, its just more sour grapes from people who think the band should be playing *just* for them. Ticket prices and market saturation, yes. I doubt endless whining from internet setlist geeks is having any effect on sales whatsoever.
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