Anybody gearing up for concert season?

[Ns1]

Semi brag hehe, just scored tickets to this

Radiohead
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 07:00 PM


Seat location: section SEC K1, row 4,
Total Charge: US $ 161.35

First section right behind the terrace boxes. I can't believe I was actually able to get tickets.


Anyway, that's on my list, as well as (most likely) Dream Theater on 5/2.

I blow way too much money on concert tickets =X

 

[Anubis]

i only attend concerts that dont use ticket master, which is almost none, so no im not gearing up at all

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I've already shaved my head and dyed my pubes. Or was it supposed to be the other way 'round... DAMMIT!

 

[daveshel]

I have tickets for Telluride - my first time.

 

[SpunkyJones]

I've got some Springsteen tickets for later this summer. Should be better than the last show I saw, the Doodlebops.

 

[nakedfrog]

That much for ONE ticket? Yowza.

 

[anxi80]

this year it'll probably only be stp and richard cheese.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I have Pit Tickets for Radiohead at the DC and Charlotte shows. I would go to the other North East ones but I won't be around for them :/

Since my summer is cut in half so far I only have the Black Keys, M83, and the Flaming Lips scheduled.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That much for ONE ticket? Yowza.

2 tix

60 face + fees


Not bad considering last time I bought tickets to RH, I paid 125 for pit.

 

[Maleficus]

live music sounds so much worse than clean nice wonderful studio albums, why would I spend more to get less?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
live music sounds so much worse than clean nice wonderful studio albums, why would I spend more to get less?

Clearly you've never been to a good concert.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
live music sounds so much worse than clean nice wonderful studio albums, why would I spend more to get less?

To hear something different. For a good band, the live renditions of songs > studio versions




And the sound quality at the hollywood bowl is pretty nice

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That much for ONE ticket? Yowza.

2 tix

60 face + fees


Not bad considering last time I bought tickets to RH, I paid 125 for pit.

Not as bad, but wow, that's a lot of fees.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That much for ONE ticket? Yowza.

2 tix

60 face + fees


Not bad considering last time I bought tickets to RH, I paid 125 for pit.

Not as bad, but wow, that's a lot of fees.

ticket master FTL

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
That much for ONE ticket? Yowza.

2 tix

60 face + fees


Not bad considering last time I bought tickets to RH, I paid 125 for pit.

Not as bad, but wow, that's a lot of fees.

lol yeah, they don't even surprise me anymore

convenience fee, facility fee, ticketfast fee, etc. pretty soon they're gonna add a gas surcharge

 

[CraKaJaX]

So far for me right now...

May 9th - Hard Rock Live Band covering Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album @ Hard Rock, Orlando
May 30 - June 1st Mountain Jam (http://www.mountainjam.com/)
June 4th - Eric Clapton w/ Robert Randolph @ Tweeter Center, MA
June 5th - Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach Theater, NY
June 20th - Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC
July 3rd - Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ SPAC
July 18th - Billy Joel @ Shea Stadium (Pending)

Was hoping to score some Radiohead tickets too.. That would be sweet. Was also hoping to see Tom Petty & Steve Winwood at MSG, but I doubt I will.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
So far for me right now...

May 9th - Hard Rock Live Band covering Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album @ Hard Rock, Orlando
May 30 - June 1st Mountain Jam (http://www.mountainjam.com/)
June 4th - Eric Clapton w/ Robert Randolph @ Tweeter Center, MA
June 5th - Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach Theater, NY
June 20th - Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC
July 3rd - Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ SPAC
July 18th - Billy Joel @ Shea Stadium (Pending)

Was hoping to score some Radiohead tickets too.. That would be sweet. Was also hoping to see Tom Petty & Steve Winwood at MSG, but I doubt I will.

Saw Eric Clapton last time he was around. Show wasn't as good as I thought it would be. But whatever, hearing clapton is always good. I bet that theater show will be sick. Questionable on the tweeter center though....

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i only attend concerts that dont use ticket master, which is almost none, so no im not gearing up at all

Yeah, I don't really care about concerts, but the Wife and friend and I wanted to see Journey later this year. Unfortunately the $60 tickets were really more like $90 each after "convenience fees" and shit like that.

Fuck ticketmaster. We didn't purchase tickets.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
So far for me right now...

May 9th - Hard Rock Live Band covering Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album @ Hard Rock, Orlando
May 30 - June 1st Mountain Jam (http://www.mountainjam.com/)
June 4th - Eric Clapton w/ Robert Randolph @ Tweeter Center, MA
June 5th - Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach Theater, NY
June 20th - Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC
July 3rd - Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ SPAC
July 18th - Billy Joel @ Shea Stadium (Pending)

Was hoping to score some Radiohead tickets too.. That would be sweet. Was also hoping to see Tom Petty & Steve Winwood at MSG, but I doubt I will.

Saw Eric Clapton last time he was around. Show wasn't as good as I thought it would be. But whatever, hearing clapton is always good. I bet that theater show will be sick. Questionable on the tweeter center though....

I saw him in October, 2006 with Robert Cray. Was a pretty awesome show (had DECENT seats). I also just saw him at MSG with Winwood (Blind Faith reunion) and had floor seats. Was probably the best show I've seen. I got 8th row floor at Tweeter, so I can't complain. I've never been there, but when I scored an 8th row seat, I said screw it and bought it.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
So far for me right now...

May 9th - Hard Rock Live Band covering Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album @ Hard Rock, Orlando
May 30 - June 1st Mountain Jam (http://www.mountainjam.com/)
June 4th - Eric Clapton w/ Robert Randolph @ Tweeter Center, MA
June 5th - Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach Theater, NY
June 20th - Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC
July 3rd - Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ SPAC
July 18th - Billy Joel @ Shea Stadium (Pending)

Was hoping to score some Radiohead tickets too.. That would be sweet. Was also hoping to see Tom Petty & Steve Winwood at MSG, but I doubt I will.

Saw Eric Clapton last time he was around. Show wasn't as good as I thought it would be. But whatever, hearing clapton is always good. I bet that theater show will be sick. Questionable on the tweeter center though....

I saw him in October, 2006 with Robert Cray. Was a pretty awesome show (had DECENT seats). I also just saw him at MSG with Winwood (Blind Faith reunion) and had floor seats. Was probably the best show I've seen. I got 8th row floor at Tweeter, so I can't complain. I've never been there, but when I scored an 8th row seat, I said screw it and bought it.

orly now? That's the show I saw him at. Scored floor seats, 5th row stage right. Paid face for them too (thank you CL)

I thought his song selection was pretty poor. Very slow, esp. for the crowd. They wanted something faster, more moving, more guitar rapage. So when he dropped those songs, the crowd responded, otherwise it was pretty meh. I do like his guitarist though, who accompanies Roger Waters on his shows.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
So far for me right now...

May 9th - Hard Rock Live Band covering Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album @ Hard Rock, Orlando
May 30 - June 1st Mountain Jam (http://www.mountainjam.com/)
June 4th - Eric Clapton w/ Robert Randolph @ Tweeter Center, MA
June 5th - Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach Theater, NY
June 20th - Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC
July 3rd - Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ SPAC
July 18th - Billy Joel @ Shea Stadium (Pending)

Was hoping to score some Radiohead tickets too.. That would be sweet. Was also hoping to see Tom Petty & Steve Winwood at MSG, but I doubt I will.

Saw Eric Clapton last time he was around. Show wasn't as good as I thought it would be. But whatever, hearing clapton is always good. I bet that theater show will be sick. Questionable on the tweeter center though....

I saw him in October, 2006 with Robert Cray. Was a pretty awesome show (had DECENT seats). I also just saw him at MSG with Winwood (Blind Faith reunion) and had floor seats. Was probably the best show I've seen. I got 8th row floor at Tweeter, so I can't complain. I've never been there, but when I scored an 8th row seat, I said screw it and bought it.

orly now? That's the show I saw him at. Scored floor seats, 5th row stage right. Paid face for them too (thank you CL)

I thought his song selection was pretty poor. Very slow, esp. for the crowd. They wanted something faster, more moving, more guitar rapage. So when he dropped those songs, the crowd responded, otherwise it was pretty meh. I do like his guitarist though, who accompanies Roger Waters on his shows.

Blind Faith or the 2006/2007 tour? His song list was pretty basic for the 06/07 tour I thought. Started with some pretty good stuff (some were hits) like After Midnight, etc. And then he sat down and did a few acoustic songs from a variety of albums like Back Home and Reptile, and of course some unplugged stuff.. and then he went into his popular stuff -- Wonderful Tonight, Layla, Cocaine, Crossroads, etc. And btw, which guitarist are you talking about? Bramhall or Trucks? Both were with him that tour. (If you're talking about the 06/07 tour)

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
So far for me right now...

May 9th - Hard Rock Live Band covering Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy album @ Hard Rock, Orlando
May 30 - June 1st Mountain Jam (http://www.mountainjam.com/)
June 4th - Eric Clapton w/ Robert Randolph @ Tweeter Center, MA
June 5th - Eric Clapton @ Jones Beach Theater, NY
June 20th - Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC
July 3rd - Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ SPAC
July 18th - Billy Joel @ Shea Stadium (Pending)

Was hoping to score some Radiohead tickets too.. That would be sweet. Was also hoping to see Tom Petty & Steve Winwood at MSG, but I doubt I will.

Saw Eric Clapton last time he was around. Show wasn't as good as I thought it would be. But whatever, hearing clapton is always good. I bet that theater show will be sick. Questionable on the tweeter center though....

I saw him in October, 2006 with Robert Cray. Was a pretty awesome show (had DECENT seats). I also just saw him at MSG with Winwood (Blind Faith reunion) and had floor seats. Was probably the best show I've seen. I got 8th row floor at Tweeter, so I can't complain. I've never been there, but when I scored an 8th row seat, I said screw it and bought it.

orly now? That's the show I saw him at. Scored floor seats, 5th row stage right. Paid face for them too (thank you CL)

I thought his song selection was pretty poor. Very slow, esp. for the crowd. They wanted something faster, more moving, more guitar rapage. So when he dropped those songs, the crowd responded, otherwise it was pretty meh. I do like his guitarist though, who accompanies Roger Waters on his shows.

Blind Faith or the 2006/2007 tour? His song list was pretty basic for the 06/07 tour I thought. Started with some pretty good stuff (some were hits) like After Midnight, etc. And then he sat down and did a few acoustic songs from a variety of albums like Back Home and Reptile, and of course some unplugged stuff.. and then he went into his popular stuff -- Wonderful Tonight, Layla, Cocaine, Crossroads, etc. And btw, which guitarist are you talking about? Bramhall or Trucks? Both were with him that tour. (If you're talking about the 06/07 tour)

The one with Robert Cray was the show I went to. And I actually don't know the name of the guitarist, but it's the left handed guy.

It was pretty much as you described. He came out, blew us away, bored the shit out of us, and then blew us away again.

 

[KeithTalent]

Methinks I'll go to Opeth when they come here in May. I have not seen too many others listed for Vancouver that really tickle my fancy though.

KT

 

[krunchykrome]

I havent been to a concert in years. I dunno, the idea of paying $40-$150 to see a singer sing the same songs I own on CD doesnt present much of a value to me.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Methinks I'll go to Opeth when they come here in May. I have not seen too many others listed for Vancouver that really tickle my fancy though.

KT

I think Opeth is opening for Dream Theater?

Hell aren't we talking about the same show?

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I havent been to a concert in years. I dunno, the idea of paying $40-$150 to see a singer sing the same songs I own on CD doesnt present much of a value to me.

i'll only see bands that i KNOW will do something amazing live that is significantly different than cd

ie not weezer, linkin park