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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
I would have to say none. They're too loud, too much pushing and shoving, too crowded, too expensive, too much hassle, and the studio recorded versions always sound better. But I'll happily go to any comedy show where we can sit down and enjoy it like civilized people.
Or any outdoor reggae concert where everyone is spread out on the grass and chillin' out.  |
I hear that, in fact the last tickets I bought me were seats, cause I didn't want an emo dude jumping all over in front of me
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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
Too many to list so I will just list ones I will see this summer..
Iron Maiden
Rush
Tom Petty
Alice Cooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Dead Weather
Roger Waters (The Wall tour)
I recently saw Hank III after waiting 8 years to see him. It was the most fun I've had at a concert in years despite the pushing punk kids and barfing bikers.
I saw ACDC last year. We had good seats on the floor but the venue sucked for sound.
I could have seen ZZ Top this past Saturday but had to attend a friends birthday party instead :/
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I actually checked out some Hank III and love it since I like a lot of the country / southern / blues rock stuff, thanks for the tip!
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Originally Posted by kane
The only two I can think of right now are Roger Waters The Wall Tour and the Soundgarden reunion tour.
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Soundgarden would be a must too - a way best Seattle band for me personally, their music is just too good to be put into the "grunge" category, and you can hear a lot of Sabbath from their rhytm section
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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
This is the one thing that really puts me off. I hate people singing even a tiny bit out of tune.
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Those that are really good put up a great show with singing in place, but it's not that many bands that would sound live better, usually those that play together forever rock, as for the live factor - for me it's like taking a photo - you got the same thing you saw on the photo but it's never the same
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
not at all, it will be the 2nd show of hers we've attended. she puts on an unbelievable show that's very entertaining and the g/f gets so hot &bothered she takes it out on me after.
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I can see your brand new physique getting majorly raped, strongly supporting that!
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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
I suppose I like electronic music more. Would throw the same amount of money at going to a good club as people spend on going to a concert  |
I guess I'm not a "club" person, a bar will do better, like I was in TAO in Vegas and everything loud you felt like being in a posh MTV video, all those girls trying way too much to look good, guidos on parade, I left after a bit
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Originally Posted by czarina
any concerts by
Jon Bon Jovi or Luis Miguel
I keep beating myself up for not going to see the 3 tenors when they were in my area. Too late now that Pavarotti is gone!
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The Tenors rock - although I enjoy opera more, it's my last passion and I'm slowly getting into that, visiting the live broadcasts from the NYC Met frequently
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Originally Posted by Antonio
there's a rock festival starrting tomorrow with Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Rammstein, Manowar, and Alice in Chains
I kinda wanted to go, but got lazy because I live like 4-5 hours drive away
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The same tour was around here last weekend but I passed, had to pass a couple university exams
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Originally Posted by fuzebox
ACDC. I'll make it happen even if I have to fly to Milwaukee to see em.
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Last time they were in Vienna they sold out in 5 minutes
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Originally Posted by GetInSpace
Rush!
Stp!
Roger waters - the wall
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I'd consider Rush too, a major rhytm section
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Originally Posted by kane
In many cases they could charge 3 times what they do and still sell out in minutes. It just depends on where they are and what the demand is. Many artists, however, are afraid of being looked down on by their fans and they want all of their fans, no matter how much money they make, to be able to see them live in concert. So they feel it is better for them to keep the ticket prices down a little bit, sell out fast and make everyone happy than to charge two or three times as much, make a few more dollars and piss some people off.
A perfect example of this is Pearl Jam. At the height of their fame they got in a fight with ticketmaster when they found out that ticketmaster was charging upwards of $50 as a "convenience fee" for the premium seats at the pearl jam shows. They ultimately lost the fight, but still had about 8 dates left on the short tour to play. They refunded every dollar to the people who bought the tickets and still played the shows so those shows were free for the ticket holders. The amount of press and fan love the got from that was worth more than they could have ever gotten from a little higher ticket price.
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Very much, I don't mind paying more for a smaller venue and a smaller tour, but if I see a 50 concert streak in huge arenas where you can't see shit I'd never pay anything over $ 50 - 60
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Originally Posted by kane
One of the best shows I have ever seen is Tom Waits in Seattle. The guys is a genius.
I wanted to go see him on his last tour, but he wasn't coming anywhere within 1200 miles of me.
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Have probably all his records, including a couple live bootlegs, to see him live is quite an accomplishment, last time he was in Berlin the tickets were $300 a piece