Oh, no problem…I completely understand. Crazy weather weekend and being w/o power for 30 hours throws a wrench in things.
Well, not going in at all was more of our decision than the bag nazi. Since we got there late we parked at the back of the lot, and we just decided to bail since we were only planning to be there for a short time and didn’t want to get stuck in the bottleneck of traffic leaving. Aka, we’re old…lol!
Weirdly, it only took us like 5 minutes to get out of the parking lot. Maybe a lot of my hoosier brethren left after The Urge.
That was my first time seeing the Urge since I was a teenager at Mississippi Nights. They still sound great and bring the energy. They didn't play Spyz though. BOOOOOO.
Interesting, guess they’ve fine tuned the exit strategy there because the last time I was there (granted it’s been years), it was a disaster.
I really wanted to see some 311, but I didn’t realize they weren’t going to even start until 930 or so.
I saw DEVO last weekend in St. Charles. It was surprisingly good considering they are all in their mid-70s. There were a couple songs where they showed their age, and the show was only about 85 minutes. Overall it was still good though. Glad I got to see them before they are done.
They played a video at the start of the show where their old "manager" and "former CEO of Big Entertainment", Rod Rooter spoke. He called Devo his biggest career regret. If they had just taken his advice, they'd be playing big stadiums "like Kid Rock". He also said Big Entertainment has re-branded to "Big Media", and his son is the new CEO. Flash to a picture of his son:
I saw DEVO last weekend in St. Charles. It was surprisingly good considering they are all in their mid-70s. There were a couple songs where they showed their age, and the show was only about 85 minutes. Overall it was still good though. Glad I got to see them before they are done.
They played a video at the start of the show where their old "manager" and "former CEO of Big Entertainment", Rod Rooter spoke. He called Devo his biggest career regret. If they had just taken his advice, they'd be playing big stadiums "like Kid Rock". He also said Big Entertainment has re-branded to "Big Media", and his son is the new CEO. Flash to a picture of his son:
Went to my first concert in quite a long time yesterday. Saw Tdeschi Trucks and Whiskey Meyers. Well like three songs of Whiskey Meyers and that was enough. Anyway, HOLY [expletive] is it expensive. Tickets were 140 each. Parking was another 25, that used to be free. Water 8 bucks, but beer....beer was 22.50. For the record we didn't buy anything.
This was the first concert I've ever been to at Riverport that they did not open up the lawn. Also the seats were probably 2/3 full. I assume it's the cost keeping people away because who can afford that?
Went to my first concert in quite a long time yesterday. Saw Tdeschi Trucks and Whiskey Meyers. Well like three songs of Whiskey Meyers and that was enough. Anyway, HOLY [expletive] is it expensive. Tickets were 140 each. Parking was another 25, that used to be free. Water 8 bucks, but beer....beer was 22.50. For the record we didn't buy anything.
This was the first concert I've ever been to at Riverport that they did not open up the lawn. Also the seats were probably 2/3 full. I assume it's the cost keeping people away because who can afford that?
That is really expensive... for those bands. I remember the first time I broke the $100/ticket barrier: Rolling Stones at Soldier Field in 2005. I thought that was a huge deal. Now, it seems to be the going rate.
I don't remember parking ever being free out at Riverport, and the first time I went there was 1992.
On a related note, I am a big fan of Susan Tedeschi. I hope you enjoyed her performance.
Got to see The Offspring and Jimmy Eat World last week. Both were great. Then I have Nine Inch Nails in Tampa on the 10th that I’m super pumped for. Haven’t seen them live yet.
Went to my first concert in quite a long time yesterday. Saw Tdeschi Trucks and Whiskey Meyers. Well like three songs of Whiskey Meyers and that was enough. Anyway, HOLY [expletive] is it expensive. Tickets were 140 each. Parking was another 25, that used to be free. Water 8 bucks, but beer....beer was 22.50. For the record we didn't buy anything.
This was the first concert I've ever been to at Riverport that they did not open up the lawn. Also the seats were probably 2/3 full. I assume it's the cost keeping people away because who can afford that?
That is really expensive... for those bands. I remember the first time I broke the $100/ticket barrier: Rolling Stones at Soldier Field in 2005. I thought that was a huge deal. Now, it seems to be the going rate.
I don't remember parking ever being free out at Riverport, and the first time I went there was 1992.
On a related note, I am a big fan of Susan Tedeschi. I hope you enjoyed her performance.
Oh they were fantastic. I've seen them twice before and always enjoyed them. Then ended with a cover of Joe Cocker's cover of "with a little help from my friends." it was epic.
Got to see The Offspring and Jimmy Eat World last week. Both were great. Then I have Nine Inch Nails in Tampa on the 10th that I’m super pumped for. Haven’t seen them live yet.
The dream of the 90s is ALIVE in ICE.
Seriously though, I've never seen NIN and would have a blast, even if I never listened to say the last 15 years of Trent's output (apart from his excellent film work)
