The Live Music thread...

[sancarlos]

Headed to DFW Saturday with one of my oldest friends to catch Vandoliers and Sam Morrow at some free concert series they put on in Arlington during the summer. Bringing home my wife’s favorite meal ever (fried chicken from Babe’s Chicken Dinner) for a Mother’s Day dinner. It was her idea for me to go since I had passed on going to a different show last month, and it was my idea for the dinner, so basically I won points while getting to take a road trip to see a concert during this weekend of all weekends. I’m better than OK!

Sounds like a blast!

[Giff]

Headed to DFW Saturday with one of my oldest friends to catch Vandoliers and Sam Morrow at some free concert series they put on in Arlington during the summer. Bringing home my wife’s favorite meal ever (fried chicken from Babe’s Chicken Dinner) for a Mother’s Day dinner. It was her idea for me to go since I had passed on going to a different show last month, and it was my idea for the dinner, so basically I won points while getting to take a road trip to see a concert during this weekend of all weekends. I’m better than OK!

Sounds like a blast!

With this friend 10 years ago it would sound like trouble. He’s sober-ish now so I guess we will see!

[mister d]

Have to sell Echo & the Bunnymen next Friday because the 8U all-star game got moved which means we'll never know "would Mister D have gone to the venue where he thought it was (Flatbush) or would he have checked tickets and gone to the right one (Williamsburg)".

[DaveInSeattle]

Has anyone seen LCD Soundsystem?

They are doing 4 nights here, starting tomorrow, and I missed out on the regular tickets. But I just checked on Stubhub and I can get tickets for a semi-reasonable price, and I'm wondering if its worth it.

[mister d]

Never seen them except the "final concert" doc which seemed pretty great. If they can get 75% of the way there on a normal night it seems worth it.

[Rush2112]

Tickets to see the remnants of the Grateful Dead in The Sphere acquired. Beyond pumped.

[govmentchedda]

Tickets to see the remnants of the Grateful Dead in The Sphere acquired. Beyond pumped.

Very jealous.

[brian]

Has anyone seen LCD Soundsystem?

They are doing 4 nights here, starting tomorrow, and I missed out on the regular tickets. But I just checked on Stubhub and I can get tickets for a semi-reasonable price, and I'm wondering if its worth it.

Saw them many moons ago and they’re pretty amazing live. Or were back when they were regularly touring at least.

[MaxWebster]

the fam and i went to some shed about 40 minutes south of Cleveland last night to see Noah Kahan. I think there were 20,000 people there - and pretty much everyone sang every freaking line. Stunned at how big this guy has gotten. He and the band were quite good live.

((also major points to the most positive and easygoing large crowd i've ever been in which came in handy seeing as it took *2 hours* to get out of the parking lots. Absolutely nobody was freaking out or causing a scene. can't un-recommend their parking system enough - Blossom Music Center))

[DSafetyGuy]

Blossom's parking was always not great. I assume having two-lane roads as the point of entry/departure still sucks.

[govmentchedda]

Headed there in September for The National and the War on Drugs. Good to know about the egress. Sounds like COTA in Austin.

[DSafetyGuy]

Headed there in September for The National and the War on Drugs. Good to know about the egress. Sounds like COTA in Austin.

As always, park to leave, if possible.

[MaxWebster]

yeah that's pretty bad but the worst (and now that i'm typing it i'm sure it's directly-related) is that there seemed to be just 1 exit out of the sea of parking lots to said road. We were relatively late to arrive and so parked in a distant lot (we're all good with the super long walk) which was painfully close to the road and yet we ended up one of the last cars allowed out. Literally 30 feet from the road so if there was an exit right there we could have been out 90 minutes earlier ... but then of course that would have flooded that small road.

I guess I'm saying pack some post-gig food and entertainment and fill your tank!

Blossom's parking was always not great. I assume having two-lane roads as the point of entry/departure still sucks.

[Ryan]

Taking the oldest and a friend to his first show in September - QOTSA at the Fenway Hall thing.

[govmentchedda]

Taking the oldest and a friend to his first show in September - QOTSA at the Fenway Hall thing.

That sounds like so much fun for a first show.

[brian]

Drive-By Truckers said they’re using a set list for the first time ever for their Southern Rock Opera Revisited tour. Makes sense I guess. SRO is like 80+ minutes on its own so there’s gonna have to be hard decisions made about what else gets played in each set on either side of that.

[sancarlos]

Drive-By Truckers said they’re using a set list for the first time ever for their Southern Rock Opera Revisited tour. Makes sense I guess. SRO is like 80+ minutes on its own so there’s gonna have to be hard decisions made about what else gets played in each set on either side of that.

You going to be in San Francisco by chance when they do two nights here near the end of the month? Nobody here wants to go with me.

[mister d]

Irony thread?

[brian]

Drive-By Truckers said they’re using a set list for the first time ever for their Southern Rock Opera Revisited tour. Makes sense I guess. SRO is like 80+ minutes on its own so there’s gonna have to be hard decisions made about what else gets played in each set on either side of that.

You going to be in San Francisco by chance when they do two nights here near the end of the month? Nobody here wants to go with me.

I wish! But we don’t have any freight close to the Bay Area. Or at least us OTR drivers don’t. Sacto is as close as I’ve gotten and I’m OK with that.

[GoodKarma]

Currently waiting for the start of set 2 for Goose at Fiddler's Green in Denver...great show so far. Perfect weather...one of the only concerts I've been to where I don't know most of the songs.

[Giff]

Quick little roadie over to Austin later to see Murder By Death. Definitely worth a two-hour drive.

[govmentchedda]

Regretting giving up my ticket for last night's IDLES show at HoB Orlando. Photos giving me FOMO.

[brian]

DBT playing SRO in NO is Sunday. Cannot wait. Haven’t been to a show in a long time period and this might be a once in a lifetime deal to see it played in entirety

[Nonlinear FC]

This is a pretty regional/local thing, but they are bringing back the HFStival, which local legendary radio station WHFS used to put on in the 90s.

I don't know if it came before Lollapalooza and all that, but it was definitely on the front edge of putting together full day concerts with Alt Rock with really good bands.

Well, my wife and I were geeked up to get tickets and... $250 a pop. And, like, I would still consider it but it's really tough on principle. One of the nice things about the old concert was that it was very affordable. As a college kid or as a young professional, I don't ever remember even sweating the ticket price.

Bummer.

[govmentchedda]

This is a pretty regional/local thing, but they are bringing back the HFStival, which local legendary radio station WHFS used to put on in the 90s.

I don't know if it came before Lollapalooza and all that, but it was definitely on the front edge of putting together full day concerts with Alt Rock with really good bands.

Well, my wife and I were geeked up to get tickets and... $250 a pop. And, like, I would still consider it but it's really tough on principle. One of the nice things about the old concert was that it was very affordable. As a college kid or as a young professional, I don't ever remember even sweating the ticket price.

Bummer.

That lineup is amazing. I'll already be at the National and War on Drugs show that weekend though.

[bfj]

I know I’m probably alone with my love of Phish, but I’m seeing Trey with the National Symphony in VA in 2 weeks and I just scored tickets to 2 of the 4 nights of the Phish festival in DE this summer.

[DSafetyGuy]

This is a pretty regional/local thing, but they are bringing back the HFStival, which local legendary radio station WHFS used to put on in the 90s.

I don't know if it came before Lollapalooza and all that, but it was definitely on the front edge of putting together full day concerts with Alt Rock with really good bands.

Well, my wife and I were geeked up to get tickets and... $250 a pop. And, like, I would still consider it but it's really tough on principle. One of the nice things about the old concert was that it was very affordable. As a college kid or as a young professional, I don't ever remember even sweating the ticket price.

Bummer.

Wait to purchase tickets. Yesterday, I read "The Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tours" at Stereogum, a piece about how a couple big acts (Black Keys, Jennifer Lopez) pulled the plug and canceled their entire tours.

One of the points made in the column by a guy named Tony is that a lot of ticket pricing is creating the hype around the event, driving people to buy early. Tony runs the Twitter account @UnderFaceValue, which is an account that follows the event ticketing industry and his takeaway is to wait. His account points out that the following tickets have been on sale recently:

Jason Isbell in Evans, Georgia for $4 to get in the door (concert last Friday, price quoted the Monday before)
Vampire Weekend for $6 (fees included) in Phoenix last Sunday
Rolling Stones for $29 (fees included) in Seattle
Springsteen for $68 in Columbus (obstructed view for $24)
Caitlin Clark's first WNBA game for $3
Cavs-Celtics playoff game for $22
Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets dropping over 25% from April to May for a concert in July
George Strait and Chris Stapleton for $31 in the door

[Nonlinear FC]

Thanks, Drugs... very interesting.

[DaveInSeattle]

Thanks, Drugs... very interesting.

Me after watching "2001" for the first time...

[brian]

So weird to go to a Drive-By Truckers or Lucero show and realize how old the crowd is and they’re not being replaced with anyone younger. Whatever the hell Gen Z listens to this ain’t it.

[Giff]

Fellow SWT Bobcat alum now holds the record for largest single-ticketed concert in US history.

[brian]

Was just going to post that. Pretty impressive.

[brian]

Jack White needs to break it with a White Stripes reunion show at Michigan Stadium now. Including field level seating could easily get 120,000-125,000 people in there.

[Giff]

I love me some George Strait, but he is one of the most boring live acts I have ever seen. I probably would've gone had someone offered me a ticket, but no way was I going to spend any money on that.

[A_B]

I love me some George Strait, but he is one of the most boring live acts I have ever seen. I probably would've gone had someone offered me a ticket, but no way was I going to spend any money on that.

So boring. Great radio artist, lifeless show.

[brian]

Just occurred to me that Seven Nation Army has likely never actually been played live in a football stadium and that would be absolutely nuts. Hell, it was amazing to see it a couple weeks ago in front of 25,000 people at the concert to re-open the Michigan Central station in Detroit.

[wlu_lax6]

I love me some George Strait, but he is one of the most boring live acts I have ever seen. I probably would've gone had someone offered me a ticket, but no way was I going to spend any money on that.

So boring. Great radio artist, lifeless show.

Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler strongly disagrees.

[mister d]

Yeah well I’d like to see Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler say that to AB’s fucking face.

[wlu_lax6]

Yeah well I’d like to see Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler say that to AB’s fucking face.

[sancarlos]

A friend of mine is seeing the Rolling Stones tonight in Denver. The opening act is Widespread Panic. Never would’ve thought those two bands would be playing together.