Rush was probably my last arena show too. I used to go to a lot of shows, but alas, no more. So most of my current shows are festival acts.
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
Riley ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Liese S. - Apr 13, 2011 9:52:05 am PDT #4388 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
DavidS - Apr 13, 2011 10:15:42 am PDT #4389 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My last arena show was taking Emmett to see The Stooges. But even that wasn't a real stadium - it was at the Orpheum. Still it was my first non-club music event in a long time.
Atropa - Apr 13, 2011 10:26:02 am PDT #4390 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
As in BIG arena? Hmmm. Probably Rob Zombie & Ozzy Osbourne. MCR played smaller venues for this tour, and there is no way on this earth I would call Showbox SODO an arena.
Which means that my next big arena show will be Slayer & Rob Zombie. I sense a theme here.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 13, 2011 10:30:31 am PDT #4391 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think my last show at anything bigger than a theater was The Cure on the Wish tour. Unless outdoor music venues count, in which case it was Elvis Costello on the Brutal Youth tour with the Attractions. In terms of theater shows, I think Bauhaus was the last one I saw, which would be their last tour.
Jon B. - Apr 13, 2011 10:31:41 am PDT #4392 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jeez, probably AC/DC or else Neil Young, both in the late 80s or early 90s. I only ever saw Nirvana in tiny clubs (heh).
Jon B. - Apr 13, 2011 10:41:23 am PDT #4393 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Surely a few of those could have been dropped for some Neutral Milk Hotel, Husker Du or Mission of Burma.
I stand corrected. Hüsker Dü are listed, but düe to the ümlaüts, and poor coding, it appears as "HÅsker DÅ". Also, they only include their worst album (Warehouse)!
Scrappy - Apr 13, 2011 10:50:30 am PDT #4394 of 6436
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Crowded House at Wolf Trap, I think. Does the Hollywood Bowl count as an arena?
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2011 10:55:30 am PDT #4395 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The last arena show I saw was My Chem or Pete Seeger at Madison Square Garden. Pretty sure it was Pete.
Since then, however, I've seen Springsteen in a stadium my friends.
The venue I seem to be at the most is the Stone Pony. I think it holds about a thousand.
Laga - Apr 13, 2011 11:10:54 am PDT #4396 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Atropa - Apr 13, 2011 11:20:40 am PDT #4397 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The venue I seem to be at the most is the Stone Pony. I think it holds about a thousand.
I think Showbox SODO is the venue I end up at the most often. Previously it was El Corazon, but I have finally decided that there is no point to putting up with the shitty sound and sight lines. (I have seen Peter Murphy there. I have seen the Sisters of Mercy there. I don't think there is ANY performer that can redeem that venue, but if Tom Waits or MCR decide to do a show there, I'll give it another try.)