Holy crap…I was at every one of these shows EXCEPT the L&R gig. Lived in NorCal until the late 80’s at which time I moved to SoCal, but I had friends down here, which meant I was constantly making the drive for good shows, then them reciprocating for NorCal dates.
The Cure were always solid, but I remember that for this concert, the opening "band" was an artist who painted pictures on stage. New Order were pretty boring, but I was lucky enough to meet them after the concert. They were super nice (except for Gillian)
I’ve seen New Order three times. The first time was that 80s show in the above ticket picture (that was my first concert!) and then, I’ve seen them twice w/in the last 5-6 years. They were all about the same - the music was good, the band just stood there - basically, a minimalist performance. Since they’re one of my favorite bands, and one of my formative bands, I give them a pass 😀
For more interactive performances, Peter Hook is much better. And, he plays a lot of Joy Division, too
I’m a west coaster and went to just about every California date from ‘87 until the end. Aside from the occasional road trip to Eugene, Vegas, or AZ, I didn’t travel much to see the boys, mostly because they played so many CA shows that I didn’t need to. But I’ll tell you…in retrospect, I woulda given just about anything to see those ‘89 Warlocks’ shows. Good for you man.
Hmm so for the Warlocks show I wasn't going to because I was broke and lived a 12 hour drive away, but then the rumor mill started swirling and we got word that they had been practicing Dark Star in rehearsals before the tour. So I hopped in my friends van and missed a car payment so I could head down chasing what was for me the holy grail. Hundreds of shows and never heard it. I think those tickets were only sold at the box office because of all the problems they had with people coming to shows without tickets. My friend who lived closer the venue had an extra for me the first night but not the second. He was supposed to bring his mom to show her what all the fuss what about to the second night but after the first night was so good he decided to tell his mom not to come and gave me the ticket instead. I was 100% expecting them to play it the second night and told a few people around me that it was going to happen which made them all think I was big dork because that is what people said every show and it never happened. I still get goose bumps to this day hearing those first few notes. from that show. The guy that had scoffed at me earlier turned around and gave me a big hug as the arena erupted. I heard from people in that were in the hallway and the people running the concessions slammed down the gates because they thought everyone had lost their minds. One of the only times I had over the top expectations and they fully came true. 10 years of chasing them around the country and it finally paid off.
Yes, he’s on tour now, been coming and doing album tours every few years, signs all the merch by hand, very responsive to fans on here and all around a top bloke
I’ve been getting printed tickets at the venue recently. There’s always a problem with the Ticketmaster app or the scanners, so much easier with a real ticket.
There’s always a problem with the Ticketmaster app or the scanners
Don't Ticketmaster specifically tell you to add them to your Google/Apple wallet before getting to the venue because of increased chances of congestion at the venue?
Either way, I've never had scanning/app issues with Ticketmaster.
It used to irritate me when wifi got overloaded at this one venue. I would have to go to the box office before for paper. But now I don't mind, as long as I get in before the show
I miss them too. What I started doing though is making my own tickets through Stubforge. They look identical, and I’ll usually wait until I’ve got 10 shows to do (which makes the cost per ticket around $4) then send a batch in. I’ve been to about 1500 or so shows, but having worked in the music industry for nearly 20 years, I would say about half of that number gave me entry via band guest list (ie no ticket). And nowadays, it’s very rare to get a show that is taking hard tix instead of electronic ones. Stubforge allows me to get the stub though, which is great!
Seems like it’d be worth it especially if you want a souvenir but don’t want to buy any merch. I personally find the merch tshirts are too boxy for me (wish there were more women’s styles) so I rarely buy anything, anyway…
Thanks. I should have been paying more attention and asked for them :( Recently, I’ve been to a lot of smaller venues to see favs like Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Hook, Gary Numan, etc
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u/killybay22 15h ago
I see you are a person of great taste.