Over the next few months, the Smashing Pumpkins, Danzig, Faith No More, Incubus, the Deftones, and the Foo Fighters are either coming to Tulsa, Dallas (4-4 1/2 hour drive) or Oklahoma City (1 hour drive) I have the Faith No More and the Smashing Pumpkins tickets squared away, now I need to work on the rest, The Incubus/Deftones dual headlining show is probably the one I'll try the hardest to get.
What shows are coming to your neck of the woods?
Quote from: bugo on April 23, 2015, 01:34:02 PMFaith No More
I knew it had to happen. Thanks for the tip. Sure hope I can make this happen.
There are a lot of can-miss shows for me so far, nothing special. I'd go see the Replacements on Monday if it weren't a gazillion dollars a ticket like all the new festivals happening here.
Not sure who's exactly coming, but thanks to the Levitt AMP Your City project, Trenton will get it's chance to use the city as a venue during July and September. (http://concerts.levittamp.org/trenton) I'm not much of a concert person (my ears already are permanently ringing anyway), but I may have to sweep in during the Summer just to support my capital city.
I may see the Smashing Pumpkins if they're in the area, but I've already started on preliminary plans for the summer.
The Pumpkins show is part of a small tour called the Plainsong tour. The show is going to be acoustic with some electro beats.
I'm going to see Godsmack in Montclair, NJ on May 12. They are playing a small venue, I was kind of surprised. I don't have any other concert plans yet, but I'm hoping to get to a few more shows.
Quote from: bugo on April 23, 2015, 05:02:43 PM
The Pumpkins show is part of a small tour called the Plainsong tour. The show is going to be acoustic with some electro beats.
Sounds cool. Unfortunately the closest show to me is Pittsburgh.
Quote from: Zeffy on April 23, 2015, 03:24:57 PM
Not sure who's exactly coming, but thanks to the Levitt AMP Your City project, Trenton will get it's chance to use the city as a venue during July and September. (http://concerts.levittamp.org/trenton) I'm not much of a concert person (my ears already are permanently ringing anyway), but I may have to sweep in during the Summer just to support my capital city.
Trenton once had a somewhat legendary venue in the City Gardens. Like a lot of things in Trenton, it ended up run down, but apparently the building is still there waiting for its next act:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Gardens
I'm going to see Rush at Madison Square Garden this summer.
And also a couple other bands that my girlfriend wants to see on other dates. But meh, details. RUSH.
Alas, I got shut out of the Dead shows in Chicago, and I ain't goin to Cali. :banghead: My consolation may be a side trip to the Speedway to see the Stones when I'm in Indy.
Quote from: Duke87 on April 23, 2015, 09:11:30 PM
I'm going to see Rush at Madison Square Garden this summer.
And also a couple other bands that my girlfriend wants to see on other dates. But meh, details. RUSH.
Wow. TIL Clockwork Angels is pretty good. Especially if you like the stuff up to and possibly including Grace Under Pressure (but not Power Windows) and were wondering if the 1980s ruined Rush for good (asking for a friend :-). There's like, *music* there. And the songs go places. I'm late to the "Rush is back" party, but ... Rush is back!
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 23, 2015, 06:50:45 PM
Trenton once had a somewhat legendary venue in the City Gardens. Like a lot of things in Trenton, it ended up run down, but apparently the building is still there waiting for its next act:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Gardens
I remember that place - saw the Ramones there back in the early 90s.
Quote from: kurumi on April 23, 2015, 10:33:45 PM
Wow. TIL Clockwork Angels is pretty good. Especially if you like the stuff up to and possibly including Grace Under Pressure (but not Power Windows) and were wondering if the 1980s ruined Rush for good (asking for a friend :-). There's like, *music* there. And the songs go places. I'm late to the "Rush is back" party, but ... Rush is back!
Agreed to some extent. Clockwork Angels is way better than anything they've done in a long time. Some actual memorable songs, and Alex has apparently decided that it's OK again to throw in a guitar solo or two. I saw them twice about 17 years apart - Presto tour in 1990 and Snakes and Arrows, each following a somewhat mediocre at best album. I would've liked to see them again after Angels, but they'll probably be around for awhile yet (unlike Genesis - still kicking myself for skipping the '07 tour). Will have to look into catching Faith No More again too...
QuoteI'm going to see Rush at Madison Square Garden this summer.
We'll be seeing them in Montreal.
While not really going to it, I'll be working/rigging at the Rick Springfield concert in a couple weeks. Not sure after that
I'll be hitting the road to see Rush: Tulsa, Lincoln, and Toronto for sure. Hoping to add some other stops, too. Chicago, St. Louis, and Columbus are also on the radar, but affordable tickets are scarce now.
Perhaps I can squeeze in the pursuit of old alignments whenever the schedule (and the temperament(s) of my passengers) permits.
Be on the lookout for the Indiana "RUSH ROX" license plate. I'll be all over the place this spring/summer.
Seeing the Rolling Stones when they come to town in June.
While many people in this Forum may regard Billy Joel as wimpy, he'll be playing the last concert at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on August 4 before the arena is shuttered for renovation or political indecision or whatever the reason of the day may be. I'm not planning to attend, but I figure I'd throw this out there for anyone wanting to make the trip to Long Island.
Billy Joel in May, and the Who in October.
Incubus/Deftones are coming to NJ in August. I'm there. There's also one of those 90s "we're getting older but don't want to feel that way" tours with Barenaked Ladies, eh?
Quote from: Rushmeister on April 24, 2015, 05:10:25 PM
I'll be hitting the road to see Rush: Tulsa, Lincoln, and Toronto for sure. Hoping to add some other stops, too. Chicago, St. Louis, and Columbus are also on the radar, but affordable tickets are scarce now.
Perhaps I can squeeze in the pursuit of old alignments whenever the schedule (and the temperament(s) of my passengers) permits.
Be on the lookout for the Indiana "RUSH ROX" license plate. I'll be all over the place this spring/summer.
When you're in Tulsa, holla at me and we can have lunch or dinner. Do you like BBQ? I know a great barbecue joint in Tulsa. I can also show you some interesting road related sites in the Tulsa area.
Quote from: Alps on April 25, 2015, 02:09:46 AM
Incubus/Deftones are coming to NJ in August. I'm there. There's also one of those 90s "we're getting older but don't want to feel that way" tours with Barenaked Ladies, eh?
I went to a show that the Barenaked Ladies were headlining. I went there to see the three opening artists (Neilson Hubbard, Garrison Starr, and K's Choice) and once K's Choice's set was over, we left. None of us had any desire to watch the Barenaked Ladies.
As far as the Deftones/Incubus tour, there is a stop in Dallas that I'm going to attempt to make. I have never seen Incubus, and I'd like to see the Deftones again.
Quote from: Alps on April 25, 2015, 02:09:46 AM
Incubus/Deftones are coming to NJ in August. I'm there. There's also one of those 90s "we're getting older but don't want to feel that way" tours with Barenaked Ladies, eh?
I'd like to see the Deftones again. I saw them years ago with Godsmack, and since I'm seeing Godsmack next month, it would be cool to see the Deftones again. I've never seen Incubus, so it would also be cool to see them. It would be nice to go back to my late teens/early 20s; even if it is just for one day. I'm totally down to go to this. Where are they playing?
Quote from: bugo on April 25, 2015, 04:46:42 AM
Quote from: Alps on April 25, 2015, 02:09:46 AM
Incubus/Deftones are coming to NJ in August. I'm there. There's also one of those 90s "we're getting older but don't want to feel that way" tours with Barenaked Ladies, eh?
I went to a show that the Barenaked Ladies were headlining. I went there to see the three opening artists (Neilson Hubbard, Garrison Starr, and K's Choice) and once K's Choice's set was over, we left. None of us had any desire to watch the Barenaked Ladies.
As far as the Deftones/Incubus tour, there is a stop in Dallas that I'm going to attempt to make. I have never seen Incubus, and I'd like to see the Deftones again.
I've just recently been rediscovering K's Choice. Somehow I'd completely forgotten about them.
Even though it's only ten miles at most from my front door I've never pulled the trigger on Rock on the Range (http://rockontherange.com/lineup.html). I've never really been to a show that big anyway, I'm not sure it's the kind of thing I'd like.
I just saw that Dinosaur Jr. and Primus are playing together at one of the big outdoor stages here this summer.
A couple of years ago I got brought to Solid Sound, the three-day festival put on by Wilco all over the grounds of Mass. MoCA, the factory-complex-turned-art-museum in North Adams. I realized I don't love Wilco, but it was a hell of a venue to fill with thousands of people and beer. The steep price will probably stop me from going again this June, but I'm at least mulling it over.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 25, 2015, 08:20:24 AM
I just saw that Dinosaur Jr. and Primus are playing together at one of the big outdoor stages here this summer.
I saw them both together at Lollapalooza in 93. It wasn't until a little later that I really began to appreciate Dinosaur Jr., so I would've liked to see them again. Unfortunately, a festival of 90s acts sounds kind of depressing to me, like Mid-Life Crisis Fest.
Love em or hate em, but the Rolling Stones are touring again.
I know many of my coworkers and even my friends or present and who I interacted with 30 years ago either think or thought Mick Jagger should retire. Despite them still being popular over 50 years which is a great accomplishment, still many feel that they are too overrated.
Quote from: Roadrunner75 on April 25, 2015, 02:15:45 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 25, 2015, 08:20:24 AM
I just saw that Dinosaur Jr. and Primus are playing together at one of the big outdoor stages here this summer.
I saw them both together at Lollapalooza in 93. It wasn't until a little later that I really began to appreciate Dinosaur Jr., so I would've liked to see them again. Unfortunately, a festival of 90s acts sounds kind of depressing to me, like Mid-Life Crisis Fest.
I saw Dinosaur Jr back in 2007 or 2008 at Cain's Ballroom. J Mascis' hair is grey and he looks totally different than he did back in the early days. They put on a good show. Lou Barlow rejoined the band for this tour. He's a hell of a bass player.
As for the '90s package tours, I don't find them depressing at all. I listened to some of the great '90s bands way back when I was in high school. They produced most of the greatest music ever recorded. The reason for a tour like this is simple: contemporary music sucks. There have been maybe a dozen bands that had debut albums after 2000 (really after 1996 or so) that I enjoy. Music has reached a nadir and many of the more popular rock bands are terrible and wouldn't have stood a chance in the '90s. The '90s bands look very appealing compared to '10s bands.
In the '80s and very early '90s pop metal ruled the airwaves and MTV. Everybody loved bands like Whitesnake, Def Leppard, and Poison. There was an unwritten rule that every pop metal album should have at least one power ballad. By 1990 or so, the genre was tired and some of the established pop metal bands put out terrible albums. New bands popped up like Trixter, Firehouse, and Damn Yankees who were awful and wrote songs of questionable quality. These bands had a modicum of success until Nirvana came along and abruptly ended those bands' careers. Nirvana's breakthrough success paved the way for bands like Pearl Jam, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Nine Inch Nails. Nirvana made a lot of bands popular but they ended the careers of so many pop metal bands. These bands fell off the face of the earth when alternative rock took over. Metal music of any kind was suddenly terribly unhip and uncool, and pop metal was the geekiest of them all.
I liked some of the pop metal bands when I was young but when I discovered alternative rock I quit listening to pop metal. The day I heard that Vince Neil was fired from Mötley Crüe was the beginning of the end of pop metal for me. It got worse and worse and I started gravitating to thrash metal bands and classic metal bands like Maiden and Priest and after '92, alternative bands. I fell in love with some of the '90s alternative bands and I still listen to these bands to this day.
Bottom line is that we're at the same place musically that we were at in 1992. It's time for somebody to come along and end some careers and save music for at least 5-10 years.
We need a new Nirvana.
Quote from: bugo on April 26, 2015, 01:47:51 AM
Quote from: Roadrunner75 on April 25, 2015, 02:15:45 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 25, 2015, 08:20:24 AM
I just saw that Dinosaur Jr. and Primus are playing together at one of the big outdoor stages here this summer.
I saw them both together at Lollapalooza in 93. It wasn't until a little later that I really began to appreciate Dinosaur Jr., so I would've liked to see them again. Unfortunately, a festival of 90s acts sounds kind of depressing to me, like Mid-Life Crisis Fest.
I saw Dinosaur Jr back in 2007 or 2008 at Cain's Ballroom. J Mascis' hair is grey and he looks totally different than he did back in the early days. They put on a good show. Lou Barlow rejoined the band for this tour. He's a hell of a bass player.
As for the '90s package tours, I don't find them depressing at all. I listened to some of the great '90s bands way back when I was in high school. They produced most of the greatest music ever recorded. The reason for a tour like this is simple: contemporary music sucks. There have been maybe a dozen bands that had debut albums after 2000 (really after 1996 or so) that I enjoy. Music has reached a nadir and many of the more popular rock bands are terrible and wouldn't have stood a chance in the '90s. The '90s bands look very appealing compared to '10s bands.
In the '80s and very early '90s pop metal ruled the airwaves and MTV. Everybody loved bands like Whitesnake, Def Leppard, and Poison. There was an unwritten rule that every pop metal album should have at least one power ballad. By 1990 or so, the genre was tired and some of the established pop metal bands put out terrible albums. New bands popped up like Trixter, Firehouse, and Damn Yankees who were awful and wrote songs of questionable quality. These bands had a modicum of success until Nirvana came along and abruptly ended those bands' careers. Nirvana's breakthrough success paved the way for bands like Pearl Jam, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Nine Inch Nails. Nirvana made a lot of bands popular but they ended the careers of so many pop metal bands. These bands fell off the face of the earth when alternative rock took over. Metal music of any kind was suddenly terribly unhip and uncool, and pop metal was the geekiest of them all.
I liked some of the pop metal bands when I was young but when I discovered alternative rock I quit listening to pop metal. The day I heard that Vince Neil was fired from Mötley Crüe was the beginning of the end of pop metal for me. It got worse and worse and I started gravitating to thrash metal bands and classic metal bands like Maiden and Priest and after '92, alternative bands. I fell in love with some of the '90s alternative bands and I still listen to these bands to this day.
Bottom line is that we're at the same place musically that we were at in 1992. It's time for somebody to come along and end some careers and save music for at least 5-10 years.
We need a new Nirvana.
I agree with all of it, and good analysis. And while a festival of 90s bands might be depressing to me more for just getting old(er), I probably wouldn't consider a festival of 00/10s acts at all. I think also I just played that period to death, so I can't take large doses at once. As for D Jr, I didn't keep up with them after the late 90s and into their second Lou period. I still will play Without a Sound and the 2 albums before it - mid-period no-Lou DJr I guess. Didn't much care for the album after Sound, but I think by that point it was pretty much just J Mascis solo.