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Originally posted by bendable:
How do you folks tolerate the huge volume levels,

I tried just foam plugs,
That was not satisfactory at all
The music was so badly muted that it was not an enjoyable experience.

I want great sound quality at 1/3 the volume.

My hearing is bad enough that it's like having it reduced

Per my above, my last 2 shows were attended from the concessions, so that knocks the volume down a bit.

Literally just got home from seeing Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Great show.

BTW, my daughter gifted me some Eargasm ear plugs; they help a lot. Even with them, my ears are ringing pretty bad, we were in the front row.

Got half way through Allison Krause a couple of weeks ago before getting rained out of the amphitheater.

If you like the genre, saw Trampled By Turtles earlier this year, a really great show. Lots of energy.

On tap for concessions duty:
5/24: Buzzfest: Chevelle, Marilyn Manson, Blue October, POD. Evans Blue, Sleep Theory, Bad Wolves
5/31: Simple Minds

Probably sign up for Styx & Pierce the Veil as well.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
5/24: Buzzfest: Chevelle, Marilyn Manson, Blue October, POD. Evans Blue, Sleep Theory, Bad Wolves

Chevelle & POD were great, Blue October was good. Don't think Bad Wolves was there or I didn't notice.

I saw Ray Wylie Hubbard earlier this month and Sturgill Simpson last week. Sturgill has the best show going, comes out right on time with no opening act and plays pretty much non-stop for exactly 3 hours. Jam-band style, flowing from one song into another all evening long. This is the third time I’ve seen him this tour and he’s consistently good.

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Originally posted by lyman:
in the past year or so ,

Gary Numan
OMD
Remain in the Light (Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew playing Talking Heads)
Les Claypool with Sean Lennon, flying frog brigade

Ritchie Kotzen,

Squeeze/Psydelic Furs, 2x's about a week apart,

got tickets to see Morrissey next week,

and Steel Panthers,

eta

English Beat

OMD this past Friday Night, Linicoln in DC,




going to see Simple Minds and Ex-TC (terry chambers and 2 dudes playing XTC music) next month,

English Beat again in August,


and probably Phantogram as well

I'll be seeing [hearing] Simple Minds on their Houston stop.
May not be getting the full experience, but I get to 'see' these shows for free & raise $$ for our HS Band/Guard at the same time.

Most recent show was Buddy Guy/Tedeschi Trucks Band @Mitchell Pavilion. It was awesome.

Next up is Weird Al. This will be our second time seeing him. Incredibly high energy and fun.

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Originally posted by tigereye313:
Most recent show was Buddy Guy/Tedeschi Trucks Band @Mitchell Pavilion. It was awesome.

Next up is Weird Al. This will be our second time seeing him. Incredibly high energy and fun.

I worked concessions for TTB, they were really good.
I'll likely be there for Weird Al too, unless my daughter convinces me to get tickets.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
I'll be seeing [hearing] Simple Minds on their Houston stop.
May not be getting the full experience, but I get to 'see' these shows for free & raise $$ for our HS Band/Guard at the same time.

Simple Minds was pretty good.
Opened by Modern English & Soft Cell. Most of the concession booth was singing along on the big hit singles.

Tyler Childers tomorrow night. New one for me, can't say I know any of his music.
Edit: TC, the music was good, didn't know the songs & couldn't understand the lyrics from concessions.

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Demon Hunter just announced a new album coming soon along with a tour coming in Sept/Oct. with War of Ages. I’ve got my ticket for the Dallas show Sept. 28th. Can’t wait!

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
I'll be seeing [hearing] Simple Minds on their Houston stop.
May not be getting the full experience, but I get to 'see' these shows for free & raise $$ for our HS Band/Guard at the same time.

Simple Minds was pretty good.
Opened by Modern English & Soft Cell. Most of the concession booth was singing along on the big hit singles.

Tyler Childers tomorrow night. New one for me, can't say I know any of his music.
Edit: TC, the music was good, didn't know the songs & couldn't understand the lyrics from concessions.

from the seated area at Merriwether post,

Simple Minds was fantastic,
Modern English was really good,
Soft Cell was the disappointment, not good at all,


to follow up on my other post

EX TC was fantastic

also have tics to see Del McCoury this fall, and David Byrne

Standing in line about to go in for Weird Al.
Birthday gift for our oldest daughter

Puddles Pity Party for the opener, singing clown...interesting.

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Originally posted by ugeesta:
Saw TOOL last week. We had great seats off to the side. Was able to watch Maynard pretty clearly.
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They are so good live. The last concert I went to was Tool in 2012 at Harriet Island! General admission, got totally separated from my group when they came on stage but made it to the front. I locked arms with some rando and we held that spot for the whole show jamming out right in front of Justin Chancellor.

The "juggler" was very cool, especially around the end of Lateralus, at about 9:30.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Standing in line about to go in for Weird Al.
Birthday gift for our oldest daughter

Puddles Pity Party for the opener, singing clown...interesting.

saw Puddles a few years ago,
before the show, he walked thru and shook everyone's hand,
everyone,,

and a fantastic show,

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Originally posted by lyman:

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Standing in line about to go in for Weird Al.
Birthday gift for our oldest daughter

Puddles Pity Party for the opener, singing clown...interesting.

saw Puddles a few years ago,
before the show, he walked thru and shook everyone's hand,
everyone,,

and a fantastic show,

Both were great, Puddles was hilarious & came back to do a duet with Al.

Haven't been to a live show since Jerry died.....

Saw "Flying High Again" ozzy tribute band Saturday night. Give it a 7.5 or 8 out of 10. They actually did best playing the three or four old black sabbath songs on their set list. Played about 2.25 hours.

Next month, going to Zoso, led zep tribute band. Nice place called Bijou Theater in downtown Knoxville.

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Originally posted by pace40:
Haven't been to a live show since Jerry died.....

Give Sturgill Simpson (aka Johnny Blue Skies) a try. His live shows are very Dead-ish.