Denver show now at the Fillmore Auditorium

[idoru]

After lurking for a good year now this might be as good a time as any to finally post...

I chose the Denver event, like most of you, because it was at Red Rocks. I'd originally planned on going to the Hollywood Bowl until I saw this event listed. I knew Red Rocks was historic, the pictures I looked at were amazing and the video from when the Chemical Brothers played there were enough to make any Underworld fan wet themselves with excitement. Am I disappointed that it's not going to be there? You bet your ass I am. Do I understand that yeah, shit happens, and sometimes stuff like this is out of our control? Sure.

And think about it this way, if tickets didn't sell anywhere near enough at Red Rocks, then isn't that a good thing? If I wanted to have a mindblowing experience there, I'd want to turn around and see thousands of fans cheering and going nuts, not turn around and see seventy-five percent of the stadium empty. Plus the Fillmore allows us to get nice and close to the whole experience. There's a plus to everything, and there's no need to go out and try to maim the boys for it.

There's another reason the Denver show is special to me, aside from the venue. My dad is a huge music fan, and a total Springsteen whore. When I was 12 he took me to Denver to see him play. It was just my dad and I, on a trip for three days. We had tickets to the second night, but camped out the first day for tickets for the first night and I got to be on TV in the process. We had a blast, and we stuck around afterwards and I met the Boss himself, which really made my dad happy. I invited my dad to come along, because Underworld means as much to me as Springsteen to him, and given that it's Denver the whole trip means something special to the both of us. So Red Rocks or Fillmore, I really don't care at this point. We'll still be front and center, and we'll still have a great time.

Originally Posted by beh

I feel sorry for you guys. they didn't even come close to selling out 1/2 (probably not even 1/3) of the Warfield for show #2 (upstairs was roped off... closed, and atleast one bar closed downstairs), but they still played and gave it their all, I was down front, jumping around like a mad man with the rest of 'em.

but the lack of people really didn't matter, we rocked out, rocked out hard!

bh

I think the problem with that was how good of a job LiveNation and everybody did at not promoting it. Maybe I'm just missing everything, but I've seen zero advertising for the whole tour outside of UWLive and other music forums. Plus the Warfield show was announced much sooner than any of the other shows. It feels like the only people who know about the shows are the more hardcore of fans.
________
VOLCANO DIGITAL REVIEW

[sadie679]

[COLOR=black]Perhaps you are all way off beam and ur USA gov is to blame - tues 11th Sept - Osama video released Friday - here in UK music venues have recently been prime targets for terrorist activity, altho such attempts have thankfully been foiled by our special ops - indoor venues are much easier to secure and control than outdoor spaces - you might have just been saved from some untold carnage....[/COLOR]
[COLOR=black] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]In the UK seeing electronic music indoors is prized far more highly for the intensity involved, than outdoor open spaces, no matter how picuresque..... Give the guys a break, get with the program and be thankful that they've taken the trouble to grace your country with their inimitable presence - Moaners right enuff![/COLOR]
[COLOR=black] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]'When guests come, it is important to see them' ancient Zen saying[/COLOR]
[COLOR=black] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]sadie679 - Thinking outside the bar[/COLOR]