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Title: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: Bags on August 10, 2011, 10:19:33 am

So no dice on presale floor tickets for the Verizon show.  Five of us trying, not one got in. 

Same thing happened for Philly show, PLUS none of us got floor tickets in the general sale either.

This is nuts -- like Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen nuts (although, we always get tix for those shows!).

I'm pretty flabbergasted.  I know we can stubhub it, but I have not resorted to that ever.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: Bags on August 10, 2011, 10:23:01 am

Already 100 floor seats up on StubHub for $140 and over.  Clearly the scalpers have a way in to TM.  Ggggrrrrr.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: sweetcell on August 10, 2011, 10:23:19 am

take your yellow-bellying here ;)

http://www.930.com/forum/index.php?topic=22271.0

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: Bags on August 10, 2011, 10:33:01 am

^ Wasn't up when I looked for a Foo thread...

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on August 10, 2011, 06:52:49 pm

How did Dave Grohl come from a band as incredible and innovative as Scream, to end up making such lamestream music as the Foo Fighters?

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 10, 2011, 07:10:23 pm

Quote from: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on August 10, 2011, 06:52:49 pm

How did Dave Grohl come from a band as incredible and innovative as Scream, to end up making such lamestream music as the Foo Fighters?

(http://www.barbaraling.com/greatfriends/cat-money-010.jpg)

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on August 11, 2011, 09:46:15 am

How much of Scream's innovative music was Grohl actually responsible for?

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: chaz on August 11, 2011, 10:40:35 am

He definitely did not play on their best two records.

And did any of you go to that Scream show a few months back?  I thought it was horrible.  I left after 5 or 6 songs.  And i'm no naysayer....I really wanted to like it. 

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on August 11, 2011, 02:41:43 pm

I went and was unfortunately sick so I did leave around 12:15.

I thought they were good but my wife - not a punk fan at all - thought Off! were much better.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on August 12, 2011, 08:12:37 pm

Quote from: StoneTheCrow on August 11, 2011, 09:46:15 am

How much of Scream's innovative music was Grohl actually responsible for?

that's a good point.   As for Walkie's cat-illustrated theory that he's doing it to cash in, one could argue that with his Nirvana links he could have had a following of backwards-capped fans no matter what he did, so he didn't really need to cash in.   Which brings me to the conclusion that he actually likes the drivel that the Foos tend towards.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: azaghal1981 on August 15, 2011, 02:25:45 am

How I know this board has completely changed: there is an eleven page Foo Fighters thread but when Jeff Mangum tickets went on sale and sold out, there were only a handful of posts even making references to the shows in JA.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on August 15, 2011, 09:00:19 am

music is like jean labels . . . everybody wants levis, lucky and calvin klein.  nobody wants wrangler.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: atomicfront on August 15, 2011, 05:22:03 pm

I have never seen a show in a big sports arena that was any good.  Be thankful that you saved some money. 

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: hutch on August 15, 2011, 05:51:47 pm

Quote from: atomicfront on August 15, 2011, 05:22:03 pm

I have never seen a show in a big sports arena that was any good.  Be thankful that you saved some money. 

Stop going to shitty shows at arenas! Pick a good one for a change!  ;D

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: azaghal1981 on August 15, 2011, 06:01:22 pm

Only been to one. Up in Smoke tour in 2000. And I have to say it was a shitload of fun.

Title: Re: WHAT is up with these Foo shows?!?
Post by: hutch on August 15, 2011, 07:10:51 pm

obviously ac dc kicks arena ass all over the world..

they did at verizon 2008.   ;D