why hasn't gang of four sold out yet?

[kosmo vinyl]

can't say, because the no smoking rule is an nyc law... and it was a scarastic remark because no smoking show rule.

[amnesiac]

Oh, that's right - I forgot that it was a NY show. And I completely agree about no smoking shows. The no smoking policy for the Arcade Fire made for an even more enjoyable show.

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by Mr Dodgy Slapper:
   

Originally posted by Sir HC:
  Hmm, this was around 95 I think, Gwen Mars opened up IIRC.  No blizzard.  Was a great show.  When they restarted with the album Mall.

I still have the ticket stubb from that last show at the old 930.  They toured for the Shrinkwrapped album.  The date was Saturday, Oct.7, 1995.  I had tickets for that show in 1992 but couldn't make it because of the blizzard but still have the used tickets.  
 
 I just saw them in Manchester earlier this year.  The venue didn't sell out until the night of the show here either.  But all who go are in for a great night of Entertainment. [/b]

I was at the old club for that show for Shrinkwrapped in '95! I can't wait for tonight! Got some folks going with tonight and it looks like I'll be in Philly tommorrow night as it's not sold out there either! Last show of the tour. Andy is a guitar god...plain & simple.....I bet Ian and the Fugazi boys are there tonight.....

[distance]

so did this show end up selling out? it was rather packed tonight.

[JonParker]

I don't know if it was sold out or not, but it was the best show ever.

[snailhook]

i don't think it ended up selling it out, but it was close.
 
 i also don't think it was the best show ever, but it may have been the best show of the year so far. andy gill is definitely a guitar god, and jon king was, surprisingly, fascinating to watch. in fact, they all were. my only complaint is that i could have used five or six more songs from "entertainment" and "solid gold" (they played about 70 minutes including the encore).

[djgolf]

I think I smoked half a pack just from breathing at the Go4 show Fri night.  Have people in DC not figured out that smoking is bad for you?  Jeez, even folks my age (old enough to know better) were blazing away.  Cat's  Cradle here in N.C. went smoke-free a year or so ago and attendance at their shows seems unaffected.  I dunno if I'm coming back to the 9:30 until they do the same...at least it's going to have to be someone I really really want to see.
 
 dj golf
 in the woods near chapel hill
 
 

Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
   

Originally posted by Mr Dodgy Slapper:
   

Originally posted by Sir HC:
  Hmm, this was around 95 I think, Gwen Mars opened up IIRC.  No blizzard.  Was a great show.  When they restarted with the album Mall.

I still have the ticket stubb from that last show at the old 930.  They toured for the Shrinkwrapped album.  The date was Saturday, Oct.7, 1995.  I had tickets for that show in 1992 but couldn't make it because of the blizzard but still have the used tickets.  
 
 I just saw them in Manchester earlier this year.  The venue didn't sell out until the night of the show here either.  But all who go are in for a great night of Entertainment. [/b]

I was at the old club for that show for Shrinkwrapped in '95! I can't wait for tonight! Got some folks going with tonight and it looks like I'll be in Philly tommorrow night as it's not sold out there either! Last show of the tour. Andy is a guitar god...plain & simple.....I bet Ian and the Fugazi boys are there tonight..... [/b]

[distance]

Originally posted by DJ Golf:
  I think I smoked half a pack just from breathing at the Go4 show Fri night.  Have people in DC not figured out that smoking is bad for you?  Jeez, even folks my age (old enough to know better) were blazing away.  Cat's  Cradle here in N.C. went smoke-free a year or so ago and attendance at their shows seems unaffected.  I dunno if I'm coming back to the 9:30 until they do the same...at least it's going to have to be someone I really really want to see.
 

i haven't been back to the cat's cradle since they stopped allowing smoking..  i'm very curious to see how different it is there... because every time i've been there it's been practically a wall of smoke.  looking forward to it though, just haven't made my way down to chapel hill since explosions in the sky @ local 506.

[kosmo vinyl]

yeah the set was a bit short there are still several classics left from the first two records, which of course didn't matter because i had a great time. a couple even from hard, but that was a different line-up

[amnesiac]

Great show - though it did seem alot smokier than usual...

[brennser]

interesting show, I didn't know what to expect
 
 they were quite entertaining and the bass player and drummer were tight (as an aside, the drummer was about as un rock n roll as you can get, he looked like one of my uncles!)
 
 they were also fairly intense, staring into the crowd - the whole microwave thing must have had Seth cjecking out his insurance policy as bits of microwave started flying into the front row  :roll:  
 
 also quite an aging laddish element up front, and to the arsehole who celebrated the first song by showering everyone with beer (props to staph for going in and getting him) I hope they threw you out so you missed the rest of the show - not cool at all

[bearman🐻]

That live version of "He'd Send in the Army" was UNREAL...not the best show ever, but definitely one of the best I've seen in a while. They were so damn tight. Sorry, but so much of these wannabe bands today pale compared to how wound up those guys sounded. It was superb.

[snailhook]

Sorry, but so much of these wannabe bands today pale compared to how wound up those guys sounded.

that's what i been sayin'!

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  yeah the set was a bit short there are still several classics left from the first two records, which of course didn't matter because i had a great time. a couple even from hard, but that was a different line-up

This show was mind blowing that's for sure.....I tried to make the Philly show the following night but it was sold out....there weren't any tracks from "Hard",but they did do one tune from "Songs of The Free" and one from "Shrinkwrapped"....I just listened to the show again and it sounds great!

[akarsh]

Anyone want to take a stab at posting a set list for Friday's show?