[Powderworks] Question to US concert goers
Randy Van Vliet
bigdaddyrv@yahoo.com
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:20:08 -0800 (PST)
the Fillmore in SF was not body to body uncomfortable,
but i'd say 800 to 1,000. good turnout. Better than
for most shows there.
Randy
--- Bawolski@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/28/2001 2:32:44 PM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> tanya@gil.com.au writes:
>
>
> > Just a quick question for those who have been
> going to the US shows...What
> > have the numbers been at the various venues? in
> the hundreds, 20 or 50?
> >
> > Plus if any of you do get to speak to the guys how
> about suggesting a B
> > side tour. In ten years of following them around
> the Oz shows its always
> > the same ol songs. Yes they are the greatest but
> they have soooooo many
> > other songs that never get played. Just a
> suggestion. Someone only needs to
> > plant the seed.
> >
> > tanya
> >
>
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> > Whatever you say
> > It's the price of peace to remember that day
> > This city of Blossom and Blood
> > This city suffered more than it should
> >
>
> The crowds for the shows I attended were definitely
> in the hundreds. One had
> to be
> sold out (in fact I think it was oversold - it was
> packed!) and the other was
> close to
> being full. Both venues held around 800 to 1000
> people, I believe.
> From what I saw of the setlists that were posted
> from Australian dates
> earlier this
> year, I think you guys will hear a few more "rare"
> songs than we will, which
> makes
> sense since they play a lot more often down there.
> In trying to sort of
> re-establish
> themselves in the states I think the band probably
> feels the need to play
> more of
> a "greatest hits" type set here than it does there.
> Of course the hard core
> fans
> like us want to hear stuff that's more rare or maybe
> our personal favorites
> that don't
> get played much (I'd love to hear Pictures). But I
> don't have any complaints
> about
> what they did play when I saw them.
> Mike
>
>
>
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