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Post by kds on Sept 2, 2022 13:01:35 GMT
I wasn't sure where to put this, and didn't think it was worthy of its own thread. I heard on the radio this morning that Jack White has a strict no cell phone policy at his shows. I kinda like it, and I've grown tired of seeing people holding up phones taking video or pictures, obstructing views. My 26 year old daughter got invited to go see Jack White from a nursing school friend whose boyfriend bought the tickets, but then couldn't go. I looked up the set start times and they were all after 9:15 PM or so. So my daughter decided that was too late on a school night and decided not to go. That's when you know your kid is growing up. I can relate. Headliners taking the stage after 9pm makes things tough. Thankfully, the Ringo show I'm scheduled to see next week has no opener (assuming the show actually happens).
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Post by carllove on Sept 2, 2022 14:31:50 GMT
My 26 year old daughter got invited to go see Jack White from a nursing school friend whose boyfriend bought the tickets, but then couldn't go. I looked up the set start times and they were all after 9:15 PM or so. So my daughter decided that was too late on a school night and decided not to go. That's when you know your kid is growing up. I can relate. Headliners taking the stage after 9pm makes things tough. Thankfully, the Ringo show I'm scheduled to see next week has no opener (assuming the show actually happens). Great thing about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson concerts was that they all start around 7 PM. I was very thankful for that.
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Post by kds on Sept 2, 2022 14:34:14 GMT
I can relate. Headliners taking the stage after 9pm makes things tough. Thankfully, the Ringo show I'm scheduled to see next week has no opener (assuming the show actually happens). Great thing about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson concerts was that they all start around 7 PM. I was very thankful for that. With the exception of that Sunday Matinee show I attended in 2015, each BB related show I've attended since 2012 has had an 8pm start time. Although, other than the first leg of the 2015 Brian Tour, there have been no opening acts.
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Post by carllove on Sept 2, 2022 15:44:06 GMT
Great thing about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson concerts was that they all start around 7 PM. I was very thankful for that. With the exception of that Sunday Matinee show I attended in 2015, each BB related show I've attended since 2012 has had an 8pm start time. Although, other than the first leg of the 2015 Brian Tour, there have been no opening acts. Brian started around 7:10 on June 20th when I saw him with Chicago, and Mike's band started at 7:40 at the Kaufman Center in February. Of course Brian was the opening act, so that could be why he started so early.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 2, 2022 16:01:31 GMT
I've never seen Brian have an opening act in all the times I've seen him. He was the opening act once, for Paul Simon, the first time I saw him. But since then, it has always been a standalone show (which I increasingly prefer for concerts), just him and nothing else.
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Post by kds on Sept 2, 2022 16:18:50 GMT
When I saw Brian in June 2015, he had an opener called Rodriguez, who I believe was just a solo acoustic act.
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Post by carllove on Sept 2, 2022 20:33:29 GMT
When I saw Brian in June 2015, he had an opener called Rodriguez, who I believe was just a solo acoustic act. Sixto Rodriguez? The guy from the documentary Searching for Sugarman?
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 2, 2022 23:36:24 GMT
I'm not sure if it was The Beach Boys or Brian Wilson, but I think it was Brian who I saw a few years ago at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, PA, and there was an opening act. It was a husband and wife duo, and they sang and played mostly acoustic instruments. They were pretty good; I remember them playing a Beatles' song that was impressive. After their performance, they autographed their CDs in the lobby. I wish I could remember their name(s). What a drag it is getting old...
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Post by lonelysummer on Sept 3, 2022 3:06:07 GMT
Mike and Bruce start at 6 pm Monday night. By the time intermission is included, it should be done by 9 pm.
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Post by kds on Sept 7, 2022 14:47:07 GMT
Tonight is the night.
I bought tickets to see Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band in November 2019, nearly three years ago.
The show was originally scheduled for June 2020, but postponed to June 2021 due to COVID, then again to June 2022 due to COVID. The tour began, but the Baltimore show was postponed again because Edgar Winter got COVID.
So, now, it's mere hours away.
I can't help thinking that some kind of nonsense will occur in the next nine hours.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 8, 2022 0:23:07 GMT
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Post by carllove on Sept 8, 2022 1:28:09 GMT
Tonight is the night. I bought tickets to see Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band in November 2019, nearly three years ago. The show was originally scheduled for June 2020, but postponed to June 2021 due to COVID, then again to June 2022 due to COVID. The tour began, but the Baltimore show was postponed again because Edgar Winter got COVID. So, now, it's mere hours away. I can't help thinking that some kind of nonsense will occur in the next nine hours. Expecting the review tomorrow!
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Post by kds on Sept 8, 2022 12:43:11 GMT
Well, it happened. After holding the tickets for nearly three years, and after three postponements, my wife and I finally saw Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band in Baltimore last night. The band played for about two hours. The 24 song setlist was split with twelve songs from Ringo's career as a Beatle and solo artist and 12 songs from the All Stars - Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather (Toto), Colin Hay (Men at Work), and Harnish Stuart (Average White Band) got three songs a piece. Bonus, as a casual fan of Men at Work and Toto, I got to hear the three biggest songs from those groups - Roseanna, Africa, Hold the Line and Down Under, Overkill, Who Can It Be Now. Last night's setlist has not been posted yet, but it was the same song list as the night prior www.setlist.fm/setlist/ringo-starr-and-his-all-starr-band/2022/lyric-performing-arts-center-baltimore-md-1bb089b4.htmlRingo sounded pretty good overall, although his voice did croak a few times during the show. He is 82 after all. He sang nearly every song featuring a lead vocal from his Beatles career, as well as a few solo favorites like It Don't Come Easy and Photograph. Nothing from his latest run of EPs.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 8, 2022 12:54:59 GMT
That's a fun set list: it's so diverse! This might not sound like a compliment, but it is: it's like a (very, very good) cover band from the olden days.
I say that because when I was a kid and into my teen years, there were tons of cover bands playing in the local bars around small towns and college towns. Not many bands played originals, and DJs hadn't taken over the nightlife quite yet. So you could get sets including everything from the popular hard rock of the day to classic pop and rock to Motown to current pop ballads all from the same band in one night. The trend toward DJs really killed that experience, which I miss.
Ringo's band, with those diverse musicians and their strong catalogues, really must be a lot of fun.
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Post by kds on Sept 8, 2022 13:27:43 GMT
That's a fun set list: it's so diverse! This might not sound like a compliment, but it is: it's like a (very, very good) cover band from the olden days.
I say that because when I was a kid and into my teen years, there were tons of cover bands playing in the local bars around small towns and college towns. Not many bands played originals, and DJs hadn't taken over the nightlife quite yet. So you could get sets including everything from the popular hard rock of the day to classic pop and rock to Motown to current pop ballads all from the same band in one night. The trend toward DJs really killed that experience, which I miss.
Ringo's band, with those diverse musicians and their strong catalogues, really must be a lot of fun.
Yeah, it made for a fun show. It's pretty cool to get a rather affordable ticket and you get a two hour setlist featuring Ringo, The Beatles, Edgar Winter, Average White Band, Toto, and Men at Work songs featuring key members of those bands. That's what the club scene was like in Baltimore in the early 00s. There was (maybe still is) an agency called Starleigh Entertainment who booked cover bands in the area at local bars and clubs. A lot of them were quite good, and featured similar mixes to what you're talking about. I think a lot of the bands are actually still around, but they don't play as much as they used to.
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