Oh no! Stevie in AC on 5/6 - same at NOTS!

[llb]

What to do!?!? Tix on sale 3/26 at Borgata.

[jkmaletic]

What's "NOTS"?

[llb]

sorry... Night of a Thousand Stevie's in NYC.

[RockAlot]

You go see the real Stevie silly!! LOL Tuff choice!

So maybe she will pop in after the her show!

[louielouie2000]

You go see the real Stevie silly!! LOL Tuff choice!

So maybe she will pop in after the her show!

I'd go to NOTS any day over seeing Stevie live. NOTS happens only once a year... Stevie often plays nearly 100 live dates a year. Not to mention NOTS is different every year... Stevie's shows really haven't had a mix up in over a decade now.

[aprilsrain]

I'd go to NOTS any day over seeing Stevie live. NOTS happens only once a year... Stevie often plays nearly 100 live dates a year. Not to mention NOTS is different every year... Stevie's shows really haven't had a mix up in over a decade now.

But it's Stevie...

[DavidMn]

I'd go to NOTS any day over seeing Stevie live. NOTS happens only once a year... Stevie often plays nearly 100 live dates a year. Not to mention NOTS is different every year... Stevie's shows really haven't had a mix up in over a decade now.I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you. I know the performers, especially the ones at a premier event like NOTS have a lot of talent, I would never choose to see an impersonator over the real thing. There are many impersonators, but only one Stevie.:nod:

[louielouie2000]

But it's Stevie...

...and she ain't what she used to be. :sorry:

[DavidMn]

...and she ain't what she used to be. :sorry:Oh, I'm just less cynical than you!:p we'el just have to agree to disagree.:nod:

[DavidMn]

I realize that these days I'm probably in the minority with my above opinion, but I feel really strongly about it. Stevie's going to have to slip quite a bit more for me to change that opinion.:)

[kathy1]

hope i can go to this show. if not maybe another one.

[HejiraNYC]

I realize that these days I'm probably in the minority with my above opinion, but I feel really strongly about it. Stevie's going to have to slip quite a bit more for me to change that opinion.:)

Trust me, you are hardly in the minority on this one. I'm not a fair weather Stevie fan, and I do honestly think she still has amazing presence and gravitas as a live performer. She's just not the coke-fueled barn burner of old, and I can deal with that just fine. :nod:

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

[RockAlot]

Trust me, you are hardly in the minority on this one. I'm not a fair weather Stevie fan, and I do honestly think she still has amazing presence and gravitas as a live performer. She's just not the coke-fueled barn burner of old, and I can deal with that just fine. :nod:

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

Good way to put it! If ya all are expecting that "coke-fueled" performance its just not going to happen anymore! Thoses days are no doubt gone. I myself still enjoy her amazing presence and think she can still put on a good performence.

For me, I still get goose bumps when she hits the stage......K I hafe to go there.....

Go ahead Lilly, hit it, hit the stage!!

[Hawkeye]

Yea I think it's a 100 percent no brainer, you go see Stevie in a choice between those 2 no matter what InsaneInsane2000 says!

[louielouie2000]

I'm not a fair weather Stevie fan

We can always count on you for veiled cattiness! ;)

I'd be able to reconcile Stevie's lack of passion and increasing indifference these days if she were to at least thoroughly mix up her setlist. Not to mention that Stevie's voice just gets pitchier every single year. I adore Stevie in my way, you adore her in yours. I prefer to remember her for what she was, not what she's deteriorated into.

Besides my displeasure with her performances the past 10 odd years, the biggest reason to go to NOTS if that's your thing is because Stevie always does a TON of Northeast dates. If you want to go to NOTS and see a Stevie show too, you can do just that. You can truly have your cake and eat it too if you live in that region.

[Keith]

I saw Stevie at the Borgate a few summers ago and I loved the hotel and venue.. much better than the Trump... making my arrangements now to stay at the Water Club..

speaking of the Trump, although I wasn't a fan of the venue, I was impressed at how Stevie and the band sounded... she can still rock it!

[Travis]

Louie makes a great point. I mean, if you’ve never been to NOTS and were thinking about going or if you haven’t been in a long time and want to go, there will be many chances to see Stevie. Of course I’m biased since I happen to be the opening VJ at this year’s NOTS :laugh:

Plus, my set list won’t be as predictable, just saying. :shrug:

[Tango]

Stevie's new album comes out May 3rd--Borgota is May 6th. New music.

[TrueFaith77]

Link?


I am HOPEFUL that that's not her only NYC-area show. But that's crazy bad planning to do it the same night as NOTS. That said... I hate to say it but... I'll be going to NOTS. If only because it takes me 20 minutes to get home from NOTS. It takes me 8 hours to get home from AC.


or should I stay at a hotel???

[HejiraNYC]

We can always count on you for veiled cattiness! ;)

I'd be able to reconcile Stevie's lack of passion and increasing indifference these days if she were to at least thoroughly mix up her setlist. Not to mention that Stevie's voice just gets pitchier every single year. I adore Stevie in my way, you adore her in yours. I prefer to remember her for what she was, not what she's deteriorated into.

Besides my displeasure with her performances the past 10 odd years, the biggest reason to go to NOTS if that's your thing is because Stevie always does a TON of Northeast dates. If you want to go to NOTS and see a Stevie show too, you can do just that. You can truly have your cake and eat it too if you live in that region.

How dare you?! My cattiness is never veiled! :p

The thing is, right now we really don't know what's going on with these so-called "tour" dates. She's doing a date in the east and doing a date in the west one week later. That sounds like "not a tour" to me. As such, I really can't help but wonder whether these are isolated one-off dates before Europe. The past couple of times Stevie played the Borgata, they were more-or-less one-off dates, so I wouldn't put anything past her.

As far as "pitchiness" is concerned, I would say she has never been more ON pitch than she has over the past ten years. She was way, way off throughout the Klono-years and even the Dance and Enchanted tours. I think she makes much more of an effort to stay on pitch these days than anything else, which may explain what may appear to be relatively staid performances.

[HejiraNYC]

Link?


I am HOPEFUL that that's not her only NYC-area show. But that's crazy bad planning to do it the same night as NOTS. That said... I hate to say it but... I'll be going to NOTS. If only because it takes me 20 minutes to get home from NOTS. It takes me 8 hours to get home from AC.


or should I stay at a hotel???

Dramatize much? Get thee to the Port Authority and get to AC in two hours. Last time I did that it was $10 round trip (once you cash in your gambling credit).

You can also gamble with your life and hop on one of those Chinatown buses. :eek:

[AliceLover]

Hmmm seeing Stevie versus hundreds of drag queens pretending to be her.....

I'm not saying some of the impersonators aren't fab (Jazz) but come on..

[bluefox4000]

...and she ain't what she used to be. :sorry:

Agreed.

Mick

[WelshWitchPMD]

Dramatize much? Get thee to the Port Authority and get to AC in two hours. Last time I did that it was $10 round trip (once you cash in your gambling credit):

Do you remember what bus line this was?

[jkmaletic]

Hmmm seeing Stevie versus hundreds of drag queens pretending to be her.....

I'm not saying some of the impersonators aren't fab (Jazz) but come on..

Agreed. I mean, seriously. :rolleyes:

[HejiraNYC]

Do you remember what bus line this was?

It's an Academy Bus which you can reserve in advance via http://www.megabus.com . Juse make sure you bring your reservation paperwork with you because they're like Keystone Kops down there.

[DavidMn]

It's an Academy Bus which you can reserve in advance via http://www.megabus.com . Juse make sure you bring your reservation paperwork with you because they're like Keystone Kops down there.Excuse me, I have the copyright on bus trips to see shows, thank you!:mad::lol:

[TrueFaith77]

Dramatize much? Get thee to the Port Authority and get to AC in two hours. Last time I did that it was $10 round trip (once you cash in your gambling credit).

You can also gamble with your life and hop on one of those Chinatown buses. :eek:

It takes longer than two hours to get there also with the train stopping every 5 minutes to let cattle pass the track. But I wasn't being dramatic. I was referring to how long it takes to get home. I'm pretty sure I got into the city at 5 am last AC concert. I waited in the train station for hours for the next train. Then the train was too over Air-Conditioned to sleep. It gave me a cold.

ETA: Here's my thought. NOTS should relocate to AC as the ultimate post-concert after party

[HejiraNYC]

It takes longer than two hours to get there also with the train stopping every 5 minutes to let cattle pass the track. But I wasn't being dramatic. I was referring to how long it takes to get home. I'm pretty sure I got into the city at 5 am last AC concert. I waited in the train station for hours for the next train. Then the train was too over Air-Conditioned to sleep. It gave me a cold.

ETA: Here's my thought. NOTS should relocate to AC as the ultimate post-concert after party

That was the ACES train, or worse yet, NJ Transit? Either way, big mistake. It looks like both routes swing through Philadelphia, whereas the Academy Bus goes directly down the Garden State Parkway (making only one stop at the rest stop where the Turnpike and the Parkway merge). Last time I took the bus, I left AC a little after midnight and got back to the Port Authority by 2:15AM. And there were maybe five other people on the bus- definitely plenty of elbow room.

If you reserve early enough via megabus.com, the round trip is like $1. It's crazy.

[skcin]

I'd go to NOTS any day over seeing Stevie live. NOTS happens only once a year... Stevie often plays nearly 100 live dates a year. Not to mention NOTS is different every year... Stevie's shows really haven't had a mix up in over a decade now.

I agree if that person is able to catch another Stevie show, or has seen Stevie recently. I think every Stevie fan MUST do NOTS at least once in their life.

[TrueFaith77]

That was the ACES train, or worse yet, NJ Transit? Either way, big mistake. It looks like both routes swing through Philadelphia, whereas the Academy Bus goes directly down the Garden State Parkway (making only one stop at the rest stop where the Turnpike and the Parkway merge). Last time I took the bus, I left AC a little after midnight and got back to the Port Authority by 2:15AM. And there were maybe five other people on the bus- definitely plenty of elbow room.

If you reserve early enough via megabus.com, the round trip is like $1. It's crazy.

Maybe we should go together lol. Cuz i get confused. When I took the bus (from port authority) from a Lindsey show to and from AC. I agree. Trip was better. BUT on the way back... zomg... I had a rickshaw (spelling) running his ass off and trying to talk to me about "Go Your Own Way" to make the next bus in time, which I did by seconds.

But you're right. I shouldn't count out the busses.

I guess I am being dramatical.

[Travis]

Maybe we should go together lol. Cuz i get confused. When I took the bus (from port authority) from a Lindsey show to and from AC. I agree. Trip was better. BUT on the way back... zomg... I had a rickshaw (spelling) running his ass off and trying to talk to me about "Go Your Own Way" to make the next bus in time, which I did by seconds.

But you're right. I shouldn't count out the busses.

I guess I am being dramatical.

Don't bail on me now TF - don't miss NOTS :p

[Dodfather]

I'm GUTTED that I can't make NOTS this year. As many of you know I had planned on it, wason the mailing list and everything, but 3 months ago my boiler blew up and I've paid £1600 to replace it! That was my NOTS money! No way I could afford the flights etc too. I'm quite upset about it because I had planned on it since November. Damn!

I have £ again now though sop at least if/when summer dates are announced I can make one of them in the US if not Europe/UK. Can someone enlighten me though, I realllly don't understand why her tour dates go on sale so close to the actual event. I don't know any other big artist who does this. For a lot of people a gig involves a large ticket price, travel and accommodation and bearing in mind that this is almost the end of March this gives people only a month to get the money together. Surely if they'd gone on sale earlier or the date was later it would be easier for people?

[HejiraNYC]

Maybe we should go together lol. Cuz i get confused. When I took the bus (from port authority) from a Lindsey show to and from AC. I agree. Trip was better. BUT on the way back... zomg... I had a rickshaw (spelling) running his ass off and trying to talk to me about "Go Your Own Way" to make the next bus in time, which I did by seconds.

But you're right. I shouldn't count out the busses.

I guess I am being dramatical.

At this point we're planning on driving down, but you're welcome to come if there's room. Not sure what the situation will be yet. Chances are we will have to go down earlier in the day to stalk the box office.

[HejiraNYC]

I'm GUTTED that U can't make NOTS this year. As many of you know I had planned on it, wason the mailing list and everything, but 3 months ago my boiler blew up and I've paid £1600 to replace it! That was my NOTS money! No way I could afford the flights etc too. I'm quite upset about it because I had planned on it since November. Damn!

I have £ again now though sop at least if/when summer dates are announced I can make one of them in the US if not Europe/UK. Can someone enlighten me though, I realllly don't understand why her tour dates go on sale so close to the actual event. I don't know any other big artist who does this. For a lot of people a gig involves a large ticket price, travel and accommodation and bearing in mind that this is almost the end of March this gives people only a month to get the money together. Surely if they'd gone on sale earlier or the date was later it would be easier for people?

Don't you guys across the pond live on plastic just as much as we do in America? :shrug:

[Regina]

I don't care about NoTS but I do care about the general timing (what? a week after the Rod-Stevie thing? Some of us don't want to burn a hole in our credit cards) and the fact that they are (once again) announcing things piece-meal. Not to mention dumping another vacation request on the boss just a week after I asked him for the Heart and Soul thing.

I don't want to buy a ticket (one of the two most expensive nights to stay in AC, too) only to find out they are in NYC the day before or after.

Frustrating. But, hey, that's par for the course. I am thrilled about Stevie, the new tour, new music, etc but I'm really beginning to regret spending a penny on the Stevie-Rod concert.

Aside from that, the ACES train was fabulous but it's not running again until the end of May (winter hiatus). Academy is a nice, reliable service (but, be careful and line up early to get on the buses going back to NY. They fill up quickly).

[PenguinHead]

Oh, I'm just less cynical than you!:p we'el just have to agree to disagree.:nod:

But I'm as cynical as him, so I disagree to agree!

[TrueFaith77]

I don't want to buy a ticket (one of the two most expensive nights to stay in AC, too) only to find out they are in NYC the day before or after.


that's what i was thinking.