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Originally Posted by dissention
I think for any major artist or group to go on such a small, intimate tour is pretty damn cool. I remember Bowie stopped doing big tours after that ridiculous one in the late eighties and he only recently went back on a huge tour; for almost 15 years before Reality, he was playing small clubs and venues where tickets cost $30 (the Roseland Ballroom show in '02 is one of the best shows I've ever witnessed by anyone). And they were spectacular tours because they were so intimate and warm. Blondie's latest tour (which I swear will never end) is so bloody amazing because they're playing the smallest venues possible. When I saw them in Boston for $30 (again) back in May, that place was so tiny that you would have thought it was CBGBs. And those are the venues where rock shows are at their best.  |
I'm not a concert-goer to begin with, as everyone knows... but the LAST place I'd ever want to see a band perform, would be in some small, cramped, claustrophobic little "intimate" club, surrounded by a bunch of sweaty, smelly people.
Gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking of being in a place like CBGBs!
I'd never be able to enjoy myself without room to move and breathe... so arena or outdoor venue, please!