[kj] NYC show on sale Wed 12/19:

[Phillipps, Marc]

>Seriously, $800? For that amount of money, Jagger's daughter should be

sitting on my lap and ensuring my enjoyment of the proceedings at >every
conceivable moment.

If she's sitting on your lap your view of the show will be seriously
compromised . . . . . 



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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of T.B.
Sent: 18 December 2012 22:09
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] NYC show on sale Wed 12/19:

Alex Smith wrote:

I saw the Stones twice -- on the Bridges to Babylon and Voodoo Lounge
tours. While neither was especially intimate, they put on great shows
both times. Of course, the tix for those shows were N O W H E R E near
as expensive as they're currently asking -- which makes no fucking sense
at all.

Seriously, $800? For that amount of money, Jagger's daughter should be
sitting on my lap and ensuring my enjoyment of the proceedings at every
conceivable moment. 

++++++++++++++++++

I believe the price to order the PPV broadcast of last weekend's show
was over $50.

I've seen The Stones 3 times - the '81 Tattoo You tour w/Prince, The J
Geils Band and George Thurogood opening, the '88 BtB tour with Living
Colour and Guns n' Roses opening and the Voodoo Lounge tour (I honestly
can't remember who opened, lol!).  The '81 show was fun, mostly because
it was completely general admission so you could sit or stand wherever
you wanted and we kept running into other friends and friends of friends
throughout the day until by early evening, he had our own little mini
pit of about 30 people who knew each other.  Watching a then-unknown
Prince get mercilessly pelted with trash and shoes a few songs into his
set remains one of the funniest things I've ever seen at a show.  I
think the Bridges show was the best of the 3, mainly due to having 18th
row floor isle seats and of course, the drama that was Guns n' Roses at
the time.  The Voodoo Lounge show really sucked, mostly because we were
way back on the floor, couldn't see and the sound was awful.  Real  ly
drove home the point that I had become sick of seeing any band in a
stadium setting.  

I haven't had much of an interest in seeing them ever since, not just
because of ticket prices but because they're purely a nostalgia act the
last 2 - 3 decades.

T.B.


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