[kj] Auckland gig "review":

[Brendan Quinn]

I don't have time to read the review, I'm heading down to Wellington to see
them again tonight, I've lost half my voice and half my hearing, tonight
will see to the other half I'm sure.

 

Totally fucking shit hot gig, setlist the same as the Aussie shows except I
think we had a 4-song encore cos the crowd was screaming for more. 

 

Venue was tiny but Bongo, me and co were right up the front so. Jesus it was
loud.drummer was solid too (Jason someone?)

 

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Rheinhold Squeegee
Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 7:51 a.m.
To: Gathering Gathering
Subject: [kj] Auckland gig "review":

 

http://www.witchdoctor.co.nz/index.php/2013/06/killing-joke-the-studio-auckl
and-thursday-june-13-live-review/
 
Interesting in that it doesn't mention the show at all and is instead a
diatribe against an oversold venue with poor sightlines. Glad for KJ that it
needed to be oversold; too bad for the attendees, however.
 
There was a similar situation here in Minnesota last year when AEG opened a
new club called "The Brick" (sigh) and hadn't given any thought to how
people might actually be able to see the show, given the relative location
of the stage and viewing areas. This was a 2000-capacity club where at least
500 people would have to "watch" the show on TV screens from a basement room
with literally no view of the stage, and the main entrance / exit was a
single door which meant it took about two hours to get everyone inside. The
grand opening show with Jane's Addiction was such a clusterf*ck that they
ended up refunding every single ticket and promptly closed down. 
 
They reopened a few weeks later, re-branded as "Mill City Nights" (double
sigh), at less than 1200 capacity and better sightlines, I'm told. I won't
be visiting until Adam Ant plays there in September.

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