Concerts you have attended?

They cancelled Panic! at the Disco over "logistical reasons on getting to Canada". Translation: one or more of the band is not vaccinated. The joke is on them. If they delayed until 10/01 that would not have mattered. My son is pretty upset about this. But he was going to take someone else anyways. She is flaky so I was only going to go as a backup. Who cancels shows 2 days before schedule?

Upcoming Shows:

2022:
  • Panic! At The Disco [09/25 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON] CANCELLED
  • Bryan Adams [10/05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON]
2023:
  • HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis [02/10 Richmond Hill Centre, Richmond Hill, ON] (comedy)
  • Irish Rovers [03/10 Casino Rama, Orillia, ON]
  • Journey w/Toto [03/12 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
  • Bryan Adams [10/05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON]
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This show was tonight. My last show of 2022. It was an afterthought bought mainly due to cheap tickets. Also got his new album free.

We (my son and I) started the evening as usual with dinner this time at Shoeless Joe's. It was good. The waitress was a twenty something blonde who had on a very tight top which very nicely exposed her cleavage. I was thankful that my wife was not there. It was very hard not to look and with her not there, I didn't have to worry about that.

We arrived at the arena about 20 minutes prior to the show. On the way in I found a t-shirt seller selling concert shirts for $20. I bought one. It looks real enough but I am sure at $20 it is a counterfeit. When we arrived the screen at the back had a car on it. Much like below:
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Then about 10 minutes before scheduled showtime, they had a car at the back float around the arena. It was a giant drone. Like this one:
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It landed after about 5 minutes. It did another flight during the encore landing during "Summerside Bound". At about 15 minutes past showtime, there was a sound of a car horn and the background music changed. House lights were still up but various people, things happened on the screen, Someone stole the front right wheel. The back right wheel fell off. Was cleaned up by a janitor. There were several bugs or bats, a dog, a marching band and a cop giving the car a parking ticket. Eventually Bryan showed up and then he ran toward the camera and then it went black and then the music started.

It was a very good show. Just basic solid rock. A couple ballads. Not a lot of talk but a couple of amusing stories. During the encore he mentioned that in 1977 he was 18 and convinced his mom to use his entire college fund on a piano (all $1000). He played it all summer and that is why he is now up on stage with a guitar. He mentioned his mom was still alive at 94 but unable to attend the concert as she can't walk. He did reveal that the old woman in this video is his mom.



He then dedicated "Straight From the Heart" to her.

He also did requests. The 3 songs prior to "Cuts Like A Knife" finally were all requests. One he couldn't remember how to play it so he sang it accapella (bad spelling but without guitar).

He did old and new music. I am not particularly familiar with his new music but I loved every song he played. Definitely some downloading will happen soon. I was also reminded that I have seen Bryan Adams before in 1980something with my sister. It was a good concert then too. I think it was pre-Reckless.

Setlist below:
1. Kick Ass
2. Can't Stop This Thing We Started
3. Somebody
4. Shine a Light
5. Heaven
6. Go Down Rockin'
7. It's Only Love
8. You Belong to Me
9. I've Been Looking for You
10. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You
11. Here I Am
12. When You're Gone
13. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
14. Back to You
15. These Are the Moments That Make Up My Life
16. 18 til I Die
17. Summer of '69
18. Best Is Yet To Come (Fan request)
19. Please Forgive Me (Fan request)
20. The Way You Made Me Feel (Fan request)
21. Cuts Like a Knife
Encore:
22. So Happy It Hurts
23. Run to You
24. Summerside Bound
25. Straight From the Heart
26. Shine a Light / All for Love


Upcoming Shows:

2023:
  • HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis [02/10 Richmond Hill Centre, Richmond Hill, ON] (comedy)
  • Irish Rovers [03/10 Casino Rama, Orillia, ON]
  • Journey w/Toto [03/12 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
We (my son and I) started the evening as usual with dinner this time at Shoeless Joe's. It was good. The waitress was a twenty something blonde who had on a very tight top which very nicely exposed her cleavage. I was thankful that my wife was not there. It was very hard not to look and with her not there, I didn't have to worry about that.
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But now your son has something to hold over you. :cool:
 
I actually have a fairly active itinerary this month (although not at IRBS's level), with several events coming up. On the 12th, my mother-in-law is taking us to see Beautiful - the Carole King Musical, at the Ogunquit Playhouse. We'll be having a nice dinner beforehand. The 19th is our actual 25th anniversary. On the 21st, we'll be heading to Vermont for our cousin's wedding weekend. And on the 27th, we're seeing Ray LaMontagne at the MGM Theater in Boston.
 
sadchild said:
Looks like it was a great show, but it surprises me you enjoyed "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and "Please Forgive Me". I woulda guessed those might even be "channel changers" for you.
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They are ballads but they are pleasing to the ear. I heard "Please Forgive Me" for the first time last night. It was requested by a guy (Kevin) whom Bryan kind of mentioned he was surprised he did. He didn't come right out and say it was a chick song but it was heavily implied. If you rule out his ballads, "Heaven" also would qualify.
 
I don't assume you don't like any ballads, but those two seem to be in line with the 70s ballads you call channel changers. However, sometimes when a softer song is performed live they play it with a little more oomph.
 
sadchild said:
I don't assume you don't like any ballads, but those two seem to be in line with the 70s ballads you call channel changers. However, sometimes when a softer song is performed live they play it with a little more oomph.
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Interesting. I don't see them as the same. I have "Everything" in my collection. But yes I enjoyed "Heaven" more live than the recording.
 
scotchandcigar said:
On the 12th, my mother-in-law is taking us to see Beautiful - the Carole King Musical, at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
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This was fantastic, and really interesting for people (like me) who are into musical history. It was not at all what I expected. I thought it would start with James Taylor collaborations and Tapestry. But it actually ended with her Carnegie Hall performance following the release of Tapestry.

The majority of the play starts with a 16 year old aspiring songwriter Carol Klein (King), who gets introduced to Don Kirshner; and in doing so, meets lyricist Gerry Goffin, who becomes her writing partner and husband. Also employed by Kirshner are Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who start as a rival songwriting team, but eventually become best friends. Goffin and Mann had previously collaborated on "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)", which went to #7 in 1961.

King and Goffin generate a string of #1 hits, starting with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" in 1961. For each hit, there's a performance by the group that sang it; in this case The Shirelles. Other #1 hits were "Take Good Care of My Baby" sung by Bobby Vee, "The Loco-Motion" sung by Little Eva, and "Go Away Little Girl" sung by Steve Lawrence. Other big hits during '62-'63 were "Up on the Roof" (The Drifters) and "One Fine Day" (The Chiffons).

The play also featured the music of the team of Mann and Weil, most notably "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", which was a #1 hit for The Righteous Brothers in 1964. But around this time, Gerry Goffin was starting to sleep around and get into drugs. The last big hits from King and Goffin (for other performers) were "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (The Monkees), and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin); both released in '67.

In 1968 they divorced, and she moved out to LA. Don Kirshner hooked her up with producer Lou Adler, and the release of Tapestry in '71 included several songs inspired by life events; such as "It's Too Late", "So Far Away", and "You've Got a Friend" - which King wrote to say goodbye to Mann and Weil.

The performances and sets were top-notch, and it's great to have such a legendary performance venue the next town over. We had a nice dinner out too.
 
I just recalled that Pleasant Valley Sunday is a reference to Pleasant Valley Way, the local thoroughfare in the suburban town of West Orange NJ, which is very close to where I grew up. King and Goffin moved to the suburbs, with her thinking that it would get him away from the bad influences of NYC. Of course, it didn't work.
 
scotchandcigar said:
And on the 27th, we're seeing Ray LaMontagne at the MGM Theater in Boston.
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So the new MGM Music Hall is attached to the end of the Fenway Park building

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If I were to sum-up the evening of music in a word, it would be "magical". Ray is such a perfectionist, he had the sound and arrangement of his trio dialed-in to such a degree, it sounded exactly like a studio recording, except better. His singing, guitar strumming, and harmonica playing were all flawless. And he had such a perfect balance of tonality, reverb, and openness, it was amazing. It's good to know that at least one decent-sized music venue is capable of great sound. And all the seats are fairly close to the stage.

Ray's banter between songs is part deeply psychological confessional, partly the observations of a true artist, and sprinkled-in is some wry humor. The guy who sets-up and hands him his guitars (a roadie? a handler?) is named Bob. Bob doesn't work for Ray. Bob works for "that Springsteen guy", but Ray gets to borrow him when that Springsteen guy isn't on tour.

At times, I wondered if the one-and-a-half hour ride to Boston, the $40 parking, the walking and waiting, and the crowds were worth going to see a folk-rock ballad singer (who we've seen before). But like with all top-tier acts, I was blown-away by the performance.
 
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I guess I went to a concert this week...I saw a screening of the 1977 Dario Argento Italian horror classic "Suspiria" with a live score performance by the band Goblin, who did the soundtrack to the movie 45 years ago. After they accompanied the movie they did a half hour or so of music from other movies they did the scores for.
 
I did bought tickets last week for an concert, my partner and I will see Carrie Underwood with Jimmie Allen in March.
 
There are couple other concerts my partner and I would like to attend. But they are during the week.

Matchbox Twenty and Pink
 
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