BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 12, 2021 11:36 amThat is because you tried to kill him a few years ago with that slippery stage.
I heard it was a trap door.
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BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 12, 2021 11:36 amThat is because you tried to kill him a few years ago with that slippery stage.
Look, he wanted to crowd surf in a venue where there is a gap between stage and mosh pit, he just needed to jump a bit furtherdrunkpirate66 wrote: ↑March 12, 2021 11:55 amBottleofRum wrote: ↑March 12, 2021 11:36 am
That is because you tried to kill him a few years ago with that slippery stage.
I heard it was a trap door.
Rabbitz wrote: ↑March 12, 2021 3:43 pmLook, he wanted to crowd surf in a venue where there is a gap between stage and mosh pit, he just needed to jump a bit furtherBottleofRum wrote: ↑March 12, 2021 11:36 am
That is because you tried to kill him a few years ago with that slippery stage.
I mean we even had the country's leading trauma doctor standing right where he landed, what else could we have done?
Thank you for the update Pat!BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 11, 2021 4:06 pm Just announced.
All April dates PPD. Three moved to 2022 and two completely cancelled
Maybe.
When sports returned last year after the shutdown in March/April, the outcomes of the first games which were played took on much greater significance because everyone had been missing sports for so long. Soccer called it the "MLS Is Back Tournament" when it resumed in July and when my favorite team Portland won, the championship took on that much more meaning. So why would Buffett's concerts be any different. The setlist of his first show back will matter, and what the first song played is will matter. Of course it would be true for every artist but since Buffett's songs are more specifically about nostalgia, missing old places you've been to and wanting to escape from "cabin fever", aka quarantine, his concerts in 2021 (if they happen) would be more special.BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 6, 2021 3:49 pmWhy would Buffett's first concert back be a monumental occasion to the point that he'd sell CD's of the show. That is comical, I've been a fan since my first show when I was 17 in 1993 and would have zero interest in a CD like this, nobody would. Who cares about his first show back? There would be no significance to it at all except that he be back doing shows. This would be true for every artist.
I get the sense you have a heighten version of Buffett concerts as they are now and probably a bit new-ish to the Buffett scene to understand how high the peak of his concerts were from of the 1990's to the mid 2000's when tickets were impossible to get. $30 lawn tickets selling for $300+, tailgating starting at 6am, 4-5 shows per venue, post-party lasting until the sunrise the next day. Once the crossover groups/artist started to make inroads in the 2000's Buffett concert interest faded and has been fading or years, it is undeniable. Hardcore fans will always be there but the casual fan now has more options and more options means a diluted pool of fans which means and less ticket sales which means few shows which has been the trend for the last 10 or so years.
Not saying he is washed up but outside the Buffett PH bubble his concerts are irrelevant.
While this may be true with regards to playing the songs.
I know from working in a theater that a venue has to budget for double of what the band is asking for. For a band like Earth , Wind and Fire . They cost 100,000.00 so you figure 200,000.00. You have to figure in what your breakeven is. In a 1700 seat venue, that is one expensive ticket. Without full capacity, I don't see Venues taking the financial risk at this point.Rabbitz wrote: ↑March 15, 2021 4:13 pmWhile this may be true with regards to playing the songs.
Performing the songs is a very different matter. As some may know I have worked as a roadie on and off for more years than I care to remember, so I have a little insight into what goes on to get that show on stage and ready to wow the punters.
JB and his band are a touring band, with a fairly large on stage group of musicians. It's not like the average pub band that rock up to a venue, hang a back drop, stack up a little PA and arrange some instruments around the stage and get stuck into it.
Touring is a whole other beast that is planned and designed meticulously all so it looks unplanned and spontaneous
JB uses reasonably elaborate sets ( not as elaborate as others, but tricky enough) which need to be designed, built, tested, rehearsed with, packing designed, set up and breakdown procedures designed, transported, crews trained in how to set up, operate, breakdown and pack up the sets. Instrument techs need to learn the instrument routines for the songs, they need to learn how each instrument and musician needs to be handled, etc etc etc.
Touring a show is a big deal and it costs a deadset fortune to get to a point where the support act can wander onstage on the first night (and no doubt trip over the first cable they should try and step over ). The trouble for touring acts at the moment is how much of this prep work can they afford to do with no promise of ever staging the tour? This is complicated by the fact that we have no idea what plague laws and rules will be in place tomorrow, let alone in 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 months so how do you design the show and sets and all the other stuff?
If getting a pub band on stage is hard enough at the moment, getting a tour on the road is mind boggling.
It's not impossible but it is risky, both financially and from a health perspective (let's face it most of the band are in high risk categories anyway). So right now is the risk/reward equation stacking up?
BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 7:24 pm Tanglewood, in Lennox, MA announced today a limited summer concert series with an abbreviated six-week season that will run through Aug. 16. Tanglewod is similar to Great Woods in that they have a shed and a lawn section. Their rules for 2021.
*All concertgoers, staff and volunteers will be required to wear masks at all times, except when consuming food and beverage.
*Limit crowd density through physical distancing and reducing or eliminating gatherings in small spaces.
*Currently no plans to requiring proof of vaccination for entrance.
* Reduced capacity to meet state requirements.
So I just have to drink the whole time?BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 7:24 pm Tanglewood, in Lennox, MA announced today a limited summer concert series with an abbreviated six-week season that will run through Aug. 16. Tanglewod is similar to Great Woods in that they have a shed and a lawn section. Their rules for 2021.
*All concertgoers, staff and volunteers will be required to wear masks at all times, except when consuming food and beverage.
*Limit crowd density through physical distancing and reducing or eliminating gatherings in small spaces.
*Currently no plans to requiring proof of vaccination for entrance.
* Reduced capacity to meet state requirements.
Batman wears a mask.tailgaitingph wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 8:40 pmSo I just have to drink the whole time?BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 7:24 pm Tanglewood, in Lennox, MA announced today a limited summer concert series with an abbreviated six-week season that will run through Aug. 16. Tanglewod is similar to Great Woods in that they have a shed and a lawn section. Their rules for 2021.
*All concertgoers, staff and volunteers will be required to wear masks at all times, except when consuming food and beverage.
*Limit crowd density through physical distancing and reducing or eliminating gatherings in small spaces.
*Currently no plans to requiring proof of vaccination for entrance.
* Reduced capacity to meet state requirements.
Got it
Thanks for the update! I guess we're headed in the right direction but I have no intention of going to a concert (outdoor OR indoor) where I have to wear a mask. That's just me.
There's only 1 Barry!drunkpirate66 wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 8:59 pmBatman wears a mask.tailgaitingph wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 8:40 pm I guess we're headed in the right direction but I have no intention of going to a concert (outdoor OR indoor) where I have to wear a mask. That's just me.
Hahahahatailgaitingph wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 9:01 pmThere's only 1 Barry!drunkpirate66 wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 8:59 pmBatman wears a mask.tailgaitingph wrote: ↑March 19, 2021 8:40 pm I guess we're headed in the right direction but I have no intention of going to a concert (outdoor OR indoor) where I have to wear a mask. That's just me.
Great find!BottleofRum wrote: ↑March 20, 2021 2:02 pm Buffett to do a series of socially distanced “boat shows” across the Southern U.S. coast in 2021. It is sort of Buried in the article which is mostly about his passion for guitars.
https://acousticguitar.com/guitar-talk- ... GHHvDXCfPs