Is this the year of the All Out Stadium Tours???

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » February 16, 2007 8:13 am

2 dates in Foxboro, Minute Maid Park in Houston, more Wrigley rumors.....Is this the summer where the Stadium shows take over and the Amphitheaters and Arenas get snubbed??

Say it ain't so JB! Keep the Riverbends and DTEs and Tweeters on your stop lists this summer! I would rather scratch & claw, murder & mame to get small venue tix than secure stadium seats and sit 400 + feet away with acoustics that stink!!

BareFootBoy · Post by **BareFootBoy** » February 16, 2007 9:03 am

I hope not. I'd rather sit on the lawn at Indy or Chicago then in a statium. Better tailgating too!

ejr · Post by **ejr** » February 16, 2007 9:22 am

The Wrigley rumor pretty much ended with the discussion of Sting and the Police playing Wrigley. And, now we have an Alpine date and a Tinley Park date.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » February 16, 2007 9:50 am

I hope not. Certainly more people will get to see the show, and there (hopefully) won't be the scramble for tickets that there usually is at the ampitheaters, (I prefer even smaller venues), but I hate to lose the luster of the smaller show...

I'm also hoping he has negotiated tailgaiting into these stadium contracts.

moeron · Post by **moeron** » February 16, 2007 11:19 am

Jimmy is playing at Gillette STADIUM hopefully a smaller venue

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » February 16, 2007 11:25 am

Last year both parties came very close to booking an engagement at Orioles Stadium at Camden Yard. Now I never expect to see Jimmy Buffett at Merriweather Post Pavilion again (in nearby Columbia MD), but I wonder if a stadium tour date in Baltimore spells trouble for Nissan Pavilion in N. Virginia. I hope not...

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » February 16, 2007 2:44 pm

Tinley & Alpine already announced....guess I can put this thread in the trashcan!!!

icarus · Post by **icarus** » February 16, 2007 3:04 pm

To add to the original post, could the stadium tour possibly mean a farewell to JB on tour? Now that he is 60, maybe this is his time to go out on a huge note, making sure that all of his fans get a chance to see him before he calls it quits.

At last years show he played video collage and basically did a "thank you" song to the fans. I remember people walking out of Great Woods making comments like "wow, do you think that means he getting ready to call it quits?" People around me were really questioning JB's touring future.

Just a thought.

bckohnen · Post by **bckohnen** » February 16, 2007 3:26 pm

What? Alpine date?

/me rushes off to check tour dates.

Ah, good, plenty of time left to sell my soul for tickets this year.

Dr.Corona · Post by **Dr.Corona** » February 16, 2007 3:41 pm

icarus wrote:To add to the original post, could the stadium tour possibly mean a farewell to JB on tour? Now that he is 60, maybe this is his time to go out on a huge note, making sure that all of his fans get a chance to see him before he calls it quits.

At last years show he played video collage and basically did a "thank you" song to the fans. I remember people walking out of Great Woods making comments like "wow, do you think that means he getting ready to call it quits?" People around me were really questioning JB's touring future.

Just a thought.

I don't think the stadium thing means the end of JB on stage. If you think about it all the heavy hitters have done the stadium thing for a season so it's not a big surprise especially if you can put the fannys in the seats.

changingchannels · Post by **changingchannels** » February 16, 2007 6:19 pm

just because this is the first time ever of jimmy doing a headline stadium show doesnt mean its the end. bands that have been around for 2 years have done stadium shows!look he still wants to play live because he knows thats where the fun and dinero is!just be greatful!

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » February 16, 2007 7:54 pm

ejr wrote:The Wrigley rumor pretty much ended with the discussion of Sting and the Police playing Wrigley. And, now we have an Alpine date and a Tinley Park date.

Cool! 3 days removed from my B-day!

(So I know what I'm getting for my B-day present for myself THIS YEAR

)

Liminone · Post by **Liminone** » February 16, 2007 7:57 pm

Maybe the Stadium shows are more about him not having to listen to "I can't get tickets" or "Damn scalpers" or "Tickets were sold out in two minutes" crap

Could it be that he hears us?

For the last two years I've been hearing THIS is gonna be the last tour...... It'll happen but for now We've been given another "Labor Day weekend show"

That's what I think.

Liminone