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maroon barchetta
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In reply to 62strat • 11:05a, 3/11/25
Metallica spoiled people.
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62strat
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In reply to maroon barchetta • 11:07a, 3/11/25
maroon barchetta said:
Metallica spoiled people.
even then, they've only done this no repeat stuff the last 6-8 years or so I think.

They have done plenty of double shows in cities with just a few songs swapped out. They were never a pearl jam or dave matthews..
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In reply to 62strat • 1:26p, 3/11/25
62strat said:
maroon barchetta said:
Metallica spoiled people.
even then, they've only done this no repeat stuff the last 6-8 years or so I think.

They have done plenty of double shows in cities with just a few songs swapped out. They were never a pearl jam or dave matthews..
The biggest difference between doing a double show in a city with a few songs swapped out and doing the same at this Dominican resort festival is there wasn't an option for a single day ticket. Everyone who is there paid the price for all 3 days. I know they never advertised "no-repeats" but talk about ****ting on some die hard fans to play almost half your set the same as when they just saw you 2 nights earlier with the exact same audience as then.
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3:07p, 3/11/25
Eagles at The Sphere was awesome. It was a pretty mild blowing experience. Taking in all the incredible visuals was cool then you realize at the same time that you're watching Joe Walsh shredding a guitar solo.

Visuals were insane but the sound in that place was just as impressive. Well worth the high price tag and highly recommend taking in the show if your on the fence.

We sat in the 6th row of 408 and they were perfect seats. had a great view of everything without forking up the big bucks for the lower seats.


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62strat
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3:07p, 3/11/25
I don't know.. I guess I've seen Tool plenty enough times and tracked their setlist enough times that a typical double show will repeat all but 2-3 songs. I would think a person in this audience is a diehard fan and would expect.
I've yet to see any publication/advertisement that they would have a 'no repeat weekend'.. the key buzzword that metallica has used successfully for 5 years now. I've seen 'two Tool headline shows', 'two unique shows'.. those are pretty vague phrases. I'd argue both shows were definitely unique, when else have you seen tool on the beach in the Caribbean.. or any beach? That is unique for sure.

This crowd got 15 unique songs; Their 2024 tour was 11 songs most nights. So with two 11 song sets of no repeat, you'd get 22. So, ok, they got jipped a few.


They could have payed the 80 min new album on one night which is only 7 songs. Then night two you get 11, so that's only 18. Now they are only 3 off. Would that have really been that different?

And let's not forget, this wasn't just two tool shows. It was a full blown festival. Several other big names, including another headliner on night 3. Festivals are expensive. Festivals on the beach in the Caribbean island are real expensive.
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12:54p, 3/12/25
Deftones NA tour leg 2

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1:02p, 3/12/25
Looking forward to the show in Houston on Sunday.

A Red Rocks Denver show would be fun as hell, but with the way theyre selling out arenas now, figured Ball would be the spot.

IDLES at the show in San Diego last november was surprisingly entertaining (although i didnt know anything about them)
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62strat
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3:22p, 3/12/25
Some hints at a Sleep token arena tour.

man what a rise.. what took ghost about 9-10 years to accomplish, (assuming this is true) it's only taken sleep token two tour cycles and about 4-5 years to go from completely unknown to arena headliner.


This image posted on the social media of several 10k plus venues/arenas around the US.




https://themosh.net/venues-start-hinting-at-sleep-tokens-speculated-north-american-tour/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-ywtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV5ZVGegb_tMmnL7cSsj8EyavgITIvvHZ_DYHcD5ZvLXuZOQu3mjkQ68HQ_aem_BJnNM2Z9nvM_ZnLoiTkJSA

https://www.showmehowtodanceforever.com/
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4:28p, 3/12/25
Got tickets for Dwight Yoakam and The Mavericks May 16th in Las Cruces.

Also hoping to catch Ghost when they play in Ft Worth in August.
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5:40p, 3/12/25
Got tickets for Volbeat in Irving for July 28th. I don't get to make too many concerts because we're 2.5 hours from Dallas and 3.5 from Houston. Been waiting a while to see these guys.
Double Talkin' Jive...
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In reply to Equinox • 5:45p, 3/12/25
Equinox said:
Got tickets for Dwight Yoakam and The Mavericks May 16th in Las Cruces.

Also hoping to catch Ghost when they play in Ft Worth in August.

If you haven't seen The Mavericks before you're in for a treat. I saw them last year in Prescott with Dwight, and they were fantastic. Dwight was good as well, but less of a showman, at least that night.
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6:32a, 3/13/25
Deftones last night at Moody. Helluva show. Chino brought it.
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8:21a, 3/13/25
Sleep token arena tour, new album


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In reply to 62strat • 1:24p, 3/13/25
62strat said:
I don't know.. I guess I've seen Tool plenty enough times and tracked their setlist enough times that a typical double show will repeat all but 2-3 songs. I would think a person in this audience is a diehard fan and would expect.
I've yet to see any publication/advertisement that they would have a 'no repeat weekend'.. the key buzzword that metallica has used successfully for 5 years now. I've seen 'two Tool headline shows', 'two unique shows'.. those are pretty vague phrases. I'd argue both shows were definitely unique, when else have you seen tool on the beach in the Caribbean.. or any beach? That is unique for sure.

This crowd got 15 unique songs; Their 2024 tour was 11 songs most nights. So with two 11 song sets of no repeat, you'd get 22. So, ok, they got jipped a few.


They could have payed the 80 min new album on one night which is only 7 songs. Then night two you get 11, so that's only 18. Now they are only 3 off. Would that have really been that different?

And let's not forget, this wasn't just two tool shows. It was a full blown festival. Several other big names, including another headliner on night 3. Festivals are expensive. Festivals on the beach in the Caribbean island are real expensive.
I went and it was awesome. I've been around Tool enough to know they have a rigid set list and Maynard doesn't want to stretch his voice. The thought was always there that they would repeat songs and I'll be honest and admit I was disappointed when they started night 2 with the same song. After that song he mentioned this would be an alternate set. From there there were repeats but also different songs than the night before. They performed all songs with the same showmanship you would come to expect and they didn't 'mail in' their performance. So any live Tool is good in my book.
Add in that concert was all inclusive too. Which means if you were hungry, walk over and get food. Full bars and servers walking around with Beer in case you get thirsty. They also had beer booths that always had beer ready to go.
Primus was good too. They played with Danny Carey (drummer from Tool) for some songs, then introduced their new drummer. Then they had both drummers for 'My Name is Mud' and that bassline was AWESOME!
Other bands I'm less familiar with were very good as well.
There were no restrictions on recording like other Tool concerts, so there's videos floating around of the concert (obviously not the same as being there but still).

Daily activities were good too. Nothing like walking out to the pool\beach and hearing Tool blaring out of the speakers (first song I heard was 'Maynards D**k' ). They didn't stick to the common songs which was good and played other related bands as well. I think they got a hold of my playlist lol.

Also on Saturday during the day, Tool (minus Maynard) did a very loud and production worthy sound check in the middle of the day where they played instrument only versions of their songs (Sober included which wasn't played at night). Nothing like laying on the beach soaking up sun and then hearing Tool warm up.

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In reply to Echoes97 • 1:43p, 3/14/25
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johnnyblaze36 said:
Not to humblebrag here but I got invited to a party in Arlington last night scheduled for March 22nd featuring Christopher Holt.

Pretty crazy that he's going from playing all these shows at the Sphere with the Eagles to doing a house party indoors for 35 people. Can't wait.
That's awesome, I'm good friends w/ Mike Richardson (and several of his musical people) up there. Met Chris several times, and seen him play with his Doors tribute, Who tribute, and some others. Also enjoyed his live streams during Covid. Pretty amazing that he's now on stage w/ the Eagles!
Big Mike is awesome! I've strangely never seen him live but watched a bunch of his live streams during covid as well as some streams of he and Chris doing live gigs at Lola's.

Chris just announced the release of his new solo album a couple of days ago. He sent it to my dropbox awhile back before it was fully finished and mastered but it is great. Very much "Summer Reverb" sounding. And I have not heard the two tracks he did with Mike Campbell that are on it:

https://www.chrisholtmusic.net/_files/ugd/550f7e_8d68d9a3d70b40d2a3c7a4b67276cd44.pdf

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In reply to Proposition Joe • 1:48p, 3/14/25
Proposition Joe said:
I didn't realize Holt was playing with The Eagles, that's crazy. I knew he had a history with Henley, but that's still a big jump.

Big Mike did our wedding reception... My only regret is that I had to spend time socializing instead of listening to him jam
That sounds like a killer reception! Much better than the ones I'm typically used to attending that always seem to start out with a DJ playing "September" without fail (although I do love that song and band).
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In reply to johnnyblaze36 • 1:51p, 3/14/25
johnnyblaze36 said:
Proposition Joe said:
I didn't realize Holt was playing with The Eagles, that's crazy. I knew he had a history with Henley, but that's still a big jump.

Big Mike did our wedding reception... My only regret is that I had to spend time socializing instead of listening to him jam
That sounds like a killer reception! Much better than the ones I'm typically used to attending that always seem to start out with a DJ playing "September" without fail (although I do love that song and band).

Heh yeah that was our compromise... She got the DJ (which I didn't care about) to take care of the late night dancing, but the tradeoff was that I got Big Mike for the first few hours.

Problem was, it's hard to give your guests attention when all you want to do is go over to the stage and listen to him absolutely crush Sister Golden Hair.
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In reply to Aggie87 • 2:06p, 3/14/25
Aggie87 said:
Equinox said:
Got tickets for Dwight Yoakam and The Mavericks May 16th in Las Cruces.

Also hoping to catch Ghost when they play in Ft Worth in August.

If you haven't seen The Mavericks before you're in for a treat. I saw them last year in Prescott with Dwight, and they were fantastic. Dwight was good as well, but less of a showman, at least that night.

I've seen them a few times. I'm going to their show in Sugarland in April.
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2:35p, 3/14/25
Had a chance to go to San Antonio last night for the Deftones. Deftones have always been a band I have never seen live, and they didn't disappoint this 42 year old. I loved everything about the concert. Growing up in SA, I am no stranger to the rock/metal seen, and went to just about every concert that came through back in the 90s. So glad this worked out and was able to experience them live.












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jetch17
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2:39p, 3/14/25
These arena sellouts still blow my mind after going to shows since '98 around the fur tour

/peepaw

Guess this gray haired guy will still jump around like a banshee this weekend amongst all the kids with phones up the whole time
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In reply to jetch17 • 3:25p, 3/14/25
Me as well. I would have expected them to maybe sell out 713 Music Hall or something like that, I didn't realize there was such a thirst for Deftones, but it warms my heart.
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9:29a, 3/15/25
Went to Journey at the Rodeo last night. It was a good show until an electrical fire knocked out power to the stage and it had to be cancelled.

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In reply to Quincey P. Morris • 11:01a, 3/15/25
We were there and were enjoying it until it stopped. I expect we'll get a refund, but I'd love if it were like a normal show where they rescheduled them later this year.
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Quincey P. Morris
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In reply to jh0400 • 11:38a, 3/15/25
My stepdad bought us all tickets after market. We're hoping they track that somehow now since it was through AXS so he actually gets a refund and not the person that sold him the tickets.
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In reply to Quincey P. Morris • 11:49a, 3/15/25
We bought on StubHub, and they have a refund for cancellation policy. My fear is that the rodeo will try to get around calling it a cancellation. My quick math is that they're out around $10MM, and assuming they don't actually own the stage it could take a minute to figure out who's actually on the hook if refunds are issued.
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2:53p, 3/16/25
Saw Eric Prydz at The Concourse Project last night. He played Call On Me for the first time in something like 20 years. Was a great set and the sound system in that place is awesome.

Hoping to see him again at EDC in a couple months.
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Quincey P. Morris
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In reply to jh0400 • 6:43p, 3/16/25
I'd assume there's insurance for this stuff.
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6:45p, 3/16/25
Right now for rest of the year, we've got Cody Jinx and Luke Bryan (couldn't care less about the concert on this one, going for the rodeo championships) this week, Ryan Bingham in May, Hayes Carll in June, and Cross Canadian Ragweed in August.
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6:53p, 3/16/25
Only thing this month is Awolnation.

Caught a few good bands for free at a local music festival. Some were not bad…

Cardinals
The Thing
The Bends
Wynonna Bleach
Snacktime
Criticals
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7:22p, 3/16/25
We out here


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In reply to jetch17 • 8:21p, 3/16/25
Dang, did you and the Seinfelds get there after having the early bird special at Luby's?
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jetch17
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8:39p, 3/16/25
That was before the bar for merch pickup - frankly the mars Volta thus far is a whole bunch of mehhhh
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In reply to jetch17 • 8:57p, 3/16/25
jetch17 said:
That was before the bar for merch pickup - frankly the mars Volta thus far is a whole bunch of mehhhh


They were boring. Fleshwater was better. Hoping Deftones kill it.

Edit: they did.
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10:20p, 3/16/25
Going to my first show of the year this week. BJ Barham (American Aquarium). That is the first of a bunch this spring and summer:

Patterson Hood and Lydia Loveless
Jack White (2x)
Nick Cave
Billy Strings
Sturgill
MJ Lenderman
Lord Huron
Father John Misty
Hamilton Leithauser
Lucinda Williams
Craig Finn
Kevin Morby
The Decemberists
Kurt Vile
Nine Inch Nails
Waxahatchee

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7:52a, 3/17/25
Fun time as usual






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