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08-31-2011, 03:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | Just blew 156 bucks to see Chicago
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Wow, ticket sticker shock!!! Wife is happy. For that much, I ought to get to sit in. |
08-31-2011, 03:58 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | How close to the stage?
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08-31-2011, 04:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | Not very, closest tickets were 125.00. Next 88.00 It's not a huge venue but dang! |
08-31-2011, 04:14 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Well, the wife is happy, so you're doing a good thing. They do have some cool songs, so it won't be a total wasted evening.
-Mike |
08-31-2011, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | I'll have a good time, but she bitched about 60 bucks a ticket to see Journey. |
08-31-2011, 05:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK | | enjoy the Loverboy gig next time they tour 
...sorry... |
08-31-2011, 06:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | Hey, I'm old. |
08-31-2011, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK | | | if it makes it better, i was listening to Cheap Trick earlier this evening... |
08-31-2011, 06:11 PM
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But $156?!! Yowza!
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08-31-2011, 06:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | I wouldn't pay that much to see a band without the singer that gave them their distinct sound.
Just go find a Chicago tribute band, pay 10 dollar cover, and almost the same experience. |
08-31-2011, 06:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | We avoided Ticket Masterbator's gouging or it would have been a lot more. |
08-31-2011, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz  I wouldn't pay that much to see a band without the singer that gave them their distinct sound.
Just go find a Chicago tribute band, pay 10 dollar cover, and almost the same experience. | Or the guitar player, Bass Player or drummer that made them a killer band in the early seventies. I loved that band, but they are a shell of their former selves. They really are a "Chicago Tribute Band".
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08-31-2011, 08:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Austin TX | | | guess this isn't the time to say i was with a friend and we were both stumbling drunk and thought we were going to see another friend play in a battle of the bands and walked into a Chicago concert by mistake (turns out there was no battle of the bands). despite not paying (i mumbled something incomprehensible to the gate guard and he waved us through) we left after the opening number thinking we'd payed too much, so i feel for you big time. this was back in the early to mid 80s if that makes a difference.
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09-01-2011, 07:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | I love Chicago. I've seen them about 4-5 times, although I've never payed that much to see them. Someone had said they were a shell of their former selves and that's true. I think there's only like 4 original members left but they still sound da*n good live. |
09-01-2011, 07:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | | That's pretty steep. I'm thinking I paid far less than that and got to see Chicago double billed with Earth Wind and Fire a few years ago at Red Rocks, Colorado. They shared the stage for a few songs and assisted on each other's hits. It was amazing.
Enjoy the show. Making the woman happy will be worth every penny.
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09-01-2011, 08:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa oklahoma | | oh that Chicago. for some reason i was thinking Chicago The Musical. either way worth it!
checks tour dates. . .
hey they are gonna be in tulsa for 12/09/11 
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09-01-2011, 08:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I saw them a year ago playing a double bill with the Doobies. At the end, both bands came out and played together as one mega-band. It was kick-ass!
I remember Chicago in the 70's clearly - one of the tightest, best sounding rock/brass bands ever. There were a number of really cool bands like Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire, Blood Sweat & Tears...all combined a rock band with a heavy dose of brass and sax...the sound was fantastic. I miss hearing more of that sound today...to play tight and right in that kind of setting requires top musicians.
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09-01-2011, 10:01 PM
| | | | Seeing a band that's not really any of the original or integral members is kind of wierd to me. I remember going and seeing The Diamonds with my father back when I was a senior in high school, but none of them were the original Diamonds. They were just playing under the Diamonds' name. They referred to themselves in the third person, which I thought was kind of wierd, e.g., "Silohettes was a hit song for the Diamonds in 1957."
Are there any original members left in Blood, Sweat, and Tears? That band's pretty much had about a bazillion different players throughout the years. I guess that's to be expected of bands that are more than five-piece, though.
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09-02-2011, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by burk48237 Or the guitar player, Bass Player or drummer that made them a killer band in the early seventies. I loved that band, but they are a shell of their former selves. They really are a "Chicago Tribute Band". | True.
To my disappointment, they've been milking the "let's listen to schmaltzy ballads in the Jacuzzi" genre for about 30 years now.
I can't say that hasn't made them a lot of money, though. I read a news article a few years ago that referred to Jimmy Pankow's ex-wife and her multi-million-dollar Malibu home. I thought, "Hmmm, the rock trombonist's ex-wife got the mansion. I wonder if that's ever happened before, or since." |
09-02-2011, 11:06 AM
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