Concerts thread: Best/Worst/Next/Last one you attended?

He opens his tour in Detroit tonight so there wouldn't be anything on THIS tour online. Cannot offer anything on his past proclivities. Maybe check the Freep or DetNews tomorrow for a review.

 

Typically we'd just skip the Little League game, but this godforsaken weather forced two cancellations this week, so now this is Opening Day. We had the same dilemma with the Kentucky Derby a few years ago and were fortunate that his game got rained out. Last year I had a ticket offered to me to Three Floyds Dark Lord Day and had to turn it down because my dumb stupid daughter was playing her first T-ball game ever that day.

 

Best move you were ever forced to make.

 

Well, looking at the venue where he is playing when you are going, it says doors at 7, show starts at 8. Looks like one opener. I'd bet they play 30-40 minutes. Jack White probably hits the stage around 9-9:15. Maaaaaybe 9:30. But I wouldn't expect him to start before 9.

 

After talking about Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer award this week, it got me to seeing if he was on tour, which he is. Playing shows 90 miles from here on back-t0-back nights (one south of here; one north of here). Tickets in the section I would like are $187.50, plus tax and fees. So for two tickets, that's $500, plus a babysitter for the kids; -- plus, since the show doesn't start until 8 with two opening acts and Lamar won't take the stage until 9 or 10 or something, a hotel room, which means dinner and breakfast on the road. So...that's an $800 concert for Mrs. Flip and I.

Probably pass on that.

 

Whenever tickets get north of $100, watching that artist's latest Austin City Limits or festival stop on Youtube on my couch starts to sound like a better plan.

 

Cool. I see that now, too. So game ends at 3:30 (Michigan time), 2.5 hours to Grand Rapids, we're at least in town by around 6. Probably 6:30 more realistically. I'd like to get as close to the stage as possible. I'd also like to eat.

First-world problems.

 

FYI parking in downtown GR is going to SUCK more than usual Saturday. It's Founders Fest that day.

 

Does that also mean we won't be able to get into Founders? We have a hotel a few miles away. We'll probably just check in there and then Uber downtown so that we can have a couple drinks before/after the show anyway.

 

I would say it would be...challenging...getting into Founders. There's always HopCat or GR Brewing close by, both have solid food and good drinks.

 

We were thinking about doing Founders on Sunday anyway.

 

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Dave Grohl invited a fan onstage and was blown away by the guy's performance