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Armadillo and Howdy – Thanks for the background info on the sound issues etc. I had a vague understanding of it, but your explanations are very helpful. Good sound quality vs being up front is a brutal choice! That said, I’ll be up front every time. I’ll say this too, I heard every note JJ played very clearly, and I’m not sure I heard a mistake the whole night, pretty impressive.
All in all it was an awesome time and an intense memorable show. I’d agree too that the set list was pure awesome.
As for the personal space thing it’s a trade off too, it adds to the intensity but it can be a pain to be squished for several hours, trying to stay out of the middle of fights.
Thanks to the band for putting on such a fun show!
ErikI would agree that it was an awesome show, not sure I’d say it was the best since 1986 though. A few observations:
I’m no sound engineer, but the sound where I was (up by the stage with Dee just to my right) was a TOTAL FAIL. I’ve never been to a show with worse sound quality, no exaggeration. For myself and everyone around me we thought Dee’s mic was turned off for a good part of the show. JJ’s guitar was all we could hear. On the one hand it was kind of cool to hear one part so clearly but on the other hand we missed a lot. I talked to two people that were 10 ft back from the stage, one said it was in balance the other had the same problem. How does this happen? Was that part of the venue just a weird pocket where the mix/balance was 99% out of whack? I’ve heard that sometimes being up next to the stage the sound can be a little off.
Holy crap the show was long. More of a festival than a concert. Standing for the show from 6pm to 2am = very tired feet. I wasn’t jumping as high as I would have had I realized TS was going to be on so late.
While the audience was good it wasn’t anywhere near as intense as when I last saw TS at the Starland a few years back. This crowd had energy but was more casual, you could have worked your way up close to the stage (as my friends did) when Extreme finished their set(last band before TS). I would have expected a full on lock down shoulder to shoulder with us hardcores at least 15 people deep from the stage at that point. People got pumped when they started but I would have liked to see more heads banging. I’m guessing that is just the Vegas dynamic
I saw Mark walking into the hotel/casino before the show. I walked up and asked if he was Mark (just to be safe). He wasn’t very pleasant, claimed he wasn’t Mark. I’m 99.9% sure it was Mark. Whatever, maybe he was in a rush, not in the mood to deal with a fan. I won’t hold it against him. He put on a great show – far more important than making small talk with me!
While I know they will be releasing a 3D DVD of probably part of the show, I’m hoping there’s some way to actually get to hear/see the full show at some point – I’m assuming they won’t have all of Dee’s banter or every song played on the dvd?
I got up to the stage for their whole set, a high 5 from Dee and managed to catch two of JJs picks (one for me and one for friend) at the end, so I am one happy SMF.
