xneverwherex
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 11, 2009 at 02:12 PM UTC
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it was the same deal at the arlington in ventura. there was nobody there. the highlight by far was hearing "The Killing Moon". Ian sounded absolutely amazing. The crowd was really into them which made up for the lack of people.
bearman wrote:
I remember seeing Electafixion in 1996 and there were maybe 30 or 40 people there. Will Sergeant and Ian Mcculloch were doing a bunch of Echo & the Bunnymen songs and it was a real treat. The people that showed up were going wild. Great show, they treated those of us that showed up REALLY well!
helicon1
Joined: December 06, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 11, 2009 at 03:19 PM UTC
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In 1998, I went to see Harvey Danger and The Mayfield 4 at 930 following HFStival. There were literally four people in attendance (Myself, two friends and some guy by himself) plus the staff.
BookerT
Joined: October 30, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 11, 2009 at 03:33 PM UTC
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helicon1 wrote:
In 1998, I went to see Harvey Danger and The Mayfield 4 at 930 following HFStival. There were literally four people in attendance (Myself, two friends and some guy by himself) plus the staff.
hey, i was at that show! do i know you???
Barcelona
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 11, 2009 at 04:09 PM UTC
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The Waterboys at the 9:30 in 2001 was a bit sad, cannot give an estimate, but very empty.
Sir HC
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM UTC
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Primal stage was not all the way up. All the way up is second colum, barely enough room to get around the bar to the right. I was at some Fletchers shows that were pathetic when they then played the 930 to 10x the people.
El Tee
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 14, 2009 at 01:18 PM UTC
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IOTA is taking a hit in the recession, perhaps other venues are too. (although, I haven't found their bookings to be as adequate after 2003)
Lisa Hannigan didn't quite fill 930, but I think it was a bit oversized venue for her.
For whatever it's worth talking about past shows: Snow Patrol's first show at 930 - about 60-80 ppl?
Jesse Valenzuela and Craig Northey at Iota on Valentine's Day years ago, I think there were 15 ppl.
TheREALHunter
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Re: Low Show Attendance
May 14, 2009 at 07:00 PM UTC
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distance wrote:
i think the most sparsely attended show i've been to @ 930 was probably hank III in 2001 (june sometime?).
Really?
Maybe my perception was skewed from my vantage point (filming upstairs in the VIP section) but I thought he filled it up pretty good. Now when Superjoint Ritual came to town the following year (the band that Hank III played bass in on the side) THAT was a seriously under attended show, maybe 200 at the most. Dio and NY Dolls definitely weren't more than half full either, plenty of room to move around.