Official 930 Club Replacements Echostage May 8 Show
And then there's this: https://www.facebook.com/pwshirt?fref=ts
The other side of the coin…the Pixies. Will they stop already?
chaz wrote:
The other side of the coin…the Pixies. Will they stop already?
Did you see their show the other night? Sonic Youth was around for ages and nobody really said "will they stop already?". But I guarantee you if they had broken up in 1992 and reformed, someone would have been saying that.
TheREALHunter wrote:Sidehatch wrote:
damn….I would be soo pissed
The Replacements regret to inform our friends in Pittsburgh and Columbus that the shows that were originally scheduled for May 5 & 6 will have to be canceled. We've explored every possibility to reschedule these shows within the window of opportunity but prior commitments and conflicts have prevented us from doing so.
All tickets purchased for these shows will be refunded at the point of purchase. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and hope that we can come back in the future and make it up to you.
I had heard that after they fulfill their European show obligations that it's a permanent wrap, this info would certainly support that, I don't think there will be any 'future' shows for them to 'make up'.
http://pitchfork.com/news/59854-paul-westerberg-says-the-replacements-just-played-their-final-show/
I am so happy I caught them when I did and that I made the effort to see a couple shows. They were never a polished band (except maybe on "I Will Dare", which is a perfect pop song) but damn what great music they made, and it was fun to be reminded of that. I was skeptical about the reunion performances, but they were so good. Sad that Westerberg feels like he betrayed the legacy of the band, but at least he gave a lot of joy to people while he did it.
bearman wrote:
I am so happy I caught them when I did and that I made the effort to see a couple shows. They were never a polished band (except maybe on "I Will Dare", which is a perfect pop song) but damn what great music they made, and it was fun to be reminded of that. I was skeptical about the reunion performances, but they were so good. Sad that Westerberg feels like he betrayed the legacy of the band, but at least he gave a lot of joy to people while he did it.
I am lucky and greedy and got to see them 5 times on this run. From Riot Fest in Chicago 2013 to the Festival Pier in Philly. It all coincided with a very difficult period of time for me, and I felt like having the cobbled-together vestiges of one of my favorite bands and all of the similarly thrilled fans around was really helpful and (probably) destructive all at once.
Someone has posted a pretty good recording of this show at DIME.
Rusty wrote:
Someone has posted a pretty good recording of this show at DIME.
It was still recorded at Echostage, so not so great, but not quite as bass heavy as the version that was posted here earlier.