front row seats? am i the only one?

all this talk of people with their front row seats. am i the only one whos never had them?

not counting GA shows, which even then i have never been against the barricade, save a few short times at festivals.

i had 4th row seats at a Coldplay show in Baltimore way way back but thats as close as i have ever had seats. am i doing something wrong here, haha.

i sat in the front row for a ben folds 5 show 10 years ago. we were so far off to the side that we moved back

The only time I've ever had front row seats for anything was a seated general admission show.

only "real" front rows i've ever had was for primus ar DAR, which i got through the fan club. ended up being directly in front of les. t'was a ton of fun, seeing his facial expressions up close.

i've gotten AA row seats at patriot center a few times (most recently for muse), which is front row of the sides (i.e. not floor) - excellent seats, raised off the floor.

i pulled front row orch for arcade fire, but they are all the way to the side (right against the wall). i threw them back.

I started in the 5th or 6th row for the Arcade Fire at DAR a few months back but managed to get up front when Win told everybody to ignore the ushers.

I did once for a concert at the warner theater. I bought them a week before the show and it just happened to be when they released some VIP (maybe season ticket holder?) seats.

I found front row to the right of the stage at the Patriot Center the day of the show.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
The only time I've ever had front row seats for anything was a seated general admission show.

Jammin' Java counts? ;)

i've gotten front row twice.
i've gotten ~4th row a couple times also.

does it count when you and your friend are the only people in the audience

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
does it count when you and your friend are the only people in the audience

which Wilco show was that?

I've only had them a few times. Bloc Party was the biggest show. Laurie Anderson at Lisner in 2004 and a couple of Dead-related things nobody else cares about. hmmm….that may be all. It's definitely rare for me.

First row 4-5 times for Pearl Jam. The benefit of having a low fan club number.

Front row for Bright Eyes/Feist at DAR. First 5 rows for a handful of others including Weezer and Primus.

We got front row for Arcade Fire at DAR…tried once and it told us it couldn't find any tickets, then tried again and ended up with front row, and in one of the center sections too.

The only front row seats I have ever gotten were from connections, never through ticketbastard/tickets.com/ticketron(if you're old enough).

I've had them about a half dozen times over the years and it's almost always been a mistake which makes them memorable.

Prince, Tacoma Dome, Purple Rain tour, mom hooked up the family with Purple Circle tix right up front and this was fantastic, first time that close to anything, and every experience went down hill from there.

The Cure at San Diego Arena, kiss kiss kiss me tour, too close as it sounded like shit with the reverb.

Iron Maiden, same venue, Powerslave tour, they had so much shit on the stage I couldn't see everything very well,and again with the reverb. Only positive is that I caught Steve Harris' Westham wristband that I keep ticketstubs from that year to this day.

Depeche Mode, Dodger Stadium, Violator tour, place was so freekin big that front row didn't mean shit.


Natalie Merchant, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Motherland tour, way too close for comfort, had to look straight up, and everytime she sat on a stool she'd have to cross her legs and I had to turn away because her bloomers were looking at me. Sound was spotty too.

Mary J. Blige, DAR Constitution Hall, No More Drama Tour, this show introduced me to the fact that front row at DAR sucks, too close, no leg room, too loud, all around bad. Now I only go with 4th/5th or back there.

Probably too much information, could have just said you're not missing shit.

Wow, you've been to some crap shows.

Just kidding. I reckon Prince was pretty awesome.

More times than I can probably remember.

Chili Peppers/Queens Of The Stone Age
New Edition
Jane's Addiction/Audioslave
Tool

Several in the 1st 10 rows:
Stones (Twice)
The Police
Arcade Fire
Nelly Furtado
Jay-Z (several)
R. Kelly
Prince
Michael Jackson

Many more in the teens I can't remember:
Up In Smoke Tour (Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, Eminem)
Hard Knock Life Tour (Jay-Z, DMX, Method Man & Redman)
The Who
Chili Peppers
Stones

Countless GA shows . . . . Too many.

VARIATION ON THE THEME:

so, front row ain't all that… and the one Orch-A that i did get was a great show, but not mind-blowing. SO - let's change the question from what's the "absolute" best seat you've had, to a more subjective/relative "what good/great seats were you most psyched about?" or were more meaningful to you… take quality & size of the show into account.

for me, better than my front-row primus tix were:
- fourth row dead-center, foo fighter acoustic show, DAR
- fifth row, dylan & raconteurs, patriot center
- tenth row, prince at wachovia center

Originally posted by bnyced0:
this show introduced me to the fact that front row at DAR sucks, too close, no leg room, too loud, all around bad.

for some shows, they really turn up those front fills… no need for that.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I reckon Prince was pretty awesome.

the purple one always is, i can only imagine what he was like during the purple rain tour. he so blew me away in DC that i hopped online as soon as i got home and got myself the above-mentioned floor seat for his show in philly a week later. prince it truly one of - if not the - greatest entertainers and live performers active today. of all the rumors of upcoming tours, his is the one i'm most excited about. i'm a shoe-in for catching him in both NYC and philly (fingers crossed).

bnyce - you're the second person i know for whom prince's purple rain tour was their first show… he too used the exact same phrase: "it's been downhill ever since."

bastards :)

Originally posted by sweetcell:
VARIATION ON THE THEME:

so, front row ain't all that… and the one Orch-A that i did get was a great show, but not mind-blowing. SO - let's change the question from what's the "absolute" best seat you've had, to a more subjective "what good/great seats were you most psyched about?"… take quality & size of the show into account.

dude!!! That was like the most announced thread-jacking in the history of thread-jacking. in fact, this is more like thread-raping.

you should be smacked!!! jeez.