Beastie Boys at Patriot Center

as far as VA traffic goes, i NEVER have a problem getting in to dc (to 930) unless there's an accident or something. i've done the drive from richmond in 1.5 hours before (to the club, not just to dc) and i don't speed ridiculously.

i have no complaints about va traffic. i've run into much worse traffic in maryland than va.

Originally posted by distance:
as far as VA traffic goes, i NEVER have a problem getting in to dc (to 930) unless there's an accident or something. i've done the drive from richmond in 1.5 hours before (to the club, not just to dc) and i don't speed ridiculously.

i have no complaints about va traffic. i've run into much worse traffic in maryland than va.

what time do you leave?

Living in the Baltimore area and doing way more than my share of driving between DC and Baltimore I can say that more often than not, I end up in major traffic jams going into DC way more than coming home. Then again, I'm going in usually for a show so it's earlier.

After the show on Friday at Merriweather, I encountered almost no traffic at all coming back to Baltimore. It was a breeze!

Having done plenty of driving in the MD/DC/VA area, I'd have to say that they all suck equally when you are in it at the wrong time. It can be especially nerve racking when you aren't familiar with an area because you don't know their patterns and they aren't always consistant between states. However I have found that if there is a very large degree of traffic very late at night, it's more often than not somewhere in the DC area, specifically the Capital Beltway. I can only assume that Rt. 66 might get like that too.

For what it's worth, I'm totally blown away by how drastically Merriweather has changed. It's still a hike for me but one I've learned to take if I'm going to have a life that just isn't happening in Baltimore. Also, I don't care who plays at the Patriot Center, I'm NOT going!

What is it about Oct. 8th? Q and Not U are at Black Cat. Hope of the States are at 9:30 Club. And now it is possible that the Beasties are at Patriot Center. I will miss it all because I will be in Tampa seeing the Pixies. A popular night for concerts. I recommend Hope of the States out of all of them, by the way. Q and Not U will be around again, and the Beasties are at that arena. (I agree that I would rather see BB at Merriweather. I'm not completely anti-Patriot, but Merriweather has better sound + atmosphere.)

Kurosawa, personally I'll take your Pixies ticket and get my ass down to Tampa if you're really that torn! :) I was just listening to my Coachella CD last night and I just cannot wait until I see the Pixies in CHicago in November. I am halfway thinking about going to Bumbershoot so I can see them then.

anyway, i don't really care where the beasties play, as long as i get to see them. and as long as whfs aren't the only people with tickets.

That sounds good for me, I'm a senior at GMU and what better way to spend the last year of college than saying you saw the Beastie Boys on-campus

Oh yeah, its always been one hell of a time getting to Merriweather through that MD traffic no matter what concert it is there. Dang that Incubus is playing at Merriweather on a weekday in October, I sure can't go. And then they play at the Richmond Coliseum a day or two later, should've just played east coast first but ah whatever

Originally posted by bunnyman:
Kurosawa, personally I'll take your Pixies ticket and get my ass down to Tampa if you're really that torn! :)

Oh no, I'm not torn. Just commenting on the popularity of the night. The Pixies win hands down!

Holmdel SUCKS. WOrst amphitheater I have ever been to. the whle damn thing is on such an incline even the sober folks have a hard time standing up. Then they run big ass power cables down all the aisle by the boat load. Lets not even talk about the piss quality of the sound system.

Originally posted by RatBastard:
Holmdel SUCKS. WOrst amphitheater I have ever been to. the whle damn thing is on such an incline even the sober folks have a hard time standing up. Then they run big ass power cables down all the aisle by the boat load. Lets not even talk about the piss quality of the sound system.

i've been very close to the stage every time i've gone. i didn't find the sound to be that bad where i was sitting. i have no sympathy for someone that drinks so much they can't stand, even if it is on an incline.

Originally posted by imaginarycolors:
Oh yeah, its always been one hell of a time getting to Merriweather through that MD traffic no matter what concert it is there. Dang that Incubus is playing at Merriweather on a weekday in October, I sure can't go. And then they play at the Richmond Coliseum a day or two later, should've just played east coast first but ah whatever

Except for getting through downtown Baltimore traffic on a Friday afternoon, I didn't have any traffic problems going to Merriweather either. Never left the state of Maryland and still had a long drive. Seems to me that the mess was in the DC area or NOVA.

Guess I'm one of the lucky ones for Oct. 8th as I don't really like Q And Not U, can't stand the Beastie Boys and won't be in Tampa. It's Hope Of The States all the way for me! :D Just heard from a friend of mine in Australia that the HOTS show the other day was fantastic and his best show of the year to date.

I still haven't seen anything concerning a press release or anything on this show. Does anyone have a link? Or a date for when tix go on sale?

Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
What is it about Oct. 8th? Q and Not U are at Black Cat. Hope of the States are at 9:30 Club. And now it is possible that the Beasties are at Patriot Center. I will miss it all because I will be in Tampa seeing the Pixies. A popular night for concerts. I recommend Hope of the States out of all of them, by the way. Q and Not U will be around again, and the Beasties are at that arena. (I agree that I would rather see BB at Merriweather. I'm not completely anti-Patriot, but Merriweather has better sound + atmosphere.)

>>> I will of course be at the Pixies show in New Orleans at the Voodoo Music Fest. For the life of me I can't figure out why people are going to see the Pixies in Tampa at the godawful Suncoast Dome instead of the friendly confines of "Hard Rock Live" in Orlando…….please freaking enlighten me!

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Originally posted by The O' Rotten Factor:

Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
What is it about Oct. 8th? Q and Not U are at Black Cat. Hope of the States are at 9:30 Club. And now it is possible that the Beasties are at Patriot Center. I will miss it all because I will be in Tampa seeing the Pixies. A popular night for concerts. I recommend Hope of the States out of all of them, by the way. Q and Not U will be around again, and the Beasties are at that arena. (I agree that I would rather see BB at Merriweather. I'm not completely anti-Patriot, but Merriweather has better sound + atmosphere.)

>>> I will of course be at the Pixies show in New Orleans at the Voodoo Music Fest. For the life of me I can't figure out why people are going to see the Pixies in Tampa at the godawful Suncoast Dome instead of the friendly confines of "Hard Rock Live" in Orlando…….please freaking enlighten me!

haha. yeah, they're acting like the band hasn't toured in 12 years or something.

bunch of freaks!

Tix on sale Saturday (8/28)

Both the 9:30 and WHFS are doing pre-sales. Both will begin at 10am on Thursday and end at 6pm on Friday. The 'HFS e-mail mentions that tickets are $42. :eek:

No one will go with me….probably not a huge loss, but I'd go….

Does anyone know if this is general admission or not?