The White Stripes Concert

[Jeff in BigD]

I went to the concert last night & almost had a great time, but the venue & staff had other plans in mind.

We drove out to Grand Prarie, which was a drive. I'm surprised that we didn't get lost since the directions weren't all that great (yahoo & mapquest didn't know where it was). The parking was $10. The beers were $7 (& the employees were expecting a tip).

When I walked in to our section, I thought I was going to have a bad case of vertigo. My sister said that we should have brought some opera glasses. There were unoccupied seats down along the rail, so we took them. It was silly that it was one set price, yet it was assigned seating.


The opening band was Whirlwind Heat. They had a lot of energy & were fun to watch, but I didn't catch much of the vocals.

During the intermission we got to watch some Betty Boop cartoons.

When The White Stripes came on, they were rockin'.

Right after this picture, one of the employees told me that I couldn't take any more pictures. I told him that I wasn't using the flash. Then he tells me that if I take any more pictures that he'd kick me out. While he saying this, I'm watching camera flashes all over the place. I was fuming.

After 2/3 of the concert had passed, I leaned to my friend & said that we should move to the other side & if I get kicked out for taking more pictures for them to stay & I'd wait in the car.

And of course, the encore.

 

[nativetxn]

So, you didn't get kicked out? Sorry the concert was disappointing. Concerts are very expensive, you're taking this much better than I would, Jeff.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

No I didn't get kicked out.

What drives me nuts is that after the service charges, etc, the $27 dollar ticket became a $40 ticket. Couple that with the fact that my tickets to Warped Tour was less money & if tradition holds, I'll be walking out with tons of freebies.


Some other things - I thought that one of the nice things was unlike a club, there was no smoking...but after a while people started smoking. There was a pit, but in order to get down there you had to go through 2 ticket checks.

I guess it's just festivals & clubs for me from now on.

 

[DocRafiki]

Originally posted by Jeff in BigD

I guess it's just festivals & clubs for me from now on.

You live, you learn. Soon you'll learn to weed out the festivals, too.

 

[Tiggeroo]

I know what you mean Jeff. Their not nicknamed TicketBas#### for nothing. I really like the White Stripes though. So do my sons.

 

[Magickndm]

I will only see concerts at the House of Blues now. Small venue, no smoking, GREAT sound, tho they did a search thru my purse the last concert and found my digital camera. Had to pay $5 to check it.

 

[hawke]

There was a pit, but in order to get down there you had to go through 2 ticket checks.

Yeah, can you believe they'd try to keep people in the section that they paid for? The nerve.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Originally posted by Magickndm
I will only see concerts at the House of Blues now. Small venue, no smoking, GREAT sound, tho they did a search thru my purse the last concert and found my digital camera. Had to pay $5 to check it.

This is the first place that I've been that made an issue about cameras.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Originally posted by hawke
Yeah, can you believe they'd try to keep people in the section that they paid for? The nerve.

Actually I don't believe that the pit area was an assigned section (& regardless it was all the same price), but thanks for playing.