An american thing?
As fortune would have it, I will be in that neck of the woods for the Radio City show. But something odd struck me about presales today
I woke up early, logged into the presale site early. And although I usually do the refresh thing prior to the start time, never ... never ... really NEVER is it the case that the tickets pop up before appleserv says it's time
WELL, someone should adjust their clocks at presale HQ ... tickets popped up, and I was like so stunned, I was stupified for a moment. In that moment, some of the sections went off the screen
Long story short, I got some seats -- pretty good ones, all things considered. Shortly after I checked out, there were no more seats. Boy, this is what they mean by tough ticket in some big cities ... things sell out in a blink
So because other cities were on sale, or should I say Canada was on sale. I went to check to see what was going on with their sales. All GA shows, but were still available when I checked ... still available when I checked a few moments ago
It makes me wonder if hard rock/metal is a USA-USA-USA!! thing, and the rest of the world kind of laughs at our obsessional love with all things loud, crunchy, D&Dish, and Dio. Who knows, I guess some of the msg board fans were right, should have opened in the upper 48 ...
At the end of the day, though the "D" may have their wish that Dio give up the throne ... I get to see him do some of those Sabb songs that I grew up with, which I didn't believe was ever going to happen again since 92 went over like a lead balloon
When I was getting into loud music in `82, this was the current configuration of the overlords. I literally played my LiveEvil cassette to death -- I mean it flew apart into ribbons one day while I was playing it. And for most of my life, Sabb was just a name that Tony used to keep releasing albums, even though most of the members had long left ... hmm, don't know if I can think of anyone who still tries that ... right, Bill Bailey?
I was pretty stoked when I heard RJD was back in, in 92. However, though the Dehumanizer album had its moments, it didn't really stand up well compared to Mob or HnH. I also heard about the band problems, and thought ... well, that's that for the Sabb name
How wrong was I? ... who knew the original 4 would get back together, tour and record a live album ... and a few tracks here and there. Who knew that it would become very easy to see the original 4 live -- at your local open field summer festival.
Though seeing the original 4 remains one of those elusive things on my agenda, I can see the second best thing this coming March. And frankly when they tour the upper 48 and Asia later this year, I wouldn't be surprised if they end up in our neck of the woods