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Pj's and the embassy are two different restaurants by the looks of it, and someone above also said that the Embassy is full of suits.
Oh yeah, just wanted to mention in case anyone going to the Toronto shows is interested - I have an extra pair of Wilco tickets at Massey Hall, for Wednesday, October 14th that I need to sell for face plus fees, $120 for the pair. Liam Finn is the opener.
We bought these tickets, and then a few days later they announced a second show the next night, which is much more convenient for us, so we bought a pair for Thurs night, and now don't need the Wednesday night ones.
The ones I'm selling are right side floors, row F (so, 6th row), and they're actually a few rows closer than the ones I got for Thursday night. They're hard tickets.
If anyone is interested, PM me, and we can do the exchange while I'm in Toronto for the U2 shows. If I don't hear anything by tomorrow night, I'm going to offer them on the Wilco boards.
They were sold as "obstructed view" tickets. If anyone is familiar with Massey Hall, they have these posts in random spots on the floor. But, the posts are small, and basically, if you shift your body or tilt your head 6 inches, you can see just fine. If someone's interested but reluctant because of this, the Massey Hall website has very good pictures and diagrams I can provide that illustrate what I mean. But the bottom line is, I knew about this when I bought them, and still didn't hesitate - they're excellent seats regardless.
I haven't read any other threads because I don't want to know about set lists, but is anyone willing to sum up the mess in Chicago?
P.S. 3 days until show time!!!!
Pj's and the embassy are two different restaurants by the looks of it, and someone above also said that the Embassy is full of suits.
I think all the suits leave the Embassy before 9 - I was there a week ago Fri and there weren't any suits in sight when I went in shortly after 9pm Though I admit it could be different on a weeknight I'm fine with wherever people decide to go
Canwe make a bloddy decision tuesday is 2 days away. and im still open for a party on thursday night as well
Sounds good to me, it's practically stumbling distance away
Exactly!
I've never been there, though, so if there's any reason it's not a good choice, then I'm okay with that, too.
I think us Canadians are just too damn easygoing to make a choice.
Um, I think that's kind of rushing things. Wouldn't it be better to give it till tomorrow to let other people have some input?
Here's what I got out of the Chicago line situation:
Basically, the "line up" started about 60 hours (two and a half days) before the show. Some dude started handing out home made wristbands to people, and the first night of the line, they were allowed to leave for the entire night. Other people got pissy about this (rightly so IMO) saying that if they arrived there, they should be ahead of any people who left for extended periods. The line people were repeatedly told by security and police that they weren't allowed to line up that early, and would be arrested, so they kept moving the line and no one could find it anyway.
In the wee hours the day of the show, there was a stadium line and a wrist band line. These two lines combined, but it sounds like there was some nastiness. From 6 am on the day of, the line grew rapidly. At one point in the afternoon, when the line was supposed to be "closed" (no one can leave), it turned into more of a huge mob of people rather than a line, with 20 or more people side-by-side all the way down. They let groups of people into the stadium and made those behind wait. The staff didn't know how to snap the wristbands closed, so this took a long time. With all the chaos, some people who arrived in the late afternoon ended up in front of people who had been there since early morning. It sounded chaotic and dangerous and frustrating.
giddigy giddigy giddigy
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Have there been any complaints from people in the stands being blocked by the "CLAW'S" legs? Im concerned for my parents. What if the Claw leg blocks the stage?
They will be in the 100 level
I'm going for a walk around the stadium tomorrow on my lunchhour!
As for the Overdraught Pub, I had 2 of my many 2008 Christmas parties there !! Don't remember much but I think it was good
And I do agree about perhaps waiting until other people have provided their input on pub of choice. Some people have stated a preference for PJ O'Briens which seems like a decent place, too.
I just started laying out my clothes to pack
Wenda and I plan to head to The Overdraught on Thursday night. We also want to go to the Hideout after Wednesday's show that Shawn posted about here: http://www.u2interference.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6357815&postcount=946. Hopefully we are not too tired
I hope at some point I get to meet some of you