Bad opinions • Page 577

I have no idea how I used to stand through 6+ band local shows back in high school.

 

thats two openers and its still too many no one wants to see a local band on a national tour

 

whatever you guys go have fun at your 6 and a half hour shows with 7 bands and a 3 hour headliner

 

The last Julien tour was seriously so perfect.

Tancred got 30 minutes, Julien played for slightly over an hour. The whole evening was like 2 hours.

 

I prefer having one opener but really even if it’s only 20 minutes a bad opener will feel like an hour to me

 

Hey @sophos34 remember when we saw La Dispute open up for Thrice? That was cool

Apparently there was some opener before them but they sucked so I forgot about it

 

I love earlier shows. Get me home and in bed by 11 and I’m happy.

 

im pretty sure we just showed up for la dispute i never show up for openers im not familiar with

 

that being said i’m going to a fest this weekend that is noon to 11pm. my body is gonna hate me lol

 

I went to Coachella like 2 weeks back and each day was noon-1am for me. The first day was so exhausting because I was up for literally 48 hours but it was worth it

 

I left Bled Fest before La Dispute last year because the show was an hour behind and my friend and I were exhausted. We had been there since 12:30 and it was like 9:00 and La Dispute wasn’t even going to start until 10:30. Not into that.

Kinda worried the same thing will happen with Foxing this year.

 

I find Foxing to be boring for the most part which makes no sense because on paper I should love them.

 

When I saw rufus wainwright it was seated and no opener. Show was over by 930pm. It was fantastic.

 

These days I’m usually driving 3-6 hours for a show so that certainly informs my opinion. I’d agree one opener is ideal but I’ll cut a second local or smaller opener some slack for the exposure.
I remain steadfast in my belief headliners should play at least 90. I came to see them melt my face not tease me with a brief sampler.

 

Yeah getting home early is never in the cards for me so that I don’t care quite as much about. About half the shows I see are in Grand Rapids, about 50 minutes away, and the other half or so are in Detroit, which is a solid 2.5 hours

 

More and more bands have been coming to Portsmouth which is great. The hour plus drive each way to and from Boston gets old.

 

I hate living in Southern California. I never get any shows...

 

If I'm going to a show it's gonna be a minimum of 3 hours one way, so not having a ton of openers taking up time or having a short setlist is nice in that sense. When I lived in the city I'd sometimes go by myself so it was also nice when things got over at a reasonable time cause I was walking home alone at night. When I saw Modest Mouse I thought oooh I'll get home okay! And then they come on late and I died inside. But if a show is on a weekend and I have a hotel room I don't care as much.

 

Shows that finish at 10:30 or earlier are the best. But I go to more 18+ shows and they all finish at 11:30 or later

One opener is all that's necessary

I need to be at the front for GA concerts because I'm 5'5 and I'm really anxious if I have people all around me. I like seated shows, but for the right artists. And I was surprised by how satisfied I was by a one hour set by Mitski, she really didn't need to play longer. It was an emotional and enjoyable show regardless!

 

buddy you are not going to like the dead this summer

 

I'm bringing a blanket and a g pen

 

you'll be in good company

honestly last summer when i saw them at citi we were at the top deck above home plate by the end of the show and it was my favorite of many spots we had been in that night

 

I was working barricade at a Further show and if the crowd was not more entertaining than the band I would’ve fallen asleep. 2 2 hour sets!

 

I wish Rush was still touring. Each time I saw them they had to have played over two hours and each time was out of this world.

 

I saw rush in high school and snuck in a few blunts