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Va Beach VH Fan
04-17-2012, 08:03 PM
Welcome to the Official 7/28 Cleveland Meetup/Review thread. This thread is to discuss anything leading up to the show, as well as all reviews.

Let's hear it !!

guwapo_rocker
04-17-2012, 09:33 PM
Just booked Friday and Saturday nights at the Renaissance, Cleveland.

twonabomber
04-17-2012, 11:49 PM
YES!!!

weekend show! it is ON, motherfuckers!

twonabomber
04-18-2012, 12:03 AM
Just booked Friday and Saturday nights at the Renaissance, Cleveland.

you won't have far to walk to the casino.

driving, or flying in and taking the rapid again?

i'll be on days, i'll come downtown for dinner or something. we'll see who else can come in on Friday too.

twonabomber
04-18-2012, 01:12 AM
Indians are out of town that weekend, shouldn't be too hard to find a spot to hang out before the show.

Carmine
04-18-2012, 05:15 AM
I'm in, of course...at the Hilton again, Twona...

guwapo_rocker
04-18-2012, 08:01 AM
driving, or flying in and taking the rapid again?



Right now we are thinking of driving, but things can change.

twonabomber
04-18-2012, 11:49 AM
I'm in, of course...at the Hilton again, Twona...

i figured you would be. not much of a walk.

guwapo_rocker
04-18-2012, 01:54 PM
We've changed our hotel to the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center.

Dan
04-18-2012, 02:48 PM
Cleveland Rocks.:D

twonabomber
04-21-2012, 03:01 AM
this thread is suspiciously quiet.

guwapo_rocker
04-21-2012, 08:44 AM
Where's Grimes?

twonabomber
04-21-2012, 01:19 PM
Foursquare sez he's at Taco Bell.

POJO_Risin
04-21-2012, 01:31 PM
I'll be on break...count me in...great time to visit home...

guwapo_rocker
04-21-2012, 03:18 PM
I'll be on break...count me in...great time to visit home...


Excellent!! :D

POJO_Risin
04-22-2012, 11:37 AM
This is starting to sound like a legendary trip...if all who think they can make it...can...

Looking forward to hearing the potentials...

rumors of Von are circulating...

Sensible Shoes
04-22-2012, 01:57 PM
Barring unforseen circumstances (like actually getting a job) I will be there.

Carmine
04-23-2012, 07:12 AM
THIS....

will be the Meet-Up of all Meet-Up's...

guwapo_rocker
04-23-2012, 07:53 AM
The van nearly blew up crossing back into Canada last night, so we will likely be flying in.

And I spent $600.00 to get it road trip ready last Tuesday :doh:

Von Halen
04-23-2012, 07:59 AM
rumors of Von are circulating...

No way I am missing this one Poji! I may even drive the Frankenbuggy down!

damngoodtimes
04-23-2012, 08:29 AM
Indians are out of town that weekend, shouldn't be too hard to find a spot to hang out before the show.

That's too bad. Would've loved to roll that into one trip; easier to justify the plane ticket. Can you imagine a Roth Army day at the Jake?

loucap81
04-23-2012, 12:30 PM
If anyone lives in the Philly area, or is willing to meet me here, I'd like to carpool and split the cost of gas. I will be driving. It's around a 7 hour trip depending on traffic. Can fit four other people comfortably, of course Zempi & husband get first priority ;-)

guwapo_rocker
04-23-2012, 12:58 PM
Barring unforseen circumstances (like actually getting a job)

I have a job. It's not all that. Trust me.

Sensible Shoes
04-23-2012, 01:37 PM
I have a job. It's not all that. Trust me.

But having a bank account is.

twonabomber
04-23-2012, 02:19 PM
I have a job. It's not all that. Trust me.

i agree.

i only work to support my bad habits...and to pay for these road trips.

guwapo_rocker
04-23-2012, 02:31 PM
But having a bank account is.

Bank account??? Van Halen have all of my money. Well them and Molson.

Sensible Shoes
04-23-2012, 02:37 PM
Van Halen has last month's rent, I know that!

twonabomber
04-23-2012, 03:17 PM
That's too bad. Would've loved to roll that into one trip; easier to justify the plane ticket. Can you imagine a Roth Army day at the Jake?

they are at home Thursday night, against the Tigers. last game of a seven game home stand, first series is against Baltimore.

Zempi
04-23-2012, 04:29 PM
I'll try to give you notice.. I'll call you the night before:)



If anyone lives in the Philly area, or is willing to meet me here, I'd like to carpool and split the cost of gas. I will be driving. It's around a 7 hour trip depending on traffic. Can fit four other people comfortably, of course Zempi & husband get first priority ;-)

damngoodtimes
04-23-2012, 05:39 PM
i agree.

i only work to support my bad habits...and to pay for these road trips.

Uh, same thing, man...

damngoodtimes
04-23-2012, 05:40 PM
they are at home Thursday night, against the Tigers. last game of a seven game home stand, first series is against Baltimore.

shit, THREE nights in a hotel??. damn, it's got me tempted. I just can't go back home without seeing a ballgame...

twonabomber
04-25-2012, 04:55 AM
i forgot, the Tilted Kilt opens today. another option for pre-show.

SLAUGHTER MAN
04-26-2012, 02:09 AM
This is my next show after St Louis...got a good friend from the VHND to meet up with here. You guys have heard that the warm up act for these new dates will be the cat who opened for VH back in 2007...Bob Marley's nephew or some shit. Couldn't they have got a rock/metal band??? Anyone think they will alter the set in a major way when they start these new dates???? Been since 1988 since I have been to Cleveland for a concert...it was at the Rubber Bowl..so that was really Akron.

Carmine
04-26-2012, 05:09 AM
i forgot, the Tilted Kilt opens today. another option for pre-show.

It's your town, bro...you're in charge of pre-show festivities...is that where we went before Roth at the HOB?

twonabomber
04-26-2012, 05:20 AM
no, that was Flannery's. a block over from the Q.

guwapo_rocker
04-26-2012, 07:28 AM
Anyone think they will alter the set in a major way when they start these new dates????

Nope.

tommyv
04-26-2012, 08:41 AM
no, that was Flannery's. a block over from the Q.

I think we were banned from there. Something about cheerleader molestation or some shit like that..

Mr Walker
04-26-2012, 09:15 AM
nope.

lol!!

guwapo_rocker
04-26-2012, 09:30 AM
I think we were banned from there. Something about cheerleader molestation or some shit like that..

And unpaid bar tabs.

Carmine
04-26-2012, 11:11 AM
I think we were banned from there. Something about cheerleader molestation or some shit like that..


And unpaid bar tabs.

:lmao:

guwapo_rocker
04-26-2012, 11:13 AM
:lmao:

You can't take us anywhere. :D

twonabomber
04-26-2012, 03:37 PM
Amex presale starts Saturday. no word on the Facebook presale like the first leg had.

twonabomber
04-26-2012, 03:47 PM
I think we were banned from there. Something about cheerleader molestation or some shit like that..

maybe they have that pic of us with the cheerleaders behind the bar, and a note on it that says "do not admit these people."


And unpaid bar tabs.

i always forget about that...

guwapo_rocker
04-26-2012, 03:59 PM
Gonna shoot Golden Boy a message and see if he and the locomotive

can make it.

Carmine
04-26-2012, 07:44 PM
You can't take us anywhere. :D

That's why Van Halen...and well...society only allows us to get together like every 4 years...






...like the Olympics...;)

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 10:24 AM
section 100 row 18!

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 10:57 AM
section 100 row 18!

I forgot about this.

It keeps giving me floors which doesn't work for us.

Anyone know the Amex preferred code???

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 11:01 AM
no code, follow the link from the Q site.

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 11:07 AM
There is the amex pre sale and a preferred amex pre sale that requires a code.

loucap81
04-28-2012, 11:07 AM
You can't buy one of these tickets without an Amex card right? For Philly you definitely have to have an Amex card.

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 11:08 AM
http://www.theqarena.com/events/vanhalen_120728/

and yeah, Amex until next Saturday

loucap81
04-28-2012, 11:17 AM
Yeah there was a fourth row, Eddie's side single ticket in Philly (Zempi was helping me out) but I don't have an Amex card and by the time I stupidly realized that merely having the presale code wasn't enough, it was gone.

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 11:17 AM
There is the amex pre sale and a preferred amex pre sale that requires a code.

i must have the shitty Amex then, 'cause i ain't got no code. :D

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 11:24 AM
Yeah there was a fourth row, Eddie's side single ticket in Philly (Zempi was helping me out) but I don't have an Amex card and by the time I stupidly realized that merely having the presale code wasn't enough, it was gone.

You can use my card if you want.

loucap81
04-28-2012, 11:31 AM
Appreciate it but now the seats are getting worse for Philly so I'll just do what I did last time, which is go to StubHub. Not going to race to buy an 8th row ticket on Wolf's side. Also we know that great seats (unsold VIP packages) open up shortly before the show too.

As far as Cleveland goes, I definitely don't want to commit to a ticket just in case something goes wrong and I can't make it. It'll be last minute for that one as well. There's no way for this concert and these prices that I'm going to get face value if I have to dump a ticket.

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 11:32 AM
section 100 row 18!

It appears we are sitting on your lap.

100 18 11-12

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 11:44 AM
that's funny, we are seats 7-10.

we were there first, noobs gotta bring beers!

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 11:46 AM
As far as Cleveland goes, I definitely don't want to commit to a ticket just in case something goes wrong and I can't make it. It'll be last minute for that one as well. There's no way for this concert and these prices that I'm going to get face value if I have to dump a ticket.

Cavs/Q uses Flash Seats, so that's where you'll want to look. they can be transferred to you and you swipe an ID at the gate, they give you a "seat locator" and that's it. no more paper tickets.

the no paper tickets kinda sucks as a collector though.

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 12:00 PM
Cavs/

the no paper tickets kinda sucks as a collector though.

Or to show at the border, but I guess I have the receipt.

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 12:01 PM
noobs gotta bring beers!

I hope I see my buddy from last time!!!

loucap81
04-28-2012, 12:11 PM
Cavs/Q uses Flash Seats, so that's where you'll want to look. they can be transferred to you and you swipe an ID at the gate, they give you a "seat locator" and that's it. no more paper tickets.

the no paper tickets kinda sucks as a collector though.

Never heard of that site, thanks. Will go on there as well as Ticketmaster the week before the show.

I know that Bruce Springsteen does something like that with his shows to combat scalpers. For the good seats the only way to purchase them is with credit card, and no tickets of any kind are issued. Your credit card is your ticket. Of course if you do need to get rid of the ticket for legitimate reasons I guess that's a problem.

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 12:22 PM
http://www.flashseats.com/ shoulda posted that above.

set up an account, then you can buy, sell, or transfer tickets. say one of us can't show up until later, i'd transfer the ticket to them and they swipe their ID and get in.

i think the Denver Nuggets and their arena use the same system. i was worried that cutting TM and Live Nation out would hurt us, that maybe big LN tours would pass us by but so far it doesn't look that way.

this was my first purchase through Flash Seats so we'll see how it goes. there are also ticket kiosks at a local pharmacy chain, but i don't want to be stuck behind some dope who can barely use an ATM let alone figure out the ticket machine.

loucap81
04-28-2012, 01:08 PM
I did set up an account on there but I don't see Van Halen listed. Jumps from "Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks" on 7/20 :puke: to "Apassionata The Beginning" on 8/3, whatever that is.

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 01:15 PM
i looked at the same page, probably won't be many tickets for sale until the regular sale starts and people try to cash in. regular sales are on theqarena.com site, but it ends up going through Flash Seats.

still is some kind of scalping going on, some people are asking way too much (IMO) for Aerosmith tickets. especially if there are still tickets available.

guwapo_rocker
04-28-2012, 01:53 PM
$1 is too much for Aerosmith tickets. :D

loucap81
04-28-2012, 02:01 PM
All of these shows start out with scalper prices. And then as the show draws near they come down, most of the time for under face. The only issue I have is that single seats are tougher to get than pairs. But then again good seats always pop up a day or two before the show on Ticketmaster (or whatever site the venue uses) without fail.

twonabomber
04-28-2012, 02:36 PM
$1 is too much for Aerosmith tickets. :D

i'm not sure i would take a free ticket to an Aerosmith show. if i did this tour, i would leave after Cheap Trick's set and go back to the bar.

Sensible Shoes
04-28-2012, 09:20 PM
that's funny, we are seats 7-10.

we were there first, noobs gotta bring beers!

Oh how fucking great is THIS???? :)

VH Drummer
04-29-2012, 06:13 AM
This is tempting but I'm unsure if I'll be able to make or even afford it. I wanted to hit both Michigan shows but I may end up only being able to do one.

guwapo_rocker
04-29-2012, 09:09 AM
This is tempting but I'm unsure if I'll be able to make or even afford it. I wanted to hit both Michigan shows but I may end up only being able to do one.

You CAN do it!

And where is Unchainme, isn't he a Cleveland dude?

guwapo_rocker
04-29-2012, 09:42 AM
And whatever happened to Let's Rock?

twonabomber
04-30-2012, 05:07 PM
And where is Unchainme, isn't he a Cleveland dude?

yeah, he's been quiet too.


And whatever happened to Let's Rock?

i haven't talked to him in a long time.

Unchainme
04-30-2012, 05:36 PM
You CAN do it!

And where is Unchainme, isn't he a Cleveland dude?

I'm currently trying to scrounge up some cash for this show :). Don't have any atm :(

Carmine
04-30-2012, 07:15 PM
What's the head count for this thing so far?

twonabomber
04-30-2012, 08:07 PM
in our row...me, Shoes, Tommy V, Grimes, and the Guwapos. you and Ginny make 8.

Sensible Shoes
04-30-2012, 08:12 PM
Allegedly Von + 1

Sensible Shoes
04-30-2012, 08:17 PM
Oh, Lou!

twonabomber
04-30-2012, 08:21 PM
Moose, i think. probably should let them all chime in though. plenty of time to plan.

loucap81
04-30-2012, 08:37 PM
Yeah I fully intend to be there. Given that Cleveland is 430 miles from where I live, my plans to go can be derailed alot more easily than if this were in Philly. But unless something comes up or God forbid my car isn't working right at the last minute, I'm in.

While I'm posting I'll say again, anyone who wants to carpool to this show from the Philly area or who is on the way to Cleveland please let me know. I have room for 4 other people besides me. My route will be I-476N to I-80W to cut down on tolls.

Unchainme
04-30-2012, 08:41 PM
Oh, Lou!

I'm going to bring a CD burnt with MP3's on it if I do find a way to go :).

twonabomber
04-30-2012, 08:44 PM
80 ends up being the Ohio Turnpike. could always go north to 90 on PA 79 or Ohio 11 but they're both a bit out of the way. speed limit on the turnpike is 70 though.

loucap81
04-30-2012, 08:48 PM
The main tolls I want to avoid are the I-76/PA Turnpike ones. The I-80 way is only marginally longer than the I-76 way. I wasn't thinking about taking I-79 to I-90 to avoid more tolls but I'll have to assess how much longer that would make the trip.

twonabomber
05-02-2012, 09:11 PM
couple days before tix go on sale to the GP...

remember, kiddies, the Q is NOT a Ticketmaster/Live Nation arena. if you're not local, you gotta go to http://www.theqarena.com/ to get tickets.

twonabomber
05-05-2012, 10:56 AM
hmm, maybe i was wrong. the ad in the paper says tix available at the Live Nation site.

anyone else get tickets yet?

guwapo_rocker
05-05-2012, 03:37 PM
Just checked live nation and yes, good seats available. Better seats than the pre sale.

VH Drummer
05-15-2012, 11:38 PM
I'll see if I can gather a few friends for a road trip. I'd like to finally meet up with everyone but ticket and travel costs may prevent that. I'm on tight budget because I won't have time to work next year doing my student teaching.

mmrrname
06-12-2012, 10:26 PM
I hope they re-schedule this one.

guwapo_rocker
06-13-2012, 10:35 AM
I requested and received a refund.

twonabomber
06-17-2012, 09:29 AM
that's okay. we didn't want to sit by you anyways. :D

i may do the same. the tickets were easy enough to get on the presale, shouldn't have a problem getting the same or better if the dates are rescheduled.

Va Beach VH Fan
06-17-2012, 09:33 AM
The silver lining in this is if the dates actually get rescheduled, there will be a shitload of fantastic seats avail, for the very reason that Guwapo just did....

My son and I went to the rescheduled show at the Univ. of Virginia in '08, and got 6th row seats inside the "S", and at face value (non-VIP $$$$)....