Official July 22 Kansas City, MO, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater Meetup/Review Thread [Archive]

clarathecarrot

03-24-2015, 09:18 PM

Sigh. I probably won't be able to. Shows are just cost-prohibitive anymore.

Well, as far as I am concerned it doesn't matter what goes on around this site, at meet ups, shows or anything outside of this internet box gizmo, everyone is welcome when I'm buying a round.

I will toast one, in your honor.

clarathecarrot

03-27-2015, 11:06 AM

http://amphitheater-ks.com/?gclid=CN3h6f7myMQCFQ4yaQodEakAzA

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=0CAUQjBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vipseats.com%2FImages%2FCric ket%2520Wireless%2520Amphitheater%2520Tickets.jpg&ei=1HEVVebfEoKVNtX1gPgD&psig=AFQjCNFcczwRrc9tS7ohWpbZk9rt6ag5mw&ust=1427555156402514

clarathecarrot

04-07-2015, 01:23 PM

I'm In.:yo::devildance::clap::guzzle:

Molly Blue

04-30-2015, 10:30 PM

Well, as far as I am concerned it doesn't matter what goes on around this site, at meet ups, shows or anything outside of this internet box gizmo, everyone is welcome when I'm buying a round.

I will toast one, in your honor.

so is it a round of...ummmm... carrot juice? should be easy enough to spot ya, I bet you will be the only carrot there!

clarathecarrot

06-22-2015, 05:02 PM

so is it a round of...ummmm... carrot juice? should be easy enough to spot ya, I bet you will be the only carrot there!

I will be the guy on the motorcycle who is wearing a black t-shirt and a pair of levis and I have long dark hair so it should be easy to spot me in the crowd..lol.

I could probably find you if you are going, we could arrange some.............................................. ... thing ..?

Oh, and I am only half as sexy as I let on.

Yeah, that's right, I am hotter than a out of control locomotive on fire.

j/k

Molly Blue

07-03-2015, 07:34 PM

I'm glad you mentioned you have dark hair... I would have been following all these red heads around with an empty cup.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-12-2015, 03:49 AM

So, anyone know why Ticketmaster has stopped selling tickets to this show?

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-12-2015, 04:24 PM

So, anyone know why Ticketmaster has stopped selling tickets to this show?

Never mind. It's back.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-16-2015, 11:09 PM

Tickets locked in. I'm on my way. My first concert was David Lee Roth Skyscraper when I was in 9th grade. My son's will be Van Halen when he is in 9th grade. I'm taking my kid to see Van Halen with Roth. This is not a thing I would ever have imagined would happen in my life. How great is it? He's about as excited about it as he would be to go to the grocery store. I can't wait until it hits him. I can't wait until he feels it. The MIGHTY VAN HALEN is back.

Molly Blue

07-18-2015, 02:19 PM

I am glad you will be able to share this with your son. Will be an awesome memory for you both to be sure!

clarathecarrot

07-20-2015, 08:35 PM

I moana see me some of The Van HALEN!

Yup! dats rite!

Gona ride me a motor scooter to the show be somebody alllllllllllllllllreet!

[I][/LOOKING FORWARD!!!!I]

Why............................................... . because I like it like that!!!

Somebody to the Rock Show!!!

Somebody like me.......It's the finest of entertainment on EARTH!!!

Everybody wants some .................................................. ............awwwwww you know...!

Sing it BABY!!!

That's some strange sounding guitar............................................ ..jungle beat..........................................coul d be the neighbor lady again....she has that rhumba walk.............................................. .jungle heat......................................

Oh yeah I'm into this shit!

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-20-2015, 09:50 PM

YES YES YES.

Mighty VH!

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-22-2015, 12:19 AM

Any advice on how to get to this place? It looks like it's in the middle of nowhere surrounded by country roads.

PETE'S BROTHER

07-23-2015, 12:57 AM

I heard it was humid

Dan

07-23-2015, 01:08 AM

any up dates?

vaijuju

07-23-2015, 01:19 AM

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aIBAbTc4NjIyOTN8NDUxNDI4MDmyWJnnVAq8LcsnEG1J8fn63-M_wbMky40nrm4a4F353w==

The end of LUTS + RWTD

https://instagram.com/p/5dieeqNUEn/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3089Lje9bc

HFT

clarathecarrot

07-23-2015, 01:24 AM

any up dates?

I worked till 6:45 gotta work today too...word...."AGame" glad I found a reason to believe back in 78....got vid got pics may take me a couple days to sort it all out...MAGNIFIQUE!.

All the girls were wearing bedazzled jeans and all the glitter was all around their sugary assholes.....it was all a win win..

eating chow swallowing aspirin chugging water//oh and there were some fine scoots at the show....oh and word....Ed is a wonderful something that I cannot explain in simple word ?...... right the fuck on!

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 05:12 AM

There was Jack Daniels. There was a fucking your girlfriend joke. There were roundhouse kicks. There were screams. Ed got scared by a bug on the stage.
Fuck Youtube vids. Fuck Tokyo Dome. It ain't the same when you're there. Dave sings like that because he's singing hard. He's bringing it. The only song it bothered me even a little on was DTNA.

After their horrible showing in KC in 2007, this made me feel like I finally saw Van Halen live.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 05:16 AM

I heard it was humid

You heard right. I was cool though. Could have been much worse.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 06:41 AM

Dave took a beach ball out of the crowd because "some people get hit in the back of the head when they are wearing glasses." WTF?

Jetstream

07-23-2015, 08:20 AM

Dave took a beach ball out of the crowd because "some people get hit in the back of the head when they are wearing glasses." WTF?

That is why I never wear glasses at a outdoor concert, it's fucking brutal man... listening and digging the music and then boom, some asshole hits me in the head with a beach ball and then I cannot spot him because my glasses have just been lost in the dark of the beer soaked ground lol

VetteLS5

07-23-2015, 10:25 AM

There was Jack Daniels. There was a fucking your girlfriend joke. There were roundhouse kicks. There were screams. Ed got scared by a bug on the stage.

Was it a full bug? :bolt:

katina

07-23-2015, 10:53 AM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKleNQlUcAAFlxI.jpg

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 05:33 PM

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article28391317.html

Von Halen

07-23-2015, 05:39 PM

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article28391317.html

Seems to be the same consensus by the reviewers at every show.

Pulling in less than 10,000 a night. Not good at all.

I tried to tell Flamma...

78/84 guy

07-23-2015, 05:44 PM

Seems to be the same consensus by the reviewers at every show.

Pulling in less than 10,000 a night. Not good at all.

I tried to tell Flamma...

Yeah well it was the bands choice too play an out door tour. Aren't they all smaller ??? So they do something they want to have fun with and get savaged for it ?? Oh the age of the internet !! And fuck the critics !! Fan's ??? If you don't want to see your hero's at 60 stay the fuck home !! It's no secret Dave isn't the same guy from 07/08.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 05:48 PM

I don't give a damn what the papers say. The show was incredible.

Von Halen

07-23-2015, 05:49 PM

They aint less than 10k small, except Red Rocks.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 05:57 PM

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article28397617.html

Romeo Delight

07-23-2015, 05:58 PM

Seems to be the same consensus by the reviewers at every show.

Pulling in less than 10,000 a night. Not good at all.

I tried to tell Flamma...

I wonder I these outdoor venues are half the cost or less to hold the event? They have to be. Way easier setup as well...small stage

cant think of any other reason why they would do this versus the usual arenas.

Von Halen

07-23-2015, 05:59 PM

That venue looks pretty fucking full to me.

Von Halen

07-23-2015, 06:01 PM

I wonder I these outdoor venues are half the cost or less to hold the event? They have to be. Way easier setup as well...small stage

cant think of any other reason why they would do this versus the usual arenas.

I like these venues.

Hell, I'm ready for them to do theatre's.

78/84 guy

07-23-2015, 06:03 PM

I wonder I these outdoor venues are half the cost or less to hold the event? They have to be. Way easier setup as well...small stage

cant think of any other reason why they would do this versus the usual arenas.

I think they wanted to play outside and have some fun. Then the critics go after them because they are playing smaller venue's ?? Big deal.

Von Halen

07-23-2015, 06:03 PM

This venue holds 18,000. Doesn't look like less than 10k in that photo of the crowd.

Nitro Express

07-23-2015, 06:15 PM

Some of these smaller venues sound better than the bigger ones. Yeah there seems to be plenty of tickets available but there still are good sized crowds and the band is playing great. I mean if you are a VH fan worth going. I might go to the Hollywood Bowl show.

Nitro Express

07-23-2015, 06:19 PM

I like these venues.

Hell, I'm ready for them to do theatre's.

A friend of mine saw VH in some outdoor venue in the Seattle area and he's like going holy shit the sound is great! It was one of those smaller outdoor venues that has the roof that goes out over the audience. He then saw RUSH at the Key Arena in Seattle (The old Supersonics arena) and he said the sound sucked. Not because their sound engineers suck but nobody ever sounds good there because it's a sports arena. These smaller venues are designed for music and you get better sound.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 06:26 PM

I didn't see any empty seats from where I was.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 07:44 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fttzqGfCQGM

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 07:48 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNQU27mDrj8

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 07:51 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7Rmr6y2-g

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 07:54 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXhlDiTUX4g

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 07:58 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoWs3uWXUUM

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:02 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Y-YLc0IPk

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:07 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxt4FPbJhBc

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:13 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dof5Emn_JhA

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:16 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akBNwN6UkYQ

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:19 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4sUq3dTr8Q

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:24 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0fsRnDHQ_0

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:29 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OasCTtjXJFA

Molly Blue

07-23-2015, 08:31 PM

Glad you had a great time TwoFoolsaMinute. What did your son think?

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:32 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBZvM9jkEY

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 08:47 PM

Glad you had a great time TwoFoolsaMinute. What did your son think?

He says it was great and thanked me for taking him, but he just stood there stiff during the show. I nudged him and got him to pump his fist a couple of times during the Hey Hey Hey part of ATBL. So, I just have to take his word for it that he did have a good time.

DLR Bridge

07-23-2015, 08:51 PM

Seshmeister

07-23-2015, 09:16 PM

Great clips. Dave's definitely pushing harder on this tour than the last one. That works both for and against him. DTNA is still a horror show. SOMEBODY has got to tell him about settling down with that damn song. He's gonna blow a gasket.

It is clearly a deliberate decision on his part.

How would you say it to him? In your own words Dave, if Beethoven came back no one wants to hear DA DA DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AAARRRRRRRRRGH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH DA DA

Like 'I'll Wait' the song is only in the set because it counts as a hit because the single was in the US top 20 100 years ago.

It wouldn't have been if he had used the current melody.

DLR Bridge

07-23-2015, 09:36 PM

It is clearly a deliberate decision on his part.

How would you say it to him?

I'd say, "you know that thing you're doing? Yeah, don't do that anymore." :biggrin:

VAiN

07-23-2015, 09:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7Rmr6y2-g

This version destroys that piece of shit on the Tokyo album..

Va Beach VH Fan

07-23-2015, 10:24 PM

I think they wanted to play outside and have some fun. Then the critics go after them because they are playing smaller venue's ?? Big deal.

I have no idea where you're getting that idea that outdoor ampitheaters are generally smaller than indoor arenas....

Indoor they only hold on the average 15,000 or so, because they have to cut off about 1/4 of the arena where the stage is set up....

The vast majority of outdoor ampitheaters hold nearly 20,000, with 10,000 actual reserved seats and the other half in the lawn.....

qikgts

07-23-2015, 10:47 PM

Thanks for all the vids TFAM! Seems like it was a great show!

I'm gettin ANTSY for SUNDAY-SUNDAY-SUNDAY!!!!

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 11:38 PM

I was 8th row in front of Ed. It wasn't the sweet spot for the sound. The vocal did not come through especially well. Maybe that made it better.

All I know is that in 2007 I saw VH with a Dave that sang pretty well, but hardly said a word to the audience. Not even a story before Ice Cream Man. And, Edward's playing was mediocre.

This time I saw a worse for wear singing Dave that told a story, anecdote, or joke between and during songs. The band was tight, and everyone looked like they were glad to be there.

I'll take the 2015 show all day long. These reviewers that want Dave to shut up and sing certainly don't go to see VH for the same reasons I do. I go for the banter. I go for the playing. I go for the parts that are unexpected. If I wanted perfect music and no banter, I have cd's for that.

While today's Dave, and especially 2012-2013, wouldn't make a great live album. It makes for one hell of a show. I was grinning bigger than..well..David Lee Roth. I don't know how it was from the lawn. I don't know how it was from the mixing booth. But, from down front it was the show of shows. I could not be much happier. I certainly would not have enjoyed Dave standing in one place, singing the songs, and not speaking except to introduce songs and the band. That's not VH. What I saw last night. That was VH. They're back, baby, and Roth, weak voice and all, plays a very large part in making it happen.

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-23-2015, 11:41 PM

Has Dave had Jack Daniels on stage before? I don't recall hearing about him doing that since the reunion? He was having some drinks from the bottle during ICM intro.

DLR Bridge

07-24-2015, 06:15 AM

Intesting point about the lack of banter in '07/'08 vs the plenty of banter now. I too enjoy that stuff, but in its right place. Over the exit solo to DDL is not the right place, but the intro and middle of EWS is.

That's right Pete's Brother. I'm telling Dave when he can talk! :biggrin:

Polk High

07-24-2015, 06:30 AM

I'm still surprised they put out a live cd instead of a blu ray, Dave's performance is just as much visual as it is oral. I'd like to think Tokyo dome wouldn't be as bad if u could see them playing.
Bottom line is that this tour looks awesome and I can't wait for DC show.

Polk High

07-24-2015, 06:45 AM

Jetstream

07-24-2015, 06:50 AM

Van Halen is currently doing shows in the heartland of the fat shadow, the domain of Sammy Hagar fans where he has infested the masses with dreams and love... I would not be shocked if some local hack does not give it a horrible review in St. Louis where Hagar basically seems to have a second house on stage lol

Va Beach VH Fan

07-24-2015, 01:14 PM

Please tell me that the person who wrote that review (he's obviously Sammy Hagar himself) is making stuff up when he says people chant for Sammy. That cannot be true. Dude get a life and go watch the waboringitas if you don't prefer this current lineup. When Dave wasn't in the band I went to his solo shows it never even crossed my mind to go see a Hagar show.

I've never had any problems with an objective yet negative review....

But when you mention Hagar not once but twice, not to mention terms like "shameless ham", this dude came to the show with an agenda....

Molly Blue

07-24-2015, 08:32 PM

He says it was great and thanked me for taking him, but he just stood there stiff during the show. I nudged him and got him to pump his fist a couple of times during the Hey Hey Hey part of ATBL. So, I just have to take his word for it that he did have a good time.

Well I am sure he at least had a great time hanging with his dad.

Va Beach VH Fan

07-24-2015, 09:21 PM

http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2015/07/23/van-halen-showed-its-age-at-cricket-wireless-amphitheater-last-night?utm_content=buffera1e55&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-25-2015, 12:12 AM

Wait. Is this true? That wasn't 1979 Dave? Apparently, some people actually knew it was not 1979. How did they find this out before the show?
http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/public-editor/article28444732.html

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-25-2015, 12:25 AM

This is more like what I saw.

I'll have to post the link, I can't imbed it or even copy/paste the text.

http://photosfromthepit.com/van-halen-kansas-city/

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-25-2015, 02:59 AM

A-HA! I just caught my son and his little brother up late listening to Light Up The Sky in his room. :happy0158:

Va Beach VH Fan

07-26-2015, 09:20 AM

Another great article from Doug Fox...

http://www.heraldextra.com/the-skinny-don-t-want-to-be-no-uptown-fool/article_b4d70080-5692-5e38-ba02-a1e096e14774.html

TwoFoolsAMinute

07-26-2015, 08:29 PM

Not a peep from Clara the carrot since the night of the show. Is he dead?

PETE'S BROTHER

07-27-2015, 12:33 PM