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But in any case I'd argue the communal experience of a Springsteen or U2 gig is the point. It doesn't matter where you are in the venue; everyone is part of a collective, communal thing that cannot be replicated in any other way. Maybe that isn't true of other acts
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Possibly, my favourite show was Living Colour, in a tiny upstairs bar, at a club in Cardiff. Anyone who ever watched their videos Primer and Time Tunnel will know that they kick major league ass in small venues.
I really don’t get the dismissive attitude. Of course it’s not the same as seeing a band up close in a little club… that’s part of the point. There’s room for both and one doesn’t have to be like the other for both to be good. The Eagles in particular was a perfect experience for me because it felt exactly like seeing and hearing a real version of the Eagles Live album I’ve been listening to since I was a young teenager - seeing them at an indoor gig wouldn’t actually have been the same.
I’ve just had a scary thought - I saw the Eagles in 1996, which was only 20 years after the original Eagles Live recordings from 1976. (And only 16 years after the 1980 ones.) Those events are now much closer in time to each other than 1996 is to now…
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Of the big stages it's only really bands like Maiden, Scorpions and AC/DC that have been able to make them work.
I'm also ruling out Rock City in Nottigham now unless it is a bucket list band. Been to loads of gigs there, but it seems like they push their 2000 capacity to the absolute limit for every gig now.
However, I went to 2 gigs at The Hairy Dog in Derby last weekend which has a capacity of 500. It was spot on, despite seeing bands I wasn't that bothered about.
Friday was a band I had no interest in called As Sirens Fall. I thought they put on a bloody good show, and the ones who were interested got to have a good chat with them after the gig.
Sunday was Electric six which cost £20. The 2 support acts were worth the price of admission alone. The first of it was working so hard to keep the crowd entertained in a way an established band never would. We managed to get right to the front for the whole thing without any stress.
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I loathe the Wembley Barn/Arena. The only good sound I've heard there was when I saw Aerosmith and I was six rows from the front. (I started a new job the next morning and they were worried that I had managed to hide deafness in my interviews.)