Blue Oyster Cult @ Tivoli Theatre + Ballydoyle (3.15.2018)
Mar 24, 2018 21:09:05 GMT
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Post by Emily Wilson on Mar 24, 2018 21:09:05 GMT
Now that I’ve got my meet and greet picture, I can now write about this!
When I heard that BOC was doing a show in Downers Grove at a movie theatre, I thought that it sounded interesting, because that was where my mom used to live. What was also interesting was that the meet greet was to be held at an Irish pub called Ballydoyle’s and this would be my very first 21 and over show. The gig was promoted by the District 58 Foundation to help raise money for schools supported by the organization. This is no doubt the most expensive show I have attended, as front row seats for me and my dad and VIP meet and greets (which had to be purchased separately) added up to $500.
Initially, very few tickets were sold during February and many fans complained online about overpricing. Last time I checked, the site (early March) before the counters were hidden, front row had sold out, while many VIP seats were still available (they’re called that for rows A-J excluding front row; comes with a lanyard but no M&G tickets), and general admission was picking up some speed in sales. Then the next day, all the VIP seats were sold out thanks to a radio collaboration between The River and the foundation. In addition, they also cut down the pricing on general admission seating to $49 a seat.
After my dad showed me around Downers Grove and had some dinner, we arrived to the theatre a little early before the doors were opened. A lady came out asking to make two lines for front row/VIP seating and general admission. Thankfully, we were pretty close, so after getting our wristbands and checking in, we got to pick the front row seats we wanted, because our tickets only had row specification instead of a seat number.
Going inside the theatre for the very first time, I really love how it’s designed. While I was in Downers Grove that day, I had some pretty strong Springfield vs Shelbyville vibes, and one of the times it hit me was when I went to the Tivoli Theatre, because of how much it reminds me of the Arcada. What’s even nicer about the venue is that the seats aren’t too up close and crammed in tightly and are spaced out evenly and very comfy!
Taken by 95.9 The River; waiting outside the Tivoli Theatre:
Lanyard:
First two wristbands I got (Happy Oktoberfest!
)
The opener for the night was James McCoy Taylor, which I didn’t like, because I don’t like that they chose a reality tv star from The Bachelorette (which is a show I despise along with the other Bachelor shows). Also, I try to keep an open mind when it comes to music, but the fact that they chose a country singer threw me off, since I really I have a hard time listening to modern country music. However, once I saw him play, I found him to be surprisingly not so bad when listening to him live. He also did a Tom Petty cover, which I thought was cool. I would even say that he put Andrew WK (who I saw open up for Black Sabbath in 2013) to shame as an opener, because despite how he got attention, James actually played live music instead of being pointlessly hired as a DJ to play other people’s music.
Blue Oyster Cult’s performance was great; although still a typical setlist, they did add a couple tracks from the first album I haven’t heard live before as well as play ETI and Tattoo Vamprie. Buck sang for most of the night. Jules had some technical difficulties in the middle of the Vigil, but was able to get back in just in time.
Setlist:
1. Transmaniacon MC
2. Before the Kiss, A Redcap
3. The Golden Age of Leather
4. Burnin’ For You
5. Shooting Shark
6. The Vigil
7. ETI (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)*
8. Buck’s Boogie
9. Then Came The Last Days of May
10. Tattoo Vampire
11. Godzilla
12. Don’t Fear the Reaper
13. (Encore) Cities on Flame
*When we left Portillo’s my dad asked me the possibility of BOC playing ETI. We were pleasantly surprised! Also my first time seeing this song played live, so now I can now say I’ve seen half of the AOF songs played live.
Here’s some photographs I found off of the District 58 Foundation page:
During Blue Oyster Cult’s performance, almost everyone sat down nearly the whole time, which is fine by me, because the seats had some good distance from the stage without a fence, so once Don’t Fear the Reaper played, I moved closer for the song and the Cities on Flame encore so I could catch something without sore legs. I caught a bass pick from Danny for the first time and received a drumstick from Jules! (Jules always saves me one.
) I also got two picks from Buck: One he tossed after DFTR and the other he had saved for me after Cities on Flame. I haven’t gotten the ones with album artwork on the backside before; I like them!
After the show, we left the venue to go for a walk to Ballydoyles to meet the band. While I had a lot of great things to say about the show and the Tivoli Theatre, I had many problems with the meet and greet organization for the pub. One of the organizers confused us when we arrived by saying that we had to get our wristbands at the theatre, not the pub, even though that was not the case as we got them at the entrance. It also didn’t help either that they were doing it in order by calling off names off of a list from a stage, because we couldn’t hear them clearly. Me and my dad decided “Screw it” and just went in line, and was able to go inside the room where the meet and greet was held without a hassle. I really liked how our pictures came out! After the meet and greet, we left the room with posters.
Third Wristband:
Meet and Greet Pictures:
Poster:
Video from the meet and greet. Not very much to show here, but we were asked for our names to tie along with my email address, since that was used during the purchase of those tickets in February. However, due to the delay of the photos being released to a week later, they just gave a link to meet and greet buyers and also uploaded them on their page. Me and dad met BOC separately so my dad could try and get some video.
Overall, I had a really fun night. BOC sounded great, seats were comfortable, meet and greet could have been better organized, but I still had a good time meeting the band again. It seems like the Tivoli has been booking bands for a little while too, so it's great to them open up to getting music acts to come play, because I would love to go that theatre again if there was another show.
When I heard that BOC was doing a show in Downers Grove at a movie theatre, I thought that it sounded interesting, because that was where my mom used to live. What was also interesting was that the meet greet was to be held at an Irish pub called Ballydoyle’s and this would be my very first 21 and over show. The gig was promoted by the District 58 Foundation to help raise money for schools supported by the organization. This is no doubt the most expensive show I have attended, as front row seats for me and my dad and VIP meet and greets (which had to be purchased separately) added up to $500.
Initially, very few tickets were sold during February and many fans complained online about overpricing. Last time I checked, the site (early March) before the counters were hidden, front row had sold out, while many VIP seats were still available (they’re called that for rows A-J excluding front row; comes with a lanyard but no M&G tickets), and general admission was picking up some speed in sales. Then the next day, all the VIP seats were sold out thanks to a radio collaboration between The River and the foundation. In addition, they also cut down the pricing on general admission seating to $49 a seat.
After my dad showed me around Downers Grove and had some dinner, we arrived to the theatre a little early before the doors were opened. A lady came out asking to make two lines for front row/VIP seating and general admission. Thankfully, we were pretty close, so after getting our wristbands and checking in, we got to pick the front row seats we wanted, because our tickets only had row specification instead of a seat number.
Going inside the theatre for the very first time, I really love how it’s designed. While I was in Downers Grove that day, I had some pretty strong Springfield vs Shelbyville vibes, and one of the times it hit me was when I went to the Tivoli Theatre, because of how much it reminds me of the Arcada. What’s even nicer about the venue is that the seats aren’t too up close and crammed in tightly and are spaced out evenly and very comfy!
Taken by 95.9 The River; waiting outside the Tivoli Theatre:
Lanyard:
First two wristbands I got (Happy Oktoberfest!
)The opener for the night was James McCoy Taylor, which I didn’t like, because I don’t like that they chose a reality tv star from The Bachelorette (which is a show I despise along with the other Bachelor shows). Also, I try to keep an open mind when it comes to music, but the fact that they chose a country singer threw me off, since I really I have a hard time listening to modern country music. However, once I saw him play, I found him to be surprisingly not so bad when listening to him live. He also did a Tom Petty cover, which I thought was cool. I would even say that he put Andrew WK (who I saw open up for Black Sabbath in 2013) to shame as an opener, because despite how he got attention, James actually played live music instead of being pointlessly hired as a DJ to play other people’s music.
Blue Oyster Cult’s performance was great; although still a typical setlist, they did add a couple tracks from the first album I haven’t heard live before as well as play ETI and Tattoo Vamprie. Buck sang for most of the night. Jules had some technical difficulties in the middle of the Vigil, but was able to get back in just in time.
Setlist:
1. Transmaniacon MC
2. Before the Kiss, A Redcap
3. The Golden Age of Leather
4. Burnin’ For You
5. Shooting Shark
6. The Vigil
7. ETI (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)*
8. Buck’s Boogie
9. Then Came The Last Days of May
10. Tattoo Vampire
11. Godzilla
12. Don’t Fear the Reaper
13. (Encore) Cities on Flame
*When we left Portillo’s my dad asked me the possibility of BOC playing ETI. We were pleasantly surprised! Also my first time seeing this song played live, so now I can now say I’ve seen half of the AOF songs played live.
Here’s some photographs I found off of the District 58 Foundation page:
During Blue Oyster Cult’s performance, almost everyone sat down nearly the whole time, which is fine by me, because the seats had some good distance from the stage without a fence, so once Don’t Fear the Reaper played, I moved closer for the song and the Cities on Flame encore so I could catch something without sore legs. I caught a bass pick from Danny for the first time and received a drumstick from Jules! (Jules always saves me one.
) I also got two picks from Buck: One he tossed after DFTR and the other he had saved for me after Cities on Flame. I haven’t gotten the ones with album artwork on the backside before; I like them!After the show, we left the venue to go for a walk to Ballydoyles to meet the band. While I had a lot of great things to say about the show and the Tivoli Theatre, I had many problems with the meet and greet organization for the pub. One of the organizers confused us when we arrived by saying that we had to get our wristbands at the theatre, not the pub, even though that was not the case as we got them at the entrance. It also didn’t help either that they were doing it in order by calling off names off of a list from a stage, because we couldn’t hear them clearly. Me and my dad decided “Screw it” and just went in line, and was able to go inside the room where the meet and greet was held without a hassle. I really liked how our pictures came out! After the meet and greet, we left the room with posters.
Third Wristband:
Meet and Greet Pictures:
Poster:
Video from the meet and greet. Not very much to show here, but we were asked for our names to tie along with my email address, since that was used during the purchase of those tickets in February. However, due to the delay of the photos being released to a week later, they just gave a link to meet and greet buyers and also uploaded them on their page. Me and dad met BOC separately so my dad could try and get some video.
Overall, I had a really fun night. BOC sounded great, seats were comfortable, meet and greet could have been better organized, but I still had a good time meeting the band again. It seems like the Tivoli has been booking bands for a little while too, so it's great to them open up to getting music acts to come play, because I would love to go that theatre again if there was another show.
