Jack White/ThirdMan/THE VAULT

LukinFan

mrussel1 said:

dankind said:

I'll have to see if any tickets are kicking around closer to the date here. Would be a cool first concert for my son; he really digs Jack White. I can't get into any of his solo albums, though. I've listened to the the first two once, and quickly retired them. I still haven't even listened to Boarding House Reach. I unsealed it, cleaned it, and it's been back on the shelf ever since.

I think Blunderbuss is exceptional and Lazaretto is very good.  BHR came off better live than in the studio.

For some reason I can't get into BHR. I love his first two solo albums though. 

Red Lukin

GA for Det!

Gern Blansten

I got tix for Indy and both nights in Nashville...that should be fun

LukinFan

Vault 50 is out for delivery! 

Gibson

Vault 50 delivered and GA for Toronto. 

Still on the fence about keeping this vault. I've lost a little faith after a subpar live show a few years back. Song choice is excellent, but the sound always feels feedbacky/distorted. 

Really hoping this tour and new album reignites the spark.

elvistheking44

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

mrussel1

elvistheking44 said:

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

Is it terrible? I'm thinking of heading there.  I know Phish used to play there a lot.  Are the acoustics awful?

elvistheking44

mrussel1 said:

elvistheking44 said:

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

Is it terrible? I'm thinking of heading there.  I know Phish used to play there a lot.  Are the acoustics awful?

The area around it is improving dramatically. Lots of bars and restaurants now. It’s just a standard basketball gym, nothing more nothing less. 

Gibson

elvistheking44 said:

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

Toronto as well - and its a Friday show. Me thinks there will be below face value tickets through some secondaries if one is willing to wait it out..

mrussel1

elvistheking44 said:

mrussel1 said:

elvistheking44 said:

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

Is it terrible? I'm thinking of heading there.  I know Phish used to play there a lot.  Are the acoustics awful?

The area around it is improving dramatically. Lots of bars and restaurants now. It’s just a standard basketball gym, nothing more nothing less. 

It's a strange decision to play there, considering the number of options in Chicago.  When he was there in 2018, he played the Aragon which seemed cool.

Actually I just talked to my buddy who lives in Chicago.  He said the acoustics were good there and he liked the place.  He compared it to Allstate. 

elvistheking44

mrussel1 said:

elvistheking44 said:

mrussel1 said:

elvistheking44 said:

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

Is it terrible? I'm thinking of heading there.  I know Phish used to play there a lot.  Are the acoustics awful?

The area around it is improving dramatically. Lots of bars and restaurants now. It’s just a standard basketball gym, nothing more nothing less. 

It's a strange decision to play there, considering the number of options in Chicago.  When he was there in 2018, he played the Aragon which seemed cool.

Actually I just talked to my buddy who lives in Chicago.  He said the acoustics were good there and he liked the place.  He compared it to Allstate. 

Definitely a strange decision. I think jack may have overestimated his ability to sell these larger venues well. I’ll be there for sure now that I see tickets are not moving at all. I’ll wait this one out and grab a ticket last minute. 

jerparker20

elvistheking44 said:

mrussel1 said:

elvistheking44 said:

mrussel1 said:

elvistheking44 said:

Tons of tickets available for the Chicago show. Terrible venue, Tuesday night….hoping for a Groupon on this one, or at the least “day of” tickets.

Is it terrible? I'm thinking of heading there.  I know Phish used to play there a lot.  Are the acoustics awful?

The area around it is improving dramatically. Lots of bars and restaurants now. It’s just a standard basketball gym, nothing more nothing less. 

It's a strange decision to play there, considering the number of options in Chicago.  When he was there in 2018, he played the Aragon which seemed cool.

Actually I just talked to my buddy who lives in Chicago.  He said the acoustics were good there and he liked the place.  He compared it to Allstate. 

Definitely a strange decision. I think jack may have overestimated his ability to sell these larger venues well. I’ll be there for sure now that I see tickets are not moving at all. I’ll wait this one out and grab a ticket last minute. 

I think ticket sales in general are moving slower  nowadays. COVID uncertainty and higher ticket prices…

Did a quick check on seat availability at upcoming concerts scheduled for the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, MN. Almost all shows, except Billie Eilish, are showing over 50% of seats available, some have probably 75% seat available.

LukinFan

Vault 50 arrived yesterday. 

Going to spin it this week on a day off. 

Tim Simmons

Curious as to thoughts on the sound quality. For all the complaining about the Massonic temple, I think this one sounds worse.

mrussel1

Tim Simmons said:

Curious as to thoughts on the sound quality. For all the complaining about the Massonic temple, I think this one sounds worse.

Great.... when I saw the DVD preview I was immediately concerned...

Tim Simmons

To be clear, I was fine with the Masonic recording. 

This one is very vocal forward. Almost like it’s a soundboard vocal and a crisp AUD combined. 

Tim Simmons

Also, unless the next 3 XX vaults are great, I'm definitely done with the vault. These Stripes shows are getting to be pretty same-y. I have every one they put out. I think I'm good. His solo material isn't interesting to me anymore and IDK if the Dead Weather are getting back together (i'm just meh on the racs). So its been a good run since Vault 1. TMR has been a great label. 

FR181798

Tim Simmons said:

Also, unless the next 3 XX vaults are great, I'm definitely done with the vault. These Stripes shows are getting to be pretty same-y. I have every one they put out. I think I'm good. His solo material isn't interesting to me anymore and IDK if the Dead Weather are getting back together (i'm just meh on the racs). So its been a good run since Vault 1. TMR has been a great label. 

Definitely seems like these Vaults have hit their peak a while back and on a downward now. I personally dont need another WS show on vinyl ever. Would be good if they took a break after 50 for a while or did something different. Apart from the DVD for some reason they just put it all in the gatefold and shrinkwrapped Vault 50 and mine has the dreaded split on the top seam. They havent done that for ages, usually so thoughtful with the packaging.

2-feign-reluctance

Excited to get mine! Not a big vault collector, but had to get my hands on this one! 

Tim Simmons

Don't get me wrong, its a killer show. And definitely listenable.