Ushers with setlists at MSG

Wolf At Bay

First of all: why?
Second: They need to keep that shit to themselves. I disliked over hearing people who snagged a setlist from an usher blab about what songs they were gonna play.

Fighting Hellfish

my buddy went to the bathroom around You Are, and rushed back caus ethe "Guy in the bathroom" told him Love Reign O'er Me was gonna be next. He didn't want to hear anymore, but the guy spilled the beans about Alive and Porch and a few others. Seriously, WTF?! How does a guy in the bathroom in the 300's have the setlist?

Wolf At Bay

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

my buddy went to the bathroom around You Are, and rushed back caus ethe "Guy in the bathroom" told him Love Reign O'er Me was gonna be next. He didn't want to hear anymore, but the guy spilled the beans about Alive and Porch and a few others. Seriously, WTF?! How does a guy in the bathroom in the 300's have the setlist?

exactly.
those ushers had like a bunch of copies. but i really couldn't believe people were reading them -
why would anyone want to know what songs were coming? I don't get it

UpSideDown

I would be pissed if i was told what was coming.......this is weird.

jimed14

Wow ... that's weak.

StuffnJunk

well, it is the worlds most famous arena, this is the kind of organization they have!

when my cover band plays at bars, we give the DJ and some friends a copy of the setlist...no big deal

msg is much more professional, so ushers get setlists, apparently...no big deal

some people want to think its all magic, PJ don't reherase, they aren't organized, they just walk out and make magic, complete with lighting and security and beer and t shirts for sale...but a lot goes into it, my friends

nothingman4

That better not happen to me tonight. I would lose my mind if someone told me the setlist ahead of time.

4Powers20

at the VIC show I was right by the soundboard and the setlist was right there and I fought the urge to look at it the entire time I was standing there. it was rough

demetrios

StuffnJunk wrote:

msg is much more professional, so ushers get setlists, apparently...no big deal

Yeah but won't they sign an agreement, working @ the MSG or any other forum/arena taking that usher job & allowing to get a copy of that setlist to not blab mouth to the fan's coming to the show what songs will be played tonight? If they all got the setlists? I'm surprised now those ushers don't just come to the boards or to their facebook/twitter accounts during their break & just post what will be played tonight under a fake account or something.

Plus it's the worlds most famous stage in the world. You would think they get payed very and that they would know better not to go around & tell other's what song's will be played tonight.

StuffnJunk

demetrios wrote:

StuffnJunk wrote:

msg is much more professional, so ushers get setlists, apparently...no big deal

Yeah but won't they sign an agreement, working @ the MSG or any other forum/arena taking that usher job & allowing to get a copy of that setlist to not blab mouth to the fan's coming to the show what songs will be played tonight? If they all got the setlists? I'm surprised now those ushers don't just come to the boards or to their facebook/twitter accounts during their break & just post what will be played tonight under a fake account or something.

Plus it's the worlds most famous stage in the world. You would think they get payed very and that they would know better not to go around & tell other's what song's will be played tonight.

where is it said or written anywhere that a bands setlist is top secret classified information?

DewieCox

StuffnJunk wrote:

well, it is the worlds most famous arena, this is the kind of organization they have!

when my cover band plays at bars, we give the DJ and some friends a copy of the setlist...no big deal

msg is much more professional, so ushers get setlists, apparently...no big deal

some people want to think its all magic, PJ don't reherase, they aren't organized, they just walk out and make magic, complete with lighting and security and beer and t shirts for sale...but a lot goes into it, my friends

Don't compare your cover band playing a bar to PJ playing MSG.

I've never, at any show, found out about the setlist before it was played, unless of course the band played the same thing night after night.

I don't think anybody is sayin there isn't alotta organization that goes into it, but why would security need enough copies of the setlists that they can just hand them out willynilly?

in eds tree

StuffnJunk wrote:

well, it is the worlds most famous arena, this is the kind of organization they have!

when my cover band plays at bars, we give the DJ and some friends a copy of the setlist...no big deal

msg is much more professional, so ushers get setlists, apparently...no big deal

some people want to think its all magic, PJ don't reherase, they aren't organized, they just walk out and make magic, complete with lighting and security and beer and t shirts for sale...but a lot goes into it, my friends

mmmmmmmkay buddy :thumbup: thanks for enlightening us


i wouldn't want to know what was coming. that's like someone coming to you christmas eve and telling you everything santa is bringing.

demetrios

StuffnJunk wrote:

where is it said or written anywhere that a bands setlist is top secret classified information?

So being an usher, you are aloud to tell the fans, friends & all patrients who enter your arena what songs are being played tonight, what's going on & who the special guest are that are listed on that setlist? While other's close by sitting in their chairs or walk by hear this? I think not! I'm guessing these usher's who blabbermouthed in the bathroom or to other's don't really care, and if caught could cost them their job.

StuffnJunk

demetrios wrote:

StuffnJunk wrote:

where is it said or written anywhere that a bands setlist is top secret classified information?

So being an usher, you are aloud to tell the fans, friends & all patrients who enter your arena what songs are being played tonight, what's going on & who the special guest are that are listed on that setlist? While other's close by sitting in their chairs or walk by hear this? I think not! I'm guessing these usher's who blabbermouthed in the bathroom or to other's don't really care, and if caught could cost them their job.

it could cost them their job?!?!?!?! for telling people songs from the TOP SECRET setlist????

"sorry honey, i lost my job, we have to pull the kids out of private school...i told some pearl jam fans that State of Love and Trust was gonna be played as an encore"

and i'm saying that what ever it takes for my cover band to pull of a show at a bar, PJ @ MSG is that times a billion

ok, i'm done with this debate

DewieCox

StuffnJunk wrote:

ok, i'm done with this debate

Thank you....Now maybe somebody will come and tell what is really up, b/c you were just spewing nonsense.


What if an usher at a movie theater told everybody what was coming... He'd be fired.


You give your setlist to a dj every time you play?? Wouldn't you be upset if he told everybody what was coming?

nothingman4

StuffnJunk wrote:

demetrios wrote:

StuffnJunk wrote:

where is it said or written anywhere that a bands setlist is top secret classified information?

So being an usher, you are aloud to tell the fans, friends & all patrients who enter your arena what songs are being played tonight, what's going on & who the special guest are that are listed on that setlist? While other's close by sitting in their chairs or walk by hear this? I think not! I'm guessing these usher's who blabbermouthed in the bathroom or to other's don't really care, and if caught could cost them their job.

it could cost them their job?!?!?!?! for telling people songs from the TOP SECRET setlist????

"sorry honey, i lost my job, we have to pull the kids out of private school...i told some pearl jam fans that State of Love and Trust was gonna be played as an encore"

and i'm saying that what ever it takes for my cover band to pull of a show at a bar, PJ @ MSG is that times a billion

ok, i'm done with this debate

Why are you arguing this? Would you like to see the setlist beforehand?

jamburger

Wolf At Bay wrote:

First of all: why?
Second: They need to keep that shit to themselves. I disliked over hearing people who snagged a setlist from an usher blab about what songs they were gonna play.

Why not blame those overzealous fans then? The usher probably thought he/she was being a nice guy/gal giving the setlist to whomever asked. Why didn't you ask the people you overheard not to spoil your fun?

JimmyV

It could honestly just be security guards who don't know a lot about the band so they didn't understand how big of a deal the mystery/anticipation of a show's setlist is. If you figured Pearl Jam was just like U2 or other bands whose setlists rarely change you probably wouldn't think twice about mentioning what was coming next.

But that said, i sure wouldn't want to know.

washedinblack91

it has nothing to do with us thinking nothing gets put into a pearl jam show, we know a lot goes into it and that they rehearse and are organized. no one is questioning that. we would just like to be surprised about the setlist thats all. it is a lot like spoiling the end of a movie.

Yellow Bedwetter

i just hate how some of them lie about it...i asked them for it for after the show (cuz i dont like to kno songs either) but they said they didnt kno what i was talking about or didnt have one...maybe its only the ushers by the front of floor and side stages by VIP

drsluggo

Yellow Bedwetter wrote:

i just hate how some of them lie about it...i asked them for it for after the show (cuz i dont like to kno songs either) but they said they didnt kno what i was talking about or didnt have one...maybe its only the ushers by the front of floor and side stages by VIP

I THINK all of the front ushers had it - even the ones not near the side stages.

BUT... the ones near those VIP sections had a bunch of them. I saw them passing them around to everyone in the area... I wanted to look even though I was trying not to but I was too far away anyway... but it was definitely weird. I think in Philly 4 the same thing happened.