Move on from selling all seats behind stage and just put the damn stage in the center of the arena!

Ledbetterman10

PSUS2H said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

mpedone said:

AlaG said:

Mike's pretty open about the fact that he has to occasionally leave the stage due to Crohn's Disease, yeah? Idk how this setup would work for him.

At Metallica's shows for the Load tour back in '96(?) they came out from under the stage, so there was probably some sort of access tunnel to the backstage area.

I think that's how they came out for the Hardwired tour too. I was pretty close and looking to see where they were coming from, and before I knew it, they were already on stage kicking into the opening song. 

They come from back stage, down a walkway through the crowd, but there is a space build under the stage where the guitar techs and band can go between songs. The center stage works great for metallica, I dont think its PJ's vibe. 

I tend to agree with that. I liked Metallica's center-stage setup on the basis of it's way more convenient and enjoyable for the people on the floor than PJ's half-GA, half-seats set-up is. But yeah, the center stage works well for Metallica with Kirk and Rob running around and James moving from microphone to microphone, but probably wouldn't work as well for Pearl Jam. 

tdawe

Man I hadn't thought about that Arcade Fire show in a couple of years, thanks to this thread for reminding me. What a good show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzl0ZfaRRRs