When u miss a concert...it smarts.

JordyWordy

:evil: was cleaning up my room last night and came across receipts to concerts that were cancelled / i couldnt go to - it made for some depressing reading to see them all together!!! anyone else had that? off the top of my head there were receipts for:

*Cancelled* - David Bowie 2004, Venice 2007 (Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, Smashing Pumpkins, Killers), Prince last year

*Missed* - System Of A Down, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Gutter Twins, Radiohead, Damien Rice, NIN & Foos, Dr Dog, Wilco, Jimmy Cake, Saul Williams, Hot Chip, The Melvins, Meat Puppets, Loaded, Decemberists, Explosions In The Sky, BellX1 at the Point, Stereolab, Neil Young acoustic show Vicar st 2003...and Electric Picnic 08 (Parliament, My Bloody Valentine, Grace Jones, Sex Pistols etc). Damn. i paid to see all that shit and didnt get to!!

i go to a lot of concerts so ive seen some great stuff to offset those missed ones, and i know everyone misses some, but FFFUCK! thats some amount of them from just a few years, it kinda surprised me. does god hate me? (more realistically it was probably due to college mostly, lol. )

anyway, share ur horrible, and still painful memories of stuff you've missed!

redrock

JordyWordy wrote:

anyway, share ur horrible, and still painful memories of stuff you've missed!

Neil Young.. a long, long time ago. Going with friends, we were a tiny bit high :? . I had my ticket in my back pocket. It must have fallen out because when I got to the venue, I couldn't find it. Listened to the concert through the side doors

JordyWordy

redrock wrote:

Neil Young.. a long, long time ago. Going with friends, we were a tiny bit high :? . I had my ticket in my back pocket. It must have fallen out because when I got to the venue, I couldn't find it. Listened to the concert through the side doors

ouch. that sucks, drugs really are bad. ever go see him since?

i didnt mind most of the ones i missed...but some i knew id probably wont see again in Ireland for a long time if ever at all... Grace Jones, Prince, SOAD, Aerosmith, Pumpkins, Daft Punk, Sex Pistols, Parliament, Bowie....

still, your one wins hands down!

redrock

JordyWordy wrote:

redrock wrote:

Neil Young.. a long, long time ago. Going with friends, we were a tiny bit high :? . I had my ticket in my back pocket. It must have fallen out because when I got to the venue, I couldn't find it. Listened to the concert through the side doors

ouch. that sucks, drugs really are bad. ever go see him since?

i didnt mind most of the ones i missed...but some i knew id probably wont see again in Ireland for a long time if ever at all... Grace Jones, Prince, SOAD, Aerosmith, Pumpkins, Daft Punk, Sex Pistols, Parliament, Bowie....

still, your one wins hands down!

It was just a bit of pot and I really don't think it was the reason I lost my ticket!

Yep, I have seen him since

CHANGEinWAVES

Missed night 2 of a recent show... and supposedly the 'better' night too. At the time there was no question that missing it was the best thing... Now... Um...??

Heatherj43

I missed that one PJ show in Grand Rapids where they mixed up the seating and people within my number range got front row seats. I only live a couple hours away and went to a closer show the next night and found out about it. YEP, never will get over it!

electronblue

i purchased pearl jam tickets and missed attending the show last year. lol i think it took me around two months to recover.. and this was my first show ever to have to cancel. i only hope the people that had our seats had the best time rocking out time ever!!

JaneNY

The Ramones. I had tickets but was underage (didn't realize you had to be 18 to get in), and didn't see them. I'll carry this regret to my grave.

tachepiranha

Morphine (1999)
Joe Strummer & the mescaleros (2002)

It was a god damn shame, tickets went on sale and later the concerts were cancelled, worthless to say that not much time after Sandman and Strummer died :(

kenny olav

that's a stunning amount of shows you bought tickets for but missed!

I guess i'm lucky. I've only missed a Jane's Addiction show because it was canceled, and half of the Pearl Jam show in Hartford last year because of the Ten Club ticket line debacle.

ZiggyStar

Ohhh.....Bowie cancelling would have been BAD!!! I saw his Reality Tour -- LOVED IT!

JordyWordy

Bowie had a trapped nerve, so fair enough...but Prince had no excuse. there was uproar when he cancelled at last minute...there were accusations that the concert organiser had known for months that he wasnt playing but hadnt announced it so theyd profit on the interest of the 90,000 €100 tickets before refunding them...Prince never made an announcement at anytime to clear it up, the whole thing was bananas

Dublins pretty good for concerts, theres always something on. Having college projects & exams with short notice accounted for most of those i had to miss, having bought them months in advance usually. my own fault!

Strummer, Ramones, Jane's....comiserations!!

decides2dream

*knocks wood*
i've never missed a concert nor had one cancelled...tho death cab at mccarren park pool SHOULD have been cancelled b/c it was cut short due to torrential rain/wind. i've even seen a concert at jones beach during a hurricane ...hahaha...obviously, it was a mild one - if there is such a thing - and it was a GREAT show! i understand if someone dies or something - or you have an accident or illness, that's totally unexpected, but otherwise...i can't imagine WHY you'd miss a show, unless of course, cancelled......?