The Hartford Crowd

The Hartford crowd paled in comparison to Albany the night before. In Albany, the entire first 3 rows were going nuts. Hartford seemed a little more subdued from where I was. People in my section (800 DD) were jumping and singing, but the second a slow song hit (like Sleight or Inside Job) a lot of people sat. Personally, dancing kept me warm, so I didn't mind.

I was in the 12th row on Stones side (Thanks 10c) and the people in my area were def diehard fans, but I did see a lot of people in the front who werent. I cannot say for sure, but just by looks alone I dont think they were very low number members (just assuming, I could be wrong)

the crowd was fine, the music was great...people around me were pretty into it...I don't care if the guy next to me isn't into the music as much as myself...it's just not important...when I'm at a show, it's just me and the band...I've never let a crowd take me out of a concert.

btw, I will never go to a show there ever again. such a dump that place...

nothingman44 wrote:

I personally thought the crowd sucked in Hartford, and many of my friends who were scattered amongst the venue would agree with me as well. I used a friends extra 10c ticket and we were in the 6th row of section 200. almost everyone within my view around me was just not feelin in. the kids in the row in front of us were so annoying. as soon as a song came on that they didnt know, they lost interest and started talking about what they did last weekend while another one of their friends went to get another round of beers. and these were kids in the fifth row.

i was very disappointed in the hartford crowd.

and also, that venue is a shithole! but i guess that is for another thread.

however, the band was on fire!

edit: i just read somewhere else that alot of the seats in the front section went to the venue's season ticket holders. thus explaining why the people in the front sections basically didnt give a shit.

I was sitting in section 200, last row before those little box seat thingys with single chairs. The row in front of me suddenly doubled in size about 10 minutes into the show. These frat boy-types called their friends on their phones and told them there was enough room to come sneak down and before I knew it there was like an additional 15 people squeezed into the row. I tapped the kid in front of me and told him to move his friends around because I couldn't see and he told me it wasn't him, that other people snuck into the row. Um, okay. I didn't want an argument to start and just wanted to watch the show so I let it go.

The girls in front of me were taking photos of each other all night and actually asked the next to me to take pictures of them during Garden. Woman seemed a little annoyed but did it anyway and I rolled my eyes when the girls turned around and asked the woman to take another one because the picture didn't come out the way they wanted.

All in all, I didn't particularly like that venue. Many people seemed hostile, especially in the parking lot. My friend and I parked in the free lot way down the road and while the people we met there were cool (shout out to the fellow NYer sitting on his car hood who commented on my Yankee cap! ) there were some real assholes there, too.

And the city of Hartford? It felt like the twilight zone, wandering aimlessly around that empty city for hours looking for something to do!

thatgirl wrote:

the guys next to us were havin a good time, in fact after black when i kinda settled down for a bit, he asked me what happened to all my energy!! luckily they played DTE and i was jumpin around again.

i think the people in front of us actually said that they got the tickets from their boss at work, who they were sitting next to, im thinking they were also season ticket holders.

ps-the venue sucks balls. middle of nowhere. it would have sucked even more if we have to walk across that highway in the rain. hartford overall sucks.

Completely agree.

They should have played the Civic Center...right next to our hotel and right across the street from the bar

i was in the second row.

from the back.:)

the crowd was great there, and we had an unblocked view of the stage all night.

it was a great venue, i'd go back any time.......

thatgirl wrote:

i know! would have made sooo much more sense, plus we would have been warm!!!

the reason they didnt is because the freaking circus is there, barnum and whatever. which is also part of the traffic problems last night.

Hands bound wrote:

I shivered until 3 am I was so cold.

Too damn cold for me...let's pray Memorial Day weekend is nice and hot.

i know! i will be soooo bummed if the weather is shitty, but ya know even if it rains i hope its at least warm and not windy. damn new england weather! i was so happy to get home today and find sunshine!