Chicago: is it really a pit?

wimfun
wimfun Posts: 39
in The Porch
I have never been to UC. Need someone to explain to me what the pit is like. Polite responses only….
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  • apirk72
    apirk72 Posts: 506
    there are just no seats in that area, a small general admission area in front of the stage
  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39
    I am fine with small. I was in Berlin last summer in a large pit and almost got crushed. So if it’s a reasonable sized space, and I can slither to Mike’s side, I will be happy. 
  • mattcoz
    mattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,243
    It's about half the floor.
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  • TheKricket
    TheKricket Chicago Posts: 115
    mattcoz said:
    It's about half the floor.
    Yeah it's much larger this go around.
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  • JC29866
    JC29866 Chicago Posts: 85
    wimfun said:
    I am fine with small. I was in Berlin last summer in a large pit and almost got crushed. So if it’s a reasonable sized space, and I can slither to Mike’s side, I will be happy. 
    In Chicago it will be mostly middle aged white men trying not to spill their $20 Bud Light, so probably not as crazy as a Berlin pit
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,218
    JC29866 said:
    wimfun said:
    I am fine with small. I was in Berlin last summer in a large pit and almost got crushed. So if it’s a reasonable sized space, and I can slither to Mike’s side, I will be happy. 
    In Chicago it will be mostly middle aged white men trying not to spill their $20 Bud Light, so probably not as crazy as a Berlin pit
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  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    edited April 2023
    wimfun said:
    I am fine with small. I was in Berlin last summer in a large pit and almost got crushed. So if it’s a reasonable sized space, and I can slither to Mike’s side, I will be happy. 
    Berlin is a smaller pit though. Good luck slithering. 
    Post edited by PJNB on
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,689
    Chicago pit when Given to Fly drops:

  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39
    Thanks for all the fun comments. As long as the crowd is beer balancing middle aged white men and non-airborne Farleys, I will enjoy the experience. It’s a birthday celebration, so I want to savor the songs. 
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,669
    wimfun said:
    I am fine with small. I was in Berlin last summer in a large pit and almost got crushed. So if it’s a reasonable sized space, and I can slither to Mike’s side, I will be happy. 
    90%  of the pit will be in front of Mike
    Good luck with the slither
  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39
    Thanks for the heads up. I guess this is the show I lean to Boom and hope Mike repeats his Zurich performance, face to face with Boom on Mary. Best version ever. 
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 637
    wimfun said:
    Thanks for the heads up. I guess this is the show I lean to Boom and hope Mike repeats his Zurich performance, face to face with Boom on Mary. Best version ever. 
    Indeed a great version.  But Dallas and Boston ‘03 say hold my beer.  Seriously if you have not listened to these Mary’s then now is the time!
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  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39
    Thanks Reed, going to the vault now to taste those brews. But doesn’t beer always taste better when you are at the brewery? 
  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39
    Respectfully, Reed, I am going to disagree. Both of these are great versions, but for me lack the extraordinary intensity of Zurich. Maybe I can’t separate the visual from the visceral, but Mike was so close to Boom he was riding cowgirl on Boom’s organ, but Boom did not want to give up control. It was a powerful, exhausting embrace. 
  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39

    Reed, one other note. When Mike played Boston and Dallas, he was 37 years old, and he was able to stroll into Mary after Soldier of Love and an encore break. In Zurich, at age 56, he played Mary after torching Why Go and then followed up by burning down Porch. Imagine Michael Jordan, at 56, dunking repeatedly for an entire second half. ASTONISHING!!

  • RatherStarved
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    There won’t be any crowd surfing.  Unless you consider the crowd surfing on their phones.  
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  • Eddieshometown
    Eddieshometown Evanston, IL Posts: 986
    Anyone else read the subject title as "Pit" meaning POS  :o
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  • Loujoe
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    wimfun said:
    I have never been to UC. Need someone to explain to me what the pit is like. Polite responses only….
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  • locked
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    reedrothchild said:
    wimfun said:
    Thanks for the heads up. I guess this is the show I lean to Boom and hope Mike repeats his Zurich performance, face to face with Boom on Mary. Best version ever. 
    Indeed a great version.  But Dallas and Boston ‘03 say hold my beer.  Seriously if you have not listened to these Mary’s then now is the time!
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  • wimfun
    wimfun Posts: 39
    Now that’s the visual I was looking for! Isn’t Mike nearly always on the edge of self-immolation?

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