Harris HTM
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Yeah, I had also bought tickets for that tour, it'd be killer.
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Never got around to seeing them. Had tickets once for a Slayer/Megadeth/Pantera show on their farewell tour a few years back but couldn’t make it.
These days, I am not really keen on the big names any more. I’d rather take a plunge on newcomer bands or second tier artists in smallish and small venues.
Its pretty easy to see bands like Testament, Machine Head, Parkway Drive etc. in 3-5.000 people locations, and the energy is always way better than say Iron Maiden 100m away from the stage in a 70.000 people stadium. Just my opinion, of course.
These days, I am not really keen on the big names any more. I’d rather take a plunge on newcomer bands or second tier artists in smallish and small venues.
Its pretty easy to see bands like Testament, Machine Head, Parkway Drive etc. in 3-5.000 people locations, and the energy is always way better than say Iron Maiden 100m away from the stage in a 70.000 people stadium. Just my opinion, of course.
Totally agree, I avoid big venues as much as I can.
And as it turned out it was my one and only opportunity to get to see Pantera...
Harris HTM
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Me neither, it's been so many years since I've been to any big concert of any of the big commercial names. I prefer more recent bands, much smaller and definitely not "radio-friendly" to use a term from my youth (Suicidal Angels, Mourning Beloveth and Primordial are the first names that come to mind).
I think that the last concert I've been too with more than 1000 audience was in 2019, Dead Can Dance.
No way am I going to pay the ridiculous prices they (and most of the well-known, "established" bands) ask for, while in the past I've seen them promoting masterpieces and not mediocre (to be lenient) works - for prices that made far more sense.
Anselmo and Brown will be on tour in Europe this summer, with Benante and Wylde, playing Pantera stuff. Not the same, I agree, and I really wonder if they can still perform.
Well I'm not paying an overpriced festival ticket to find out.
It's already sold out anyway.
