NIN

[scerrycherry]

I bought a floor ticket.

Hurray.

Call me crazy, but I will try to be at the Civic Center SEVERAL hours before the event.
I want to get to the front.

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[says_humphry]

This is coming from someone who knows what he is talking about:

I've probably seen over 50 live musical acts so....prepare to be squished. You're gonna have to sit through whatever the opening act is (I'm guessing someone moderately well-known) and be squished for close to 6 hours. Also for the spot you want to get at, you'll have to get there that morning almost to beat out all the other people who feel just as you do. (Don't ever think you are all alone in liking a certain band the way you do) And then you'll have to either sit on the floor or stand there for 2 hours after the doors open for the show to start. You can't get up to go pee or else all the other peeps around you will go for your spot. All for the privilege of not hearing the music the way it's meant to be heard. It just doesn't sound right that close up. It's just off.

You should have gotten a regular ticket. That way you can sit there in the privacy of a seat (it's private compared to being right up front) while listening to the music the way it was meant to be heard. I'm serious. If you are there because you love the music, always get seats. Arrive early of course to get good seats. The sound quality of the music is more equalized than the way it sounds up close and truer to the way the musicians themselves created it. I saw A Perfect Circle this way. I was blown away. Unless you feel like dancing, and, remember, you can't dance when you are right up front(or whatever you're supposed to do at a NIN show). You're too squished. At Bonnaroo last year I made my way up front 3 acts and something like 6 hours to wait for Modest Mouse. I wasn't there to dance either. I just wanted to hear the music I love so very much. It wasn't all that great because there was a crowd of several thousand trying to squeeze in behind me. Although I thoroughly enjoyed the show anyway, but I know I would have enjoyed it much more if I had gotten a seat instead. (At bonnaroo there are no seats though, but next time I see Modest Mouse I doubt I will see them at bonnaroo)

Squishing happens at any sized venue. From a Blivits show, to a Reel Big Fish show at the House of Blues, from a Flogging Molly show at Springfest, to a System of a Down show at a civic center, all the way up to a Dave Matthews Band show at Bonnaroo with 80,000 people behind you. And, trust me, being comfortable at a show is in direct relation to enjoying the show.

If you've never seen NIN before than I wouldn't worry about all I've said. You'll enjoy it just the same. Just next time when you buy tickets to somebody you really like, take what I've pointed out into consideration.

[scerrycherry]

thanks.

I would have prefered a seat, but, no one else has given me a definite YES or NO, and those that have did not specify which area they would be at. I had the option of:

A.) get a seat and sit by myself

or

B.) get a gen. admission, and hope that some other person I know will go, so I won't be alone.

I have been to large indoor concerts, like Korn, back when they were really big in the 90's, and I stayed on the floor. I work on my feet for hours without sitting down, so I can handle standing for hours at a time.

When I said several hours, I ment more than 3 or 4.

This is also my first NIN concert, and I love them so much I won't get over the fact that I'm seeing them live to think about sound or getting to see them. Hearing them is all I really need.