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Post by know ID yuh on Feb 1, 2011 19:21:35 GMT -5
I have no source, but I tend to remember useless stats. I recall the venue itself has a capacity of nearly 20K. When you count the extra space for the side stages and tent, the festival capacity raises to 25K. I've never heard 30K+ mentioned until today, however I suspect the more traffic they direct away from the mainstage headliners increases the max capacity (remember the headliners used to play unopposed), so I would guess capacity has raised to 27K or so over the last couple years. Building a bigger dance tent probably increases capacity too.
I don't know how the Cure ticket conversion worked, but they can't just say, "today we'll allow 35K," because capacity is set by firemen or something. If they were allowed to do it that day, they would just sell 10K more tickets every year. I think they just sold less tickets the Cure day. It wasn't noticeably more crowded during the Cure. If there was an extra 10K there, that would be noticeable.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 1, 2011 19:27:05 GMT -5
35k was either a typo or something I pulled outta my ass.
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Post by Hancho on Feb 1, 2011 20:48:53 GMT -5
Wow, I'm coming into this discussion a little late (damn you, work!)... But what the hell. FF are more like an added bonus to Sasquatch for me and they should only be considered as an indication of how big the festival is going to be this year for the rest of you. In other words, I'm sure the other headliners will be just as big, just maybe not commercially.
Also, Being the FF fanboy that I am, I would never pay 300 to see just one band. That would be just plain dumb. Like Gramma stated, its the solid up-down lineup that gets my hard earned cash. I hope they have atleast 2-3 more solid bands (of whatever rank) playing on Friday or I'll be disappointed.
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Post by know ID yuh on Feb 1, 2011 21:01:08 GMT -5
Wow, I'm coming into this discussion a little late (damn you, work!)... But what the hell. FF are more like an added bonus to Sasquatch for me and they should only be considered as an indication of how big the festival is going to be this year for the rest of you. In other words, I'm sure the other headliners will be just as big, just maybe not commercially. Also, Being the FF fanboy that I am, I would never pay 300 to see just one band. That would be just plain dumb. Like Gramma stated, its the solid up-down lineup that gets my hard earned cash. I hope they have atleast 2-3 more solid bands (of whatever rank) playing on Friday or I'll be disappointed. That's why you are only going Friday. |
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Post by know ID yuh on Feb 1, 2011 21:42:38 GMT -5
I'm from Bermuda... and unless I spent my entire teenage years in a coma, I'm fairly certain they never played there. So your reply was intended to be argumentative about an entirely different point? I bet there are a lot of places in this world Massive Attack has never played, or any band for that matter. wasn't being argumentative at all actually. you had previously stated that Massive Attack have been around and their fans have had chances to see them. i consider myself a fan - and have been for close to 20 years, but the first chance i had to see them was last year. that's all i was saying. i was challenging your argument on the comparison between Massive Attack coming to Sasquatch vs a US tour by Pulp. EDIT: i WASN'T challenging your argument... etc etc etc Now that I've had more time to google my original statement, my memory did serve me correctly, Massive Attack played Coachella and ACL in 2006, and hit a lot of the major cities the same year. So my general statement saying Massive Attack has been around, and their fans have had an opportunity to see them (compared to Pulp who broke up ten years ago) was INDEED generally true, while your assertion that you didn't get that chance because you were living in Bermuda (where you don't have a chance to see any relevant festival headliners) was INDEED argumentative about an entirely different point, "some people couldn't go in 2006." And if you count one of your first opportunities to see Massive Attack as flying from Atlanta/Pittsburgh to Seattle for last year's festival, you also had the same opportunity to fly to the contiguous United States to see them in 2006, making my general statement more correct. |
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Post by Hancho on Feb 1, 2011 21:47:53 GMT -5
Lol, Exactly... Well, so far. I have high hopes of the rest of the lineup being equally as great judging from the last few years. February 14th might still be pretty expensive since I will probably be paying for two
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Post by stamper on Feb 1, 2011 23:03:17 GMT -5
this is silly. i have no idea what point you're trying to make right now. i'm not arguing or even being argumentative. the simple fact is last year was the first opportunity i had to see them. i didn't have an opportunity to see them in 2006. did they tour? sure. but i didn't have an opportunity to see them.
i'm not entirely sure what you're implying i'm actually making an argument with you on. until you illustrated it, i had no idea was even arguing at all. i was merely stating that i hadn't seen them - when you indicated that their fans had.
and regarding pulp, i'm not making a comparison between the two bands and people's ability to see them. one broke up over a decade ago. the other didn't.
the only thing they have in common as it pertains to me is that up until last year - i hadn't seen either band... that and I'm big fans of both.
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Post by know ID yuh on Feb 1, 2011 23:15:04 GMT -5
this is silly. i have no idea what point you're trying to make right now. i'm not arguing or even being argumentative. the simple fact is last year was the first opportunity i had to see them. i didn't have an opportunity to see them in 2006. did they tour? sure. but i didn't have an opportunity to see them. i'm not entirely sure what you're implying i'm actually making an argument with you on. until you illustrated it, i had no idea was even arguing at all. i was merely stating that i hadn't seen them - when you indicated that their fans had. and regarding pulp, i'm not making a comparison between the two bands and people's ability to see them. one broke up over a decade ago. the other didn't. the only thing they have in common as it pertains to me is that up until last year - i hadn't seen either band... that and I'm big fans of both. It's more than silly, it's stupid. If you re-read my original comment you replied to, you might agree. You living in Bermuda is not a defense for Massive Attack fans not having a chance to see them, yet that is where this started. |
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 1, 2011 23:16:56 GMT -5
Living in Bermuda is the best defense!
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 1, 2011 23:18:09 GMT -5
"How could you have left the children alone for a whole week in the hotel?"
"Like I said, I WAS IN BERMUDA??????!!!!"
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Post by stamper on Feb 1, 2011 23:59:38 GMT -5
It is stupid, im glad we're on the same page at last. And I did re-read your original post. Now I ask you do the same for me.
All I said was last year was the first opportunity I had to see them. That's all. I'm not attempting to make a giant Bermuda-blanket defense for the entire massive attack fanbase. That'd be insane (even if itd be kinda fun.) I never implied or suggested as such. If that's how it came off, then obviously there was a communication breakdown... And for that I accept some responsibility. But to reiterate, I never argued with you on the pulp/massive attack comparison. At any time. ... Or anything else for that matter. This may be the first debate I've ever had with a person in which no position is actually being debated.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 2, 2011 13:35:40 GMT -5
This thread got REAL stupid REAL fast.
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Post by DREW OF THE RUSHES on Feb 2, 2011 14:28:27 GMT -5
Fitting for a Foo Dr. Garbanzohters thread
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 2, 2011 14:31:54 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess it started out pretty damn stupid.
I can honestly say I've passionately hated the Foo Dr. Garbanzohters since the very first time I heard them. I honestly didn't think they'd make it to album #2, much less get out of the 90's in tact. By FAR one of the fucking worst mainstream acts of the last twenty-five years. Just completely, ridiculously fucking bad.
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Post by DREW OF THE RUSHES on Feb 2, 2011 14:32:54 GMT -5
/thread
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