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« on: October 27, 2022, 01:19:11 PM »
I tend to think a lot of it is because of COVID. Granted, that's the reason for a lot of things. Photo from April 2018 in Lakeland, GA. One of the best M&G's I've ever been to.
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« on: October 20, 2022, 10:05:23 AM »
A couple weeks ago, I reached out to my local PBS station. There are 4 or 5 major venues in my area that CW has been at in the past. My PBS station used to do really nice Meet & Greets.
No response from PBS.
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« on: October 18, 2022, 01:34:21 PM »
Interesting seeing Dermot again.
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« on: September 17, 2022, 10:42:36 AM »
In the past, Sarasota has kinda been considered in the Tampa Bay area, specifically the PBS station. I reached out to the PBS station a couple weeks ago asking if they were doing a ticket/M&G package anywhere in the area. No response.
Did you buy your tickets direct from the venue?
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« on: September 08, 2022, 05:23:47 PM »
The whole mask/social distancing thing makes me ask why???
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« on: September 08, 2022, 05:15:38 PM »
I've seen some arena shows. SFtH: Lakeland, FL. Front row floor, but the stage was maybe 6' high, Next night in Orlando. Sat in the cheap seats. Youngstown, Ohio. Don't remember seats, but did not like the venue. Believe: Manchester, NH.
In most cases, an arena show is not as "good". The only exception is Red Rocks.
It seems like CW has been having trouble filling a theatre/PAC for the last couple years. I would tend to think we won't see any more big venues.
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« on: August 23, 2022, 12:56:03 PM »
My hope would be they do the M&G after the show again. It's not nearly as rushed, and the girls seemed more relaxed. Of course, that assumes I can get M&G tickets!!
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« on: August 17, 2022, 04:20:54 PM »
I was at Red Rocks for Ancient Land (2017), for X in 2015, Believe in 2013, SFTH in 2010, and Isle of Hope in 2009.
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« on: August 14, 2022, 04:54:25 PM »
You asked...
Back in 2010, an early show of the tour was in Lakeland, FL. I had kinda thought I wasn't going to go to as many shows that year. I went to 13 the year before, and thought maybe people would think I was nuts. Anyway, had a front row seat. This was when 2 of the girls started out in the audience. Lisa L was on my side of the theatre. She recognized me, since I had done a number of M&Gs. She came down and sat on my lap! I immediately decided to go to more shows!
Back in 2009, I was at a show in Akron, Ohio. It was held at the University of Akron's PAC. I went to college there and was in the band, so I had performed on the stage at the PAC. At the M&G, I told Lisa K that I could now tell people that I had performed on the same stage as CW! She said, no it's the other way around! Anyway, the next year I was in Albuquerque, NM. At the M&G, Lisa remembered that story from about a year ago.
In 2019, Chloe was touring on her own. I went to a show in Lakeland, GA. Small venue; maybe 150 people. The M&G was held off site at an old house that had been turned into a small event center. Chloe was staying there. They had "heavy hors'dorves" and a bar. Chloe (and Dermott) spent a fair amount of time with everyone. I got some great pictures!
I've been to 6 shows at Radio City. In 2009, I went to 2 shows there; both with my daughter, who was 16 at the time. We had gone to the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island prior to the first show. What hit my daughter was when they did Isle of Hope, about 15 year old Annie Moore. She thought about how she would have felt being on such a long trip by herself when she was that age (which was only a year ago)!
Finally, in 2012 in Tampa, FL (my home), the M&G was held in the second floor lobby of the PAC. I think most of the people had never done a M&G before, so I kinda hung back. Chloe and Mairead. When I got to the table, Chloe got up, came around front and hugged me. The PBS rep about had a heart attack, especially when Mairead did the same thing! The rep said "have you met them before?"
If you count the individual shows (Lisa L, Chloe, Mairead), I've been to 106 shows since 2007.
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« on: August 12, 2022, 09:17:02 AM »
Without spending any time actually researching this, my memories are they tend to do arena or big venue shows every other year. Places like Red Rocks, Radio City, etc.
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« on: July 19, 2022, 12:05:25 PM »
I'm jealous!
I was seriously considering going to Ireland to see CW this year. I've traveled over the past couple years even with all the COVID stuff. My main reason for not going really has to do with airlines. Based on all the cancelations/delays/etc, I just decided I didn't want to deal with the hassle. I saw Postcards 4 times this year, so this was as much a visit Ireland trip as it was to see the show again. Oh well.
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« on: July 11, 2022, 11:32:30 AM »
If I remember correctly, she had some very strong opinions back in 2016 on the election. Considering she was not a US citizen and couldn't vote, she seemed to come on a little too strong for me.
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« on: May 30, 2022, 10:32:42 AM »
One of my favorites over the years has been Teir abhaile riu (or TAR for short). I really loved when 2 of the girls started out in the audience singing basically nonsense. The choreography was great. I know it's been revised, and I understand the "no audience participation", but I can still miss it.
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« on: May 09, 2022, 08:51:59 AM »
I've been to a number of her solo shows. I'm tending to like them better than the CW shows. And yes, part of that is due to getting M&Gs to see Chloe.
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« on: May 08, 2022, 12:16:34 PM »
Interesting comment. I've had some similar thoughts. I think some of it is her voice has matured. Keep in mind when she first started with CW she was, what, 15? So obviously if you go back that far, it's changed. Then, we have the whole pandemic issue. She did a few shows during the pandemic -- I was at some of them. At that point I thought her voice sounded "deeper". So, does that mean she changes the songs she does?
Similar issue with Lisa Kelly after she had surgery on her vocal cords.
Going back to maybe 2017, I had the opportunity to see Barbara Streisand on tour. She said she recognized her voice has changed over the years. I think she was like 70 at that time. Did her songs sound like her recordings? No. Was it still a great show? Yes.
I'm not a vocalist. But, how does a long layoff affect your voice especially if you go from almost no concerts to doing one every night?
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