I am so excited fuck.. Same day as Cloud Nothings here which sucks but I'll see them with Japandroids later this year anyway
I can't do the Michigan date because of my friend's wedding, so I'm considering the drive to Cleveland. Still haven't seen the Movielife and all of TRTC would be incredible to see
Beachland Ballroom is a top 3 venue for me in Cleveland. I swear though, every single tour announced this year, I've had conflicts on the dates it's in Cleveland. My wife and I are having my son's birthday party on that day. Probably wouldn't be too happy if I left her to clean up all the mess/put things together that night.
Is it just me but are some of these venues really small? Sneaky Dee's in Toronto holds like 200 people...
I honestly don't think they're that big of a draw. I can only speak to their shows in the Cleveland area but when they played House of Blues on their reunion/In Currents tour, it was the least attended show at HOB I've ever been at. Like, cringe-worthy empty. The following year they came back around the area (Akron) and played a venue (Musica) which had 400 capacity and to my knowledge didn't come close to selling out. Last time they did an acoustic show in our area (2014) they played MaHall's which is a 250 cap (I believe). Don't think it sold out.
The last Grog show had maybe 250 people at it as well. Definitely sad. And I know Movielife wouldn't draw more than 250-300 on their own here either
That's interesting. I guess I'm more surprised because it's a co-headliner. I would think the added draw of having The Movielife on the bill would sell some tickets but I guess not. I know they've been inactive forever but they haven't played Toronto in 16 years... Guess they're a lot less popular than they are important.
I remember being shocked at how empty that initial House of Blues show was. And it was on a Saturday night. I was so excited because it was my first time seeing them. I still enjoyed the show but the lack of crowd was such a distraction because it was so awkward.
Yeah I was there. I actually didn't mind it. It wasn't very full but it wasn't awkwardly empty either. TEN and Movielife at Sneaky Dees on a Saturday is going to be a 100 degree shitshow.
Fair enough haha I actually think it may have been the night of a game but can't remember. They were great but the crowd was so meh. And this girl was filming the ENTIRE show front row in Ace's face on her phone (including face timing at some point for a really long duration) and it was so frustrating. He had to eventually call her out and ask her to stop and the whole crowd cheered and I'm pretty sure she left.