This May Kasabian announced their north america
tour dates. by tour it said and there
were only 10 gigs covering east coast, canada, and west coast. Considering how big north america is, i would
say their management or whoever arranged this really did not give a shit about
if the band made it to america. (lol)
But thanks to the small amount of gigs they played, i can now say im the
most hardcore fan who attended 40% of their gigs this tour. With that high of percentage, I probably
could get the band dedicate a song to me very very soon.
The planning started with the ticket presale. For some reason I was convinced that these
tickets were going to sell out fast so I needed to get my hands on those
presale as soon as they confirmed the date.
It was the first encounter for me to witness the infamous failing
management the band had because they even confused themselves with the actual
pre-sale date on official published website.
And I remembered they later linked the wrong URL on ticket links, and
newbie like me had to scroll down to the bottom where people can comment with
their facebook account, and found the actual links provided by experienced
fans. With a bit of nerve-wrecking
buying experience, I finally got tickets for those four gigs I was planning to
go, and of course I soon realized they were not going to sell out anytime
soon. But I think it was a good thing
that I acted like a psycho refreshing my ticket page every 10 second before
they went on sale, because that really gave me a little sense of being part of
“Kasabian is big!!!” concert experience, which is almost impossible to get in
particularly in north america if you are not 14 years old. And believe me, there’s no hell in anyway I
want to be an 14 year-old ever again.
Here were four gigs I was planning on going:
Boston, New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago.
I was struggling a little about Boston since it’s on a Friday, and it
means I would have to take time off to get there. Would it be worth it to fly all the way to
Boston and see a band that I could not brag about and had people becoming
minions for me in the future? The answer
was almost like a 2 second doubt and YES.
I also read that the venue Paradise Rock Club is a tiny venue with only
900 people capacity, and it would also be the first show they start in the
states. With not so much hesitation I
decided I would go to Boston, but of course all these rationales were happening
way after I already bought my ticket, because that’s just the way we roll.
I booked my flights to Boston a month before the
show and got in touch with Pam who was super kind and nice to spare her time
with me when I got to Boston and let me follow her home to creep on their
cats. Amanda helped with the lodging in
New York and D.C. so I basically just acted like a jerk walking around east
coast I think. I was debating if I
should go to Chicago because it totally did not make sense for me travelling to
15 hours away Boston to see Kasabian and not going to Chicago which was the
closest city to me. Then I saw them in
Chicago and that was probably the best show of all four.
I was planning on spending some money on merch but
I only managed to get a $5 wristband because I was not anticipating their merch
sold out in Chicago. It looked like I
was a bad fan had very little confidence in their popularity in the states.
(lol)
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