Sioux Falls, SD - Denny Sanford Prem Ctr - 5/2 - ARCHIVE
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If it's done as has been in past few years, the first five rows will go all the way across so more VIP tix can be sold.
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crazy4beatles:
Update: All seated. Now you can buy with the map option and can see it's all seated. Weird that it showed a "standing area option". Maybe they used a template from another show and didn't update it for Paul. Yep, sadly the indoor/non-festival general admission option is only available outside of the US/Canada. On the general sale now and I get the option, "general admission standing area" for $250 but also VIP seated tickets on the floor. Is it possible they're doing left side of arena sitting and right side standing? Maybe that's what the black line on the map means? Some of us boardies have discussed this - could be pretty cool I think. Edit: pulled up a hot sound seat in section C with a seat number, so maybe it's section C seated, sections A & B standing. That would up their capacity since it's a smaller arena than what Paul usually plays in the states.
Interesting theory, but I'm 100 percent sure everyone has a seat, otherwise they wouldn't advertise a specific row/seat number. I got four tickets in the top deck. Taking my two kids and wife. Can't wait.
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maccascruff:
If it's done as has been in past few years, the first five rows will go all the way across so more VIP tix can be sold.
First five rows are VIP? I didn't realize there were that many people at the soundcheck. Still a shame he doesn't let soundcheckers go closer during the soundcheck.
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Maccafan82:
maccascruff:
If it's done as has been in past few years, the first five rows will go all the way across so more VIP tix can be sold.
First five rows are VIP? I didn't realize there were that many people at the soundcheck. Still a shame he doesn't let soundcheckers go closer during the soundcheck.
But it's possible that not all of the seats in those rows will get sold as VIP pkgs. The soundcheck I did in Lincoln in 2014 was relatively small compared to others I've heard about in larger cities. A friend of mine scored tickets 2 rows behind me for face value after the VIP pkgs went off sale . . .he got the great seat but no perks. And, yes, it would be nice if soundcheckers could be a bit closer 2:
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Maccafan82:
crazy4beatles:
Update: All seated. Now you can buy with the map option and can see it's all seated. Weird that it showed a "standing area option". Maybe they used a template from another show and didn't update it for Paul. Yep, sadly the indoor/non-festival general admission option is only available outside of the US/Canada. On the general sale now and I get the option, "general admission standing area" for $250 but also VIP seated tickets on the floor. Is it possible they're doing left side of arena sitting and right side standing? Maybe that's what the black line on the map means? Some of us boardies have discussed this - could be pretty cool I think. Edit: pulled up a hot sound seat in section C with a seat number, so maybe it's section C seated, sections A & B standing. That would up their capacity since it's a smaller arena than what Paul usually plays in the states.
Interesting theory, but I'm 100 percent sure everyone has a seat, otherwise they wouldn't advertise a specific row/seat number. I got four tickets in the top deck. Taking my two kids and wife. Can't wait.
maybe section C is GA? what does the black line mean?
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SandraH:
Maccafan82:
crazy4beatles:
Update: All seated. Now you can buy with the map option and can see it's all seated. Weird that it showed a "standing area option". Maybe they used a template from another show and didn't update it for Paul. Yep, sadly the indoor/non-festival general admission option is only available outside of the US/Canada. On the general sale now and I get the option, "general admission standing area" for $250 but also VIP seated tickets on the floor. Is it possible they're doing left side of arena sitting and right side standing? Maybe that's what the black line on the map means? Some of us boardies have discussed this - could be pretty cool I think. Edit: pulled up a hot sound seat in section C with a seat number, so maybe it's section C seated, sections A & B standing. That would up their capacity since it's a smaller arena than what Paul usually plays in the states.
Interesting theory, but I'm 100 percent sure everyone has a seat, otherwise they wouldn't advertise a specific row/seat number. I got four tickets in the top deck. Taking my two kids and wife. Can't wait.
maybe section C is GA? what does the black line mean?
Pretty sure the black line is just giving you an idea of how many rows are on the floor . . .looks like 1-65
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Seuss:
SandraH:
Maccafan82:
crazy4beatles:
Update: All seated. Now you can buy with the map option and can see it's all seated. Weird that it showed a "standing area option". Maybe they used a template from another show and didn't update it for Paul. Yep, sadly the indoor/non-festival general admission option is only available outside of the US/Canada. On the general sale now and I get the option, "general admission standing area" for $250 but also VIP seated tickets on the floor. Is it possible they're doing left side of arena sitting and right side standing? Maybe that's what the black line on the map means? Some of us boardies have discussed this - could be pretty cool I think. Edit: pulled up a hot sound seat in section C with a seat number, so maybe it's section C seated, sections A & B standing. That would up their capacity since it's a smaller arena than what Paul usually plays in the states.
Interesting theory, but I'm 100 percent sure everyone has a seat, otherwise they wouldn't advertise a specific row/seat number. I got four tickets in the top deck. Taking my two kids and wife. Can't wait.
maybe section C is GA? what does the black line mean?
Pretty sure the black line is just giving you an idea of how many rows are on the floor . . .looks like 1-65
I see. Couldn´t read the 65.
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If anyone didn't get a Sioux Falls ticket, I have 2 floor seats for Minneapolis May 4. It's just a 4 hour drive! Message me if interested. I will send you a PayPal invoice for your protection. Getting pretty desperate here!
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Ticketmaster interactive map showing no seats left,
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Counting down to McCartney's Sioux Falls concert with a daily article. Today it's looking back at some of his best performances . Does not include anything from new tour (spoiler free please!) http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/25/paul-mccartney-15-his-best-concert-performances/83486096/
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If anyone is going to travel a great distance to see the show, I would like to talk to you. I work for the local newspaper here in Sioux Falls. Send me a PM.
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Maccafan82:
If anyone is going to travel a great distance to see the show, I would like to talk to you. I work for the local newspaper here in Sioux Falls. Send me a PM.
I'm flying in from San Francisco. I'm suppose to go thru Dallas, right now they are offering free schedule changes due to the wild weather there so I don't know. The flight is tomorrow, should be interesting, I'm a nervous flier to start with.
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Maccafan82:
Counting down to McCartney's Sioux Falls concert with a daily article. Today it's looking back at some of his best performances . Does not include anything from new tour (spoiler free please!) http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/25/paul-mccartney-15-his-best-concert-performances/83486096/
__________________________________________________________ For many of my colleagues on this Site, make sure you read the article above. The music critic's name is Mike Klinski and he is a breath of fresh air compared to many other so called music pundits I have read. There are also links to other articles he has recently written that were even better than this one. One was called "In Defense of Paul McCartney's Solo Career" and the other was called "Some of the Best McCartney Solo Songs". What really struck a chord with me in these articles were: * How knowledgable Mr. Klinski was with Paul's total (including Solo) Career. I find that rare with music pundits in general. They tend to be lazy with their prefixed ideas and opinions. You can tell they just don't like Paul McCartney and in general have never really delved into his full catalog. * How objective Mr. Klinski seemed to be about Paul. I sensed that he isn't just a Macca zealot that praises everything Paul does. He looks at everything...the great, good and not so good. But in the end, he realizes just how prolific and diverse Paul's music is and objectively believes that Paul is one of the greats of all time. In the current article above (about the greatest Paul live Performances) Mr. Klinski just doesn't mention some of the obvious ones, but he highlights such live gems as: *the Calico Skies performance with the live strings (I forget the venue but you know it) *Beware My Love Performance in the 1976 tour *Sing the Changes Performance in NY (Citi Field) *One of the Mull of Kintyre performances in Canada *the "Two of Us" Performance at Red Square (to me a very underrated Beatles song) He mentions some others that were very good also. For once, here is a critic that is a pleasure to read. Thanks Maccafan82 for pointing Mr. Klinski out.
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B J Conlee:
Maccafan82:
Counting down to McCartney's Sioux Falls concert with a daily article. Today it's looking back at some of his best performances . Does not include anything from new tour (spoiler free please!) http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/25/paul-mccartney-15-his-best-concert-performances/83486096/
__________________________________________________________ ... He mentions some others that were very good also. For once, here is a critic that is a pleasure to read. Thanks Maccafan82 for pointing Mr. Klinski out.
Allow me to take off the mask. Maccafan82 is Mr. Klinski, and I am not so much a music critic as a die-hard Paul fan. I work at the Sioux Falls newspaper and have been sharing my love of all things McCartney with our readers. There has been a week full of articles, which I will link to below. Best semi-obscure solo songs: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/29/like-these-beatles-songs-try-these-mccartney-solo-tunes/83658580/ In defense of his solo career/best albums: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/28/defense-paul-mccartneys-solo-career/83633222/ How Sioux Falls landed a Beatle: http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/03/10/premier-center-paul-mccartney-one-on-one-tour/81603256/ Quiz: Test your McCartney knowledge: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/26/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-paul-mccartney-and-beatles/83532304/ Thanks again for the kind words. It's very humbling.
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Maccafan82:
How Sioux Falls landed a Beatle: http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/03/10/premier-center-paul-mccartney-one-on-one-tour/81603256/
Strange headline considering that Paul has not been a Beatle for 46 years.
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Maccafan82:
B J Conlee:
Maccafan82:
Counting down to McCartney's Sioux Falls concert with a daily article. Today it's looking back at some of his best performances . Does not include anything from new tour (spoiler free please!) http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/25/paul-mccartney-15-his-best-concert-performances/83486096/
__________________________________________________________ ... He mentions some others that were very good also. For once, here is a critic that is a pleasure to read. Thanks Maccafan82 for pointing Mr. Klinski out.
Allow me to take off the mask. Maccafan82 is Mr. Klinski, and I am not so much a music critic as a die-hard Paul fan. I work at the Sioux Falls newspaper and have been sharing my love of all things McCartney with our readers. There has been a week full of articles, which I will link to below. Best semi-obscure solo songs: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/29/like-these-beatles-songs-try-these-mccartney-solo-tunes/83658580/ In defense of his solo career/best albums: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/28/defense-paul-mccartneys-solo-career/83633222/ How Sioux Falls landed a Beatle: http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/03/10/premier-center-paul-mccartney-one-on-one-tour/81603256/ Quiz: Test your McCartney knowledge: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/26/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-paul-mccartney-and-beatles/83532304/ Thanks again for the kind words. It's very humbling.
______________________________________________________ Maccafan82 or Mr. klinski, THIS IS SO FUNNY AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAS HAPPENED ON THIS SITE BEFORE. OBVIOUSLY, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE THE AUTHOR OF THESE ARTICLES AND HERE I AM, RECOMMENDING THEM TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. One thing for sure...you can tell I was really honest about your articles. And don't cut yourself short as a music journalist or critic. You're better than 90% of the ones I've read. Instead of trying to be cool or clever, you are giving your audience concrete information about a 'Beatle" (Paul McCartney) that many of them don't know....songs that they might want to check out beyond his famous Beatle songs and Wings hits. You are providing actual videos to these songs to boot. You can tell you really like his music but as I said, you are honest. You are not saying that everything Paul does is great and you point out some of his shortcomings to his Post Beatle career. At the same time, you know his prodigious output objectively makes up for some of his missteps. Just a couple of comments to your great articles: Addition to your "great performances' article *If you can find it, Paul did a version of "That Was Me" from Paris that was fantastic. At the same show he also played "House of Wax" which was also very good. Not sure why Paul stopped playing them on his tour but that is why they are so unique. Additions to your Article on Best Solo Songs by category (not known to masses) *for acoustic style...Early Days *hard rocking songs...Spin It On, What It is *Rocking with additive hooks ...Young Boy *Multi layered songs...Somedays, Dear Boy, Tug of War (the song) By the way, your example of a totally obscure and unreleased song (Squid) was a great one as I wasn't really aware of it. Other examples of unreleased songs that I love are...On the Wings of a Nightingale, Yvonne the one, and Waterspout. As far as your "In Defense of Macca's Solo Career" , I think you are spot on relative to your album choices. It's all subjective, but my choices would be slightly different. As far as his top tier list (or an A Grade), I would add Memory Almost Full and Venus and Mars with the other "top tier" choices you made. I always get frustrated with some of Paul's tracklist choices on many of his albums. For example, on "Memory Almost Full" why did he keep "Gratitude" on the album. Take that song out and replace it with, for example, "This Loving Game" and you might have had one of Paul's greatest albums. There are so many good to great tracks on Memory. Of course, you can probably come up with examples like these on most of his albums. There always seems to be one or two songs that are absolute clunkers when he has so many others (better ones) that he could have added. As you pointed out however, there are even classic Beatle albums that contain one or two clunkers. Anyway, thanks for the articles and keep them coming.
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From Little Rock on my way to Sioux Falls. Does anyone know of any good places to gather in Sioux Falls? Is anyone planning on limo watch? ps-Had to stop in Omaha tonight. The Trappist ale at Creegan's had a kick that finally caught up with me today!
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~lady*madonna~:
Maccafan82:
How Sioux Falls landed a Beatle: http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/03/10/premier-center-paul-mccartney-one-on-one-tour/81603256/
Strange headline considering that Paul has not been a Beatle for 46 years.
Come on. That is really nitpicky.
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bernie1cat:
From Little Rock on my way to Sioux Falls. Does anyone know of any good places to gather in Sioux Falls? Is anyone planning on limo watch? ps-Had to stop in Omaha tonight. The Trappist ale at Creegan's had a kick that finally caught up with me today!
There isn't really a lot to do around the Premier Center. So if you go there, you are kind of stuck. There is a Buffalo Wild Wings a couple of blocks away, but that is it. Plenty of good places downtown. Check out Falls Park if you have time. It's really nice. I think I am going to do limo watch. Going to be there sometime around 3. Is that a good time? What time does his limo usually show up?
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B J Conlee:
Maccafan82:
B J Conlee:
Maccafan82:
Counting down to McCartney's Sioux Falls concert with a daily article. Today it's looking back at some of his best performances . Does not include anything from new tour (spoiler free please!) http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/25/paul-mccartney-15-his-best-concert-performances/83486096/
__________________________________________________________ ... He mentions some others that were very good also. For once, here is a critic that is a pleasure to read. Thanks Maccafan82 for pointing Mr. Klinski out.
Allow me to take off the mask. Maccafan82 is Mr. Klinski, and I am not so much a music critic as a die-hard Paul fan. I work at the Sioux Falls newspaper and have been sharing my love of all things McCartney with our readers. There has been a week full of articles, which I will link to below. Best semi-obscure solo songs: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/29/like-these-beatles-songs-try-these-mccartney-solo-tunes/83658580/ In defense of his solo career/best albums: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/28/defense-paul-mccartneys-solo-career/83633222/ How Sioux Falls landed a Beatle: http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/03/10/premier-center-paul-mccartney-one-on-one-tour/81603256/ Quiz: Test your McCartney knowledge: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/26/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-paul-mccartney-and-beatles/83532304/ Thanks again for the kind words. It's very humbling.
______________________________________________________ Maccafan82 or Mr. klinski, THIS IS SO FUNNY AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAS HAPPENED ON THIS SITE BEFORE. OBVIOUSLY, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE THE AUTHOR OF THESE ARTICLES AND HERE I AM, RECOMMENDING THEM TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. One thing for sure...you can tell I was really honest about your articles. And don't cut yourself short as a music journalist or critic. You're better than 90% of the ones I've read. Instead of trying to be cool or clever, you are giving your audience concrete information about a 'Beatle" (Paul McCartney) that many of them don't know....songs that they might want to check out beyond his famous Beatle songs and Wings hits. You are providing actual videos to these songs to boot. You can tell you really like his music but as I said, you are honest. You are not saying that everything Paul does is great and you point out some of his shortcomings to his Post Beatle career. At the same time, you know his prodigious output objectively makes up for some of his missteps. Just a couple of comments to your great articles: Addition to your "great performances' article *If you can find it, Paul did a version of "That Was Me" from Paris that was fantastic. At the same show he also played "House of Wax" which was also very good. Not sure why Paul stopped playing them on his tour but that is why they are so unique. Additions to your Article on Best Solo Songs by category (not known to masses) *for acoustic style...Early Days *hard rocking songs...Spin It On, What It is *Rocking with additive hooks ...Young Boy *Multi layered songs...Somedays, Dear Boy, Tug of War (the song) By the way, your example of a totally obscure and unreleased song (Squid) was a great one as I wasn't really aware of it. Other examples of unreleased songs that I love are...On the Wings of a Nightingale, Yvonne the one, and Waterspout. As far as your "In Defense of Macca's Solo Career" , I think you are spot on relative to your album choices. It's all subjective, but my choices would be slightly different. As far as his top tier list (or an A Grade), I would add Memory Almost Full and Venus and Mars with the other "top tier" choices you made. I always get frustrated with some of Paul's tracklist choices on many of his albums. For example, on "Memory Almost Full" why did he keep "Gratitude" on the album. Take that song out and replace it with, for example, "This Loving Game" and you might have had one of Paul's greatest albums. There are so many good to great tracks on Memory. Of course, you can probably come up with examples like these on most of his albums. There always seems to be one or two songs that are absolute clunkers when he has so many others (better ones) that he could have added. As you pointed out however, there are even classic Beatle albums that contain one or two clunkers. Anyway, thanks for the articles and keep them coming.
Loved your examples. If I could go back I would add Young Boy for sure, since that list could have used another one. As I said in the intro though, there are plenty of options for each category. But the post can only go on so long! I agree with you about Memory Almost Full. One or two songs away from being an all-time great. I also wish the sound was a bit better. It's on the loud side and is very distracting. You're unreleased songs are all great suggestions. Could do an entire post on the best Paul unreleased songs. And the best Paul B-sides. Luckily for us he has given us a lot of great material to go through. Thanks again for reading. For my latest post I talked to a few fans who are coming to the show and asked them for their favorites: http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/2016/05/01/meet-four-excited-beatles-paul-mccartney-fans/83793094/