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I'll be attending either the Toronto show or the Detroit show...

What is Danforth Music Hall like?
I like the fact that it will be a seated show. That should be a pleasant change of pace that will go great with the mellow songs...
Of course Toronto is about a 3 hour drive for me...:erk:

Can anyone tell me what St. Andrews Hall in Detroit is like and if that will be a seated show? (considering acts I've read about that have played there, I don't think it will be seated...)

cheers
 
No clue what Danforth Music Hall is like, the promoter here has never had a concert there before. I have read some people's opinions about it, they say its a shit hole.
 
Manes said:
I'll be attending either the Toronto show or the Detroit show...

What is Danforth Music Hall like?
I like the fact that it will be a seated show. That should be a pleasant change of pace that will go great with the mellow songs...
Of course Toronto is about a 3 hour drive for me...:erk:

Can anyone tell me what St. Andrews Hall in Detroit is like and if that will be a seated show? (considering acts I've read about that have played there, I don't think it will be seated...)

cheers

Toronto is a 3.5 hour drive for me and it looks like i might have to make it. I used to drive 3 hours to Toronto for shows all the time when I lived in North Bay - there and back right after...it's not that bad !!!
 
The Danforth Music Hall is a really old theatre in east-side downtown. It's about a two-minute walk from Broadview subway station, which is pretty cool. More importantly, it's a three-minute walk from my house, so I really don't have to go far for this one :)

Duvall, are you snapping pics at this show as well? I just got my photo pass a couple of days ago, so I'm totally psyched about it. I have no idea what the lights will be like, since it is a movie theatre; then again, I don't think they'll be moving around too much. I have a new camera now too (Canon EOS-10D) which has produced nothing but amazing photos so far. Should be fun...
 
Hey?!?!?

Cameras aren't allowed in Canadian venues??

GRRRRR!!!!

Thats just so annoying because I was planning on taking my new Canon, and taking a ton of photos.
 
What kind of Canon do you have? If it's a Powershot Elph, I doubt you'll have any problem sneaking it in. But if you're talking about an EOS film body with a fat lens, you'll definitely need a photo pass. Opeth's management is pretty picky about cameras - the main reason I spent three weeks tearing out my hair trying to get a photo pass on their last tour.

Also remember that this tour is happening in seated venues. So unless you're sitting up in the front row, you'd either have to stand up or duck into the aisles to shoot... which would be a dead give-away for security.

TheDemonOfTheFall said:
Hey?!?!?

Cameras aren't allowed in Canadian venues??

GRRRRR!!!!

Thats just so annoying because I was planning on taking my new Canon, and taking a ton of photos.
 
WrathChld said:
What kind of Canon do you have? If it's a Powershot Elph, I doubt you'll have any problem sneaking it in. But if you're talking about an EOS film body with a fat lens, you'll definitely need a photo pass. Opeth's management is pretty picky about cameras - the main reason I spent three weeks tearing out my hair trying to get a photo pass on their last tour.

Also remember that this tour is happening in seated venues. So unless you're sitting up in the front row, you'd either have to stand up or duck into the aisles to shoot... which would be a dead give-away for security.

Well, I have two cameras. One is a Kyocera Yashica Zoomate 105SE, and my new one is a Canon EOS 650. It doesn't seem likely that I'll even bother bringing my EOS over with me after all that photo pass business you mentioned. My Kyocera is fine though, I've never been dissapointed with results from that camera since i bought it last november (you can even see the results from it on Opeth.com, under "London 1" in the European Tour section in photos).

I'm in row A, so I'll hopefully be very close to the front. How about you? what row are you in?
 
When are they hitting London? It might be worth contacting their manager (his email addy is on the band website) to see if you can get a photo pass. Apparently they were really easy-going about that on the Deliverance tour - not by my experience (which was a disaster) but other people I know got passes very easily. Definitely worth a shot.

Those London photos look great! (for the reference, they have my pics on there under Montreal and Toronto II) I'm amazed you got that kind of quality out of an automatic camera... then again, the Zeiss glass makes a huge difference. I don't know about my seat for the Toronto show. Since it's a guest-list ticket, I figure they'll drop me near the back. But I get to shoot from the aisles at the front, so that will be nice.

I'm excited about shooting them with my Canon 24-85 lens... the old Olympus couldn't focus worth a damn.

TheDemonOfTheFall said:
Well, I have two cameras. One is a Kyocera Yashica Zoomate 105SE, and my new one is a Canon EOS 650. It doesn't seem likely that I'll even bother bringing my EOS over with me after all that photo pass business you mentioned. My Kyocera is fine though, I've never been dissapointed with results from that camera since i bought it last november (you can even see the results from it on Opeth.com, under "London 1" in the European Tour section in photos).

I'm in row A, so I'll hopefully be very close to the front. How about you? what row are you in?
 
WrathChld said:
When are they hitting London? It might be worth contacting their manager (his email addy is on the band website) to see if you can get a photo pass. Apparently they were really easy-going about that on the Deliverance tour - not by my experience (which was a disaster) but other people I know got passes very easily. Definitely worth a shot.

Those London photos look great! (for the reference, they have my pics on there under Montreal and Toronto II) I'm amazed you got that kind of quality out of an automatic camera... then again, the Zeiss glass makes a huge difference. I don't know about my seat for the Toronto show. Since it's a guest-list ticket, I figure they'll drop me near the back. But I get to shoot from the aisles at the front, so that will be nice.

I'm excited about shooting them with my Canon 24-85 lens... the old Olympus couldn't focus worth a damn.

Those Deliverance tour photos of yours are rediculously great! Its not fair :waah:!!

Yeah, I think I may have to apply for a photo pass for London, its a very good idea! Hey, are you on MSN? We could have a natter, and perhaps meet up before and/ or after the show. I'm going to be in Toronto for roughly a week, so I shall have a fair bit of time to have a look around town and things. Anyone else from Toronto want to say hi on MSN?
 
i just bought my ticket today one week before the show, i was actually scared that i was gonna get a shit seat or not one at all if it sold out
but i got row J... so i picture there wont be many people
i cant wait :)