They did that at fans requests.. they had flown in from Denver and had not had an opportunity for a signing.I think the biggest problem was caused by Evergrey announcing their autograph session at the end of their set. Nothing against Evergrey's music or even the band members, but that was not a very classy move on their part.
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the stage sound was awesome... Victor ran 2 stacks in stereo, and you were enveloped in guitar sound when he played. I think maybe the stage levels were a bit hot for the front of house mix, plus when that many bodies leave a room, the acoustics change dramatically. Add that to a FOH sound engineer who does not know the material, and I could guess that it could have been a bad mix. Sounded great from where I was thoughAre Mary and I the only ones that thought Rage had the worst sound of any band that has every played PP? At least from our position, the sound was very distorted and it was hard to pick out the different parts. I still think this, coupled with the absolutely soul-draining performances by Circle II Circle and Evergrey before them, really led to the place clearing out.
Just my dumb opinion, of course...
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I would think so, but I remember that the place was packed for Stratovarius. I even saw some bands in there who had left their autograph or merchandising tables to come in and see them.
Edguy at PPV seemed a little less packed, but it was still a large crowd.
I did hear about Rage, and I also hear that a lot of people were so exhausted at III that Angra played to about a 3/4s full house. Is that true?
IIRC Glenn's comment on that was something like "It's my job to put asses in seats for the set. It's their job to keep them there."
Stratovarius had a packed house at the start of their set, but had little over 1/2 the audience left by the end of their set. IIRC Glenn's comment on that was something like "It's my job to put asses in seats for the set. It's their job to keep them there."
Admittedly, I was way too tired to tell by the time they'd been playing 30 minutes or so. And I probably wasn't alone. I even considered leaving early when it was apparent they were just playing the Live Visions album + a few brand new songs. But when they threw in Destiny and Hunting High and Low at the end, I felt I got my money's worth.
i was suprised they didnt play eagle heart
i love stratovarius and that was a frickin AWESOME show
That must be why Tobias was so mystified at the lack of response during Edguy's set. It's not that we didn't love Edguy, it's that they weren't the third band on Friday this time, when the crowd was just about warmed up.
They did that at fans requests.. they had flown in from Denver and had not had an opportunity for a signing.
my 2 cents
I don't think they meant to offend anyone, but i know they were really tired and STILL made themselves available to fans... dunno how that is not class. I know many other artists who would have made it a priority to get some sleep, since they were flying out to Iceland the next day
Oh yeah, how could I forget the one negative thing that happened during the Rage set - the "Maiden mosher"!!! The dude with the Maiden t-shirt and pierced everything that was basically abusing anyone that stuck around for the final set of the night. If I wasn't so into the music, I would have loved to grab a hold of one of his many piercings and make him cry like a baby!![]()