But I think I have to extend it a little bit further. Everything started with the pre-band
Phem
. I never heard of her, but she put out some pretty good alt-pop/rock, hitting
Billie Eilish
vibes but with way harder beats. Definitely an artist to keep an eye on.
After what seemed like ages, the stage was converted, and we were greeted with a playback cover version of "Bad Reputation", originally by Joane Jett. Afterwards followed my last year's January obsession, "Bite Me", but I was already noticing something fishy. And that fishiness continued throughout the concert.
It wasn't long until I had figured it out. Not only did Avril have problems with the high tones, I guess she was singing around an octet lower than on records, but after more than 20 years, it is ok to lose some vocal strength and voice range. But that wasn't all.
Around the fourth song or so, I had the typical "aha" moment. Besides her singing, backing vocals always came from tape (no other female singers; the other male band members had microphones, but I'm not sure if they were even on). I don't have anything against backing vocals from tape, but in this case, there were also backing vocals for Avril (something Paul Stanley was caught doing last year). But in contrast to Paul Stanley, where the recordings weren't noticeable (well unless he made a significant error when performing), Avril was kind of using it as style (?). She sometimes changed the lyrics of a song, and you could clearly hear the backing vocals (which sang the original).
Nevertheless, it was a great concert, although with only one hour of playtime rather short in my opinion. If she would return to Austria sometime in the future, I don't think I will buy another set of tickets.
Sounds disappointing. Did she at least still look hot? I was "allowed" to get into the queue to buy U2 tickets yesterday and was shocked to discover one ticket costs more than the MacBook I was using to access Ticketmaster. I can think of much better ways to spend $1495.
To be honest, I was a little bit disappointed. Way paid around 60€ for Seats relatively far back. Not sure how expensive the standing places were, but considering our price, I guess around 120€ to 140€.
From what I saw on the video walls, she still seems pretty hot at 38, but I'm a little bit biased, I guess, as I had a pretty big crush on her (well, all my classmates had, too) when her music first came out.
Alsmost 1500$ for U2? That's crazy. My dad always wanted to see them, but at that price, that's way too overpriced, in my opinion. My upper limit for tickets is around 150€ to 200€, everything above that I consider not worth paying the price, especially when you might have to stand somewhere (maybe even in the rain) for 2+ hours.
Yours Truly
From what I saw on the video walls, she still seems pretty hot at 38, but I'm a little bit biased, I guess, as I had a pretty big crush on her (well, all my classmates had, too) when her music first came out.
Alsmost 1500$ for U2? That's crazy. My dad always wanted to see them, but at that price, that's way too overpriced, in my opinion. My upper limit for tickets is around 150€ to 200€, everything above that I consider not worth paying the price, especially when you might have to stand somewhere (maybe even in the rain) for 2+ hours.