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[DolfanBob]

Hey Hossenfeffer, what are you 100 years old. Name some bands that are relevant today! Coldplay is one of the biggest bands in the World right now! Dolfan? What the he'll is that? Your first problem is you like the dolphins! Hahaha!! You're a complete and utter joke!!  Anyone who likes the dolphins shouldnt be allowed to have an opinion on anything!! You're brain dead. If and when Coldplay come to the BOK and it sells out and is a success, I dare you to have the balls and post on here you were dead wrong! I'll do the same if I'm wrong.

Ok guy's. We really need to put a ban on anyone under 21 posting on here. I didn't say I hated Coldplay or that they are a complete and utter joke(quote) I was stating let's see if they have the ability to sell as many tickets off of one album 33 years later like Roger Waters is doing.

As for my team. I have been a die hard fan since 1970. Through thick and thin, no band wagon jumping. So if you are a true fan of any team. That's the kind I want.

P.S. That's a terrible way to make your point, attacking something not even relevent to the subject matter. Now go take your nap. The pacifier is in your crib.

[Breadburner]

Hey Hossenfeffer, what are you 100 years old. Name some bands that are relevant today! Coldplay is one of the biggest bands in the World right now! Dolfan? What the he'll is that? Your first problem is you like the dolphins! Hahaha!! You're a complete and utter joke!!  Anyone who likes the dolphins shouldnt be allowed to have an opinion on anything!! You're brain dead. If and when Coldplay come to the BOK and it sells out and is a success, I dare you to have the balls and post on here you were dead wrong! I'll do the same if I'm wrong.

What a wet behind the ears dick-head.....

[Hoss]

Hi Gwyneth, didn't know you were a TNF poster.

LOL...

[guido911]

[Conan71]

Meh.  Didn't do much for me.

[guido911]

Meh.  Didn't do much for me.

Not me the first time. I listened to it a few more times and I kind of like it.

[DolfanBob]

It's gotta be hard to try and live up to all the past hit's that they have had. Radio airplay is just not the same today. Whoever would have thought music careers would be driven by the amount of downloads you get.

[Hoss]

I don't think they toured last year...  Hard to show up on the top tours list if you don't tour.

Their newest album is up on the charts.  They played a great NYE set on Austin City Limits that received solid reviews.  Coldplay is a great live band and I would certainly enjoying seeing them at the BOK.  I saw them for the first time at the OKC Civic Center in 2003 and that show still ranks as one of the top shows I've seen live.

All that aside, saying that the BOK Center will only be a success if Coldplay comes is ridiculous.  Before the mythical "debt service" it more than breaks even and is a great addition to our community so it's a success regardless of whether Mr Gynweth Paltrow performs there.

Where are they in this list...this isn't pointed at you rdj, obviously.  I don't care for Coldplay, but understand many do.  But to use them as a measuring stick for the success of a venue reeks of fanboidom.

I'm a concert snob.  I don't go to concerts just to go; when I was younger I got burned many times.  Plus, there are some artists/groups who gouge the hell out of their fans, charging up to $100 for nosebleed seats.  You get there and get 90 minutes of new and old hits and a half-assed performance.

The two best concerts I've ever seen?

1997 KISS, the first year they returned wearing the makeup with the original four members.  I saw them at the Summit in Houston.  That show was mindblowing for guys that age.  They were on stage about 2.5 hours and the show gave me chill bumps on several occasions.   Given I was a huge fan of KISS (old KISS, up to about the 'Asylum' album).

Last year, the Foo Fighters.  How can you charge on ly 60 dollars for the best seats in the house, and also offer layaway for tickets?  That caters to fans and draws them in.  Case in point.  A co-worker of mine came really just to see Motorhead (he's a naturalized US citizen via the UK).  The next day after the concert, we talked some, and he told me that Foo had just earned a spot on the list of his 'I'd drive five hours to see these guys in concert'.  Pretty powerful stuff.  They were that damned good.  Plus they were on stage for nearly 3 hours.  I'd venture to say that the FF are this generations (well, at least my generation) Tom Petty.  And to think Tom Petty offered Dave Grohl a full time gig to drum for him back in 1996 right after he recorded that first Foo album.  Glad he turned them down.

[Townsend]

Not me the first time. I listened to it a few more times and I kind of like it.

That voice, that guitar, and my musical taste have not traveled the same road over the last 28 years.

[rdj]

Where are they in this list...this isn't pointed at you rdj, obviously.  I don't care for Coldplay, but understand many do.  But to use them as a measuring stick for the success of a venue reeks of fanboidom.

I'm a concert snob.  I don't go to concerts just to go; when I was younger I got burned many times.  Plus, there are some artists/groups who gouge the hell out of their fans, charging up to $100 for nosebleed seats.  You get there and get 90 minutes of new and old hits and a half-assed performance.

The two best concerts I've ever seen?

1997 KISS, the first year they returned wearing the makeup with the original four members.  I saw them at the Summit in Houston.  That show was mindblowing for guys that age.  They were on stage about 2.5 hours and the show gave me chill bumps on several occasions.   Given I was a huge fan of KISS (old KISS, up to about the 'Asylum' album).

Last year, the Foo Fighters.  How can you charge on ly 60 dollars for the best seats in the house, and also offer layaway for tickets?  That caters to fans and draws them in.  Case in point.  A co-worker of mine came really just to see Motorhead (he's a naturalized US citizen via the UK).  The next day after the concert, we talked some, and he told me that Foo had just earned a spot on the list of his 'I'd drive five hours to see these guys in concert'.  Pretty powerful stuff.  They were that damned good.  Plus they were on stage for nearly 3 hours.  I'd venture to say that the FF are this generations (well, at least my generation) Tom Petty.  And to think Tom Petty offered Dave Grohl a full time gig to drum for him back in 1996 right after he recorded that first Foo album.  Glad he turned them down.

From that list Lady Gaga, Pink & Britney Spears are in the top 31 musical acts of all time.  That's a knee slapper.

I'm not defending Coldplay as an end all be all band, but they certainly have their place.  Which BTW, they were the highest grossing British touring act in 2009.  They added shows to their UK stadium shows on this tour because they sold out so quickly.

BTW, the pre-sale for the Black Keys sold out today.  Club seats for that show are $80, lower level seats are $56.50.  The Black Keys played Cain's not so long ago and quickly sold it out.  Just another example of the success of the BOK Center...

Also BTW, I've never paid to see an act at the BOK Center.  Only ever gone on someone else's corporate dime.  Much cheaper that way.

Since we are talking favorite shows, it's hard for me to boil it down.  So, I'll boil it down to just at the BOK Center, Metallica.  I didn't see the Foo Fighters, but Metallica was pretty damn good.

[Teatownclown]

this sucks....

they'll sell out BOK.


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Van Halen 2012Tuesday, Feb 28 2012 7:30 PM
New York, New York - United StatesAmerican Express Preferred Seating Card Members presale Tues. Jan. 10 10am ET to Thurs. Jan. 12 6pm ET (w/ special passcodes - the 800 # on back of card). Public onsale Thurs. Jan. 12th 6pm ET.

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Crowd-free merchandise shopping
On-site VIP host


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[Hoss]

From that list Lady Gaga, Pink & Britney Spears are in the top 31 musical acts of all time. ...

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You misread the title of the article.  Highest grossing concert tours of all time doesn't equate to the top 31 musical acts.  It just means they get butts in the seats...or gouge the hell out of there sheepl...errr....fans.

You and I may not like it, but those three acts are top bill acts.  They can draw in the crowd.  I'm not part of that crowd, but they do draw them in.

[DTowner]

The Old Lady and the Cain's are much better for Tulsa.... better products coming:

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/10-great-places-to-see-a-concert-1317328188-slideshow/1-photo-1317245582.html

MARCH 20th! BRADY! http://www.experiencehendrixtour.com/

http://www.woody100.com/concerts.htm Mellencamp and Arlo with others TBA

Why does it have to be either or?  The Brady and Cain's are great music venues, but neither can host the large shows that appear at the BOK.  The BOK has put Tulsa back on the concert map and we are getting many of the big touring acts each year.  The Convention Center hadn't gotten those types of acts for years and wasn't ever going to get those types of acts (too small, too outdated and could not handle the structural demands of modern touring acts).  The BOK has been a success and, by all appearances, will continue to be successful for the foreseeable future.  That is good for Tulsa.  It's amusing that its success seems to bother some Tulsans so much.  If you oppsed it – you lost.  If you predicted its failure – you're wrong.  Get over it.

[rdj]

You misread the title of the article.  Highest grossing concert tours of all time doesn't equate to the top 31 musical acts.  It just means they get butts in the seats...or gouge the hell out of there sheepl...errr....fans.

You and I may not like it, but those three acts are top bill acts.  They can draw in the crowd.  I'm not part of that crowd, but they do draw them in.

Oh, I thought we were talking about whether Coldplay was a good act and popular.  Sorry, I was confused.

[Teatownclown]

Why does it have to be either or?  The Brady and Cain's are great music venues, but neither can host the large shows that appear at the BOK.  The BOK has put Tulsa back on the concert map and we are getting many of the big touring acts each year.  The Convention Center hadn't gotten those types of acts for years and wasn't ever going to get those types of acts (too small, too outdated and could not handle the structural demands of modern touring acts).  The BOK has been a success and, by all appearances, will continue to be successful for the foreseeable future.  That is good for Tulsa.  It's amusing that its success seems to bother some Tulsans so much.  If you oppsed it – you lost.  If you predicted its failure – you're wrong.  Get over it.

What I predicted was three years in the green and then the future would be red for the citizenry as the decline in revenues would be out paced by expenses. I've always maintained these types of projects make no economic sense unless you find a tenant like the Thunder. Sorry, I was never a status quo/Keep Up With the Jones' type....