Philadelphia Review

[black francis]

I still don't understand this haphazard Fountrain tour. The cities and locations make no sense.

What happened? I can see if Mac doesn't want to be away from the baby for too long therefore a shorter tour, but it still doesn't explain the locations of the shows.

[JackT]

I still don't understand this haphazard Fountrain tour. The cities and locations make no sense.

What happened? I can see if Mac doesn't want to be away from the baby for too long therefore a shorter tour, but it still doesn't explain the locations of the shows.

Maybe if you mark all the locations on a map the answer will become clear.

[black francis]

A giant rabbit?

[JackT]

A giant rabbit?

Or maybe a giant arrow pointing to the location of hidden pirate gold.

[In The Margins]

I still don't understand this haphazard Fountrain tour. The cities and locations make no sense.

What happened? I can see if Mac doesn't want to be away from the baby for too long therefore a shorter tour, but it still doesn't explain the locations of the shows.

On some of the November tour dates, the venues were more theater type locations, with hefty ticket prices to match. This was coming off the OR tour (seated venues). Perhaps they got a taste of the higher box office revenues these types of venues produce (rather than a club) and thought they could duplicate it on the November tour.

The November tour was cancelled because of an IRS disagreement (their words) or maybe poor ticket sales (my words). So now we have the makeup tour. The State College, Keswick Theatre and Fairfield, CT dates are holdovers from the November tour.

As for the other locations, they try to pick locales where they'll sell the most tickets - NYC, Boston, Washington, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco.

The tour is short because his voice won't hold up for anything longer than 2 weeks, sometimes not even that long. It's got nothing to do with Daisy Mae.

[overeager fan]

I originally had tickets to the November show at the Keswick, and was pretty disappointed when it was canceled. Needless to say, I was psyched when I saw they were coming on tour again. I was able to get a couple of primo seats, right up front!! Let me also mention - this was my first live Bunnymen show.

The day of the show arrives, and I am pretty excited. We arrived at the theater and hung around outside chatting with a few nice mates, and then proceeded to make our way inside. First stop was the bar. It was VERY easy to find, since it was right inside the door. The line wasn't too long, got to the front of the line - ordered a couple of drinks from the meanest bartender ever. I visited the bar twice more, each time she got nastier.

We decided to find our seats at this point. I will say, the gentleman who showed us to our seats was very friendly - at least the Keswick, employs someone who knows how to smile... The seats were GREAT! Right up front. Very exciting, particularly since I planned on taking tons of pictures. We didn't have to wait long for the band to come out on stage. Immediately we were on our feet - up at the foot of the stage. And a second later, the rudest bouncer came over and told us to take our seats...Umm, this was a rock concert, correct? Never have I been to a concert where they told you to take your seat - it wasn't like I was at the opera or anything!! Shortly after that, some guy 2 rows back tapped my friend on the shoulder and asked him to sit down, because he was trying to watch the show. Uh huh - right! Finally Ian told everyone to stand up and have a good time. Most people finally dropped their snuggies and pretended to have a good time - I guess that is the best you will get out of a Philly crowd.

I personally enjoyed the show - they focused on the older hits - only playing one song off the new album, probably because - well I can't lie, the new album just really isn't that great.

After reading a couple of these reviews, I find that I was the "overeager front row fan" that was ungraciously threatened to be gagged with gaffer tape. In my opinion, had the rest of the crowd woken up, I wouldn't have appeared "overeager". Perhaps Mr. McCulloch should have been a little more excited to have such an enthusiastic fan in his audience on a rainy Sunday night in a Philly Suburb. I doubt you will find that very often.

I basically tuned everyone out, and had myself a fine time. I enjoyed the music and myself. I probably should have hit up the DC show instead, where the crowd would have had a pulse

[black francis]

Sounds like you're not taking it too personally which is good. It's never fun to be singled out for ridicule especially by someone who is a hero to you.

And at least there wasn't a "cunt" and "your mother is a whore" exchange involved.

[Voodoo Billy]

Sounds like you're not taking it too personally which is good. It's never fun to be singled out for ridicule especially by someone who is a hero to you.

And at least there wasn't a "cunt" and "your mother is a whore" exchange involved.

Who are we discussing? The Pope?

[withahip]

After reading a couple of these reviews, I find that I was the "overeager front row fan" that was ungraciously threatened to be gagged with gaffer tape. In my opinion, had the rest of the crowd woken up, I wouldn't have appeared "overeager".

I felt the same way at the Ocean Rain gig in NYC. I vociferously encouraged the audience to dance. Their reply was silence.

Stay strong!

[JackT]

I felt the same way at the Ocean Rain gig in NYC. I vociferously encouraged the audience to dance. Their reply was silence.

Stay strong!

In the audience's defense, you were actually lying face down on the floor, mumbling something, and twitching slightly.

[electrabunny]

I felt the same way at the Ocean Rain gig in NYC. I vociferously encouraged the audience to dance. Their reply was silence.

Stay strong!

Ditto for me! You should be proud you enjoyed the show to its fullest overeager fan!

[Frank The Bunny]

In the audience's defense, you were actually lying face down on the floor, mumbling something, and twitching slightly.

Cunt. Your mother's a whore.

[kook]

Who are we discussing? The Pope?

[DivaDiana77]

the alarm were, are, and always will be shite. 68 guns my arse.

takin' it up the....

[DivaDiana77]

Also had the typical complaints about it being too dark, only to be replied by Mac - "What if you were all blind? That'd be terrible wouldn't it.... But would it still be too dark?" and another time... "Less lights, more shagging." It was quite funny. He seemed in a great mood.

Better jokes than Coachella. Yay! He's turning into a dirty old man.