New Orleans LA - New Orleans Arena 9/26

[Chubby321]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.ph ... eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

[portland]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=event&id=48&Itemid=54&eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

Oh look a concert thread....welcome home Chubby

[Don]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=event&id=48&Itemid=54&eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

Oh look a concert thread....welcome home Chubby

Not many more of these on the horizon after next week. The forum opened just in time for the grand finale.

[Chubby321]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=event&id=48&Itemid=54&eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

Oh look a concert thread....welcome home Chubby

Thanks. It feels good to have a home.

Props to the most handsome Wombat in the world.

[steveo777]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=event&id=48&Itemid=54&eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

Oh look a concert thread....welcome home Chubby

I know there's been a lot of confusion around here lately, but this is now a Journey forum. I actually appreciate the concert threads. Thanks Chubby!

[portland]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=event&id=48&Itemid=54&eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

Oh look a concert thread....welcome home Chubby

Not many more of these on the horizon after next week. The forum opened just in time for the grand finale.

Then what.........???? oh yes there is the penthouse suite!

[Chubby321]

http://www.neworleansarena.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=event&id=48&Itemid=54&eventid=80


Seating Capacity:

* Flexible seating configurations up to 18,000


Sold-out

Oh look a concert thread....welcome home Chubby

I know there's been a lot of confusion around here lately, but this is now a Journey forum. I actually appreciate the concert threads. Thanks Chubby!

My pleasure Steve.

[Chubby321]

It's a flying purple thong this time.

[Chubby321]

I want to give props to Arnel for rockin' New Orleans even though he's worried about his properties and family in the Philippines.

We are praying for the safety of your family back home.

BTW, I heard that Noel Gomez' house was also affected (he's the one who posted Arnel's youtube vids and who Neal contacted).



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Nearly a month’s worth of rain fell in just six hours over Metro Manila Saturday, triggering the worst floods in nearly 40 years, stranding people on rooftops, causing wide-spread blackouts and killing at least 40 people, officials said.

[portland]

I want to give props to Arnel for rockin' New Orleans even though he's worried about his properties and family in the Philippines.

We are praying for the safety of your family back home.

BTW, I heard that Noel Gomez' house was also affected (he's the one who posted Arnel's youtube vids and who Neal contacted).



http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Nearly a month’s worth of rain fell in just six hours over Metro Manila Saturday, triggering the worst floods in nearly 40 years, stranding people on rooftops, causing wide-spread blackouts and killing at least 40 people, officials said.

Sending prayers....this is awful

[Chubby321]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

[steveo777]

They only sold out because Night Ranger was there.

[Chubby321]

They only sold out because Night Ranger was there.

Well, whenever they post the word "SOLD-OUT" they don't say "SOLD-OUT because...."

[steveo777]

They only sold out because Night Ranger was there.

Well, whenever they post the word "SOLD-OUT" they don't say "SOLD-OUT because...."

Hey, I was just trying to channel what some die hard SP fans might have said.

[Jana]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Yeah. At least I hopped on with a quick review after I got home.

[mdaemon]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

isla says no bowl of rice, no review

[steveo777]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

isla says no bowl of rice, no review

For Lumpia or some Pancit then?
Green Mango and Bagoong?

Ok, Halo-Halo then!

[mdaemon]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

isla says no bowl of rice, no review

For Lumpia or some Pancit then?
Green Mango and Bagoong?

for all of those 4, Isla will give a review, pictures, and video with sub-titles in Tagalog

[Michigan Girl]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Yes, I am anxiously awaiting Isla's review for two reasons...
1) It will be a personal review from someone here at MR
2) I want to know if Isla can speak

[annie89509]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Yes, I am anxiously awaiting Isla's review for two reasons...
1) It will be a personal review from someone here at MR
2) I want to know if Isla can speak

MG, which one are you in your avatar?

[SultanOfSwing]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Just curious, is Isla Male or Female? or both

[RocknRoll]

While everyone's waiting for Isla's review, here's another media one.

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/200 ... ew_or.html

Journey's Saturday night New Orleans concert struck a deep chord
By Keith Spera
September 28, 2009, 12:34PM
Green Day did not sell out the New Orleans Arena this year. Neither did Coldplay nor Creed.

But on Saturday night, Journey did.


Unlike Green Day, Creed or Coldplay, Journey sold out the New Orleans Arena.Despite not entirely unwarranted accusations of being trite to the point of nonsensical, Journey’s hits, like those of Def Leppard, struck a deep and abiding chord with a generation of fans. Three decades later, those songs still roam the pop culture landscape. They serve as “American Idol” fare, major league baseball rallying cries and the soundtrack to the final scene of “The Sopranos.”

Journey’s roster has always been fluid, but Steve Perry’s 20 year run as lead singer yielded the key hits. Of the current line-up, guitarist Neal Schon and bassist Ross Valory were present at Journey’s 1973 inception. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain joined for 1981’s massively successful “Escape” album.

In the post-Perry era, fans have accepted three new lead singers. After dismissing replacement No. 2, Schon could have laid Journey to rest and played clubs the rest of his career. His other option was to search YouTube, discover one Arnel Pineda, frontman for a cover band in the Philippines, hire Pineda, and continue to fill arenas, grossing around $750,000 per night.

If I’m Schon, I’m on the next flight to Manila.

Truth be told, Journey’s songs matter more than the musicians who render them. “Don’t Stop Believin’,” the most popular iTunes “catalog” download of all time, merited its very own souvenir T-shirt at the merchandise tables; the shirt doesn’t even mention the band’s name.

Whether Journey 2009 is simply the latest incarnation of an ever-evolving roster or the world’s greatest Journey cover band is a philosophical distinction deemed irrelevant by the 16,000 or so at the New Orleans Arena on Saturday. “Wheel in the Sky,” “Open Arms” and “Lovin,’ Touchin’, Squeezin’” were met with ecstatic hugs and high-fives throughout the arena. The opening guitar riffs of “Stone In Love” still thrilled. “Faithfully” conjured memories of slow dancing at prom circa 1983.

The minimal production featured a static backdrop and no nods to nostalgia – no vintage Journey video montages, no acknowledgement of the band’s history. Perhaps his bandmates felt no need to burden Pineda with that legacy.

In the show’s early going, the singer persevered through trouble with his inner-ear monitors. He spun like a dervish, hopped off the drum riser, waved and made happy-rock faces, supplying most of the band’s personality. His limited between-song banter still bore a trace of his homeland’s accent.

But his high tenor was remarkably similar to Perry’s – it managed to sound simultaneously hollow and gritty. Pineda’s take on “Escape” struck directly in Perry’s wheelhouse, as did “Be Good to Yourself,” “Open Arms” and “Lights.” He sang “Faithfully” in a lower register than Perry, but fans fell all over themselves just the same. And his voice defined “Never Walk Away” and other cuts from Journey’s 2008 album, “Revelation,” which nestled comfortably alongside the likes of “Separate Ways.”

Deen Castronovo, Journey’s drummer since 1998, sat in with opening act Night Ranger for “Sister Christian,” then returned to propel the headliner’s set with an equally aggressive attack. He also sang lead, somewhat less successfully, on “Keep on Runnin’.”

Attempts to shake up codified arrangements – a detour in “Don’t Stop Believin,” a possibly unintentional meandering in “Stone In Love,” a bludgeoned section of “Wheel in the Sky” – derailed momentum. More subtle twists, such as Cain’s boogie-woogie piano in “Escape,” worked.

The underrated Schon – before founding Journey, he stood toe-to-toe with Carlos Santana in an early version of Santana – consistently nailed his trademark guitar solos. He might have stretched out and showed off even more. On the final “Anyway You Want It,” he played fast and loose with the solo, then returned to the familiar blueprint. The audience embraced it like an old friend

[Jana]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Just curious, is Isla Male or Female? or both

Whatever you want her to be.

[SultanOfSwing]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Just curious, is Isla Male or Female? or both

Whatever you want her to be.

Gotcha!

[la michelona]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

isla says no bowl of rice, no review

For Lumpia or some Pancit then?
Green Mango and Bagoong?

for all of those 4, Isla will give a review, pictures, and video with sub-titles in Tagalog

Hmmm, she's still pipi How 'bout a little kokak and some lapu-lapu, ha?







I even brought dessert!



Come on Isla, kain na!

[steveo777]

Thanks for posting that review, RocknRoll. All in all, pretty positive.
What's impressive is 16,000 butts in the seats......actually, i hope most of them were standing.

[Michigan Girl]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Yes, I am anxiously awaiting Isla's review for two reasons...
1) It will be a personal review from someone here at MR
2) I want to know if Isla can speak

MG, which one are you in your avatar?

The one w/the biggest ass, Annie....second from the left!!!

[Chubby321]

Unlike Green Day, Creed or Coldplay, Journey sold out the New Orleans Arena.

In the post-Perry era, fans have accepted three new lead singers. After dismissing replacement No. 2, Schon could have laid Journey to rest and played clubs the rest of his career. His other option was to search YouTube, discover one Arnel Pineda, frontman for a cover band in the Philippines, hire Pineda, and continue to fill arenas, grossing around $750,000 per night.

Whether Journey 2009 is simply the latest incarnation of an ever-evolving roster or the world’s greatest Journey cover band is a philosophical distinction deemed irrelevant by the 16,000 or so at the New Orleans Arena on Saturday. “Wheel in the Sky,” “Open Arms” and “Lovin,’ Touchin’, Squeezin’” were met with ecstatic hugs and high-fives throughout the arena. The opening guitar riffs of “Stone In Love” still thrilled. “Faithfully” conjured memories of slow dancing at prom circa 1983.

The underrated Schon – before founding Journey, he stood toe-to-toe with Carlos Santana in an early version of Santana – consistently nailed his trademark guitar solos. He might have stretched out and showed off even more. On the final “Anyway You Want It,” he played fast and loose with the solo, then returned to the familiar blueprint. The audience embraced it like an old friend.

Cool. Journey on!!!!

[isla]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

How did you know that, Chub?! Floor A, Row 12, Jon's side of the stage. 5 complimentary tix given to me at the "Artist Will Call Booth".

Beaumont, too, Chub! 2 freakin' nights in a row! First Level 103, Row H, again at Jon's side of the stage. Another 4 complimentary tix.

On top of all that, I got to meet and have pics with each member of the band , minus Jonathan Cain, early afternoon before they left for the concert venue, at the MCM Elegancia Hotel - Beaumont!

Concert review later. Gotta compensate the work backlogs for the 2 days in a row that I was off from work. Yes, Chub, I'm working 12-hour day, 7 days a week.

[mdaemon]

Isla attended this concert.

Waiting for your review Isla, whenever you're ready.....meaning now.

Just curious, is Isla Male or Female? or both

My bet is on "female". Isla's posts are too feminine to be coming from a dude.