Originally Posted by N1cky

Paul Weller at The Fillmore last night. Firstly, this was the first time I'd been to The Fillmore, what a great venue, they have posters made for all the bands who have played there, and lots of these are framed and cover the walls in the bar areas. It was great to look at all these, and see the famous bands who have played there, going back to The Doors and Jimi Hendrix... They also handed out the Paul Weller poster as we left the building last night.

Weller himself was fantastic, he sounded as great as ever, and even said a few words for a change. He played a real mixture of songs, but mainly from his last 2 albums, with some Style Council and Jam songs thrown in. 2 Encores, and the last one was A Town Called Malice, which of course had the place jumping.

I'm seriously considering trying to get down to O.C. for Friday night, to see him there.

So. Cal. folks, he's got 4 nights, at 3 different locations Tue.-Fri. if you can get there, I'd highly recommend you go.

Originally Posted by username.exe

I see he's playing in North Park tomorrow night.
You're tempting me.

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

I see The Cure will be touring next year - hope they come somewhere close. Going to see John Cleese and Eric Idle in a couple of weeks.

Originally Posted by N1cky

I wanted to go see them at the Hollywood Bowl a few years ago, but tickets started at $150. We'd not been here long and were really skint, and didn't have anyone to look after the little one, so we'd have been looking at $450+ for the 3 of us

I too hope they are playing near us, but this time at a reasonable price.

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

First few row seats are a little pricey!

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing

That's a per ticket price, there? Hell's bells.

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Yep but it is the first few 'platinum' rows. $25-$200 for most everywhere else.

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Hollywood Bowl again on May 22nd [edit] and 23rd now [/edit]. Tickets on pre-sale now from $25-$200

Tickets | The Cure - Hollywood CA at Ticketmaster

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing

Is it seated then?

I've been up front at a few Dylan shows, but it was standing only.

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Not familiar with the venue but I assume it must be? Went to the Booth Amphitheatre, NC recently to see Culture Club and the front section we were in had fold out seats for the gig while the back was the traditional first come first served lawn area.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing

Is it seated then?

I've been up front at a few Dylan shows, but it was standing only.

Originally Posted by N1cky

I think it's seating only, holding around 18,000.

I prefer to see bands in smaller venues, but when you can sell out that many tickets, why would you play somewhere that only holds 1,000 standing.