The Silverton Hotel and Casino. Not only is this the first concert I've seen here, it is actually the first time I have been in the Casino - and we've lived in Vegas for 6 years.
A good sized 300 - 400 person tent, that ended up being about 2/3 full, was set up outside in a parking area, and after a good Mexican dinner with the Hill's at Mi Casa Grill Cantina we were in the tent ready for kick off at 8pm.
This is my 3rd time seeing Everclear and here it what was different to previous shows:
- I remember only 3 in the band, not 5 - though that probably added to the music.
- I don't remember so many people with electric scooters in the audience. A bit of a reflection on both the band and the audience.
- I remember them being faster.
- And (really showing my age here) don't remember so many dickheads spending more time texting on cell phones than watching the band.
Everclear looked like they were having fun and Art was funnily self depricating when he forgot the words to 2 songs. They played a bunch of songs off Sparkle and Fade which I wanted to hear (holy shit, that was 14 years ago) amongst others, as well as another fave, Volvo Driving Soccer Mom. My only negative was it was too short - just on an hour. But the positive from that was I was home before 10pm and am not suffering at work as I write this. And while we didn't stick around for it, I thought it was cool that they'd being signing autographs and pictures after.
Overall it was a good show. Not as good as the others ie w/silverchair in Sydney in 96 - that was wild - or in 04 at Las Vegas House Of Blues, but a fun night none the less.
The Crap Facts:
This is my 277th concert.
Silverton is the 73rd venue I've seen a concert.
This is my 80th concert in Las Vegas.
This is my 80th concert in Nevada.
A good sized 300 - 400 person tent, that ended up being about 2/3 full, was set up outside in a parking area, and after a good Mexican dinner with the Hill's at Mi Casa Grill Cantina we were in the tent ready for kick off at 8pm.
This is my 3rd time seeing Everclear and here it what was different to previous shows:
- I remember only 3 in the band, not 5 - though that probably added to the music.
- I don't remember so many people with electric scooters in the audience. A bit of a reflection on both the band and the audience.
- I remember them being faster.
- And (really showing my age here) don't remember so many dickheads spending more time texting on cell phones than watching the band.
Everclear looked like they were having fun and Art was funnily self depricating when he forgot the words to 2 songs. They played a bunch of songs off Sparkle and Fade which I wanted to hear (holy shit, that was 14 years ago) amongst others, as well as another fave, Volvo Driving Soccer Mom. My only negative was it was too short - just on an hour. But the positive from that was I was home before 10pm and am not suffering at work as I write this. And while we didn't stick around for it, I thought it was cool that they'd being signing autographs and pictures after.
Overall it was a good show. Not as good as the others ie w/silverchair in Sydney in 96 - that was wild - or in 04 at Las Vegas House Of Blues, but a fun night none the less.
The Crap Facts:
This is my 277th concert.
Silverton is the 73rd venue I've seen a concert.
This is my 80th concert in Las Vegas.
This is my 80th concert in Nevada.
This is my 85th concert in the USA.
This is my 3rd Everclear concert.
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