I didn’t see the Pretenders listed either for Chicago, my ticket says Def Leppard and Journey. The Wrigley sign also just said Def Leppard and Journey. I had a great time but it would have been better if I could have also seen the Pretenders
Yeah, from what I could tell, they don’t seem to be in Sioux Falls. They’re playing a show out in St. Louis tomorrow. And I don’t think there are any other on the Journey - Def Leppard ticket, from what I could tell. ]
It is pretty weird, as all the signage I saw for the Wrigley show didn’t have the Pretenders listed, either. But I do remember them being mentioned back when tickets were being sold (hence my “fever-induced hallucination” comment.) And they did play. Of the three bands, they are by far my favorite, although I’m not entirely sure how interested I would be in seeing them now.
They are playing a solo show in Ames, IA Thursday.
Saw Def Leppard and Journey last week. Leppard kicked ass as usual. The sound was great, Joe’s voice was a little off so they keyed down a couple songs, but they put on an excellent show as always.
Journey, on the other hand, sucked all of the energy out of the room that DL had built up. In my opinion, it was more like the “Neal Schon, and Jonathan Cain with the rest of the guys from Journey” show. We left after they played “Anyway you Want it”. Totally unimpressed. Maybe that’s the way Journey shows have always been. If so, I can see why Steve Perry is not with them anymore. Not enough room on the stage.
It is odd how they’re alternating who is the headliner. I’m glad Journey went on before Def Leppard at Wrigley, they were fine as an opening act. But, Def Leppard is who I paid my money to see and I think they’re a far superior rock band. Journey made some nice radio music and may have had more hits than Def Leppard, but Def Leppard were the perfect hard rock band of their time.
I may have been at the same show JXJohns was at as I saw them in Minneapolis. Not being a huge fan of either I was probably more looking forward to seeing Journey.
The opener, Cheap Trick kind of sucked.
Def Leppard definately rocked and sounded great. Very professional hitting the nostalgia angle everwhere and sounding straight out of the 80s.
Journey did suck pretty badly and their sound was way off. Their lead singer gave a good effort but it was flat. And it seemed every song they did they tried to shoehorn in an extended Neal Schon guitar solo.
And even though DefLeppard played first they performed an encore while Journey just abrubtly ended the show.
Does Neal Schon still do his solo cover of The Star-Spangled Banner? I thought that was one of the highlights of the show the last few times I saw them.
Which lead to the joke, “What has nine arms and sucks?”
Def Leppard"
I am considering catching this tour at their stop in SF (AT&T Park) in a couple of months. I am just a casual fan of both bands - i.e., just own the Greatest Hits disc for each. My purpose is mainly something fun to do with my buddy, who is a musician and huge rock music fan (60s to the present). It’s a stadium show, and semi-decent seats are running about $100.
But now all this “Journey’s show sucks!” talk in this thread is giving me pause. Gimme your advice, Dopers: should I still go? $100 isn’t really a stretch for me, but it is for my friend.
That truly did suck. Otherwise, I thought they did a pretty good job in Sioux Falls. I could have done without the audience sing-a-longs though.
I would go. I think Def Leppard would make up for it if Journey sucks at that particular venue.
Yes, I’d certainly suggest going. Keep an eye on Stubhub, it’s been great for me for Wrigley concerts. I assume people buy tickets to show when they go on sale in the winter, then once it gets closer, they have vacations planned or a wedding or something else and thus dump the tickets on Stubhub.
Good idea. I’m accustomed to buying sports tix via StubHub, but never considered it before for a concert. Thanks.
I’ve very glad this thread exists, because it confirms my speculation that these tours with double headliners don’t always have the same band finish the show. I’m not sure who my mother went to see recently that was a double headliner, but she was really confused as to why they played in the order they did, having thought the band that played first was more popular enough to have been the base of the tour. I personally saw a show with Dream Theater, then ELP, then Deep Purple. (No one knew who Dream Theater was at the time.) I was of the opinion that ELP was a much bigger act than Deep Purple, at least in the 90s. I haven’t had any ability to test this theory besides asking strangers on the Internet, but it had slipped my mind until I saw proof positive of it in this thread. I have to wonder if this is the case in all tours where there are two headlining acts. I saw Kansas open for Yes, but Yes’s act involved playing a lot of their longer set pieces (and less radio hits) that I don’t think would have particularly worked as an opening act. It was even billed as Yes’s “Masterworks Tour” or something like that. Nevertheless, a lot of people were there for Kansas and disliked what Yes ended up playing. Another time I saw America and Three Dog Night, and I’m fairly sure the climax to the show was “Jeremiah was a Bullfrog”, so I guess Three Dog Night went last even though I’d probably prefer America (not that I like either group all that much).
As to my opinion of Def Leppard, the joke about 9 hands is definitely closer to my opinion than most people in this thread. Journey wouldn’t be too bad though. You’d definitely have to pay me to see either one of them though. (I personally don’t pay to see live music at all anymore - the “experience” of being subjected to poorly mixed music that makes my ears ring all night is just not worth my money.)