Chocoholic
Iconic rock band Aerosmith will be playing at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground on May 31st.
Doors open at 6pm - show starts at 10pm.
Tickets:
Grand Stand Seating AED 395, Regular Standing AED 195, Front Pit Standing AED 295 and The Cage Standing AED 995.
Available from the usual outlets.
Jeevan
somethings wrong with the world today :shock:
Bleakus
this is a must go kind of concert
ill see you guys there ;)
Chocoholic
I can't wait, should be awsome.
MaaaD
- Chocoholic wrote:
I can't wait, should be awsome.
+1
KeithL
I wonder if i can wrangle up a free pass
:wink:
I'd pay to see Liv Tyler... not her old man
MAC
- MaaaD wrote:
- Chocoholic wrote:
I can't wait, should be awsome.
+1
His father, Mr. Tallarico was my music teacher in high school. No discount on tickets however.
Chocoholic
So anyone here going?
Bleakus
im going to it
St.Lucifer
Cant go :(
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MaaaD
- Chocoholic wrote:
So anyone here going?
yup i will be there ..
EyeCandyDiva
Is it too late to buy tickets? I assume it's sold out. I wish I could go. Anyone wanna treat me to the concert? 8)
Steven Tyler is such a weirdo, in a nice way! Liv Tyler should be thankful her papa gave her luscious sexy lips!
MaaaD
its not sold out .. you can get tickets from Virgin megastore or
EyeCandyDiva
- MaaaD wrote:
its not sold out .. you can get tickets from Virgin megastore or
The ones with reasonable price are defiantly sold out. I read about the prices:
Regular standing: Dhs 195
Front Pit sanding: Dhs 295
Grand Stand seating: Dhs 395
Cage Standing: Dhs 995
But thanks man; one can only dream! Just hoping for those who attend the concert to post pictures and talk about their experience.
asc_26
I like listening to them but not to watch them in concert. You'll get bored for sure.
I still have vivid memories of Armageddon cos song of aerosmith was its OST.
Chocoholic
Why get bored? They have one of the best stage shows of any rock act.
MaaaD
bored at Aerosmith ? your outta your mind !
asc_26
- MaaaD wrote:
bored at Aerosmith ? your outta your mind !
Dude, i've watched their concert before. It was painful and plain boring to watch them. I hope this upcoming concert will not disappoint the audience. Motley Crue was horrible, gasping air between songs! I hope they won't play drunk. I don't like the jumping and falling to the crowd stunt, it was pathetic! They're live performances are diminishing and disappointing.
You must be out of your mind, if you adore them that much.
MaaaD
- EyeCandyDiva wrote:
- MaaaD wrote:
its not sold out .. you can get tickets from Virgin megastore or
The ones with reasonable price are defiantly sold out. I read about the prices:
Regular standing: Dhs 195
Front Pit sanding: Dhs 295
Grand Stand seating: Dhs 395
Cage Standing: Dhs 995
But thanks man; one can only dream! Just hoping for those who attend the concert to post pictures and talk about their experience.
Welcome to Dubai the concept of "reasonably priced" doesn't exist in this town .. believe it or not 195 IS the cheapest ticket ..
MaaaD
Dubaideals,
stop spamming your site in every other post of yours or you will get into trouble
iapetus11
Yeah, I'm going. Bring it on :P
EyeCandyDiva
Anyone would like to share their experience? Any photos?
Bleakus
wow man such a great show
i didnt really hear alot of aerosmith but now i will...lol it truly was a marvelous show. Great musicians i must say. The belly dancing was awesome ;)
scot1870
- Bleakus wrote:
wow man such a great show
i didnt really hear alot of aerosmith but now i will...lol it truly was a marvelous show. Great musicians i must say. The belly dancing was awesome ;)
I had high hopes...but they were dashed. Yup, the band is tight, the show is polished and Tyler can sing, but it's a 20-year old show being seen 20 years too late.
There's much more relevant and exciting music out there, buy Kings of Leon, Arcarde Fire or the new Arctic Monkeys album.
And Dubai crowds don't deserve big events, 90% of them couldn't have given a toss last night, hundreds of people left before the end. If you want a proper concert experience, get booked up for Glastonbury, T in the Park or one of the big American events.
Chocoholic
I don't understand why people leave before the end, are they really desperate to get home or something. The guys were great, and genuinely nice chaps I have to say.
It was fabulous to see Aerosmtih with their original line-up.
I thoroughly enjoyed the gig.
Bleakus
scot you right
although aerosmith are old school music for the most of us, they were still great. Dubai is slowly pickin up bro, it will take time until current bands regardless of genre to make dubai as part of their tour, like europe.
i don't understand it either, if you came to enjoy yourself, stay and enjoy the show......i was surprised at these guys stamina yesterday, playing to 2 hours straight with all the energy impressed me ;)
MaaaD
The performance was great .. the belly dancer part made my day .... and Tyler and Perry where just great ..
but i gotta say it was HOT !!! and that might be the reason people left early ? Also some people want to get out before they get stuck in the rush of everyone leaving ...
the only thing that got to me was the bar situation .. it was a disaster .. so slow .. and this whole keg thing was not really good a idea i mean its so much faster to hand out a can/bottle than pouring a cup from a keg. I had bought 500 dhs in coupons for food and drink ended up selling back 300 of them to someone because i just couldn't be bothered to spend the whole concert in queue waiting for a beer ..
one last thing .. did they sing Pink ? i didn't think they did unless they did while i was on a beer run ... Chocoholic you must have been disappointed :wink:
scot1870
- MaaaD wrote:
the only thing that got to me was the bar situation .. it was a disaster .. so slow .. and this whole keg thing was not really good a idea i mean its so much faster to hand out a can/bottle than pouring a cup from a keg. I had bought 500 dhs in coupons for food and drink ended up selling back 300 of them to someone because i just couldn't be bothered to spend the whole concert in queue waiting for a beer ..
Yeah it was terrible, the technology has been out for ages that pours about 6 pints at once at the touch of a button, obviously a bit too expensive for Dubai promoters, along with other minor items such as a support band :lol:
panaghoy
not outstanding! oh well, what can i say.. old horses cant kick hard anymore :) but at leat i get to see them before they die. lol
the queue in the bar is a disaster!!! and they run out of beer!
EyeCandyDiva
Lucky you guys. I envy you, with the bottom of my black heart. What was Steven wearing? Skinny paints I hope 8) Where can I find pictures of the event?
bonk
Youtube has .
Rubacava
What is everyone talking about the concert being crap? Aerosmith themselves were excellent! They played a lot of good songs except for the crap one from Armageddon movie. The reason why everyone should be pissed of is Mirage Promotions. These guys are really shitty at organizing concerts. Anyone remember the Scorpions concert a few years ago? The pricing for the tickets was really stupid considering my 2 day Desert Rock ticket much less than the blue band ticket. To be next to stage for almost USD 250? That's absurd. The whole arrangement of the fluids was a disaster too. I went out in the crap Armageddon song to go get water for myself and friends. As much as people don't like the plastic glasses with beer. They do it cuz there are idiots who throw cans and stuff at other people and it hits hard. Imagine it hitting some kid at the concert? Also, the beer from JW Marriot was damn good! The people could have been more alive. At the chorus of Eat The Rich, this girl just turned around and hugged me. She said that I was the only person singing along where we were. She was right too. Everyone was so dead. It's like they came to see a yoga video. It was a good concert. People left cuz there was nothing to do after it. Plus it was too hot. The whole non-refundable tokens was stupid too. Mirage Promos! Way to go losers! Things are picking up in the Arabian Gulf and Dubai is where it's happening.
I just hope they aren't doing the Pink and Green Day concerts.
Oh yeah btw, hello everyone. I'm new. I'm going to post some youtube videos up but it's of people doing stupid stuff at the concert. Have fun with those :)
Chocoholic
Rubacava, The F&B side of concerts is out of the control, of Mirage Promotions, it's upto the different outlets to sort themselves out.
And by the way, yes Mirage ARE bringing Pink.
You can't blame the promoter for the way people are.
Rubacava
But why does the arrangements for F&B always suck when Mirage are promoting a concert?
scot1870
I might be wrong but surely the promoter hands out the contracts for F&B providers as part of them recouping the fee? You'd think they'd check the people tendering actually give a toss.
Said above Aerosmith were a decent live act, just the songs were old and the band seemed to lose a bit of interest after the crowd was so subdued.
MaaaD
Choco i am sure the promoter can enforce some sort of guidelines ? after all as you can see in the end it will reflect poorly on the promoter not the outlets.
EDIT: oops just noticed scot said the same thing :)
^ian^
- scot1870 wrote:
the band seemed to lose a bit of interest after the crowd was so subdued.
Good night Springdim! There will be no encore.
Chocoholic
What you say is true, and I'm sure it is an issue that will be addressed at future gigs. The reason for the double queue's for tokens and then the drinks or food, is that for some reason many of these hotels that provide the F&B areas, seem unable to find trustworthy staff who can deal with cash, without stealing it - that is the main problem and why you have to get tokens.
asc_26
That's the downside of neophyte organizer for a rock concert. Good i decided not to come, as i don't like queuing and listening to gasping of songs. I bet, i will enjoy seeing the belly dancers more.
rossbaku
You guys should all club together and form "DF Promotions" and organise events!
Judging by how Mirage are handling things, you could only be better than them...
Ross :D
Chocoholic
To be honest, I get sick to death of people moaning and complaining about events in this contry. Where else in the world would you have so many quality artists and acts brought one after another? We should consider ourselves very lucky to have the choice to see these people.
And clearly many people here, have no clue of what it takes to organise an event, it takes months of hard work and preparation.
People seem to think that issues with events are restricted to this country alone - have any of you ever been to a gig elsewhere? There's always traffic, and queues and other problems. It just seems that people here constantly like to complain about stuff.
Mirage have put on more successful concerts and brought better acts than anyone else. The only gig that was bigger, was when Midas brought Robbie Williams.
Bleakus
yeah i agree with choco, i still think i was great what mirage put together, they missed somethings at the concert but overall they were great.
people complain all the time, it is annoying but theres nothing you can do to stop it.
bonk
- Chocoholic wrote:
Where else in the world would you have so many quality artists and acts brought one after another?
London, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Sydney, Paris...
Rubacava
This thing is kinda getting out of context. Mirage aren't the reason why Aerosmith performed great. So you really can't congratulate them for it being a great concert. You guys honestly think it's sane to pay AED 995 to see Aerosmith next to stage? Compared to Desert Rock, where you saw In Flames, The Prodigy and Iron Maiden and it cost AED 300 to be next to the stage. Even Robert Plant for those who like that. And the 2 WHOLE DAY Desert Rock event is bigger than one concert where one band played. Also, how can you justify not refunding back the tokens? Desert Cash is always refundable up to a certain time. I met this girl who got so pissed off at the organizing and the non-refundable tokens that it put her off Dubai. She was visiting from the UK. I should also add that I was so stupid that I didn't take her number.
Also, even Desert Rock has some things done wrong like when they run out of food and stuff. There's always stuff to complain about and stuff to talk about. It's just that Mirage are worse than the others :P You say that it takes months of hard work to organize, well looks like there was either hard work missing or just work at all. Don't take it too personally Choco. We just like to whine. In the end, I had a great time.
Also, my first post says how all the cool things are happening in Dubai so we certainly aren't complaining about that. I mean, I live in Bahrain man. There is absolutely f--k all to do here. I come to Dubai all the time. Just need to meet more peeps ya know.
liverpool4ever
When are Greenday coming??
scot1870
I know putting together a concert is a monumental task, I'm just astounded they don't seem to learn lessons from other events. The clear profiteering is also so evident that they'll get bands to come once and then possibly never come back. I have no doubt that getting an American band to play the Middle East requires a big fee, the prices were laughable though, as above you could get a 2 day festival ticket anywhere in the world for the price of a cage ticket.
Yes, applaud promoters for bringing bands over, but they clearly should be accountable for putting on an event that will attract both bands and customers to come back.
Green Day coming in the autumn.
emzy
was there, really enjoyed it