XX Tickets

Well, concert weekend is officially over. Four concerts in three days. I was one of the very select few who had Varsity Theater tickets to see the XX on Friday. I got to the show at about 10pm and there were still people outside looking for tickets (the doors opened at 8!)

One of the more positive things I have to say about the Varsity Theater is that they do not over sell their shows. When Varsity Theater tickets are sold out, they are sold out. First Avenue sells more tickets than they should for a lot of shows making it impossible to move around to get a beer or find a bathroom. The Varsity Theater has made some changes and invested some money to make their venue better to accomate nights that are as sold out as the XX was.

XX tickets were in such demand that on Wednesday last week 89.3 the Current gave away a pair of ticket to the tenth caller, as they usually do, however, so many people called that it shut their phone system down. Pretty crazy, huh?!

The XX played all of their jams, "VCR" and "Basic Space" were the two I was waiting for. Their show was well orchestrated, very well rehearsed, and very well executed. My only complaint: dumb college kids that somehow got in there and started throwing glow sticks around, which they in turn threw at the band. NOT COOL. JJ opened the show. You may know their song "Ecstasy" which sample a Lil' Wayne song. I had no idea that JJ was an one woman operation. It was her and a screen showing deers running through the woods. Totally not what I expected!

After "Basic Space" I ran out the door to catch Deertick at the Triple Rock - like I said - it was concert weekend!