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Eva,
GO see Clapton, honestly, he seems to be in a certain comfort zone right now and playing very well and with such joy and emotion! You just don't know what the future holds and how much longer he may tour, that's why you really can't afford to wait...IMO they are certain artists that one needs to see at least once! I passed up seeing Clapton a few weeks ago at a smaller venue since the tickets were $500 (four times the price at face value) for the best seats as opposed to $125 when I saw him last year with the Derek Trucks line-up w/Robert Cray as a warm-up. (big venue)

These are some reviews from the show sent in by fans and one from the newspaper of the current concert tour.
http://www.whereseric.com/tour/summer-t … ty-nj.html

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnis … rgata.html

I can help you scheme a creative way to get the $$$ for the tickets...borrow on a future present part of the ticket price, like a birthday or Christmas present...maybe your Dad would have a soft spot for that, being your mutual love of music!   I'll even make you an offer you can't refuse, if you are disappointed in Clapton's performance, I'll refund you your ticket price.   Go see Clapton Eva!!!!!

There is a price point that I won't exceed, no matter who the artist, venue, sports team, etc.
That price point is different for every fan and usually varies based on the artist.
We have reached a point (at least with the superstars) where the average person either cannot afford it or is stretching significantly to be able to afford to attend a show.
Although I've reached a point in my life where spending $150 or $200 on a ticket doesn't hurt so much, I refuse to do so. I just don't see the value and feel like a line has to be drawn somewhere. Ticket prices will continue to spiral as long as people are willing to pay the price.
Eva- 75 Euros to see EC?....At a minimum, I'd want to know where my seats were before making a decision.

By Email Gzz JDawg you get all the fun:) Big venues are all ways a tough sell for me Just don't get the full effect at them I just saw Santana at a 1000 seat venue after seeing him at an arena show a few years ago there is no comparison however who knows when that will ever happen again so i say see him why you can.

Peace
Bluezman

So the answer is... a difference of option. I guess you'd get that pretty much for every artist on here - except Joe of course.

Personally I would be interested if he was to play the really early stuff like Cream, Blind Faith, Derek etc and a selection of the blues tunes he's recorded over the years. If he's playing stuff like After Midnight, Lay Down Sally, Wonderful Tonight etc, I'd really have to give it a miss.

He does play Hyde Park in London on a bill with Sheryl Crowe, John Mayer and Joe's label mate Scott Mckeon in June. It will be interesting to hear people's reviews on that one. I guess Eva, you'll have to decide before that time though.

Here's an example of a recent Clapton setlist from this tour:

01. Tell The Truth
02. Key To The Highway
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Little Wing
05. Outside Woman Blues
06. Double Trouble
07. Don't Knock My Love
08. Let's Talk It Over
09. Rockin' Chair
10. Motherless Child
11. Travelling Riverside Blues
12. Running On Faith
13. Motherless Children
14. Little Queen of Spades
15. Wonderful Tonight
16. Layla

Encore:
17. I've Got My Mojo Working

Yeah, go see him. I would kill to see him. Well, not really. Clapton is the s***, regardless. I honestly can't see why anyone wouldn't want to see him right now. Besides Layla and Wonderful Tonight, which of his songs from this set have been played to death on the radio? Little Wing maybe, but his version is so different from Hendrix's.

C'mon Roy this is no swipe at you or anything personal we are on the same team. My point is Mtn. Time is your favorite Joe song and I'm sure you'd want to hear him play at least that song whenever you see him live, right? I see Skynyrd every year and they change it up a little bit, but what would their show be w/o Sweet Home Alabama and of course Freebird. To be honest, unless I'm with somebody who wants to hear Freebird I more times than not beat the crowd out of the venue before they end it. Steve Miller's another case in point, as I mentioned in that thread my neighbor's girlfriend was disappointed with the blues part of his show at the Fillmore the same night I was there, all she wanted was the top 40 hits. You know lots of these acts that have been around for decades survive on that mentality. The average concert goer is there for that reason. Some of us are just a little more refined in our tastes as evident by just being here on this forum. Are you OK with that?, or is it Monday rubbin'you the wrong way?

                                                                                                 Peace, Love, & Happiness,

                                                                                                 J Dawg

Clapton is a bidness man.  He'll get what he can. 

I'd be quicker to go see him if I knew he was gonna play 75 - 90 minutes of real blues.  I don't care about any of his hit stuff.  If I can hear it on the radio it doesn't belong on the stage or on the tour.  IMO not even humble.

I go see Joe twice.  Same set is fine.  I don't hear it on the radio.  BFTB plays a gig.  Nothing you ordinarily hear on the radio AND the chickees dance.  SGOOD.

There's the purist coming out just a little.  No wonder I don't have any friends.

grumblegrumblegrump
Iampreachingfrommystump
backupshakeyourrump

Hey Eva

You've got to go so you can say you've been there, done that, got the t-shirt

BTW he does have some really cool merch - plenty of girlie T's for sure - I think I even saw a pink one at the show I went to - but me being a non-girlie girl went for the black with orange motif - plus pink would clash with my red hair

However that brings another point - if you go its not just the price of the ticket, its also having the money for the merch

I went to see satriani and Paul Gilbert play recently and the tickets were "reasonably priced" but the merch was like £20 for a T-shirt / long-sleeved T's were £25, CD's etc were like £15, hell the picks were like £3.

This is where the gigs start to get expensive - now we all know that we'd pay a lot to get girlie T's at a Joe show, but thats another matter entirely.................

Vicky

"Stellar" a word used by Joe Bonamassa (also apt as a description of the man himself )