... concerts, concerts, everywhere ... but not all of them permitted to finish.
For the first time in a few years, the stories are not about the Palooza known as Lolla -- which has been held in triple digit temps in mud fields, if memory serves me right [*disclaimer -- I am not of the proper age nor do I possess the proper amount of hip to have ever attended said festival Lolla, so the reference to "memory serving me" is not a reference to a firsthand memory, but to memories "whispered-down-the-lane" via news coverage and/or status updates from those with whom I am connected on the Facebook who *do* have the right amount of hip/lower amount of age.]
Instead, the breaking news is from nearby in Waverly Island, at a different concert with, I feel safe in concluding, a much different crowd. Turns out the Backstreet Boys were not completely "back, allright" as they kicked off their tour last night in the Chicago venue that strictly enforces an 11pm curfew. Since they started late, due to the fact that their production was "too state of the art" for the venue at hand, fans (and the mothers in attendance who brought their children along as a pretense for going to the show and reliving their 90's selves) witnessed the microphones turned off and the lights turned on even though there was a planned encore and at least four songs to be sung.
Compare/contrast to PJam at Wrigley just two weeks ago, when a three hour rain delay had very little effect to the overall experience. [By the way, the set list from that evening is now known -- how did they miss the opportunity to play Evacuation during the ... well ... evacuation of Wrigley Field for the storm.]
Go figure -- boys trying to break curfew and getting caught. I guess boys will be boys (allright) ...
THE BREAKING STORY:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-backstreet-boys-concert-20130803,0,2743368.story
MEANWHILE, IN A PARK NEARBY:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/04/lollapalooza-day-2-chicago-haim-mumford-postal-service/2615751/
THESE GUYS PLAYED LIVE OUTSIDE WELL INTO THE MORNING:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/07/live-review-pearl-jam-at-chicagos-wrigley-field-719/
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