so far:

7/23 - Paramore and Tegan & Sara

8/10 - OAR and Citizen Cope

4/1/2010 10:11:32 PM

I won't lie, I've liked Tegan and Sara for a while now.

4/1/2010 10:12:18 PM

luckily they are opening, so you don't have to sit through paramore

the other show is fucking garbage

4/2/2010 3:32:56 AM

I hate how people try to get me to listen to O.A.R. It's as if they don't have enough confidence in their own tastes that they have to try to make other people listen to shitty music.

4/2/2010 3:43:32 AM

so how long is OAR gonna bank off that "Crazy Game of Poker" song? 3 more years? 5?

4/2/2010 3:43:59 AM

lol

4/2/2010 3:46:32 AM

paramore....................................................ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

4/2/2010 4:17:16 AM

in before mambagrl

4/2/2010 5:07:40 AM

Quote :

"I hate how people try to get me to listen to O.A.R. It's as if they don't have enough confidence in their own tastes that they have to try to make other people listen to shitty music."

Granted, O.A.R. is fucking terrible (as is Paramore), but I don't think that has anything to do with people trying to get you to listen to them, nor does their "confidence in their own tastes." A lot of people who have good taste in music and have an established, defined sense of what they like and don't like try to share music with others, too. You share music because you like it and you want other people to like it, too. I don't think that if someone has you listen to O.A.R. it says that they don't have confidence in their likes/dislikes; it does however say that they have shitty taste in music.

4/2/2010 9:37:00 AM

Ugggg... who's doing the booking? Deep South, 96.1 and Tonto from Ariel Down?

4/3/2010 4:22:41 PM

^ I wouldn't be surprised. The explanation for Tegan & Sara is, "Dude, two chicks! It has to be awesome!"

4/3/2010 4:27:57 PM

i know, right!

i wish they could book some of the blockbuster bands that Pour House and Brewery get!

4/3/2010 4:28:12 PM

the brewery books absolute shit and starts its shows at 6:00 because all of the patrons are 14

4/3/2010 4:35:32 PM

^^i dunno if you saw my response 2 nights ago, but while I dislike the name I am definitely excited for this amphitheatre in general.../message_topic.aspx?topic=508705

I would see Tegan & Sara

4/3/2010 8:34:28 PM

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"blockbuster bands that Pour House and Brewery get!"

Blockbuster bands? Is "blockbuster" a new subgenre of shitty emo?

Let me help you guys out--http://hopscotchmusicfest.com/

4/3/2010 9:02:31 PM

^pretty sure he was being sarcastic

4/3/2010 9:07:57 PM

^pretty sure i was, too

4/3/2010 9:11:18 PM

^fancy that

4/3/2010 9:15:24 PM

^i will fancy that, thanks

4/3/2010 9:28:09 PM

Quote :

"the brewery books absolute shit and starts its shows at 6:00 because all of the patrons are 14"

portugal. the man played there once

4/3/2010 10:07:36 PM

portugal, the man is amazing live

4/5/2010 1:57:36 PM

when was the last time the pour house had an emo band

4/5/2010 2:19:34 PM

^this

and I saw Cunninlynguists at The Brewery last year sometime.

4/5/2010 2:26:00 PM

^^was definitely referring more to the brewery...

^that's just an exception. at least 95% of the bands the brewery books are shitty emo bands.

4/5/2010 2:35:08 PM

there are good acts there on occasion, but in general the brewery is a shitshow

we booked a lonnie walker/future islands show there last year

even though we were getting paid off the door (and thus any comps were coming out of our pocket, not theirs), they gave us two guest list spots per band because they "needed to cover their employee expenses." i think they thought FI and LW weren't going to draw, but i guess when you book 7:00 out-of-town emo shows every night, you don't learn who the popular local bands are

a couple hundred folks paid through the door later, that seemed awfully silly

also, we told them to get a bunch of cheap domestic beer and they'd sell it all, but it didn't get done and they were out of PBR and High Life before the first set was over. i felt bad for the girl bartending, as i don't think she expected to make so many drinks.

the employees were all really nice and just doing what they were told, but it was still dumb.

4/5/2010 3:09:13 PM

are they really calling this the "Boutique" Amphitheater? Cause that's just wrong...

4/5/2010 3:19:21 PM

^^that girl was like 14

and not only did they run out of PBR and High Life, they had NO OTHER BEERS in the fridge, so it was an awesome night of drinking shitty warm beer

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 3:21 PM. Reason : and I almost got into a fight. GOOD TIMES]

4/5/2010 3:20:48 PM

^^ no, they're not. it's the name that newraleigh.com has cleverly given the amphitheatre

it's unnamed right now, a la the Entertainment and Sports Arena before RBC bought the naming rights

4/5/2010 3:49:30 PM

I'll start taking donations now and maybe we can make it the TWW amphitheatre

4/5/2010 4:01:16 PM

i will 100% agree with that TB shows are terrible

4/5/2010 4:20:05 PM

I'm just waiting for The Brewery to fall down. When The Dillinger Escape Plan played there a while back, parts of the ceiling fell down on their guitarist.

4/5/2010 5:49:04 PM

4/7/2010 10:01:47 AM

Looks like they've gotten a good start building it

4/7/2010 5:58:56 PM

i can see my car in the 2nd pic

4/7/2010 9:08:34 PM

parking is going to suuuuuuuck

4/8/2010 10:02:02 AM

luckily our downtown is very walkable! park in any one of the parking decks near Moore Sq/Wilmington St and walk 10 minutes...or take the R-Line

4/8/2010 10:25:01 AM

parking is going to suck if you want to park next to the entrance. otherwise, parking will be incredibly easy.

4/8/2010 10:47:02 AM

This sucks. I want to see Tegan+Sara but not Paramore and I missed their show in Richmond.

If you haven't T+S's new album, know it's not like The Con: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIYY5p-lg-s

Is this venue going to replace Walnut Creek?

4/10/2010 3:32:22 PM

No, it's not nearly as big. I'd say the entire venue is about the size of the covered version of Walnut Creek.

4/10/2010 3:45:12 PM

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"parking is going to suuuuuuuck"

BS. There are two city parking decks right next to this thing. Parking will be excellent for this venue.

[Edited on April 10, 2010 at 3:47 PM. Reason : -]

4/10/2010 3:46:21 PM

Seems they'd be at a severe disadvantage gate-wise if they want to grab the acts that would normally go to Walnut Creek.

^yeah, I remember when they opened Fayetteville St. in '06 and parking was def. not an issue then, and there's more parking now than then.

[Edited on April 10, 2010 at 3:51 PM. Reason : .]

4/10/2010 3:48:52 PM

No way they'd look at booking the acts that truly need the size of Walnut Creek.

However, they'll have a good shot at drawing the acts who go to Walnut Creek and only sell 3,000 tickets at discount prices.

4/10/2010 3:51:45 PM

that's what i figured. i always used to wonder what sort of crowds a tour consisting of Human League and the remaining member of Culture Club (sans Boy George) drew.

4/10/2010 3:57:05 PM

new rendering of the Amphitheater

http://www.newraleigh.com/articles/archive/downtown-amphitheater-rendering/

[Edited on April 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM. Reason : picture won't link]

4/14/2010 3:41:42 PM

new found glory is on the paramore date now

4/14/2010 7:36:50 PM

^ where'd you see that?

^^ link help:


[Edited on April 14, 2010 at 8:16 PM. Reason : -]

4/14/2010 8:11:57 PM

Saw it On absolute punk

4/15/2010 7:19:03 AM

the 7/23 show is part of the Honda Civic Tour. indeed, NFG will be playing in Raleigh along with Paramore

4/15/2010 8:24:52 AM

If its cheap that might be worth checking out.

4/15/2010 12:01:26 PM

Larger version of above rendering:

4/17/2010 1:19:55 AM