20 May 08 Kanye West & Rihanna tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal - good tickets ?

Quick lunchtime food and food for thought…

Well, tonight’s the night! The last show I saw at the Bell Centre was the Beastie Boys and man was that a blast. Now granted, I haven’t been a fan of Kanye West since the mid-eighties as is the case with the B-boys but I sure am looking to hearing his words and grooving to his rhythms… as well as those of Rihanna.

I’m in a great seat (in great company mmmm) in the 100 level… and was surprised to see that Kanye tickets are still available … interestingly enough the resale price is about the same for 100-level reserved seats as they are for the floor seats which are general admission. The price for tickets varies between about $140-225 for the good ones (which were about $100 face value)…

I’m looking forward to seeing what it’s like in reserved seating as opposed to being in GA on the floor. I was on the floor for the Beastie Boys and it was amazing… mind you, the arena sound reinforcement systems are designed to throw the sound and therefore a lot of people further back and higher (in the 300, 400 and loge levels) actually felt more bass than I perceived down on the floor.

I sure hope there’s enough low end…

Another factoid: Kanye’s DJ is A-Trak (annoying but cool Flash website warning)… Montréal native turntablist A-Trak Alain Macklovitch and scratch mixer extraordinaire… what fond memories of watching him at various events (CREAM, etc.) back in the mid-nineties here in Montreal when he was just 14-16….

Ah yes, this is the Glow in the Dark show, so I gotta find that cool Armani Exchange glow shirt I found at the A|X store in Vancouver wayyyy back.