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…
Tags: A-Trak, Beastie Boys, hip hop, Kanye West, Music, Rap, Rihanna
10 May 08 Kanye West at the Bell Centre in Montreal – floor tickets still “reasonably” priced ?!
Well, I was checking out what tickets are being sold for the Kanye West show in Montreal on May 20th at the Bell Centre, and I was a bit suprised to see that many of the floor tickets (which are general admission) are selling for “just $160-225″ which is just about double the original face value – surprisingly low on the part of resellers…
Not that I have $200 for Kanye heheh. Oh true, Rihanna is the opening act.. umm, well, for her…. 
Tags: Bell Centre tickets, Entertainment, hip hop, Kanye West, Music, Rap, Rihanna, Tickets
06 Apr 08 D.P.C. does the DG Anthem – Nice work from the N.D.G. crew … Where U From ?
Promising track by the D.P.C. produced by Labnoise… the DG Anthem; AKA for all the real homies from N.D.G. … a nice track with decent video work and nice NDG memories mixed in….
A shout-out from a former Fielding & Walkley resident… back in tha’ day.
01 Apr 08 Kanye West Pre-Sale Code / Password for Moline & Cincinnati concerts
Well, the pre-sale code and password was just released for the Kanye West shows at the Moline and Cincinnati venues… so if you’re a real Kanye fan then get ready!
Hmm, is that Cincinatti.. or Cincinnatti… anyhow, the presale for those shows begins at 10am tomorrow, Wednesday April 2nd – local time to those venues.
The presale code is “goodlife”.
Be sure to get in on the presale, since Kanye West tickets on eBay
, the TicketNetwork and of course TicketsNow are going for some serious coin.
The Moline, Illinois show is on June 12 at the i wireless Center, and Kanye rocks the U.S. Bank Arena on June 13 in Cincinnati!
Now if only I could score tickets for Kanye in Montreal :/
Tags: Concerts, Entertainment, Kanye West, Music, Pre-sale codes, Rap, Shows, Tickets
21 Mar 08 Beastie Boy Adam Yauch sends shout out about Tibet…
Got this from Adam Yauch about the current situation in Tibet – the B-Boys have always been pretty strong supporters in the fight for freedom in Tibet:
From: Beastie Boys [mailto:capitolrecords@e.emimusicna.com]
Sent: March 17, 2008 1:28 PM
To: ***********
Subject: Tibet17 March 2008
hey all,hope you don’t mind me hitting you on the b-boys blast line, but things are really getting intense in tibet now. it’s coming to a head. i just hope that all of the suffering that the tibetan protesters are enduring leads to some positive change, hence this letter. we can push our governments to lean on the chinese government to stop the cultural genocide.
attached below is a news bulletin that i got this morning. if you are a US citizen please take the time to write to your local congress representative and ask them to get to work. if you are a citizen of another country, you can ask your government reps…
it would be sad if what is happening in tibet now had no constructive result.
thanks,
adamUrgent Action: Tell your Congressional Representative to Support Tibet
In horrific late breaking news, Radio Free Asia is now reporting that up to 80 or more Tibetans have been killed in today’s violent clashes with Chinese military. Chinese authorities responded with brute force today to ongoing protests in Lhasa and across Tibet. Supported by tanks, thousands of armed troops have sealed off the three major monasteries where nonviolent protests were initiated on Monday. Chinese police have fired live ammunition into crowds of unarmed Tibetans and unconfirmed reports from eye-witnesses in Lhasa say that 26 Tibetans were gunned down outside Drapchi prison. While the international public and media have been appropriately horrified by China’s clampdown, the U.S. has made only very weak statements. White House Spokesman Tony Fratto said, “We believe Beijing needs to respect Tibetan culture. They need to respect multi-ethnicity in their society. We regret the tensions between ethnic groups and Beijing.”
Please contact your Congressional Representatives now and urge them to support Tibet by calling on the U.S Government to strongly condemn China’s actions.
FIND OUT WHO YOUR LOCAL MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS
TAKE ACTION
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16cnd-tibet.html?hp
Well, I’m not a US citizen, but there are actions that Canadians can take as well… although I’m on the fence (thus far) about boycotting the Beijing Olympics.
Rob
Tags: Beastie Boys, hiphop, Music, Politics, Rap
