Chapter 849 849 The Beginning of the Journey
On April 18, concert tickets in Los Angeles and San Francisco go on sale together. Tickets for the 24th and 25th in Los Angeles were sold out in three days, and San Francisco was not far behind.
The tickets for the 27th in San Francisco were only one day behind, and the sale was announced on April 20th. After the ticket sales started again at 9:00 a.m. on the 21st, only two hours later, the tickets for the 28th in San Francisco were all sold out. sold out. There are 50,000 tickets for the two concerts in San Francisco, and the sales speed is only a little slower than that of Los Angeles. If you look at the number carefully, the speed is even faster than that of Los Angeles.
Originally, the media were worried that the 22,500 seats of the San Francisco Coastline Amphitheatre could not be filled. Die is just the first ticketed tour. To find such a large venue is quite ambitious, but it turns out that EMI Records is definitely not aimless.
Since this Glory to the Dead concert is a pure carnival party for rock fans, there are no VIP seats, and the entire audience will join the big carnival equally, which means that even the band members, EMI records There are no reserved tickets.
The news was announced after the tickets for the Los Angeles and San Francisco stadiums were sold out. In an instant, Las Vegas and Seattle, which had been slightly quiet, immediately became noisy, because the Las Vegas show was on May 30. 1st and 1st of June, Seattle is 3rd and 4th of June, and ticket sales will open soon, and there will be a scorching scramble.
Especially Seattle, which is known as the birthplace of grunge, because Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Alice the Prisoner are all from Seattle. Although it cannot be said that Glory to Death is tit-for-tat with grunge, it is indeed shaking the mainstream rock led by grunge, so it is worth looking forward to what kind of response the Glory to Death performance in Seattle will cause.
On April 25th, tickets for the Las Vegas and Seattle venues went on sale again. Both cities sold out all the tickets in just three days, and the speed was astounding. Although a large number of fans have purchased tickets, in fact, there are more fans who have not.
Before April was over, the tickets for the Los Angeles game on the 24th had been hyped to a thousand dollars, which was directly increased by 20 times; and the tickets on the 25th were even hotter, because this day was the first anniversary of the establishment of Glory to the Dead. The day has a special commemorative significance. The highest ticket price for this day has been hyped to three thousand dollars, which is amazing.
But even so, fans who are willing to buy tickets for the "Road to Glory" tour concert at a high price are still one after another. Ticket sales have remained high, and the "Road to Glory" tour has become one of the most watched shows of the summer.
At 8:00 pm on May 24th, Glory to the Dead landed on time at the Hollywood Bowl. On the day of the concert, more than 17,000 seats were full and all seats were full. What was even more terrifying was that more than 500 people gathered outside the venue. Famous fans lingered for a long time and did not want to leave. They also participated in the band's performance on the spot and joined the big carnival together.
The night of glory to death kicked off with the song "Lithium" and ended with "Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger".
When singing "Don't be troubled by the past", the chorus of more than 20,000 spectators inside and outside the venue became the brightest scene of the night, pushing the heat wave at the end of May to its peak, which seems to have become a glory. Every time I sing this song in the repertoire, every time I sing, it will cause the audience to sing indiscriminately.
The note fell and the whole performance ended, but the heat of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit was still bubbling, and before the glory went off the stage, the lights didn't even have time to go out, and the sound of "Encore" had already sounded. .
"Encore! Encore! Encore!"
Listening to the shouting that was enough to cause a small earthquake, the voice had become hoarse. The three-hour roar had almost consumed the last bit of energy in everyone's body, but the audience still ignored it and gave it up. Everyone shouted "Encore", even if they lost their voice, even if they were dehydrated, even if they fainted. The energies of more than 20,000 people gathered together to form a powerful force. Resonance is formed in the arch, and the echo is magnificent and long.
At this time, even those spectators who were standing outside the theater and who were not able to enter the venue were already in tears, although they were not able to see the performance of glory to death with their own eyes, although they were not able to become the 17,000 One of the famous audience, but they are also part of this concert. They participated in this carnival in their own way, and they also sincerely felt the power in the music of glory to death, that kind of The power is contained in the melody, contained in the singing, and transmitted directly to their hearts.
This kind of shock, this kind of moving, can only be felt by those who really participated in the concert. So someone said that before the end of life - before the end of youth, you must attend a concert, become a member of the surging crowd, feel the rhythm and energy of your heartbeat, feel the madness and enthusiasm in your blood , this is not in vain.
"Encore! Encore! Encore!"
The overwhelming and shaking shouts made the reporters who came to the scene stunned. Originally, they just accepted the invitation of EMI to come to the scene to report on a routine basis, take a look at the concert, and then interview some fans. , to make an official news about the concert, but they witnessed the magnificence of the volcanic eruption and experienced the spectacle of the tsunami coming: this is the charm of the live performance of Glory to Death.
Road tour? Junjie Music Festival? Forty-two stage? A legend is always just a legend. Seeing is better than hearing it a hundred times. Even if you have heard it thousands of times, it is better to come to the scene to experience it.
When the voice of Encore continued to reverberate for nearly three minutes, the pitch-dark stage finally appeared bright again, and along with the light that gradually turned on, the sound of the scene lost control in an instant, all words, all thoughts, all His emotions turned into a sentence "Ah..." The madness of the blood-pulsing brain can only be expressed with this phonetic word, "Ah..."
The rumbling sound of tinnitus made people think that it was the illusion that the Himalayas were pulling up flat in front of their eyes. Not to mention the audience in the venue, even the more than 500 fans outside the venue were roaring unscrupulously like crazy. Release the last bit of strength in his throat.
The scorching temperature in the air seemed to be enough to vaporize a person. The sweat just came out, and it turned into a puff of blue smoke. Among them, a magnificent and majestic picture is depicted.
When Neil returned to the stage for the first time, the unbridled "ah" screams began to change into "D.O.G", one after the other, and finally more than 20,000 people were all shouting hoarsely , "D.O.G", this is the source of their energy, this is the source of their motivation, this is the source of their enthusiasm, and the shouts of "D.O.G" all over the world illuminate the whole world, as if daytime.
"D.O.G, D.O.G, D.O.G!"
First Neil, then Alfonso, then Fokine, then Pedro, everyone came out, and the shouts of "D.O.G" became more orderly and powerful, as if trained in the military The soldiers were shouting slogans, shaking the world. When Hugo was the last to appear on the stage, the "D.O.G" turned into a roar, bursting out with the last bit of enthusiasm contained in the sound. , the voice at the scene once again reduced to "Ah..." such a simple and meaningless shout.
The brain is already blank, unable to think at all, and can only follow Ben. can respond.
Hugo, who was wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt and navy blue jeans, had a white towel tied around his right wrist. Such a simple attire set off a frenzy of enthusiasm in this sleepless night in Los Angeles, making all the audience lose their minds. All emotions were completely released. This is the charm of rock, or, in other words, the charm of music.
"Ah..." When the screaming reached its peak, someone finally couldn't hold it any longer, and fell directly to the ground, and then the surrounding fans were all in a hurry and at a loss.
Fortunately, EMI has rich experience and arranged medical staff on the spot early. There were three ambulances parked outside. When someone fainted, security guards immediately came to help and carried them out on stretchers. This is not the first person to faint tonight. Strictly speaking, this is the seventh. He has persisted until the end, but he has not waited for the final encore.
Hugo, who was standing on the stage, directly raised his hand, and the screams at the scene gradually became smaller. Hugo had to do this, otherwise, the sound of the audio system had been completely eliminated from the out-of-control screams at the scene. Buried, let him fight against 20,000 people alone, this is almost an impossible task.
Although the screaming didn't completely subside, it did weaken a bit, and Hugo then said, "Thank you all for being so supportive of us tonight, with the encore song again, the last song, 'One step closer ( One. Step. Closer)'! Showtime!"
As soon as Hugo's voice came out, the audience was immediately confused. Is there a song called "Go Further" among the songs of Glory to Death?
But Hugo didn't wait for the audience to react at all. As soon as his voice fell, the electric guitar vented down with a thunderous momentum, as if thousands of troops rushed forward, and the drum beats mixed in it were more like lightning and thunder. It hit everyone's body directly, and the head-to-head confrontation made everyone shocked and unable to fight back. The powerful momentum once again detonated the spark that had reached the extreme at the scene, setting off the most exciting concert since the beginning of the concert. Incredible frenzy!