It's on St. Patrick's Day (a Wednesday Tuesday) in the Power & Light District and it's free. (But you gotta dress right and be at least 21.) The lineup: Silversun Pickups, the Von Bondies and Dead Confederate. It's all part of The Buzz' St. Patty's Day fest, which begins with a 6 a.m. steak and eggs breakfast. More info here.
February 19, 2009
A Tuesday right?
Posted by: Clint | February 19, 2009 at 09:28 AM
Love me some Dead Confederate.
Posted by: doubleK | February 19, 2009 at 09:39 AM
Nice lineup. It's hard to envision the Silver Sun Pickups at the P&L though. I always imagined them at Davey's Uptown or someplace like that.
Posted by: NEW | February 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM
There ain't nothing free about this show. Free horrible sound quality. Free StPat's rookie drunks acting more obnoxious than usual. No thanks.
Posted by: drunk free st. pat's day | February 19, 2009 at 11:02 AM
another good free show for those who enjoy the current crop of underground weirdness:
Blank Dogs
Woods
Naked on the Vague
Love Garden Records, Lawrence KS
March 18
later that night is the Black Lips show at Bottleneck with Gentleman Jesse and His Men. quite the indie rock night in lawrence.
Posted by: indie snob | February 19, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Heard the phrase you can't put lipstick on a pig? I don't care who is playing there, St. Pats is back in Westport where it should have been all along.
Posted by: Burt Reynolds | February 19, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Clint: Good catch. It is indeed Tuesday.
Posted by: David Frese | February 19, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Dead Confederate = The Only Good Confederate?
Posted by: Zod | February 19, 2009 at 01:00 PM
These free shows frustrate me. I'd gladly pay money to see a band like Silversun Pickups in another venue, without all the day-long-drunks yelling over the music.
Posted by: Jennifer | February 19, 2009 at 01:09 PM
is it during the day or at night?
Posted by: harold | February 19, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Best free concert I ever saw was the B-52's at the Legend shopping mall parking lot - three years ago this August. Now, they're returning to the Uptown and (in my opinion) they're too pricey. Have seen them twice anyway. Fun band band to see.
Posted by: Bubba | February 19, 2009 at 01:35 PM
bub,
what concert is not too pricey these days.
remember the $7.00-$9.00 shows at memorial hall? those were the days.
Has anyone ever done a comaparison of infalation CPI ,and concert tickets?
I MEAN WTF?!!?!!!!? what is up with $125++ FOR ALMOST EVERY SHOW??!!
Posted by: what up | February 19, 2009 at 07:18 PM
Sources CLAIM that fuel prices FORCE the sky-rocketing prices of concert tickets. But, I've seen a Vh1 Special where a Atlantic Records rep quoted he's NEVER heard huge acts like AEROSMITH, DAVE MATHEWS, EAGLES, etc. member(s) in ANY pre-tour meeting ask if there's ANY WAY to make the shows more REASONABLY priced for the average fan. NOT one. Some will say - WHY should they? From MY experience(s), a LOT of fans will say JUST that UNTIL they're the ONES that get majorly hit by hard times. This (by the way) has little effect on me, as except for AC/DC, I simply don't hit too many major shows and pay FULL price. WON'T do it. OUT of principle - now. Guess I could afford to catch FLEETWOOD and / or the EAGLES, if I wanted but I likely will not. Doubt they need my business, anyway.
Posted by: Bubba | February 19, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Tim,
WOuld you please notify the investigative reporters, to do an indepth report, regarding avg concert ticket prices, compared to U.S. CPI/inflation going back to 1979, when concert tickets ALL cost $7.00-10.00
I remember people FREEKING OUT at $17.00 for the Stones at Kemper in 81, and then Michael Jackson raised the bar ..and the STones topped it at $$65.00 for the VooDoo lounge tour in 1994.
Sinced thne they all are charging $100-$400.
Now, of course that is NON-info, cuz it is hear say, but you may be in a position to verify, identify , specify and objectfy the numbers.
or I can do it...
off the cuff... lets see..
1979-2009
that is about 3 years ago ( it feels to me ; )
and $10.00-$200.00,
in three years that is 2000%....or 667% increase per year, unless my numbers are off ;)
THIS COULD BE A GOOD ARTICLE.
Posted by: what up | February 20, 2009 at 05:26 AM
I'm with Burt Reynolds, go to Westport and stay the hell away from the plastic, tax-dodgin', hard on local venues, monstrosity that is the P&L. The place will be half empty in three years and shut down in five.
Posted by: aquaman | February 20, 2009 at 08:51 AM
CPI inflation of $7-$10 in 1979 buys about $27-$29 in today's dollars. I'm assuming demand has gone up exponentially since the video age began.
Posted by: av | February 20, 2009 at 08:57 AM
whatup, there were some #'s released a few weeks ago about inflation of basic goods, etc. Since the early 90's, some of the highest inflations were in education, tobacco, etc. Of course, chinese electronics got cheaper...the important stuff! check it out at the wall street journal blogs title below:
the-buying-power-of-a-dollar-on-a-downswing
Posted by: bloated and inflated | February 20, 2009 at 09:58 AM
h20man, 5 years is optimistic. they can't even pay the bills on the damn thing right now. thank mayor kay and her merry band of thieves that brought you a renovated downtown.....
Posted by: bloated and inflated | February 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM
It's all fundmental economics: The market charges what it can get. The one way to bring down prices is to stop going. Or go to smaller shows that charge less.
Posted by: Tim Finn | February 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Well, at least you ALL know what you're talking about. If fans stop attending over-priced concerts, a lot of bands would be FORCED to either tour for less OR resort back to their day jobs. Don't think they'd like that.
Posted by: Bubba | February 20, 2009 at 01:32 PM
It has become apparent that either this town has become spoiled beyond belief, or it is simply filled with a bunch of haters and pessimists.
It is almost comical, half of these comments are complaining about high concert ticket $$$ prices, while the other half is ragging on a free concert, with a decent lineup, being held at the (suddenly maligned?) P&L District.
If U2 came and played a free concert in your living room you all would complain that their equipment left scratches in your walls!
Posted by: Jeff | February 20, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Would that be like the middle '80's U2 or the current band, cause....JK
I'm not ragging on the line-up or the show being free. I'm bitching about the insane amount of money the city threw at P&L. I'm sure the (surviving)local venues would have loved to have some of that $$$. And now they are trying to renig on their tax obligation by saying their tax valuations are too high - give me a break. It's a bad economy, Cornish - not our fault, go rip off another city by creating a solution for a problem that doesn't exist. Go to Westport - support authentic KC establishments.
Posted by: aquaman | February 20, 2009 at 02:06 PM
Sorry, it's Cordish, not Cornish - one's a hen, the other laid an egg.
Posted by: aquaman | February 20, 2009 at 02:08 PM
I've been to Westport if that is Authentic KC, Color me gone.
Posted by: Tom | February 20, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Jeff, it's all the same issue. Free concerts at taxpayer funded venues, overpriced tickets, either way I'm getting screwed by paying more than I choose to. Call me a hater or a pessimist. It's reality. Sorry to rain on your sunny day.
Posted by: rainy in kc | February 20, 2009 at 02:41 PM
Rainy in kc, correct me if I'm wrong, but the downtown renovation was funded by out of town taxes (car rentals, hotel rooms), so it really doesn't come out of OUR taxes, but even if it did, without the P&L district, there would be absolutely no place to go downtown, hence, no more "free" concerts. Who wants to go back to that?
This downtown was in the dark ages for so long, and we are just now getting back to respectability. Many more acts are coming here that did not used to before the P&L district and Sprint Center. All I hear is people b*tching, about sound quality, parking, $$$, etc. AS IF, it was really that much better in the "good old days".
Posted by: Jeff | February 20, 2009 at 08:03 PM
Tax dollars that could be going to other purposes, Jeff. And there were lots of incentives and abatements thrown Cordish's way as well. Now they are trying to say there little "urban" enclave (their "investment")isn't worth what they said it would be worth when they sold the plan to the city. Really? We'll invest X and you give us all these incentives - oops, for tax purposes our investment wasn't THAT much...It is what it is - a nice little plastic place where people from Johson county can feel safe while having an "urban" experience.
Posted by: aquaman | February 21, 2009 at 08:57 AM
Jeff, check this out - you mentioned U2 playing our living room. Years ago, when the Irish supergroup first released their 'Boy' lp, they were at the Uptown for a $1.02 concert put on by KYYS. Keep in mind they had already made one TV appearance so I knew what they were like - live. I was TALKED out of going because a local contact of mine here in town had gotten me a super-lame ass job interview that next morning at 10am. TALK about a major regret there. EVEN more of an insult: I didn't stay with the job very long. This was at a time when I was DESPERATE enough to take tard-job. Does that make any sense? IN OTHER WORDS, it was a job the loser manager couldn't find a special ed moron to take. I used to love U2's first three albums. They aren't my all time favorites - at THAT time, they were one of them.
Posted by: Bubba | February 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM