Discuss the Chicago concert (Riviera Theatre) here.

yep! i'm going to this one too!!! (milwaukee date as well)
i'll be there hours early to ensure i'll be as far in front as i can. i actually enjoy watching the show as much as i do listening to it. im wondering how early everyone else is going to be there...me anf myfriend are making a day out of it so we'rewaking up bright and early and we'll probably hang around the venue ...and start lining up whenevr we feel like it, or when we notice others lining up...haha

who else is going to this show?? is there any special way to recognze fellow evboarders?

I live in Kentucky, but well.... considering this is the closest of the small venues they're going to play at.... I am going to try and get tickets and drive up. I've been wanting to take a road trip anyways.

I just looked at the evanescence.com website and they said the chicago show was at Rivera Theater instead of Aragon Ballroom, any one know which it is, that would be one of the ones I'm going to and how would we be able to tell if anyone else from the board is there, I wish I could figure out how to get backstage, anyone have any ideas let me know please, SO EXCITED!!!!!

If I get tickets I'm going to this show. I'm going to kill someone if I don't..haha. Hope to see some of you there.

Ann

i'm pretty sure the Aragon is also called the Riviera theater. Just like The Eagles Ballroom (milwaukee) is mostly know as The Rave

Just a bit of a friendly warning...


I live in the suburbs of Chicago, but my family is all from the Chicago area or have lived there. Apparently that area is VERY full with gang-bangers and gangs. I wouldn't go there and stand there outside, by yourself, if you're going to be waiting there the night of the 16th. I've had some pretty close encounters with gangs thanks to my family and also some very close encounters with violent people of Chicago in the bad areas. So please, please be careful. I wouldn't want anybody getting hurt. I won't be there alone by any chance. I'll have at least two or three other people with me.

I'm just trying to warn you all about the area. It's scary at night when you have people drunk and screaming or have a gang staring at you. Just be careful, especially if you're a younger fan like me.

Ann

the aragon has a lot of public places around it...chicago is no worse than any other large city. yes it is smart to have someone else with you, but its not this horrible place you should be terrified of...i live 30 minutes away and i go there a few times a month for shows.
jus stay out of the 'projects' and dont make yourself look vulnerable (example: "do you know how to get to the aragon??") thats a no-no. take a cab. its not that expensive. i take the train down there then i get a taxi for any longer than-i-want-to-walk walks. chicago is a beautiful city.

thanks for the tips

and Ftw ...the night of the 16th?? damn dude. i dont wanna have to go that early...

i'll be at this show

p.s.
aragon: 1106 W Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60640
riviera: 4750 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640

i don't think they're the same place.

we'll have to trade pics and meet up! :)

another p.s. i'm a noob so if this post came up more than once i apologize

Ah!
I MUST go to this concert.. I'm going to try to get tickets as soon as they are available..
I can die happy if I go to this concert...
Okay, no matter what I'm attendeing this concert... Even though it's on a tuesday on a school night.. I can miss a day or two for this..
I'll sell my soul to see this concert...
-cough- Eh-heh...
So, who else is for sure going to this?

i'm going to be at the chicago show and since im relatively new to this board we'll have to trade pics or something so when i get there i get a good idea of who is also there, i think im gonna end up down there by myself cause none of my weirdo friends like evanescence....ahhhhhh

^^^ I am for sure going. w00t! its convienient because i live right in between chicago and milwaukee so im going to both shows

Hi there,

Verrrry new to this website - but so stoked about the band coming to Chicago (a little piece of darkness threading it's way back into my suburban existance)...

I have a question - and forgive my ignorance if I'm asking an obvious question...I see that there is a presale listed on Ticketmaster - and I know my wife has used this to get Queen tix - so does anyone know who has, or how to get the presale password?

THanx....The Dark One

so on ticketmaster.com it says they're playing the riviera theater. it says there, and on the official ev site. so i'm really not sure if they'r the same venues. according to gitsiemonster they have different addresses. who knows...i'm glad it will be in october because it wont me too hot, or too cold waiting ourside. how far in advance is anyone planning on waiting??

edit: if we order from online, willour tickets come in the mail? b/c i want to go by them at FYE (music store) in the mall...but im just gettin kinda scared its going to be sold outi would of course go that day to fye..but yea :-o.i doubt it though...anyone have an idea?

hey i live in the south suburbs of chicago, if anyone else is in the area we could maybe meet up before hand or something or if any one would need a ride maybe let me know and ill give you my cell...damn i can't wait im so excited...im not sure about the tickets at fye im ordering mine as soon as they go on sale at ticket master

I just missed them the last time they came here, so I swore that I'd definitely go see them when they came back. I've been saving my first concert experience for Evanescence, and finally I'm going to get to see them live.

I'll be getting my ticket right as they go on sale. I've already got it all worked out, now I just need the tickets. I'm so excited for this, the band I've been following for three years now is coming back to Chicago. I wouldn't miss this for anything in the world.

the aragon has a lot of public places around it...chicago is no worse than any other large city. yes it is smart to have someone else with you, but its not this horrible place you should be terrified of...

Yeah. Well, I'm sure there WILL be people (like myself) going there WAYYY before hand. All my family is from Chicago or have lived there at some point of their life, especially my aunt, and I remember being terrified because of someone under a bridge that was drunk and throwing beer bottles at the police or a gang staring at me. Even now that freaks me out. But, yeah, as you said, don't make yourself look vulnerable.


i dont wanna have to go that early...

hehehehehe...well, I might be there that night, if not, very early in the morning. :mrgreen: I just wanna get really close to the stage and this concert means so much to me :X Plus ya know. I'm a nutty fan.

:D

Ann

PS: Does anybody know if this place allows cameras or doesn't allow? i haven't been there before adn i'd like to know before hand. if they do allow cameras....well, look for the girl with, literally, a bag full of cameras and the name tag an0thercreation.

if i remember correctly, its been a while, but i do think they allow cameras..if you go real early expect to see me there with the name tag leesey im so excited i dont want to be stuck where i cant see anything so like you i wanna get right up in front

they most likely do not allow cameras. most places don't for igger bands. i snuck a camera in to the last ev show i went to and one of my pics litterally has a secuirty guard with his hand up telling me 'no pictures' and you see amy all blurred int he background, haha its pretty funny.

and if i am somehow not in front ...i will make it there by the time ev's set is on.
here's a tip for you guys: just say "excuse me" like you're gettin to one of your friends in the front. hah. it works every time. and you can say im evil but i don't care

******okay and i ahe to ask again...if i pre order them off of ticketmaster.com,, will my tickets come in the mail? if someone could pease let me know before tomorrow night thay'd be awesome. i need to make a decision before they go on sale monday*****

Hells yea. I am going.

Tuesdays are my days of suckiness at school. I think I am gonna have to skip like that whole day. O wells. If you guys wanna bring a camera I suggest you bring a disposable one in case they don't let us have any. Then you wouldnt want to leave them there cause you won't wanna go back to your car and return them. I can't friggin wait for this.

2 months from Thursday!

I hope to see you all there.

Internet Presale Info
Internet Presale:
Start:Mon, 08/14/06 10:00 AM CDT
End:Fri, 08/18/06 10:00 PM CDT

JAM PRESENTS
EVANESCENCE
WWW.EVANESCENCE.COM
RIVIERA THEATRE
4746 N. RACINE/CHICAGO
TUE OCT 17 2006 7:00PM

*eeeeeeeeeee*

no openers? weird
and i guess it is at the Riv


they usually allow one disposable camera per person! :)

we should all meet up early and camp out!!!

the concert being at the riv instead of the aragon was what i heard, ill just have to buy my tickets tomorrow at 10 that way i dont get my self a heart attack from the excitement meeting up and camping out sounds like a good idea well have to see what we can do

I'll try and make this show as well...but only if i can find somebody to go with, lol...i don't feel like driving down to chicago by myself :(

hey anybody know the presale password

maybe i'm a little late but i didnt know we had to know a presale password...man that sucks i was looking forward to presale tickets. hmm oh well. how early is everyone gettin there?

i haven't figured out if there's a password or not. it said 10am CDT but they're not up yet. it's 11:38 my time (central)

well i guess they changed the presale date too along with the venue!!! it now says the presale is the 16th thru the 18th. still starting at 10am CDT on the 16th.


weird!!

augh why are they making us wait???

well i guess they changed the presale date too along with the venue!!! it now says the presale is the 16th thru the 18th. still starting at 10am CDT on the 16th.


weird!!

augh why are they making us wait???

Ticket sales are always wacko for some reason. In any case, as soon as I hear I get buy tickets I'm running right to the website and getting mine. Waiting or not, I'll get tickets. I don't care where I am as long as I'm inside the place.

im not positive about the presale password but thats what i kept hearing i dont care as long as i get tickets and get into teh place im happy some people are talking about camping out or going real early in teh morning i live south suburbs of chicago so if i dont camp out im going to be there verrrrrrry early

Someone should change the thread title because it is going to be at the Riviera.

Does anybody know if this is going to be an 18+ show or what? I hope it isn't because, well, *points to age indicator*.

Usually when a password is involved for getting tickets (this happened to me once) you have to be a member of something, such as a fan club, and/or a radio station is sponsoring the thing, and you get the password from them via e-mail after anwering a quiz question. Our station here has done it before.

Presale?!?! Aghhh...
Since all of you must be in Chicago, Q101(the radiostation) has been saying that they might have tickets available to win. (They say it every time they play CMWYS). So, look out for that. But it is very confusing, because sometimes they say it's going to be at Aragon and others Rivera.
If I'm going to this, I'm going to skip school that day and be there ridiculously early.
I'll most likely have "MidnightWolf" written somewhere on me.
It'd be cool if we could meet up or something. Haha.
P.S. - Age limit? Why would Ev has a concert age limit? I sure hope there is no age limit, I'm under 18. Although I doubt there would be an age limit at an Evanescence concert. Although, if they do, people have mistaken me for an 18 year old before... :rolleyes:

if there was an age restriction it would be on the ticketmaster site.
there may not even be a password at this point i haven't heard or seen anything so who knows, i guess we'll find out tomorrow morning!

my best advice is just make sure you get tickets and if the venue changes or something at least you'll have tix they're usually good about honoring tix when/if they change venues.

i'm kind of excited!

i'm only torn about getting the ticketnow thing or getting the real ones in the mail!

I thought so, I just wanted to double check before I bought my tickets to the show. My mom gets paranoid about some things and wouldn't let me buy them until I found out what the deal was.

Haha, I don't care how I get the tickets as long as I have them! It's Evanescence for god's sake, just let me in the building and I'll be happy.

yea i'm getting up and lurking ticketmaster! :)

i can't wait. :-D

:D im going to this show as well. with my best friend. And i can't wait lol..

xox

Jessie

No and it's VERY annoying! lol...what could it be? It must be for cardholders or something because there isn't any fan club...o_0

Tracie posted the password in this main thread!

Wooo! Got a pair! Now I just gotta find someone to go with me. Hopefully no one has early classes on Wednesday, or classes they aren't willing to skip on Tuesday.

i got my two tickets!!!!! :) see you all there bright and early!!! :-D

Got mine too! :-) Cya guys there!

Yes! -happydance-
I just got my tickets. What a wonderful day. xP
Now I just have to beg my mother to have my friend go rather than her.. heh.. :)
Wh00t. My first Ev concert!

lol, i'm new here. i registered after purchasing my tickets. lol, it took me 5 guesses but i figured out the password and got 4 tickets! i'm glad to see they added the password here. make sure not to share it with people. if it leaks at a massive scale outside of this board it could end up not being a good thing. so yeah....

yay chicago show! can't wait! first time seeing evanescence live.

aww :) you should let your mom go :-p

we'll all have to meet up at the front of the line bright and early :)

Hey David! Glad you finally joined the evboard!! :-D You are crazy for figuring it out! lol *kicks* :D

Hey David! Glad you finally joined the evboard!! :-D You are crazy for figuring it out! lol *kicks* :D
lol.. thanks poohead! yay! so now all you gotta do is book your ticket here and we can go together and have supa fun! small venue so we'll definately see amy close!

they only sell a certain amount of tickets in the presale, correct? because i'm waiting until they go on sale to the general public because i dont have a credit card, and i hate the hassle of using my moms, and paying her back and crap

they only sell a certain amount of tickets in the presale, correct? because i'm waiting until they go on sale to the general public because i dont have a credit card, and i hate the hassle of using my moms, and paying her back and crap

I believe so, otherwise why else would it be called a presale? :)
Anyway, I'm a concert n00b, so might I ask anyone here what exactly general admission means? I think I've ended up in seats. Is there even a pit at riviera?

YAY got my ticket, got my name tag im soooo ready to go see you guys there hoping to be able to meet up with others there cause none of my whack job friends like evanescence so it will be just me who cares im seeing them LIVE so excited

I believe so, otherwise why else would it be called a presale? :)
Anyway, I'm a concert n00b, so might I ask anyone here what exactly general admission means? I think I've ended up in seats. Is there even a pit at riviera?
i like to think of myself as a show veteran. haha kidding . i have been to many many 'shows in my day'
General admission means standing. there is usually a floor for GA in front of the stage . i have only been to the riviera theater once, and i cant quite remember if there are seats, though i think they may be some.

im getting my tickets bright and early saturday morning w00t!;)

Hi, I'm gonna go to this concert.
will be my first Ev concert, so it's not gonna be in the Aragon Ballroom??
in the Riviera Theatre?
I Will posibly buy them in Ticketmaster, but anyone knows when the sale begins in the theatre?

Hi, I'm gonna go to this concert.
will be my first Ev concert, so it's not gonna be in the Aragon Ballroom??
in the Riviera Theatre?
I Will posibly buy them in Ticketmaster, but anyone knows when the sale begins in the theatre?

i don't know where "aragon ballroom" appeared from but it's in the Riviera Theatre. Both places exist in chicago but according to ticketmaster and evanescence.com say riviera so that's where it is.

The theaters sale will most likely begin when ticketmaster's official sale begins (saturday at 10 AM central time). that'll be your best bet. you should call ahead of time to make sure though.

just get there early to get up close. i plan on getting there in the A.M. :-p

Earliest I'll be able to make it there will be about 1:30, since I have class until 11 (and one at 3:30, but I'm skipping that one), and it might be later, depending on when my friend is done that day.

Well, I have a request for tickets "pending." It really sucks for me, because I have a bad back, so much that it affects my ability to stand without feeling like I might collapse, so I'm trying to request accessible seating. I couldn't possibly attend a show without it. I read a couple reviews online saying that the Riviera is very accommodating, which is good. I know I'll have to bring a letter from my doctor about my condition... I just hope they'll accept that, because I'm not confined to a wheelchair or anything. I can still walk and get places for the most part. **So much worry sometimes** I hope it can happen.

I can't wait. Nevermind the 7-hour drive, I'm stoked! If anyone has any knowledge of accessible seating policies (or any experience with it at this venue) please PM me.

Thanks

:::edit::: Ok, got approved. Just got the e-mail from Ticketmaster, and I sent them my credit card number. Now I'm excited!!

i like to think of myself as a show veteran. haha kidding . i have been to many many 'shows in my day'
General admission means standing. there is usually a floor for GA in front of the stage . i have only been to the riviera theater once, and i cant quite remember if there are seats, though i think they may be some.

im getting my tickets bright and early saturday morning w00t!;) I'm so confused xP
My tickets say General Admission, but I also have a row and seat numbers on them. Does that mean I have a choice?
:confused:
I'm such a concert n00b.

:confused:
I'm such a concert n00b.


Me too:p .
But thank you for the news, i will call my contact in Chicago to buy the tickets.
anyone knows the limit of people fitting in that theater??
I will travel like 3000 kilometers to go to that concert, but surely will be really good.

So I was looking online, and saw this review:

This giant 1920s-era hall boasts great acoustics and an impressive band lineup.
In Short
The main floor is spacious enough that you can enjoy bands without getting socked in the mosh pit. As with most venues, plan on getting hot and sweaty as soon as the action begins. Considering its size (capacity 2,300), the sound is generally excellent, with only a few weak spots. The Riv attracts top touring groups. Alternative-rock acts Bad Religion, Sonic Youth and Ministry have played here, as well as rockers like Billy Idol making comebacks.

Yeah, okay, my tickest are general admission and I haven't recieved them yet. My friend in Maryland insisted on buying them for me. o_o

I'm so confused xP
My tickets say General Admission, but I also have a row and seat numbers on them. Does that mean I have a choice?

I'm such a concert n00b.

Uh, well, general admission means you're standing. There's no seats, so it all depends when you get there. So get there early.

...like me!

I WILL BEAT YOU THERE =]

[kidding. i love you all. but i will be there..very..early...]

-Ann

^^^^^ how early is early for you because like everyone else i want to be way up close anyway let me know you can even PM me if you'd like thanks talk to you later

Cool Review, Thanks for that.
So the sale in the box office of the teather begins saturday??

Looks like a lot of ppl are going early! Im driving in from my friends house in Indiana. We have like a 3.5 hr. drive. Gonna have to start early in the morning! :p

where in indiana are you from? i'm only about an hour away. i'm so camping way early.

what times are people who haven't posted yet getting there? i'll bring my nametag

not sure what i'm wearing yet, it's still early :)

******okay and i ahe to ask again...if i pre order them off of ticketmaster.com,, will my tickets come in the mail? if someone could pease let me know before tomorrow night thay'd be awesome. i need to make a decision before they go on sale monday*****

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Dude, I'm skipping school for this. Thus, I'm going to be there ridiculously early. Hopefully I can find an evboarder to talk to, because I'll be waiting for hours...
:o Although I'm still wondering why my tickets have a row and seat number.. x_X

midnight wolf...ill also be there very early if not camping out teh night before so we can talk, i'll have my name tag and everything. i think theres a seat and row number because if i remember correctly they also have some seats but its general admission so you just stand, i think they automatically but seat numbers on every ticket, i havent gotten mine yet, i ordered them but decided on getting them in the mail.

my friend's older brother got tickets and he said that they are gonna sell out like that *snaps fingers*. so im going super early to ticketmaster to get mie tomorrow morning. if im not able to get tickets there, My friend's brother said i could have his extra ticket

and Midnightwolf....i dont know what to tell ya, lol sorry

Thanks to the pre-sale info I was able to get my friend Angela and I tickets to the concert just now. This is going to be amazing! I can't wait until October to go see them. We're going to be quite the interesting pair, Angela the goth chick in a trench coat and me the prep wearing something bright.

midnightwolf and leesey i'll be there early as well. we'll all hang

Dude, I'm skipping school for this. Thus, I'm going to be there ridiculously early. Hopefully I can find an evboarder to talk to, because I'll be waiting for hours...
:o Although I'm still wondering why my tickets have a row and seat number.. x_X

You might have seats on the upper floor, but I thought all the pre-sale tickets were general admission. Hm, in any case mine are GA, which I think is a good thing. This way I can get right up in front of the stage, besides I'd be too excited to sit down through the concert anyways.

gitsiemonster..where in indiana are you, if not to far we can meet up somewhere if you still need a ride or something i would hate for somebody to have to miss an ev concert that would blow

hey gitsiemonster! sry i havnt posted back yet! im from lawrenceburg, which is down south in the corner next to ohio. im like 30min from cincinnati. My friend however, lives near indianapolis. I am going to her house the night before, so we will be leaving from there.
We will wear our name tags hehe! Probably be there around 11:00 ish, i cant get up that early and drive for 3.5 hrs lol. i need my sleep!

I'm going to this show!!!! I'm so excited. I just gotta get about 180 dollars...
:( but I will do it!! So yeah, hope I see some of u guys there, I probably wont recognize u tho.

I'm going to this show!!!! I'm so excited. I just gotta get about 180 dollars...
:( but I will do it!! So yeah, hope I see some of u guys there, I probably wont recognize u tho.

We'll have our evboard name tags on so even if you don't know what we look like you'll be able to recognize our screen names.

We'll have our evboard name tags on so even if you don't know what we look like you'll be able to recognize our screen names.

oh cool! I guess I gotta get a name tag then.

I'm going :D its gonna be my first ev concert..so im pretty darn happy:cool:

woo! i got my tickets on saturday!!! there was another guy there and he heard my friend and i talking and he goes 'evanescnece?' and we're like 'yea, you?' he was like 'same' and i asked him whot hey were for, his daughter maybe and he goes 'no, my wife' haha it was funny

i got the tickets to the chi town show, AND to the show at the rave in milwaukee!! aaah yes i'm in heaven. haha

Tomorrow i will call my contact for him to go buy my ticket.
I want to go see Ev.
My first Ev Gig.
I'm Excited!!!:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

i don't need a ride (i forgot who posted that sorry) but we should try to get a meetup so we're all not alone in chicago waiting in the early hours :) my fiance and i are going as early as i wake up.

I thought the tickets had sold out and I almost had a HEART ATTACK. omfg. I'm better now.

Anyway, I'm so there. I'm so VERY THERE it's almost ridiculous. I just don't have any money right now. I'm thinking about talking my mom into getting tickets for my boyfriend and I.

I think I'm gonna go with those nifty little nametags people are cooking up. My boyfriend and all the people I'm going with are gonna think I'm retarded, but I gotta show the EvBoard love. Who's with me?

I got my tickets on Wednesday with the presale (thanks EvBoard!). I'm so freakin' pumped for this.:cool:

And this is also cool casue this is my first actual post on the board, but I've been a member for quite some time... but YAY EV!

-Marty

I got my tickets during the pre-sale. Can anyone describe the layout of this venue for me? I am driving up from stlouis for the show. Also whats parking like at the venue? (free/pay/close/far?).

finally does anyone have any idea who the other acts will be? (i would be happy if ev just played the whole nite personally lol. :)

I got my tickets during the pre-sale. Can anyone describe the layout of this venue for me? I am driving up from stlouis for the show. Also whats parking like at the venue? (free/pay/close/far?).

This website should have everything you need. (http://www.rivieratheatre.com/riviera/default.asp)

finally does anyone have any idea who the other acts will be? (i would be happy if ev just played the whole nite personally lol. :)

I don't think there is an opening act on the tour so far. Things may change but as of now it's just Evanescence.

I got my tickets during the pre-sale. Can anyone describe the layout of this venue for me? I am driving up from stlouis for the show. Also whats parking like at the venue? (free/pay/close/far?).

This website should have everything you need. (http://www.rivieratheatre.com/riviera/default.asp)

Actually I was wondering the same thing for reasons I mentioned in a previous post (http://www.evboard.com/showpost.php?p=957806&postcount=54). The website helps some, but I am wondering how close the closest parking is, also. Anyone that's been there, please tell!

Actually I was wondering the same thing for reasons I mentioned in a previous post (http://www.evboard.com/showpost.php?p=957806&postcount=54). The website helps some, but I am wondering how close the closest parking is, also. Anyone that's been there, please tell!

It's Chicago hun, there are parking garages everywhere here. ;)

In any case, Ticketmaster has some information on where you can park. Seeing as it's two months away I haven't figured the parking situation out yet.

It's Chicago hun, there are parking garages everywhere here. ;)

In any case, Ticketmaster has some information on where you can park. Seeing as it's two months away I haven't figured the parking situation out yet.

"Hun", I haven't been to Chicago in 15 years... and I'm driving up from Nowhere, Kentucky, population 2000. ;) I've read what Ticketmaster says. I've read what the Riviera website says. I am highly computer literate. I am now asking someone who knows. If that's not you, then thanks for trying, but I'll wait and see if someone else can answer.

"Hun", I haven't been to Chicago in 15 years... and I'm driving up from Nowhere, Kentucky, population 2000. ;) I've read what Ticketmaster says. I've read what the Riviera website says. I am highly computer literate. I am now asking someone who knows. If that's not you, then thanks for trying, but I'll wait and see if someone else can answer.

All right no problem. Didn't know you had already checked the sites. Just trying to help with what information I have, little as it may be.

I GOT MY TICKETS TODAY. w00t w00t! Excitement is me.

My boyfriend, his brother, and his girlfriend/my best friend will be attending alongside me for the show. I got printout tickets instead of the real thing, which kinda blows because I'm a stickler for the classics. Ah, well. At least I'm going. SQUEE!

:( :( I'm sad. I was planning to go to that concert but i got final exams that week and I can't travel to US.
So enjoy the concert!!:D :D
I'm Sure you will!!:D :D

This website should have everything you need. (http://www.rivieratheatre.com/riviera/default.asp)



I don't think there is an opening act on the tour so far. Things may change but as of now it's just Evanescence.
Thanks for that info. I did check both websites previously actually. Just like Cathryn mentioned i am looking for someone who knows the area maybe can provide some insider information kinda. I will wait and see :)

in response to the parking, there is a small amount of street parking in front of the riv, i know theres a lot of garages in the area depending on which you go to some are close (depending on your definition of close) maybe a couple blocks over and some of them can get up there in price, i saw one once thats $24 for the whole day and then theres some thats $12 for the whole day, if you're coming from not in the area let me know and ill get some streets and prices for you, no problem just PM me and let me know or you can do that pager thing, not all that sure what thats about but however you want to just let me know


HOPE THAT HELPS!!!!!!

parking:
behind the theatre there is a whole stretch of road you can park on for free :)

parking:
behind the theatre there is a whole stretch of road you can park on for free :)

Awesomeness. I've got to jot that down so I don't have to shell out $20 at a garage.

Awesomeness. I've got to jot that down so I don't have to shell out $20 at a garage.

yea we parked there for HIM earlier this year. short walk to the venue.

parking:
behind the theatre there is a whole stretch of road you can park on for free :)


awesome i gotta tell my dad that so he dosent get pissed about paying for parking.

what do you guys all think is a good time to get there to meet up in line? 10am? noon? earlier? we're driving so it doesn't matter to me but the earlier the better

what do you guys all think is a good time to get there to meet up in line? 10am? noon? earlier? we're driving so it doesn't matter to me but the earlier the better

I'm sure people will be there bright and early. I'd say just get there as soon as you're able to. Don't camp out or anything but if you've got nothing going on and don't mind waiting for a few hours then go ahead and get there at 10 am. I'll probably get there around 3 or so seeing as I've got to get a few people together before hand.

That's only for General Admission though. If you have a set row and seat up in the balcony you can show up ten minutes before the doors open and you'll still be in the same place.

My tickets say General Admission, but also G5 91, which I am assuming is a seat number. (And I'm in accessible seating) So I guess I don't have to wait... :rolleyes: Not too sure about that, though. I would think that would defeat the purpose of having A.S. tickets.

My tickets say General Admission, but also G5 91, which I am assuming is a seat number. (And I'm in accessible seating) So I guess I don't have to wait... :rolleyes: Not too sure about that, though. I would think that would defeat the purpose of having A.S. tickets.

Hm, I dunno what that is. In any case, I expect to be on the dance floor the large majority of the night. It's more fun when you get into it with the rest of the crowd then sitting and watching the show.

even if i have a seat number and i get there early i could have rail instead of middle of the crowd. i think 10am is early enough tho :)

Yeah, I'm looking to get there around 11:00-12:00, depending on how awake I am early in the morning. Driving up from Champaign with my friend, so it's about a 2.5 hour drive.

It won't take me long to get there at all, especially that time of day on a Tuesday. Once I get downtown and closer to the theater it'll be a bit before I find a decent parking spot. I seriously doubt I'll be there before noon though.

I really want to go to this concert, how much do you thing it will cost?

I really want to go to this concert, how much do you thing it will cost?

It's $30 for general admission. You should get your tickets before they're sold out.

It's $30 for general admission. You should get your tickets before they're sold out.

30?!?! I paid 60 each for mine! :confused: :eek:

30?!?! I paid 60 each for mine! :confused: :eek:

Where did you buy yours if I may ask?! They're $30 on Ticketmaster. I will be surprised if this one doesn't sellout very soon, too.

I would be going to this concert but I just dont have the money right now. I cant do it unfourtunately. You chicago goers' will have to let me know how it goes :p

Where did you buy yours if I may ask?! They're $30 on Ticketmaster. I will be surprised if this one doesn't sellout very soon, too.


I got mine at stubhub.com. Now I wish I wouldve gotten them at ticketmaster

I got mine at stubhub.com. Now I wish I wouldve gotten them at ticketmaster

Woah! I'm sorry you got ripped off by that site. They're asking for $75 just to get into General Admission? Next time go to Ticketmaster for all your ticket need.

yea ticketmaster rips you off but not as much as stubhub and those sites.

Woah! I'm sorry you got ripped off by that site. They're asking for $75 just to get into General Admission? Next time go to Ticketmaster for all your ticket need.


I know, it sucks. o well i still have my ev tickets

Even if you don't get tickets if you stand outside the theater I'm sure you'll find people selling them. Happens all the time. Seriously, stand outside the Oriental before a showing of Wicked and people will go around asking everyone if they need tickets.

So it seems everyone plans on getting there about 10 right? i don't want to be there to early but not stuck in the back of the line either, got my ticket today in the mail YAY!!!!!! i dont mind going alone since tons of other people from here will be there but if anyone would want to catch a ride with me let me know i live in the south burbs of chicago, oak lawn/orland/palos area let me know

god guys i doubt ill get my friends to go that early!!! NOOOOO
oh well...i'l find a way to the front. i will.

hope to see y'all there

i'll prolly get there around 10 too :)

Everyone remember to wear your EvBoard name tags so we can recognize you. And maybe let those of us who are late get free cuts in line. ;)

god guys i doubt ill get my friends to go that early!!! NOOOOO
oh well...i'l find a way to the front. i will.

hope to see y'all there

heehee in '03 at the congress my friends and i tried the "we're looking for our friend" trick but there were like 5 of us holding hands snaking thru the crowd, but we got pretty close!! :)

this year i plan on braving the cold (!) and getting RAIL :)

hey guys i came up with this idea, let me know if it's stupid....i was thinking of bringing something like a bear or something along those lines that we could sign as you get there, and put something like EvBoard loves you or or something like that, plus free cuts to sign so everyone is in front :D

hey guys i came up with this idea, let me know if it's stupid....i was thinking of bringing something like a bear or something along those lines that we could sign as you get there, and put something like EvBoard loves you or or something like that, plus free cuts to sign so everyone is in front :D

Lol, and give it to the band?
YOU STOLE MY IDEA!
GRR. Except it's NOT the same =D
-Ann

what was yours, it may be better than mine, mine was to throw it up on stage after it was signed....off the top of my head

If we do that I'm bringing two. One to throw on stage along with you and another to keep, and hopefully get the band to sign it as well. That's an excellent idea Leesey, EvBoard members unite! :)

i really like that idea. eboard members band together lol
you can always find those graduation dogs or bears to sign or something similar! :)
awesome idea

heehee in '03 at the congress my friends and i tried the "we're looking for our friend" trick but there were like 5 of us holding hands snaking thru the crowd, but we got pretty close!! :)

this year i plan on braving the cold (!) and getting RAIL :)

hehe i was at that show too...and that is generally my strategy. or when everyone is being psuhed around just wiggle your way tothe front. haha!

i think the whole letting other people cut in line is just wrong. i mean a few here and there yea ok, but there are going ot be so many evboarders. i just don't think it's fair to the others who got up there early to just be cut in front of because that person is a member here...
one of those people will most likely be me because I am not going to be wearing a 'name tag' to either show. so yeah...
when i see you guys with your name tags i'll just be like 'hhhheyyy i'm traded worth!' haha

yea i dunno if i'll wear my tag but someone made me an Ev font one so i'm gunna print and laminate it :) but like i said i'll be there early with my fiance so come find me :-p

Okay, so can people just post back and say exactly what time they HOPE to be there? I'd read all the posts. But um. Yeah, I'm never on here, especially since school started. Too much history :X Anyway, yeah.

I'm probably going to get there way ahead a time. I'm talkin' nighttime. So uh. Maybeeeeeeee, hm. Midnight? Just let me know, that can change.

-Ann Lynn

i had hoped to be there really early in the morning, not sure about the night before i'll have to see what i have going on to figure all that out, but i wanted to be there at the latest by like 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Going the night before is just crazy. Evanescence or not I'm not going to camp out in the middle of downtown Chicago for multiple reasons. I'm all for getting there early the day of, but not the night before.

yea no way will i camp out in chicago, i did it in Indy and it was scary! like i posted before no earlier than 10:00am or noon. :)

hey everyone...

i have 2 extra tickets to this show...if anyone wants them i would be happy to sell them to you for 27 dollars each...it's cheaper online because i will not charge you for shipping or anything like that...they are actually in my email...see my friend was supposed to buy my tickets for me because i was busy and she didn't do it so i had another friend do it...and then afterwhile my other friend decided to go ahead and purchase them without checking my billing history...so if you would like the ones i have that were sent to my email that would be amazing! and if you know anyone that wants to go and would like them please let me know....

i'd reallllly like if you'd email me about it instead of me searching on here if anyone replied...i'm really busy with school so i don't have the time...unless you send me a message on here... my email is djeasle@ilstu.edu... plllllleeeeease buy them from me...i mean...who wouldn't want to go to this concert?!

dara jo

I didn't get to see them the first time so im really excitied about going!!! and I love the fact its at the riviera!!! :mrgreen:

the Riv is an awesome venue

Oooh how I dread the horrid drive up there.... 8 hours from Kentucky. I was originally taking one friend, but she can't get off of work, so I'm taking another now. (Crisis averted!)

If we leave about 5 a.m., that puts us there about 1:00. I will look for you guys with your name tags on. I'll be wearing mine!

Oooh how I dread the horrid drive up there.... 8 hours from Kentucky. I was originally taking one friend, but she can't get off of work, so I'm taking another now. (Crisis averted!)

If we leave about 5 a.m., that puts us there about 1:00. I will look for you guys with your name tags on. I'll be wearing mine!
Kentucky? That reminds me of the show a couple years ago down here in Champaign. Me and my friend were hanging out by the busses and met a few other people, including a couple from further down south (can't remember which state it was), and were unprepared for how cold it gets in Illinois in Feb.

I didn't see this anywhere in this thread...

But I followed a link that Tracie posted in one of the other concert threads, and it looks as if the band Revelation Theory is opening for Evanescence.

Revelation Theory (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=6116354&ifid=6116354&indicate=2)

So that answers that question.

oh thanks for that link! i hope they're cool

Thanks for the info on the opening band. I hope they're decent enough, Evanescence normally has good bands opening for them.

i can't even remember who opened for Ev in 04 at the Congress!!!

all i remember is almost crying when she played "breathe no more"

^^^aaaah remember ATOMSHIP?! omg my ears were bleeding. i'm sorry but, i did not like that band at all. yuck.
default was alright, not my style of music i usually listen to, but they werent bad. i dont remember anyone else though

thanks for the link, they don't seem to be all that bad, halfway decent even, if you go to the site they have some of their music playing

defualt opened? wow i have a bad memory...they are ok

Ahhh, the concert is so close, yet so far away.
10 AM? Holy jesus, I can tell this is going to be an all-day event. i'll probably leave around 9... Gotta get there early. xP
I bet by the time we actually get to go inside, my makeup will have already faded....
And I hope the opening band is decent. Sucky opening bands take away from the concert.
Hope to meet up with some you you EvBoarders.
I bet I'll be the youngest Ev fan there..
Oh, and of course, i'll have my nametag. It'll be printed on photo-paper.

they sound pretty good, did you listen to their myspace?
yea it's an all day outing!! haha

Yay, the opening band is actually pretty good...
Good opening band, fantabulous amazaing wonderful main band from the gods = Hella awesome concert. :D
Hmm... how long will we have to memorize the CD until tjhe concert comes?
3rd to 17th.. hmm..

hahah that's what i was thinking too... well we got one song down right? lol

That's more than enough time, at least for me anyways. I'll be listening to it so much it won't be a problem. And you're right, we've already got CMWYS down.

lol i was actually just thinking about the same thing, i'm like ok cd comes out the third and won't stop listening probably until the morning of the concert..soooo thats like more than enough time to memorize it :p

haha yea that's how i'm gunna be, in the car to work, on the way home from work, while on the computer before bed, as soon as i wake up lol :)

Makes me glad I have my own room instead of the dorms. Don't wanna drive the rest of my buddies crazy with the same CD over and over.

Ah, yeah, we'll have plenty enough time. It'd take me only a day to memorize a CD, and I'll be listening to it every moment possible, so by the time the concert comes I'll be able to sing along..
Heh.

yeah i love being able to sing with all the songs

I know half of the songs already so yay! only about 30 somethin days left till i see them in concert!

I can't wait to see them will be my first time ever seeing Evanescence live. :) Can you bring your ditgal cammera?

this is my first time seeing them live too, now all i have to do is figure out what i'm going to wear i cant find any ev gear anywhere and the day is getting here so fast....:eek:

Oh, I'm all set for going. My friend Angela and I picked out our outfits last week. Wow, this is going to be one amazing night.

you don't necessarily have to wear Ev gear, in '04 i wore this Amy inspired outfit and got a lot of compliments on it so i plan to do the same this year, i've gotta go thrift store shopping!!

Im making my own outfit as well, but im going to be altering a black hoodie up somehow. I think im going to just take an old t-shirt and draw either the logo, or evanescence, and cut it out, sew it/safety pin it on. I have some great black pants with straps that go down the sides of them. I may/may not put some kind of make-up on, ill see. I don't ever wear any lol
:D the day draws closer!

sounds cute! i have no idea what i'm doing yet!

I think it's a tad too early the pick outfits yet - you don't know what the weather will be like.
I'm probably going to wear some sort of hoodie, maybe my hoodie with lacing down both sides, and then just some sort of baggy pants.
Maybe I'll wear my black and red "gothic roots" Ev hoodie, but i always think It's kinda cliche to wear the band merch to a concert.

Well, it's Chicago in October, so you can expect that it will be cold. But it'd suck if it rained that day.

i figure ill just take my money and start hunting for clothes who knows but yea its october in chicago so some sort of long sleeve shirt or hoody will be involved unless i plan on freezing

it had better not rain. i'm raiding the dollar store for a blanket or two, plus rain ponchos that i can chuck before doors :) and yea it'll be cold no doubt so dress warm kiddies! :-p

I didn't buying tickets at ticketmaster but it says that "There were no tickets available that matched your request." Please don't tell me that that means their sold out, i'll scream. My parents are just now starting to actually let me go, it took awhile to convince them. Does anybody know what that means?

I didn't buying tickets at ticketmaster but it says that "There were no tickets available that matched your request." Please don't tell me that that means their sold out, i'll scream. My parents are just now starting to actually let me go, it took awhile to convince them. Does anybody know what that means?

Sorry, but that usually means they're sold out. You can go on other sites and talk to people here to see if you can get tickets. I believe one girl posted a few pages back that she had extras she was willing to sell to people. Good luck, and happy ticket hunting.

EDIT: Yep, sold out. Katya seems to have changed the thread title.

An acquaintance of mine was looking for tickets in Chicago when the Rave (in WI) announced a show because of the proximity. I should acted on that insight as well, but I hesitated too long. Besides not finding anyone interested in going, I prefer to hear the whole new album to see if still like the music. Moreover, I wonder how good a post-Moody concert is (I've only gone to pre-Moody ones.) Now in retrospect, considering how much I like Fallen and the EPs, I should have gotten them and just sold the tickets at worst case scenario.

Just curious, but does anyone have extras for sale? :)

And, of course, I do expect to read reviews here afterwards!

Oh no! Do you think i could still get them at another site? I saw them at different sites but there really exspensive. Does anyone know where they aren't as expensive? I'm going to be so disappointed if i don't go. It took forever for me just to see who would come with me. damn this sucks!

Oh no! Do you think i could still get them at another site? I saw them at different sites but there really exspensive. Does anyone know where they aren't as expensive? I'm going to be so disappointed if i don't go. It took forever for me just to see who would come with me. damn this sucks!

If you truly want those tickets take the expensive ones. Trust me, you won't be able to find them anywhere else for a cheaper price at this point. And the sites will take the highest bidder since they're sold out. If you find tickets grab them now or you won't be able to go to the show.

I'm sorry about this. Next time buy tickets as soon as you can even before you finish talking to people. I bought tickets for me and my friend before she even knew about the show and if she wasn't able to come I could ask other people and as a last resort sell my extra tickets.

I just bought my ev tickets. I just happened to go to ticketmaster.com today to look for them and freaked out cuz they were sold out. Then I started to frantically look for them everywhere and found them at a reasonable price on ebay. YAY!

I went to their concert in 2004 at the congress theatre and it was amazing. Since it was my first concert ever my friend kept pushing and pushing until she got me right up against the barrier, front and center. It was amazing being that close to the stage. I'm so excited I cant contain myself I think i'm gonna go run in the rain lol

wow sold out! that's really exciting. i'd suggest ebay before ticket vendors, they'll be a little closer to reasonable.

so are we still doing the "signing the animal to give to the band" thing?
i can't remember who wanted to do that.


see you all there!

Well, Yes they're sold out. I freaked out because I had been waiting for Evanescence to come to Chicago. I was actually crying (seriously, thats how much I love evvy! :) ) when my mom told me that her & my dad had already gotten tickets that were REALLY GOOD! And they weren't from ticketmaster it was from some dude my dad works with!
One of my teachers is going to. Weird huh? But she is the coolest teacher to probably exist!

Don't worry, If you havent gotten tickets yet ask around! You'll find em! :)

xoxo-megan

I just scored a ticket on ebay for $39 so looks like this will be my second Evanescence show in Chicago and my seventh show overall!

yea we're still doing the signing the animal or whatever you guys would want it to be, it doesnt matter to me as long as i know what to pick up

wait wtf are we all planning to do? i think i missed something

i think it was Lessy that sugessted all the evboarders that go should sign a stuffed something and throw it onstage for the band!
i think it's a cute idea. :)

with my luck i will accidentally chuck it at amy or something and be escorted out....or just not even make it to the stage ah haha

hahaha. i threw this smiley face thing on a stage once but it missed by a mile (i threw it from a balcony) and it hit someone in the head oops :)


but you know we'll all be camped out for rail so we'll be close enuf to hand it to her :)

p.s. here's an auction!
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Evanescence-Chicago-Riviera-Theatre-SOLD-OUT_W0QQitemZ190028516423QQihZ009QQcategoryZ16122Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and another sort of reasonable one: http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Evanescence-Tickets-10-17-Chicago-Riviera-Gen-Adm_W0QQitemZ170027863724QQihZ007QQcategoryZ16122Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

one more: http://cgi.ebay.com/2-EVANESCENCE-tickets-CHICAGO-Riviera-10-17-GA-FLOOR_W0QQitemZ170027546813QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1612 2QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

sorry i'm on the hunt for you guys!
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ok i'll pick something up this weekend while i remember, it would have to be a decent size because theres quite a few of us going right...just let me know.i know not huge but with all of us going a bear may look all weird with all the signings and that would be soooooo cool if we could actually just hand it to her :D

what time is everyone planning on getting there on the 17th? i'm gonna spend the whole day down town, i'll probably get to chicago around 10 or 11 and check out the venue to see if there is anyone there yet. hopefully there won't be and me and my friend are gonna go out to eat for lunch. then we'll go sit our asses in line. haha

Well, I'm starting to worry. :confused: In order to keep my accessible seating I have to bring a statement from the doctor about my back condition and I've been calling her for a month, and her secretary keeps telling me "We only write excuses for school and work, but I'll ask her about it." And she never calls me back!

I am going over there on my lunch break to find out what's going on. It's an almost 8 hour drive! I can't take chances. I wish there was a way to call the Riviera and ask, and explain my circumstances. Anyone have the number? ;)

I will be so bummed if I can't go. There's no way I could wait in line standing. I'd be ready to collapse after less than 10 minutes.

But anyways... I assume if I have accessible seating that I won't have to get there early... but is it taboo to take like... a folding chair for the wait? (In case I have to.) Because if that's possible then I might be able to give it a try.

you could so easily find the number on google or yahoo.

(773) 275-6800

there ya go.

i was thinking about getting there about 10 thats the plan at least

im planning to get there around 11 or 12 i think.

12-1 for me. I'd get there earlier but I don't think my professor would let me change the test date so I can sit in a line for a concert.

Yay. Crisis averted again! I got my letter and now I am even more excited about the trip and the concert. I even reserved our hotel room. ($189!! At the Best Western! Aaahh! I like to have died.)

So anyhow. I guess we will probably be there between 2-3ish. I don't think we have to stand in line given the accessible seating thing, but just in case. Can't wait!

i'm still planning on 10am 12pm at the latest

Sucks for me I have school so I'll be there when doors open....But I don't car to much because I still get to go!!!:) :) :) Or I could play sick and magicaly recover!!!!!;)

Seriously you're all getting there that early? What about lunch?

I'm going, I'm so excited! Me and my dad are gonna spend the day in Chicago, eat lunch with one of his old friends, and get to the theater around 3.

How early do you think everyone will get there? I mean, seriously, the doors don't even open until 5.

And also another question: Who is opening for Ev?

^^Revelation Theory.
www.myspace.com/revelationtheory (http://www.myspace.com/revelationtheory)

and people are getting there early because they want to be as close as they can get. its not unusual. we are getting there early and will prbbably end up sending someone to subway or something and just eat in line.

Seriously you're all getting there that early? What about lunch?
Lunch is for the weak.

My boyfriend and I are planning on getting there sometime around 2 or 3. We wanted to be early, but I don't have the patience to stand around in line for six goddamn hours. No way. Not even for Ev.

I think we're gonna get food before we leave and eat on the way. Perhaps we'll buy snacks. OH SNAP! Snacks. Yay...

like MrPoPo said...lunch is for the weak lol....all you gotta do is eat a huuuuge breakfast and you should be ok for a very long time

like MrPoPo said...lunch is for the weak lol....all you gotta do is eat a huuuuge breakfast and you should be ok for a very long time

At least bring a snack with you. Other people will have food and even just watching people eating will make you hungry. I'll bring extra food so if any of you are hungry go look for me (I'll be wearing my EvBoard ID) and I'll give you something so you don't have to be burdened by hunger pains.

^^ that's actually a good idea, don't know what i was thinking :confused:

One month from today until the concert. I still can't wait...

im getting really excited, i thought it was going to take forever for the 17th to come but its going by pretty fast...yay :D

im getting really excited, i thought it was going to take forever for the 17th to come but its going by pretty fast...yay :D


I know its going by so fast. :D Only 12 days till the album comes out and 27 days till the concert!

I know its going by so fast. :D Only 12 days till the album comes out and 27 days till the concert!

...

*looks at her calender*

:eek:

My how time flies! October is going to be an amazing month. New Ev CD, Ev concert, going to see Pirate Queen, play rehearsals, and Halloween! Ah! I can't wait now! Thanks guys for boosting my adrenaline, now I won't be able to sleep tonight. :p

fuuuuck yes guys. im so excited!!! aaaah. i listened to anywhere but home last night...and it was pumping me up so much for the ev shows! ah! what old songs does everybody think they'll play?
as long as they play Going Under...i will be good. i wish they would do like...half and half. half old, half new stuff. but thats just me.

any thoughts?

what old songs does everybody think they'll play?
as long as they play Going Under...i will be good. i wish they would do like...half and half. half old, half new stuff. but thats just me.

any thoughts?

I think I heard somewhere that Amy said they're going to do the singles from Fallen. But thats just hearsay... I can't wait either!!!

If I had to guess I'd say all the Fallen singles. At the very least they'll play Bring Me to Life (hells yeah!) and My Immortal. They'll no doubt use most of the time to play the new songs from The Open Door. I hope we hear an older song (Lies would be amazing to hear live) and a cover wouldn't be bad. Overall whatever decisions they make are sure to be good ones.

And if Amy decides to sing Hello live I will die from sheer happiness.

Lunch is for the weak.

hahahha yessssssssssss

WEEE! I have returned. Let's see.

So from what I can see you are all planning on getting there about 10AMish on the actual date..

I'll be there before you guys, but um. yeah.

Try a night ahead of time.

PS;; I'll have a friend with me who isn't an evboarder. Dont' creep her out, please. But I'll have an evboard sign on me and a Snow White bear I'll be making at build-a-bear for her. That was my original idea. And giving it to her. (IF someone is by me during the concert and thinks it's a good idea to throw it on stage, and wants to help, that'd be great and I'd love you forever & ever & ever. Wanna know something even better? If you have great aim so it won't like, hit her in the head. If it does...duck. Quick.)

I'll probably bring all the poptarts, lunchables, and all other junk food I can find to fill me up & my friend, plus a LOT of Godivas, if I can..since...I need to have energy. And I deserve it after all my school work I've been doing. HAHA. So if anybody wants to share with me it's cool! I will share. My grandmother will probably sit with me & my friend in th ecar during the night & we'll get out there around 6am-ish. At least I will. So she'll take the food when we go in. ^_^


Okay, ttyl guys.

Ann

Ayria....i agree. of they do decide to play hello...omg. i know i will cry.
im almost 100% positive they will be playing going under... comsidering it was amy's favorite song to play live before.

omg yea if they did hello live id be so happy i just cant wait instead of all kinds of snacks i was just thinking of grabbing a lunchable like the big ones that would be more than enough for myself but then again it would be nice to bring things for other people to i dont know yet we'll see...another creation...im going to bring something for everybody to sign and throw up on stage i have some aim depending on where you are im standing in front even if i have to push my way thru im so excited plus if im all the way in back and try to throw whatever it is i bring it soooo would hit somebody else in the head lol now i just gotta remember my name tag see you guys there

i def wanna hear lithium. i promise you i will cry :)

I was going to go to this one with two of my friends, but then I found out it was sold out. Once again, I have to miss an Eva concert :(

I was going to go to this one with two of my friends, but then I found out it was sold out. Once again, I have to miss an Eva concert :(

That stinks hardcore. A girl I know didn't get the tickets soon enough either. Sorry buddy :( I wish everyone who wanted to go could go.

Ann

That stinks hardcore. A girl I know didn't get the tickets soon enough either. Sorry buddy :( I wish everyone who wanted to go could go.

Ann

They might be back in the '07 strech of the tour, who knows. I'm sorry if you weren't able to get your tickets for the show, just remember to get them as soon as you can when you hear that they're coming back. I don't know when they will after this but there will be other tours.

yea that really does suck, but like aryia said, just make sure you get your tickets early next time cuz i heard they are doing small venues and on the second leg of the tour they are doing the bigger venues so just keep an ear out for that, i know it will be a while but at least you'll be able to see them

Didn't you know that Amy never plays Hello live? It's too emotional.

Plus, why would they play the old songs? I'm sure this concert will be awesome without Fallen's songs. I mean, the new CD comes out next Tuesday.

i can't believe that the cd comes out next week!!!! only like 22 days til the show!

to anyone who didn't get tix, check ebay cuz there are a few reasonable sales going on. and look forward to the arena tour as well :)

Didn't you know that Amy never plays Hello live? It's too emotional.

There's always the possibility that she will. Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it's never going to. I understand why it's too emotional, but with the fan requests for her to play it maybe one of these days she'll decide to add it to the playlist. *crosses fingers*

Didn't Amy once say in that video where some guy got her piano that she'd like to play Hello live?
Hopefully they'll play "Like You". That's now my all-time favorite Ev song.

i really wanna hear them play lithium after seeing the VH1 thing!

my brother got this for me, what do you gys think, should i use it for concert?
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/Evfanatic23/fairy.jpg

that's cute!!!! use it!!!

my brother got this for me, what do you gys think, should i use it for concert?
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/Evfanatic23/fairy.jpg

Where did your brother find that? Damn, Angela and I would have a field day with that stuff!

i'll have to ask him, i think he said kmart tho, not sure

only 3 more days til the album!!!! have you guys all heard "the last song i'm wasting on you" yet? i wonder if it'll get played! i also heard Lithium is going to be the next single!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i cannot wait 17 more days!!!!!

i'll have to ask him, i think he said kmart tho, not sure

K-Mart is basically dead in the Chicago area. If that's true it's going to be hard for me to find one.

he said he got it from walgreens

he said he got it from walgreens

Sweet! There's a Walgreens, literally, across the street from me. I'll have to go check it out tomorrow.

*bumps thread*

How many of us are there left on Evboard going to the Chicago show? :rolleyes:

Cathryn
Ayria
Mesektet
rayblueline
Nagini
Leesey

I guess that's all PS people. As for the rest of you non-ps people that are reading this but can't respond... guess we'll see you there!

Just to remind you guys, I'm still wearing my nametag - I hope the rest of you guys, PS and non-PS alike, will do the same.

...mostly because I don't wanna be the only dork walking around with a fucking EVBOARD piece of carbard duct-taped to my chest all night. So. DON'T DITCH ME, OKAY?!

^ Haha, you won't be alone don't worry. Hell, I'll probably get more stares then anyone else because I plan to go wearing pink/preppy clothes. :eek:

i'm still wearing my name tag and if i wake up early enough doing the make up thing i showed earlier, i haven't been able to find a decent animal for us to sign but i picked up from walgreens a few martini glasses that say gothtini i could bring those or continue to look, i'll find something eventually, just let me know what you guys think...can't wait to see you guys there, soooo excited, i've been reading other threads and from the sounds of it this is going to kick ass \m/

Yeah, I'll have my nametag on too. :rolleyes:

Welcome back, Leesey!

thanks cathryn

8 more days! Gah! Why does it have to be so far away? :(

:(

Guys, I can't go. I have schooling stuff, but I should totally skip all day anyway. But it is sold out! Is there any chance somone who lives around there could find out if they will still sell ticets that day? I don't really wanna drive up to Chi-town if I definitely have no tickets.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/Evfanatic23/Gothtini.jpg

ok this is what i picked up, got three cuz they are so small might be hard for all of us to sign just one, let me know what you guys think, i thought they were perfect and those marker things behind them are paint markers, plus the cups are a hard plastic and i threw it a few times and didn't break so should be ok

:(

Guys, I can't go. I have schooling stuff, but I should totally skip all day anyway. But it is sold out! Is there any chance somone who lives around there could find out if they will still sell ticets that day? I don't really wanna drive up to Chi-town if I definitely have no tickets.

I don't live in Chicago, but this (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2 F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=Chicago+evanescence+tickets&category0=) is all I really know to tell you. That sucks if you can't go. :(


eta: This (http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Evanescence-Tickets-10-17-06-Chicago-Riv-FREE-S-H_W0QQitemZ150044672843QQihZ005QQcategoryZ16122QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is actually not bad at all.

ok so its snowing here, hope it doesn't plan on doing that tuesday, anyway cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

ok so its snowing here, hope it doesn't plan on doing that tuesday, anyway cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

This was the earliest snowfall Illinois has ever had. It melted though, and I don't think it'll repeat on Tuesday. If it does it won't hold on the ground cause it hasn't been cold enough for everything to freeze.

I'm trying to decide what phrase I should use on the shirt I'm making... *pulls on her hair*

Gitsiemonster wanted me to make a post for her since she can't so here it is!

i'm going to the chicago show tomorrow and i want to let the people going that i'll see them there, i'll be wearing a HIM hoodie and i'll have my nametag with me.

<3 Michelle

Have fun at the show everyone!

Argh, why aren't I in Chicago right now? >.<

Have fun you guys. I expect a detailed analysis report tomorrow morning, 8 AM sharp.

And Ayria, I'll be very dissapointed if you didn't seduce Amy into ninjahood. Very dissapointed indeed.

OK, so here it is 4:30 AM and I'm still wired from the concert and my drive home from Chicago, so I thought I'd tell you all about the awesome music the band made last night.

I left Dayton a little after 1 in the afternoon in the middle of a rainstorm, but by the time I got to Indiana the skies began to clear and it actually started to get warmer. No problems with traffic all the way to Chicago, even with all of the construction on the Dan Ryan. Once I got to the theatre, I drove around a bit to find a parking spot. One was open (!) only a block away on Magnolia.

It was only about 5 o'clock, but the line wrapped around the theatre up Lawrence Ave. Some people in line were at their Gothic best, really dressed to the nines. A few kind of looked like they could be in Rocky Horror. :) I was hungry, so I walked past the line and up Racine, and found a place called Agami. The decor and music there were very cool, and Chef K made sure I was well taken care of. A seaweed salad and a melt-in-your-mouth flounder, tuna and roe sashimi appetizer was followed by their "signature" sushi plate and topped off with mango mochi. I haven't eaten that well in a long time!

It was about 6:30 so I made my way back to the Riviera. The long line had made it in, so I was able to get through security and the gate pretty quickly. I was surprised that more people weren't close to the stage - a lot stayed back on the second and third tiers - so I was able to get within 15 or 20 feet of the stage right away. A few minutes later Revelation Theory took the stage and really rocked, though the crowd just kind of stood there. Little by little people started getting into the music, and by the time Rich Luzzi got everyone to sing "Wake Up!" with him the crowd was theirs. I think they won a lot of fans last night - they did me. They were also nice enough to thank Amy and Evanescence for letting them go on tour with them and boosting their careers. That's not something you see very often with opening acts, and I thought it showed a lot of class.

After a short intermisision Ev took the stage and the crowd went wild. Amy was dressed in a black tank top, silver chained and studded belt, and a black tutu with pink frills. Heck, I didn't even know she liked ballet! Or maybe it was a square dancing skirt. Hope she'll post on the Board and let us know. :) They opened with Sweet Surrender followed by (I think) Lacrymosa. Going Under got everyone up even more. After The Only One (I think), Amy slowed it down at her piano with Lithium and Good Enough. To me, Good Enough is one of the most soulful beautiful songs ever, even rivaling My Immortal. My guess is that some producer is going to make it a love theme for a movie, which it well deserves.

The band mixed up a few more songs from Fallen and Open Door. Amy came back out with her piano at the end for My Immortal, and capped it off with All That I'm Living For. The show was all done by 9:15, which was good for all the kids since it was a school night. I was a little surprised that there was no encore, but that was OK by me. Everything else more than made up for that, and I needed to get back on the road since I lose an hour going from Central to Eastern time. On the way out I bought a Revelation Theory CD and DVD from Rich Luzzi, who autographed the CD for me and dozens of others.

All in all, it was an excellent show. Nothing fancy, just great music at a great venue in a great city. It was well worth the trip up from Ohio. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

OK, I need to catch a few winks before getting up to to work. Hope to see some more posts about the show later today!

Oops. Almost forgot to mention that Ev is going to be interviewed on Q101 in Chicago this morning. Just an FYI for those in the area.

We were front row on the balcony, which had an awesome view of the stage. Best seats in the house, in my opinion. I loved Revelation Theory. After they played, they came up into the balcony to meet some people sitting next to us. That was cool.

The whole night was awesome. And I'd never previously been to Chicago, but we had a blast. I regret now not taking my camera, but I didn't want to get it taken and risk not getting it back. We would have had awesome pictures if I had taken it.

I didn't see anyone with tags. Although I didn't really look too hard. But we arrived at like 6:00 and everyone was probably already inside. I can't wait to see everyone's pictures!

Let me tell you the story of my day.

Well, I woke later than I wanted for, for starters. I wanted to try really hard to meet the band [which I didn't, by the way, so somebody has to tell me how to do that for next time], so I wanted to wake up around nine-ish, and ended up getting up around eleven. SUXZOR. I had a shitload of stuff to do before we left, and I ended up doing half of it because we were pressed for time.

Went to my mom's to duct tape my nametag to my hoodie - I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE WITH THE NAMETAGS, BY THE WAY. Which doesn't mean people didn't wear them, but I got to the venue late and I didn't see anybody. SO.

My boyfriend and I stopped at BK to get eats and then we decided it would be a good idea to NOT DRIVE TO CHICAGO, so we took the train, which left at 3:20, much later than I wanted it to. An hour on the train landed us at Union Station, where Phil [my lovely, SHITEATING CHEAPSKATE boyfriend] decided that instead of taking a cab to venue, he wanted to take the Red Line. Which is okay, except we were walking around Chicago for A HALF HOUR looking for a Red Line station. ARGH. "Babe, please, let's just take a cab. BABE, PLEASE. BABEPLEASEICAN'TWALKANYMOREPLEASEPLEASE." That's basically how I sounded in the ears of my boyfriend.

So, we finally find a Red Line, and took that to Wilson where we promptly walked up the street to the venue. Phil got in rather quick, but he had shucked off his huge green army bag on me so I had to get that searched before I got in. Now, this is around six-ish, which pissed me off because I really, really wanted to get there a little early to gaurntee decent seats.

Turns out, it didn't matter, because when we got in there, the pit was pretty clear. Sweet, says I. Phil and I got some time so we run around the venue like kids in an Evanescence-shaped candy store, running all over the levels, just generally checking the place out. It was really cool looking, very old and just generally pretty and very intimate. So we get back down to pit before Revelation Theory hit the stage, and I was jamming to them. They were cool, but not like OMFGREVELATIONTHEORYOWNSME good. A lot of their songs sounded alike in my opinion, and the bassist was an attention whore. But they were okay.

Now, I HATE WAITING. For anything, ever. So when I had to wait a half hour between Revelation Theory and Ev, I was annoyed. I'd been walking around Chicago all day, mind you, and I was tired, my legs hurt, and I was working with four hours of sleep and half a very soggy Burger Kind burger in my system. I generally, was not a happy camper with the having to wait. Not that it wasn't worth it, or anything...

So when Ev finally hit the stage, I turn to my boyfriend who somehow got stuck a little ways behind me and said, "FUCKING FINALLY!" The chick who was behind me, who I have deemed the Boa Bitch because she was wearing a PINK FEATHER BOA, decided it would be pertinent to SLAP ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. I ignored it, but when I really started to get into the music, thrashing and banging and generally acting like a dork, she tried to push me away from her. Maybe not to damage her precious boa, or something. So I kept stepping back, because her arm was throwing me off balance and into these really nice fifteen-year-old girls I was talking to before the show. Finally, she shoved me pretty hard and I just elbowed her in the gut. I don't have patience with fucktards, kthnx.

Then there was the French Shithead People. Seriously, there were a bunch of French people at a show in Chicago. I dunno. Anyway, they kept sending the SAME GUY back and forth to the bar for drinks and it was getting REALLY FUCKING INAPPROPRIATE and it was pissing everybody off because on top of that, these people were just being assholes to everybody around them. I mean, dude. This song? It's Lithium. Shut up and forget your vodka for three minutes, please.

Also, before the show some girl evidently passed out, and DUDE. There was a fight in the pit, between one of the French Shithead People and some dude who wouldn't take their shit anymore. Apparently [my boyfriend watched the whole thing because he was like, two people away], one of the French guys did something and it started all verbally, and finally the French guy punched the other dude and they were like, ON THE GROUND beating the shit out of eachother. Guess to which song? MY FUCKING IMMORTAL. Seriously. If that's not inappropriate, I dunno what is. BUT IT WAS AWESOME.

So, I met a couple of giggly fifteen-year-olds before the show who were really cool, and two younger girls with their dad who was this really tall biker dude and he was generally the badass guy. I love meeting nice people at concerts.

Anyway, but the show itself was AWESOME. Seriously. I was kinda in a bad spot, because if Amy went to far to the left I couldn't see her at all, but the music and the atomosphere and everything was just AWESOME. Best show ever, seriously.

Done ranting now.

My review can be found here (http://evboard.com/showthread.php?t=35657).

Another post from gitsiemonster:

my link to my review:
http://amyleefanatic.livejournal.com/474157.html

my aim name-
gitsiemonster

i met ayria in line (i was the first person in line with my fiance) and i told her i liked her shirt. i had the silver sharpie

-gitsiemonster


<3 Michelle

i met ayria in line (i was the first person in line with my fiance) and i told her i liked her shirt. i had the silver sharpie

Oh, I think I remember her! We were talking to Tim right after the concert was over if I'm correct.

Go here. Now. (http://www.musicpix.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=636&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)

And here.... (http://www.musicpix.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=639&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)

...She's wearing a tutu. Dear lord, she's wearing a freakin' tutu. I bet you could see right up that thing LOL.




Amy freakin' Lee went onstage wearing a tutu. *shakes head in disbelief*

;)

I really enjoyed the John interview. It's nice to see someone else doing an interview other than Amy. :)

...She's wearing a tutu. Dear lord, she's wearing a freakin' tutu. I bet you could see right up that thing LOL.




Amy freakin' Lee went onstage wearing a tutu. *shakes head in disbelief*

;)

She's the only one who could pul