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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 3, 2019 7:41:05 GMT -6
Ticket prices for this have been soaring which I think officially counts me out
There's been multiple years where prices tanked closer to the festival. I'm honestly really surprised. Weekend 1 is hovering $500 which is insane, weekend 2 is at $300
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Post by concertgoer on Oct 3, 2019 7:46:18 GMT -6
Weather forecast for the first weekend looks awful
Is it typically still in the 90s in Texas this time of year ?
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 3, 2019 8:09:04 GMT -6
I don't know about typical, but I was in Austin during ACL 2016 and it was in the 90s during the day all weekend. Austin is hot, I'm hoping it cools down a bit for weekend 2.
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Post by teekoh on Oct 3, 2019 8:22:47 GMT -6
I don't know that it was ever in the 90s, but it was always pretty hot during FFF. Like low to mid 80s maybe? And that was the first week of November.
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Post by teekoh on Oct 3, 2019 8:23:02 GMT -6
That said, it gets very cool in the evenings.
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Post by alady on Oct 3, 2019 8:53:57 GMT -6
Weather forecast for the first weekend looks awful Is it typically still in the 90s in Texas this time of year ? It was every time I went. |
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Post by concertgoer on Oct 3, 2019 9:08:59 GMT -6
I don’t remember it being hot the one time I went to FFF, but maybe that was just a cooler year.
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Post by borracho on Oct 3, 2019 9:52:20 GMT -6
Weather forecast for the first weekend looks awful Is it typically still in the 90s in Texas this time of year ? acl '05 was mid-september but the temps were 100 fri, 103 sat, 108 sun. have never been that sweaty gross miserable before. |
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Post by mookie on Oct 3, 2019 17:06:12 GMT -6
I don't think anyone here cares, but Sam Fender is on vocal rest and cannot perform
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Post by cosmo on Oct 3, 2019 17:11:02 GMT -6
I don't think anyone here cares, but Sam Fender is on vocal rest and cannot perform Too bad. He was pretty good at Lolla. |
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Post by concertgoer on Oct 3, 2019 17:49:13 GMT -6
He really was. I was planning on seeing him at Lincoln Hall next week.
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Post by Kamera on Oct 3, 2019 20:25:16 GMT -6
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 9, 2019 12:12:15 GMT -6
Holy shit this forecast is wild. I don't mind but MPH is not happy.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 11, 2019 11:25:26 GMT -6
It's like 50 degrees in Austin this is wild.
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Post by Tweet on Oct 11, 2019 13:56:35 GMT -6
It's like 50 degrees in Austin this is wild. It is also 50 degrees in New Jersey but you don't see me posting about it! |
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Post by irvred on Oct 11, 2019 19:18:00 GMT -6
I met Thom Yorke on South Congress today, he was super chill and I was extremely awkward.
This fest is p cool.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 11, 2019 20:16:33 GMT -6
Irv you doing the Cure or Gambino tomorrow? Let's meet up,!
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 11, 2019 20:17:05 GMT -6
Irv you doing the Cure or Gambino tomorrow? Let's meet up at some point.
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Post by Tweet on Oct 11, 2019 20:17:07 GMT -6
Irv you doing the Cure or Gambino tomorrow? Let's meet up,! What kind of question is this |
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Post by irvred on Oct 11, 2019 20:37:40 GMT -6
Cure baybeeee
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 11, 2019 22:13:20 GMT -6
Irv you doing the Cure or Gambino tomorrow? Let's meet up,! What kind of question is this Clearly I don't know Irv very well. Maybe we'll change that. |
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 12, 2019 9:06:58 GMT -6
Lol I just saw I posted that Irv meetup offer twice in a row. I was not sober last night.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 12, 2019 9:19:07 GMT -6
I really enjoyed my first day at ACL, despite the unseasonably cool temps. Zilker is significantly smaller than Grant Park (at least the footprint the festival uses), so it's very easy to get from stage to stage. They also allow people to bring in collapsible chairs to sit on, which probably helps attract families and some older festival goers who don't want to stand all day.
I ended up splitting the headliner sets for the first time since Lolla 2012, going from GnR to Tame back to GnR. That was not my original plan, but I got caught up in the moment with the group I was with. Both headliners sounded good, I'm glad I caught some of each. On to day two! (after I lay in bed for a few hours)
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 12, 2019 10:09:04 GMT -6
I just realized that other than the headliners, I'm watching all female fronted acts today and tomorrow (and to be fair, even though Billie isn't technically headlining, I'd still bet she has the largest crowd today). Yesterday was split basically down the middle. I wonder if that was a conscious decision by the festival? Either way good for ACL.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 13, 2019 9:38:29 GMT -6
I'll continue to talk to myself in here:
Day two was a blast, temps were significantly warmer, and the fest was significantly fuller. Billie had the biggest crowd I saw, although I wasn't at Gambino. I did meet up with Irv for a bit at the beginning of the Cure, but he had to leave early. Simon Gallup also had to bail on the show for personal reasons, which was very confusing because I didn't know who the hell was playing bass until I looked it up after the set (his son, Eden). Glad to say I finally got "Burn" live, third time's a charm indeed.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 14, 2019 8:45:45 GMT -6
Wrapping this up, day three was a ton of fun as well. Kacey was my set of the day for sure, I was not expecting her to tug so hard on my heart strings. Lizzo was insanely packed, so much so that her stage could not fit her crowd, and they put her performance on the main stage screens as well. I closed the fest with seeing Mumford for the first time in 6 years, they've put out a lot of mediocre/bad music since then, but it was fun to hear some of the old stuff.
I really loved my first ACL, of all the majors this one is most suited to my tastes at this point. If they keep up their end up the bargain, we'll be back again next year.
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 18, 2019 8:56:01 GMT -6
2020 tickets on sale next week, on the 24th specifically.
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 18, 2019 9:43:20 GMT -6
I've wanted Bruce to play this thing for the longest and considering he said the E Street Band is touring next year and they have a streak of legacy acts, I have some hope for next year being the year
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 23, 2020 8:49:00 GMT -6
The Roger Waters tour lines up with this too perfectly, so that's probably a headliner
Edit- he's in Dallas the Saturday of weekend 1, and not doing any other shows two days in a row, so maybe it's just a coincidence, which is kind of annoying
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 23, 2020 11:39:17 GMT -6
The Roger Waters tour lines up with this too perfectly, so that's probably a headliner Edit- he's in Dallas the Saturday of weekend 1, and not doing any other shows two days in a row, so maybe it's just a coincidence, which is kind of annoying I can't see Roger Waters sacrificing an in-the-round concept show for a festival performance - there are too many elements of his show that rely on total control of the production. |
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