Longest you've travelled to see a show? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Sleepyjack · 10-28-2003, 08:26 AM

Next year, Radiohead are doing an Australian tour. Although i wish the bands would stop fucking saying Australian tour and just say East Coast of Australia tour. Cause they never come over here!

Anyway, Radiohead and Tool are my favourite bands atm, and i saw tool in May 2002. Now i just want to see Radiohead, who haven't come to Australia since 1998. What a fucking joke.

I was lucky enought ot get tickets and i am now at the extreme measure of flying over with my brothers or one of my brother and someone else to see them in Melbourne next year.

So i am going across Australia to see them and this'll be the longest i've travelled ever. I was wondering if anyone else has ever travelled quite long way just to see one of your favourite bands or concert experiences?

Should be a great concert though. Since they're only doing 2 shows in Australia, maybe they'll play for 5 hours. Fingers crossed

jwoody · 10-28-2003, 08:38 AM

I once travelled 3 hours by coach to see The Wu Tang Clan in Gasgow, only to find out at the door that the show had been cancelled.

Also when I was 14 years old I took a train (by myself) to Liverpool to see The Stone Roses. That was a voyage of discovery more than a great distance travelled.

anti fishstick · 10-28-2003, 08:41 AM

longest i've traveled is about 4 hours to see metallica in seattle.

Averett · 10-28-2003, 09:55 AM

I took the train to NYC to see Dashboard Confessional last May. About 3 hours from here. Then in September I drove to Boston to see them again, another 3 hours.

floonine · 10-28-2003, 10:01 AM

I drove from Houston Texas to Kansas City, Missouri to see They Might Be Giants. I can't remember for sure, but the drive was about 14 hours. It was totally worth it.

mercury-hg · 10-28-2003, 01:43 PM

3 hours to see Killswitch Engage
3 hours to see Lynryd Skynyrd/ZZ Top
3 hours to see System of a Down
6 hours for Mitch Hedberg/Lewis Black/Dave Attel

Spartak · 10-28-2003, 01:50 PM

A couple of times I went up to the Big Day Out music fest in Auckland, its just under 1000 km's from Wellington to Auckland.

The first time I drove up, that took maybe about 12 hours. Then last year I caught the plane, and that took just over 45 minutes.

hawkeye · 10-28-2003, 03:22 PM

about 9 hours to go to the Cornerstone music festival.
worth every minute of travel time.

high_way · 10-28-2003, 04:40 PM

longest i have traveled was flying down to brisbane to see the big day out this year. i hate the fact that most of the over seas bands dont come up here, and neithe rdo some of the australian ones

KWSN · 10-28-2003, 05:12 PM

Washington DC, at the 9:30 club to see Andrew WK - Lostprophets.... outstanding show (even though I don't like AWK), that trip made from Long Island, approx. 5 hour drive one way. SEVEN hour drive upstate to Woodstock '99, but that was due to traffic, not distance.

frankx · 10-28-2003, 06:05 PM

Once drove from New Orleans to Dallas to see Genesis.

costello · 10-28-2003, 06:13 PM

12 hour trip to las vegas to a big music festival called ska summit. best show of my life

Jadey · 10-28-2003, 10:05 PM

I followed Roger Waters on part of his tour a couple of years ago. I drove from Davenport, Iowa to Chicago for show 1, then to Cincinnati, then to Washington DC to pick up a friend, then to NYC at MSG, then back south to Virginia at The Nissan Pavillion, we were then supposed to go to North Carolina, but that show got cancelled.

I regularly make trips to Madison, Wisconsin (3 1/2 hours), Chicago (3 hours), Des Moines, Iowa (3 hours), or St Louis (5 hours) to see shows that don't come here. Luckily I've got friends I can crash with usually.

K-Wise · 10-28-2003, 10:10 PM

Half an hour to see a local band

Asta!!

nico · 10-29-2003, 12:28 AM

2 hours to see Stretch Armstrong. I don't think i'd travel anymore than 3

h2ogo69 · 10-29-2003, 07:30 PM

2 hours to see red hot chili peppers
2 hours to see incubus
2 hours to see radiohead

... yeah all in the same arena

10-28-2003, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	Longest you've travelled to see a show? Next year, Radiohead are doing an Australian tour. Although i wish the bands would stop fucking saying Australian tour and just say East Coast of Australia tour. Cause they never come over here! Anyway, Radiohead and Tool are my favourite bands atm, and i saw tool in May 2002. Now i just want to see Radiohead, who haven't come to Australia since 1998. What a fucking joke. I was lucky enought ot get tickets and i am now at the extreme measure of flying over with my brothers or one of my brother and someone else to see them in Melbourne next year. So i am going across Australia to see them and this'll be the longest i've travelled ever. I was wondering if anyone else has ever travelled quite long way just to see one of your favourite bands or concert experiences? Should be a great concert though. Since they're only doing 2 shows in Australia, maybe they'll play for 5 hours. Fingers crossed

10-28-2003, 08:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
jwoody Shackle Me Not Location: Newcastle - England.	I once travelled 3 hours by coach to see The Wu Tang Clan in Gasgow, only to find out at the door that the show had been cancelled. Also when I was 14 years old I took a train (by myself) to Liverpool to see The Stone Roses. That was a voyage of discovery more than a great distance travelled. __________________ .

10-28-2003, 08:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	longest i've traveled is about 4 hours to see metallica in seattle. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

10-28-2003, 09:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	I took the train to NYC to see Dashboard Confessional last May. About 3 hours from here. Then in September I drove to Boston to see them again, another 3 hours. __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

10-28-2003, 10:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
floonine Insane Location: Silicon Valley, Utah	I drove from Houston Texas to Kansas City, Missouri to see They Might Be Giants. I can't remember for sure, but the drive was about 14 hours. It was totally worth it. __________________ Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics.

10-28-2003, 01:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
mercury-hg Psycho Location: U of MD	3 hours to see Killswitch Engage 3 hours to see Lynryd Skynyrd/ZZ Top 3 hours to see System of a Down 6 hours for Mitch Hedberg/Lewis Black/Dave Attel

10-28-2003, 01:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	A couple of times I went up to the Big Day Out music fest in Auckland, its just under 1000 km's from Wellington to Auckland. The first time I drove up, that took maybe about 12 hours. Then last year I caught the plane, and that took just over 45 minutes. __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

10-28-2003, 03:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
hawkeye back from sabbatical Location: Mosptopia	about 9 hours to go to the Cornerstone music festival. worth every minute of travel time. __________________ You're not fat, You're just a giant ball of love, covered in anger.

10-28-2003, 04:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
high_way Addict Location: Australia	longest i have traveled was flying down to brisbane to see the big day out this year. i hate the fact that most of the over seas bands dont come up here, and neithe rdo some of the australian ones __________________ A stranger is just a friend you havent met yet. Impostor of the imposturous

10-28-2003, 05:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
KWSN green	Washington DC, at the 9:30 club to see Andrew WK - Lostprophets.... outstanding show (even though I don't like AWK), that trip made from Long Island, approx. 5 hour drive one way. SEVEN hour drive upstate to Woodstock '99, but that was due to traffic, not distance. __________________ Your arms are broken!

10-28-2003, 06:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
frankx Psycho Location: The Tip of the Boot	Once drove from New Orleans to Dallas to see Genesis. __________________ Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunken Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign

10-28-2003, 06:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
costello Insane Location: Tucson	12 hour trip to las vegas to a big music festival called ska summit. best show of my life __________________ "They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts." -Almost Famous

10-28-2003, 10:05 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jadey This Space For Rent Location: Davenport, Iowa	I followed Roger Waters on part of his tour a couple of years ago. I drove from Davenport, Iowa to Chicago for show 1, then to Cincinnati, then to Washington DC to pick up a friend, then to NYC at MSG, then back south to Virginia at The Nissan Pavillion, we were then supposed to go to North Carolina, but that show got cancelled. I regularly make trips to Madison, Wisconsin (3 1/2 hours), Chicago (3 hours), Des Moines, Iowa (3 hours), or St Louis (5 hours) to see shows that don't come here. Luckily I've got friends I can crash with usually.

10-28-2003, 10:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
K-Wise It's All About The Ass!! Location: In a pool of mayonnaise!!	Half an hour to see a local band Asta!! __________________ "I love music and it's my parents fault (closing statement)." - Me..quoting myself...from when I said that...On TFP..thats here...Tilted Forum Project *It ain't goodbye, it's see ya later! I'll miss you guys!* - Asta!!

10-29-2003, 12:28 AM	#15 (permalink)
nico Tilted	2 hours to see Stretch Armstrong. I don't think i'd travel anymore than 3

10-29-2003, 07:30 PM	#16 (permalink)
h2ogo69 Banned	2 hours to see red hot chili peppers 2 hours to see incubus 2 hours to see radiohead ... yeah all in the same arena