First, I’ve never written a concert review before. In fact,
I hardly have ever read them. The gist of them seems simple enough, so I’m
going to try one.
One thing I think most published reviewers don’t talk about
is the $ factor; after all, they don’t have to pay for the tickets. I once went
to a Leslie Nielson play about Clarence Darrow. All I had to do was call up the
ticket office, told them I was writing for a magazine and they left a free
ticket at the pick up window for me. The show was great (to me) because the only other thing I was going to be able to do that night for free was go for a walk. So
I think most reviews should begin with the reviewer stating how much (or if)
they paid for the ticket.
My opinion (and I believe yours) of any show would change vastly if I paid nothing
for it versus if I paid $100 for it. If I paid $500 for a ticket, I’d be expecting
to get a ride home by one of the band members but that’s neither here nor
there. So with that caveat, my beautiful wife bought us tickets for Weezer as a Valentine’s
Day gift. We had a rule about not buying
presents on Valentine’s but she broke it and spent $77 and that’s another different
topic altogether. To the show!
