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Post by sirloinofbeef on May 16, 2008 0:08:05 GMT -5
I'm beginning to get somewhat peeved that almost every good tour doesn't come to Vancouver. There's no problem with traveling all over the U.S. including stops in Seattle but all these bands have a problem with driving the extra three hours it takes to get to Vancouver from Seattle.
Sure I understand the problems that may arise form entering a different country. but what about all the tours with stops in places like Toronto and Montreal?
This really is frustrating because there are so many good shows I'd like to see but can't because I cant just travel to Seattle whenever I want. Not to mention the price of gas these days.
Just my two cents. Feel free to add to the discussion.
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Post by Brent on May 16, 2008 1:23:16 GMT -5
cry some more
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Post by Solid on May 16, 2008 2:40:41 GMT -5
We got some other Canadians on here that feel the same way. I know it doesn't seem like much of an inconvenience to just drive another three hours and cross the border, but for a touring band with limited money and time, it can be a bigger inconvenience than it seems.
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Post by clareabel on May 16, 2008 7:03:49 GMT -5
I feel your pain, dude. Most of the decent tours that come to the UK either come to Birmingham (3 hours away), or London (2 hours away and my parents really don't want me to go to any gigs there). And yeah, it is annoying.
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Post by Fyacin on May 16, 2008 7:28:59 GMT -5
Same thing here mostly, Omaha is an hour away and even then hardly anyone comes here.
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Post by CheesecakeChamp on May 16, 2008 11:34:16 GMT -5
Maybe because, in general, Canada is for whores.
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Post by mountair on May 16, 2008 11:36:57 GMT -5
It seems like the majority of good bands skip Columbus and go to Cleveland (coughVirginBlackcough), so I've completely given-up on shows. There are only a handful of bands I'd actually care to see live, anyway!
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Post by Jeremy on May 16, 2008 15:26:15 GMT -5
at least you live in Vancouver and not in a place where there's more smog than clean air.....then again i guess that's irrelevant
p.s. its so hot today and its only getting hotter
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Post by AletheianAlex on May 17, 2008 15:05:48 GMT -5
It's not laziness, it is just not time or cost effective, and can be quite bad if everything is not in order: It's tough for US bands to get up there because Canada has severely raised their restrictions and requirements lately. Technically you all need passports and another form of ID, as well as temporary working visas, and you also have to go through a huge hassle with merchendise as far as getting it in and then verifying with the Canadian government what you sold and how much $$ you owe them before you are allowed to leave. They also usually search band vans and trailers to take inventory so that they are sure you are not smuggling anything in/out of the country, and if everything is not accounted for you can get fined and/or your stuff confiscated and impounded (I know a few bands that it happened to). It also takes about a day to get in and out with all that stuff, so you blow an entire day or two doing it... which is lost $$, and on top of that, gas costs more and any CDs you sell don't count toward your US sound scans.
Despite all that, Becoming the Archetype is going to Canada this summer for a few dates, so we'll let you know how it works out...
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Post by brandonsmith on May 17, 2008 18:19:55 GMT -5
you also have to go through a huge hassle with merchendise as far as getting it in and then verifying with the Canadian government what you sold and how much $$ you owe them before you are allowed to leave. I'm not recommending anyone ever do this, because it is a bad idea, but I have heard that some bands will unscrew the side handles on their guitar cabs and fill them up with t-shirts and merch, and then put them back on and smuggle them over the border! Haha... It would probably work, but I would never want to do that!
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Post by nofarttoofar on May 18, 2008 11:39:54 GMT -5
It seems like the majority of good bands skip Columbus and go to Cleveland (coughVirginBlackcough), so I've completely given-up on shows. There are only a handful of bands I'd actually care to see live, anyway! That would've been so amazing if VB would've gone to Columbus. This girl who I've become good friends with at school is going to Capitol University this next year, and I totally would've gone down to Columbus to visit and see Virgin Black. Fvkkin gay.
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Post by Scott on May 18, 2008 16:39:49 GMT -5
Few bands I enjoy ever come to Lubbock...I was very pleasantly surprised to see Opeth there a couple years ago, and then BTA in Amarillo last Tuesday.
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Post by thepopeoffun on May 18, 2008 21:35:39 GMT -5
Same thing here mostly, Omaha is an hour away and even then hardly anyone comes here. 'Tis true. We get the occasional good Christian act, but otherwise....nope. There was that one time Streetlight Manifesto came through with Less Than Jake *head explodes*......the music scene for big-time artists here is grody.
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Post by Lazarus Dark on May 29, 2008 18:14:49 GMT -5
Move. Seriously, fifty percent of the reason I moved to Little Rock from Memphis a couple months ago was because all the bands come through LR and absolutely zero stop in Memphis. I hate really crowded cities, but I couldn't stand to live more than thirty minutes from a large city. Maybe that's just me, I was raised in the 'burbs.
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Post by clareabel on May 31, 2008 2:14:18 GMT -5
I'm going to be moving when I head off to uni, and like Lazarus Dark I'm partly choosing where to go based on music venues. (No, I'm not completely ignoring what the uni course is like...)
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