Clear Channel Venues

[TheSadDebaser]

Tolerable or garbage? Considering both the actual venues and the fact that they're Clear Channel-associated.

What do you think?

[9000]

tsd,

which ones are which in nyc? i've never really paid too much attention, but have suspicions about which ones would be CC affiliated.

[bitterfruit]

It really depends on where you live. If Clear Channel is the only show in town, you're fucked but potentially happy that you've got something.

[johansen smith]

I've never been to one, and I don't think anyone I listen to would play one, so I doubt it will ever come up.

[cant see over]

Clear Channel sponsors over 35,000 live events every year. I think you've been to a Clear Channe supported venue or concert, I don't think you can avoid it, and I don't think there's anything you can do about it.

[TheSadDebaser]

Originally posted by 9000
tsd,

which ones are which in nyc? i've never really paid too much attention, but have suspicions about which ones would be CC affiliated.

I can't even remember all of them, to be totally honest. I know Irving Plaza is.

Maybe Bowery Ballroom? I'm pretty sure.

I feel like I'm forgetting another one, and I probably am, and there are probably twenty more that I don't know about.

[TheSadDebaser]

Originally posted by johansen smith
I've never been to one, and I don't think anyone I listen to would play one, so I doubt it will ever come up.

Matador acts play at lots of Clear Channel venues.

Even Sleater-Kinney, a band whom I have (and continue to, actually) respected for their independant nature are playing two dates at Irving in April.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by johansen smith
I've never been to one, and I don't think anyone I listen to would play one, so I doubt it will ever come up.

I have a feeling you may be wrong... but then again, you're in OK, right? maybe only the Enormodomes there are Clear Channel...

I know in Boston if'n you're going to see anyone at the Paradise (The Walkmen, Guided by Voices, Pinkback, you know, those types), then that's Clear Channel.

It comes up...

[9000]

Originally posted by TheSadDebaser

I feel like I'm forgetting another one, and I probably am, and there are probably twenty more that I don't know about.

hammerstein? roseland? i would guess they have to be.

i like bowery ballroom and irving plaza.

[wut wut]

many people in minneapolis (including myself) boycott clear channel shows, and if it's a group we really want to see, we'll e-mail them telling them why we didn't go.

first avenue is anit-clear channel, and that's where most of the events that i'm most interested in are hosted

there are a couple of clubs that are almost strictly clear channel, while others have cc shows every once in a while, so we keep our eyes open as to what shows we are seeing

it's tough sometimes, but for a good a cause

all of this big business stuff is just sick. fewer and fewer people are gaining more and more control over everything, just think about it for a little bit.

sooner or later this is all going to kick us straight in the ass, and it's going to hurt a lot.

but hey, we might get some cool music movements out of it. remember punk rock?

[TheSadDebaser]

Originally posted by 9000
hammerstein? roseland? i would guess they have to be.

i like bowery ballroom and irving plaza.

Actually Hammerstein isn't. Maybe Roseland.