6/27/14 - Ridgefield, WA

Post by **Admin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:24 am

Ridgefield, WA
Sleep Country Amphitheater
Promoter: Live Nation
Other act(s) Def Leppard,
Reported audience: TBD / 18,000 (MAX)

Plan meet-ups, discuss/review the show, share the setlist, report live from the show!

Setlist will be archived HERE

Some other acts:
Sept 14, 2011 - Def Leppard - 7,544 / 16,000 / $459,158

SaintN'Sinner83 · Post by **SaintN'Sinner83** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:55 pm

It'll be five years since my last KISS concert - can't wait to be at this show! And seeing Def Leppard for the first time is going to be rather awesome.

Any FAQers going to this show, too?

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:18 am

I'll be there! Look for the guy in the faded green KISS coat with the Lick It Up patch and say hi!

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:37 pm

I'll be there. Got offered a free lawn ticket from a co-worker.

Haven't been to a KISS show since 2000, but I did see Paul on his solo tour here in Portland, and it was dynamite. Hoping for another great experience Friday, but I hear the parking situation at Sleep Country Amphitheater sucks.

gothunder · Post by **gothunder** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:46 am

Where is this location, Seattle way?

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:17 pm

It's right around where I-205 merges into I-5........about 35 minutes north of Portland......so 2.5 hours or so south of Seattle.

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:34 pm

Ace...the parking isn't bad. I've seen them there before. You may have to park a ways off but I have never had any problems getting out.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:10 pm

That's good to hear. I was reading horror stories of cars "being held hostage" for a couple of hours and not getting out until 1-1:30 a.m.

alexmai · Post by **alexmai** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:17 am

Ace of Spades wrote:That's good to hear. I was reading horror stories of cars "being held hostage" for a couple of hours and not getting out until 1-1:30 a.m.

My personal record was Duran Duran (sic) 1988 here in Rome... I slept in the car 'til 2 AM and there are still cars around

Evo999 · Post by **Evo999** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:14 am

Have the attendance gurus figured out if this will be well attended or a flop?

Looks pretty well sold, but still some available in the front sections as well. I looked at TM - is this how they do it?

kissthat · Post by **kissthat** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:38 am

Evo999 wrote:Have the attendance gurus figured out if this will be well attended or a flop?

Looks pretty well sold, but still some available in the front sections as well. I looked at TM - is this how they do it?

It's a shed, depends on good weather for walkups.Good weather and a Friday shed show should packed.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/R ... d+WA+98642

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:00 pm

I'm hoping for a cheap upgrade when we get there, ESPECIALLY if it's pouring. Don't want to be stuck in the lawn.

Crown Royal · Post by **Crown Royal** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:25 pm

Evo999 wrote:Have the attendance gurus figured out if this will be well attended or a flop?

Looks pretty well sold, but still some available in the front sections as well. I looked at TM - is this how they do it?

Last we heard from the Attendance Gurus they said 99.9999% of the tickets remain unsold.

Will update as warranted.

Evo999 · Post by **Evo999** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:57 pm

Crown Royal wrote:
Evo999 wrote:Have the attendance gurus figured out if this will be well attended or a flop?

Looks pretty well sold, but still some available in the front sections as well. I looked at TM - is this how they do it?
Last we heard from the Attendance Gurus they said 99.9999% of the tickets remain unsold.

Will update as warranted.

Yah, I thought so. This tour will be a disaster. Off to a bad start.

Concord has to be the dog, that one bombed at the RTN tour if I recall. That means the tour will be a flop if there are some nights with off attendance. The legacy will then be ruined.

kissthat · Post by **kissthat** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:55 pm

I'll make the prediction the 16 gets switched out this show,most likely for Dr Love, wouldn't it just blow our skirts up if Almost Human was put in for a show ?

They should pull PC and make it a TT slot,pick a song his 2 and any 3 of Aces and rotate them. you can give Paul's voice a rest while looking like you're helping TT out. Most likely though we just hear Do Love love Me in this slot.

Probably wrong about the songs ,but still look for them to switch 2 more out.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:34 pm

As of right now in the pavilion with 20.5 hours to showtime there are ~1450 non-resale seats available in the pavilion. Don't have a pavilion capacity but the venue in total holds 18,000. The pavilions generally hold less than the lawn so I'll guess (and I'm very likely way off) there are 7000 seats in the pavilion (Nib, if you know anything more accurate than that let me know) - that'd give a percentage of 79.2% seats sold with under 24 hours to showtime.

There's an 80% chance of rain so I expect a bunch of upgrades to fill the pavilion up. Lawn folk...umm...bring umbrellas?

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:43 pm

Also, my set prediction...

King of the Nighttime World
Cold Gin
Makin' Love
War Machine (w/fire)
Shout It Out Loud
Christine Sixteen
I Love It Loud (w/blood)
Lick It Up
Hide Your Heart
Let Me Go, Rock 'n Roll
Love Gun
Black Diamond
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Detroit Rock City
Rock and Roll All Nite

Nothing really new.

nibbler1982 · Post by **nibbler1982** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:02 pm

Anomaly wrote:As of right now in the pavilion with 20.5 hours to showtime there are ~1450 non-resale seats available in the pavilion. Don't have a pavilion capacity but the venue in total holds 18,000. The pavilions generally hold less than the lawn so I'll guess (and I'm very likely way off) there are 7000 seats in the pavilion (Nib, if you know anything more accurate than that let me know) - that'd give a percentage of 79.2% seats sold with under 24 hours to showtime.

There's an 80% chance of rain so I expect a bunch of upgrades to fill the pavilion up. Lawn folk...umm...bring umbrellas?

Good guess. My research tells me the pavilion holds 7,900. With ~6,500 seats already sold I say that bodes well when you add the lawn and the walk up. There's also the theory that this tour has an exorbitant amount of general admission tickets sold because of the high prices. Then again the rain can't help the bottom line either.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:06 pm

nibbler1982 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:As of right now in the pavilion with 20.5 hours to showtime there are ~1450 non-resale seats available in the pavilion. Don't have a pavilion capacity but the venue in total holds 18,000. The pavilions generally hold less than the lawn so I'll guess (and I'm very likely way off) there are 7000 seats in the pavilion (Nib, if you know anything more accurate than that let me know) - that'd give a percentage of 79.2% seats sold with under 24 hours to showtime.

There's an 80% chance of rain so I expect a bunch of upgrades to fill the pavilion up. Lawn folk...umm...bring umbrellas?
Good guess. My research tells me the pavilion holds 7,900. With ~6,500 seats already sold I say that bodes well when you add the lawn and the walk up. There's also the theory that this tour has an exorbitant amount of general admission tickets sold because of the high prices. Then again the rain can't help the bottom line either.

Lawn was deep blue upon my count, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.

nibbler1982 · Post by **nibbler1982** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:11 pm

Anomaly wrote:
nibbler1982 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:As of right now in the pavilion with 20.5 hours to showtime there are ~1450 non-resale seats available in the pavilion. Don't have a pavilion capacity but the venue in total holds 18,000. The pavilions generally hold less than the lawn so I'll guess (and I'm very likely way off) there are 7000 seats in the pavilion (Nib, if you know anything more accurate than that let me know) - that'd give a percentage of 79.2% seats sold with under 24 hours to showtime.

There's an 80% chance of rain so I expect a bunch of upgrades to fill the pavilion up. Lawn folk...umm...bring umbrellas?
Good guess. My research tells me the pavilion holds 7,900. With ~6,500 seats already sold I say that bodes well when you add the lawn and the walk up. There's also the theory that this tour has an exorbitant amount of general admission tickets sold because of the high prices. Then again the rain can't help the bottom line either.
Lawn was deep blue upon my count, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.

Does the lawn actually change color as tickets get sold like the sections in the pavilion do? I never gave that any thought.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:16 pm

nibbler1982 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
nibbler1982 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:As of right now in the pavilion with 20.5 hours to showtime there are ~1450 non-resale seats available in the pavilion. Don't have a pavilion capacity but the venue in total holds 18,000. The pavilions generally hold less than the lawn so I'll guess (and I'm very likely way off) there are 7000 seats in the pavilion (Nib, if you know anything more accurate than that let me know) - that'd give a percentage of 79.2% seats sold with under 24 hours to showtime.

There's an 80% chance of rain so I expect a bunch of upgrades to fill the pavilion up. Lawn folk...umm...bring umbrellas?
Good guess. My research tells me the pavilion holds 7,900. With ~6,500 seats already sold I say that bodes well when you add the lawn and the walk up. There's also the theory that this tour has an exorbitant amount of general admission tickets sold because of the high prices. Then again the rain can't help the bottom line either.
Lawn was deep blue upon my count, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
Does the lawn actually change color as tickets get sold like the sections in the pavilion do? I never gave that any thought.

Yup. Motley's Toronto lawn progressively went from moderate blue to light blue to grey within a month or so. That really surprised me considering I would have never thought people would buy uncovered lawn tickets months in advance. I'm trying to see what KISS' Toronto lawn is right now but the interactive seat map is unavailable due to the time.

EDIT: Re-checking KISS' Ridgefield lawn (and other dates) is weird...it's moderate blue when you view the sections by color but once you zoom in to view individual seats turns dark blue. Outside of that, the color does change with availability though.

EDIT 2: Lawn's actually moderate blue.

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:13 am

I'll see some of you here tonight! Look for the guy with the 'Lick It Up' patch and say hi!

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:44 pm

I haven't had to upgrade a ticket before, how does that process go?

nibbler1982 · Post by **nibbler1982** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:43 pm

Ace of Spades wrote:I haven't had to upgrade a ticket before, how does that process go?

Just ask when you get there, if they haven't already come up to you first.

No sweat.

metaldad · Post by **metaldad** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:55 pm

My prediction for tonight is Parasite
You will soon see why I am Not a betting man

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:27 pm

off to the show... I will write about it when I get there

HOFCity · Post by **HOFCity** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:06 pm

I'm predicting......Dr. Love and or Strutter added tonight.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:09 pm

I'll throw in some updates too, if possible. Between the two of us, we'll have it covered!

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:09 pm

nibbler1982 wrote:
Ace of Spades wrote:I haven't had to upgrade a ticket before, how does that process go?
Just ask when you get there, if they haven't already come up to you first.

No sweat.

Thank you sir. Hoping to get out of the rainy lawn!

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:21 pm

Interactive seat map's now down, the corner 200 sections still had plenty of seats available and there are still $101 seats in 101 and 103 (I expect those to go.) Didn't look like there was much movement from last night.

People that are there, how's the weather?

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:41 pm

A bit breezy but suns coming out! The kid behind me said he was hot

KISSTRONAUT · Post by **KISSTRONAUT** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:43 pm

SaintN'Sinner83 wrote:It'll be five years since my last KISS concert - can't wait to be at this show! And seeing Def Leppard for the first time is going to be rather awesome.

Any FAQers going to this show, too?

Have a great time Saint! Looking forward to hearing about your experience.

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:47 pm

Saint...say hi. 204, row b, seat 11

KISSman24 · Post by **KISSman24** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:01 pm

SaintN'Sinner83 wrote:It'll be five years since my last KISS concert - can't wait to be at this show! And seeing Def Leppard for the first time is going to be rather awesome.

Enjoy yourself, dude.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:37 pm

Still in traffic on the way up! It's bad!

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:39 pm

Ace...no rain so you should be ok

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:47 pm

Good to hear!

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:34 pm

Kobra ended at 728. I can't see behind me too well but my row is fully packed. The real pricey seats up front have alot of vacancies but theres a fair amount of people here

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:37 pm

IJustWanna wrote:Kobra ended at 728. I can't see behind me too well but my row is fully packed. The real pricey seats up front have alot of vacancies but theres a fair amount of people here

Could be because it's early though.

KISSman24 · Post by **KISSman24** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:43 pm

IJustWanna wrote:Kobra ended at 728. I can't see behind me too well but my row is fully packed. The real pricey seats up front have alot of vacancies but theres a fair amount of people here

It's possible that some of those people might be doing the meet & greet stuff still.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:51 pm

Got upgraded to 207, Row S......under shelter!

KISSman24 · Post by **KISSman24** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:53 pm

Ace of Spades wrote:Got upgraded to 207, Row S......under shelter!

How does one get 'upgraded'?

IJustWanna · Post by **IJustWanna** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:53 pm

Wont get fooled again...weird having this not be the KISS intro...

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:55 pm

Ace of Spades wrote:Got upgraded to 207, Row S......under shelter!

Nice.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:57 pm

KISSman24 wrote:
Ace of Spades wrote:Got upgraded to 207, Row S......under shelter!
How does one get 'upgraded'?

Box office. Paid the difference for a better available seat.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:58 pm

Def time!

KISSman24 · Post by **KISSman24** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:59 pm

Ace of Spades wrote:
KISSman24 wrote:
Ace of Spades wrote:Got upgraded to 207, Row S......under shelter!
How does one get 'upgraded'?
Box office. Paid the difference for a better available seat.

Nice.

Ace of Spades · Post by **Ace of Spades** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:05 pm

It's already packed. Love it!

KISSman24 · Post by **KISSman24** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:22 pm

Ace of Spades wrote:It's already packed. Love it!

So you're saying that KISS isn't, in fact, doomed?

MONSTER Magnet · Post by **MONSTER Magnet** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:30 pm

Crystal Provstgaard ‏@StaticStrut 4m

@KISSOnline @PaulStanleyLive @genesimmons @tommy_thayer @def_leppard section 103 Row FF SEAT 34&35 we love you!

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The chicks have arrived ! :mrgreen:

Hollie Oakes-Miller ‏@GeoHols 14m

Big crowd and some sun for @def_leppard @KISSOnline concert!!! Def Leppard up first!

THE VENUE LOOKS GOOD!!! (aside its THE LAWN )

Jackie Southerland ‏@IsaMom4U 2h

@KISSOnline we are ready to rock Ridgefield tonight!