The day finally arrived! After almost 2 months of frenzied publicity, Aerosmith descended upon Bangalore, a city known for its die hard rock fans. Thousands flocked to Palace Grounds, Bangalore to get a glimpse of their rock idols. Tickets were available right till the last minute and there were many who scrambled around the city to buy them. Getting inside the venue took well over an hour and half as can be expected in such concerts.
I don’t want to sound too dejected right off the bat about the Aerosmith concert but it was a wee bit disappointing. For someone who really wanted to hear their most popular songs like Crazy, Janie’s got a gun, Dude looks like a lady, I was extremely let down.
But not taking it all away from them, Aerosmith were all fired up with energy and attitude. Needless to say, Steven Tyler was all style and class, Joe Perry brilliant with the guitar, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer were all fabulous n finger lickin’ awesome like Steven Tyler showed the crowd with his popular dramatics! Rumours aside, their on-stage vibes were fantastic!
The show started off with Taste of India and the Indian tricolor displayed on the giant screens. The crowd went berserk, in eager anticipation of what was to follow. After each song, fans were hopeful of getting to hear the most favored hits of the group but to no avail. For the not-so-die hard fans, like me, who really have maybe 4-5 favourite Aerosmith tracks, the show didn’t offer too much. For the hard core fans the party was just getting started when sadly, Aerosmith decided to belt out their last song.
The group bowed off the stage after just an hour and half of performing and fans were left standing, staring at disbelief when they realized it wasn’t a break and that the show was truly over. It took a lot of ‘We want more’ chanting for Steven Tyler to get back on stage with the rest following slowly. We were promised 2 more songs but had to make do with only 1, which thankfully was ‘I don’t wanna miss a thing’ from the Armegeddon.
All in all, I can safely say that most of the crowd trudged out feeling a bit cheated. How often do you get a show with such a magnitude and with such a band like Aerosmith to perform here in India? Obviously you’d want to please the crowd. Sure the organizers can not really tell the artistes how to do their job but maybe a word or 2 on the preferences of the audience would have scored a few points.
So have you ever left feeling high and dry after a concert you’ve been eagerly waiting for?
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I couldn’t agree more with you, Candy. I was there too! Thought the show was great, it left us wanting for more. I was surprised to find myself pretty near to the stage even after reaching by 5:30. The tickets were very highly priced and I felt it was not that properly organized compared to last two concerts that I attended. I ended up circling around the palace ground because there were no proper directions displayed.
Steve Tyler is dramatic on stage with all the actions he was doing and Joe Perry is eye candy ;-). ‘I don’t wanna miss a thing’ was amazing. The show was good but could have been better. They said its gonna be ‘Greatest Hits’ tour so we were not wrong to expect them to sing songs like ‘Janie’s Got gun’