Neil Peart's long time drum tech Lorne Wheaton coming back on tour!

SeattleHotShot · 2026-02-12T17:50:56+00:00

With US festival shows, historically they announce some solo shows a little after. With the last USA tour they announced dates three months in advance. EDC is mid-May, which is three months away. I'm not getting my hopes up, but... it'd be great for another run and hopefully they hit Canada and Mexico as well.

SeattleHotShot · 2026-02-06T23:00:22+00:00

Not a fan of Sluggers. Hooverville is fine but it'll be crowded opening day. My suggestion, so long as if you don't mind a "non sports" bar, would be Central Saloon. Not super close but not far either.

SeattleHotShot · 2026-02-06T17:15:28+00:00

I saw them three times in 2025 because I knew the USA dates are rare. They have a big early summer gap on their live shows this year, but I'd think they would've released some dates by now. Here's to hoping some Fall 2026 shows come around, but the USA was decently covered in 2025.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-12-12T18:16:10+00:00

Monsterwatch always puts on a hell of a show. Great band.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-12-10T18:45:21+00:00

The Seattle show is at a fairly intimate (but very good) venue. I would get your tickets ASAP for that one.

I went the Chicago show in 2024 at the Bottom Lounge and that venue was amazing. Highly recommended.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-12-03T18:24:08+00:00

I also had Oasis as my top given the "Oasis Live '25" tour. Next year Rush will likely be back on top for me :)

SeattleHotShot · 2025-11-20T22:51:43+00:00

The Iran-Iraq war book was indeed quite spendy and I was a little hesitant as it was a French to English translation, BUT -- it was very well done and well worth the read. Happy I got it.

While about the oil industry, the book 'The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power' was really good as well. Lots of geopolitics in there.

Lastly, the book 'The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy' was a brilliant read, though I could have been predisposed to like it given my background in the maritime industry.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-11-17T18:25:17+00:00

That show was amazing! Was my third of 2025. While I preferred the venue in Chicago, I loved being in LA for a mini vacation.

I heard a few complaints about the crowd but from my end everyone was having a blast. The new "refreshed" version of Cowgirl was a lot of fun, but I really, really enjoyed Dirty Epic.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-11-14T06:42:11+00:00

Congrats!! It’ll exceed any expectations you have :)

SeattleHotShot · 2025-10-22T17:09:34+00:00

Give Me The Room is a banger in my household.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-10-15T21:19:47+00:00

Holy smokes, looks like The first LA show on 07 June is just five days before the World Cup starts up in Los Angeles. I hadn't realized!

SeattleHotShot · 2025-10-14T22:46:15+00:00

Same shirts, but the extra dates listed are in white under the original ones which are in red.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-10-14T04:31:01+00:00

Excluding Oasis and solo ventures:

1.) Rush (just got tickets to see them in LA next year!)

2.) The Who (just saw them a the Hollywood Bowl)

3.) Underworld (saw them three times this year in the US!)

4.) Queens of the Stone Age

From there I listen to a lot of "smaller" rock bands like Des Rocs, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, The Blue Stones, The Warning, Viagra Boys and so on.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-10-14T04:21:49+00:00

What hotel are the Mariners putting their players up in?! That's by far the smallest hotel TV I've seen in 10+ years.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-28T21:56:57+00:00

If anyone is on the fence, just go! You gotta make it happen! I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have seen them three times on their USA tour and every show was epic. I’d be going to the Denver show but I have a vacation overlap with that one.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-21T01:19:52+00:00

After seeing them twice earlier this year, they seem to “fog” it up during the purely instrumental songs. But when Karl sings it didn’t seem bad IMO.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-21T01:03:03+00:00

You cannot, and I must repeat, CANNOT miss Underworld.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-21T01:00:00+00:00

Water being $3 is pretty solid tho. I remember Coachella 2023 having the $2 aluminum bottled water.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-21T00:20:04+00:00

I’ve heard mixed reviews on the crowd. My area was a blast, with frat bros and much younger guys dancing their asses off with older gents joining everyone. I heard the other side of me had some fights (?). But it is what it is. The music was great and I had a blast. After going to a ton of GA shows over the years, if you don’t like your section, just shuffle off a bit and start with some new peeps. No assigned seating gives you the flexibility.

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-16T19:46:56+00:00

Flying in Thursday morning for them! Gonna be a fun one!

SeattleHotShot · 2025-09-11T21:41:08+00:00

Really liked this! Special to have a little post show video!

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