Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Flint Artifacts: The Smiths


Not exactly a Flint Artifact since the show was in Royal Oak, but the ticket was purchased at Hudsons in the Genesee Valley mall and it sounds like a few readers from Flint were there to see The Smiths.



3 comments:

  1. Ahhh the good old days before Michael Jackson up'd the ticket ante to $30.

    I remember I used to walk up to the 2nd floor of Hudsons to see what tickets were on sale.

    One day, TH's Stop Making Sense tour had just gone on sale, and I could get 4th row tickets. I didn't have enough cash then, so I walked the mall to find someone I knew who I could borrow money from. They were the closest seats I've ever had at Pine Knob.

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  2. How were the Smiths live?

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  3. I always found that the studio albums often had production problems and were often over produced. The live shows sounded a lot sharper and had much more energy.

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