Wednesday Bloody Wednesday

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

So did anyone here win U2 tickets on the radio? :-)

According the the two Somerville Theatre staffers I talked to last night, tonight's scheduled movies are still screening and tickets are still good if you have them. I don't know if that information will still be true tonight, but I've got my Watchmen ticket and am going to try to hear some U2 sound-bleed in the hallway, if I'm let in at all. This venture will probably end in epic failure.

According to ron_newman, MOBA is closed to the public tonight.

According to the Metro, The Burren will be broadcasting the concert live, and musician Hugh McGowan (their open mic host) will be performing U2 covers.

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

You know, I just want to scritch your icon. :)

[ron_newman]

By 'broadcasting' do you mean a TV feed?

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Probably radio, I would presume.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Damn! I wanted to go to MOBA tonight (not really).

The big winner is definitely going to be Mike's, although I would imagine the Somerville will move an awful lot of candy, soda, beer and wine.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Well, my big brilliant brainstorm was to try to listen to the concert through the ceiling of MOBA, which probably isn't soundproofed like the screening rooms are (and MOBA is under the main auditorium). But my plans are foiled, as usual.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Yours is very cute, too!

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, you and everybody else.

The Square is going to be mobbed with people standing outside and listening. It's gonna be REALLY annoying!

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know the time the concert is going to start? Also, I am dreading illegal parkers on my block, can 311 tow them or something if i call?

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

It'll be worse than airplanes!! ;-)

[bex77]

WBCN says it starts broadcasting live at 9 pm.
http://www.wbcn.com/pages/3975141.php?contentType=4&contentId=3631362

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I assume the parking crew will be on full alert.

In fact, today might be a good day for residents to park properly. And do so early.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

And then an airplane will fly over, and the End Times will be triggered.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

The concert is supposed to start at 9:00. I don't know anything about parking, though. I think there's a previous post about it.

[ron_newman]

I read elsewhere that all of the concertgoers are meeting somewhere else and being bused to the theatre.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that just in Chicago?

[ron_newman]

I walked down Dover Street last night around 9:30, marveling at all of the TV news trucks covering a non-event (after all, nothing was actually happening yesterday). When I said this to the NECN reporter, he asked if he could record me, so I got about 5 seconds on NECN's report.

[ron_newman]

Busing everyone in from Assembly Square, according to the Journal blog.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Joe Sixpack U2 Fan is going to converge on Davis anyway.

[incandes-flower.livejournal.com]

Globe says New England Aquarium

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/03/11/getting_ready_for_u2/

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

That is awesome, seriously. But only b/c I don't live over there.

U2 at Orleans

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

FYI, Orleans has a "DJ" playing U2 all night, and has seriously staffed up for the event.

Bu "DJ" I mean the door guy's iPod. He has about 170 U2 songs lined up and ready to go.

U2

[pch1.livejournal.com]

I know the promoters inquired about renting out Gargoyles tonight but when news broke early about the show being in Davis they decided to get a place outside the square. I read in the globe today they were busing people in from the Aquarium.

win

[rmd.livejournal.com]

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Meh. I do. And I'm sure everyone will be driving through my neighborhood, thinking they can get to Assembly Square through there. They can't.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Yes, that definitely sucks. I would be super unhappy if it were me. Although, it sounds like the meet-up location may have changed to the Aquarium, which will hopefully help the problem.