Watching her since the small shows in Anaheim
by Dana on 12/10/23I used to go to her grandmother's house to hear them record in the garage. Now I just watch and remember. Never buy floor tickets for her shows or you stand all night.
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I used to go to her grandmother's house to hear them record in the garage. Now I just watch and remember. Never buy floor tickets for her shows or you stand all night.
I have been wanting to see Gwen stafeffani since she was with no doubt. I am from San Francisco and told one of my friends about the concert (she lives in Lincoln). We made it a weekend get together and it was so fun! The tickets were a bit pricey and i was told thats ok since it was a smaller venue and so good seats are promised. It was an easy to find parking and work our way in the concert. The only problem was the exit. Once we got in our car to go to an ice cream parlor it took a bit of time and I didn’t understand why since mostly all roads were blocked. But i did appreciate that that concert didn’t go past 10.30.
Gwen herself did a great job in performance. However the show started almost a half an hour late and was over in 1 hour and 25 minutes. Hardly worth the $200 per ticket we paid. It would have been nice if she had an opening act.
There was no opener, one outfit change, a couple a new songs and it was only and hour and a half maybe of talking and signing. Really wanted more since I paid 230 for my tickets.
Gwen Stefani was so excellent. I'm glad that I got to see her live. She was on my bucket list
Great fun! Great setlist! The Sweet Escape Sunday Morning (No Doubt song) Hey Baby (No Doubt song) It's My Life (Talk Talk cover) Bathwater (No Doubt song) Cool Underneath It All (No Doubt song) Ex-Girlfriend (No Doubt song) Hella Good (No Doubt song) Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Eve song) Used to Love You Wind It Up Rich Girl Luxurious True Babe What You Waiting For? Don't Speak (No Doubt song) Spiderwebs (No Doubt song) Just a Girl (No Doubt song) Hollaback Girl
Gwen was mostly great, but I did have a few peeves: -Concert started late by about 30 minutes. Total run time, approx 1.5 hours. -I bought higher priced seats on the front floor (sec 103), but still spent most of the time watching the giant monitor because inconsiderate people in front of me insisted on standing for the entire show. -To be clear, I am 6'2", so I could see OK when I stood, but I was aware that I totally blocked the persons behind me, so I chose not to do that. My wife, who is 5'4"could not see even when standing. -On top of that, most of the standing people were also holding up their cell phones to record the show, further blocking views. This all made the extra expense of being "close to the stage"a total waste (unless you were in the very first row, which we were not).
Gwen did a wonderful job of performing. BUT you couldn’t understand the words of her music. The band and bass drowned her out. We recently went to Pink and the intro band GroupLove was exactly the same. You couldn’t understand them. Then Pink came on and it was perfect. She was clear and not drowned out by the bass and band. By far a better concert.
I enjoyed the show. It was a high energy show , gwen Stefani, the dancers, the band and the crowd all contributed to the experience. It was a great interaction by everyone.
She was amazing to see live! Felt like I was reliving my childhood with the songs I used to love. She’s an awesome performer and you can tell her experience. Had an amazing time.