The Tool Page: Opinion - View Single Post - 2006/09/18 - Chicago, IL

This was my 4th Tool concert and I thought it was superb. My girlfriend and I had floor tickets which she got me for my 21st birthday, which was Sunday, just 2 days ago!!! This was her 1st and probably last Tool concert since she prefers country music (I told this to some dude selling tickets outside, and he told her "Well, Maynard wears a cowboy hat." ).

This was my 2nd time seeing Tool at the Allstate, the first being on 9-9-01, which I don't remember clearly since the terrorist attacks happened two days later. So anyhow, after driving to school, giving a presentation, and getting a $50 parking ticket, we made our way from downtown Chicago to the Allstate Arena. We got to the area about 5:30, and stopped for some food at the restaurants nearby. We also tailgated and had some beers and some of those new alcoholic energy drinks. I got pretty wasted. Then we made our way in after the doors opened at about 7:30. I didn't buy any merchandise this time, but wish I had bought the white short sleeve shirt with the tour dates on it. We had another drink inside and just chilled in the lobby while Isis played. We heard them finish at about 8:30, so then we got down to the floor to get a decent standing spot. I'd say we were about 30 feet from the stage, pretty much inline with Justin playing his bass. My girl didn't want to get caught in any moshing.

I really enjoyed the show. Sound was good. I thought the lighting and video screens were really cool. The 3 circular lighting rigs above the stage tilted and descended somewhat. They lit up with a flame effect for the end of Schism, representative of the flames on the ceiling at the end of the music video. The laser lights were busted out for Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days and continued. Then the lights hanging in back of the stage came on and were in the shape of Alex Grey's Net of Being which was a really cool touch. Some dude let me hit his joint. Hearing Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days live for the first time was magnificent. I could tell the whole band was performing hard and it was perfect. Justin had to sit down while playing like a mad man. During the band's intermission, there was alot of people with their lighters going. It looked really cool as well. One of the band members had a lighter going too. Danny flicked a lighter too a few times without success I think. This time around I avoided looking at setlists posted online. I was hoping they would play Eulogy, but they did not. Oh yeah, and the stage hands/techs wearing the white lab coats was definately a creepy, yet sweet touch.

Once it was all over and the lights came on, we got a better look at the stage. The floor of it was painted white, and all the guys taking everything down had little blue booties over their shoes! Kinda funny. We slowly made our way out, unfortunately forgetting to pick up our floor ticket stubs as souvenirs.

Here are the only four pictures I was able to take:

http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate3.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate4.jpg

09-19-2006, 07:32 PM	#93
bozobuttz Level 4 - Thinker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lockport, IL Posts: 32 Bincount™: 0	Re: 2006/09/18 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena This was my 4th Tool concert and I thought it was superb. My girlfriend and I had floor tickets which she got me for my 21st birthday, which was Sunday, just 2 days ago!!! This was her 1st and probably last Tool concert since she prefers country music (I told this to some dude selling tickets outside, and he told her "Well, Maynard wears a cowboy hat." ). This was my 2nd time seeing Tool at the Allstate, the first being on 9-9-01, which I don't remember clearly since the terrorist attacks happened two days later. So anyhow, after driving to school, giving a presentation, and getting a $50 parking ticket, we made our way from downtown Chicago to the Allstate Arena. We got to the area about 5:30, and stopped for some food at the restaurants nearby. We also tailgated and had some beers and some of those new alcoholic energy drinks. I got pretty wasted. Then we made our way in after the doors opened at about 7:30. I didn't buy any merchandise this time, but wish I had bought the white short sleeve shirt with the tour dates on it. We had another drink inside and just chilled in the lobby while Isis played. We heard them finish at about 8:30, so then we got down to the floor to get a decent standing spot. I'd say we were about 30 feet from the stage, pretty much inline with Justin playing his bass. My girl didn't want to get caught in any moshing. I really enjoyed the show. Sound was good. I thought the lighting and video screens were really cool. The 3 circular lighting rigs above the stage tilted and descended somewhat. They lit up with a flame effect for the end of Schism, representative of the flames on the ceiling at the end of the music video. The laser lights were busted out for Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days and continued. Then the lights hanging in back of the stage came on and were in the shape of Alex Grey's Net of Being which was a really cool touch. Some dude let me hit his joint. Hearing Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days live for the first time was magnificent. I could tell the whole band was performing hard and it was perfect. Justin had to sit down while playing like a mad man. During the band's intermission, there was alot of people with their lighters going. It looked really cool as well. One of the band members had a lighter going too. Danny flicked a lighter too a few times without success I think. This time around I avoided looking at setlists posted online. I was hoping they would play Eulogy, but they did not. Oh yeah, and the stage hands/techs wearing the white lab coats was definately a creepy, yet sweet touch. Once it was all over and the lights came on, we got a better look at the stage. The floor of it was painted white, and all the guys taking everything down had little blue booties over their shoes! Kinda funny. We slowly made our way out, unfortunately forgetting to pick up our floor ticket stubs as souvenirs. Here are the only four pictures I was able to take: http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate1.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate2.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate3.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~bozobuttz/toolallstate4.jpg Last edited by bozobuttz; 09-19-2006 at 10:40 PM..
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