08/09/08 Springfield, IL: Illinois State Fair

Post by **algonacchick** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:17 am

Ah, but that was not the person who told you to give it a rest. Nice to see this guy acknowledging Al's success, and the notation at the bottom is nice, too.

Alinite27 · Post by **Alinite27** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:54 pm

This is the second concert of my return tour-chase tour, lol.....

Looks like tickets for this are Standing Room Only with the track being there, so I'm not going to worry about tickets until I get there that day, since will-call would make it late for the line....with the SRO should be able to get a great view for the show....

Post by **M_Robertcop** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:33 am

My ticket is SRO but it's also Will Call and I'll be with Ryan aka R.Wappin

(I may or may not have cookies to give out... depends on whether I go grocery shopping beforehand).

Yank27 · Post by **Yank27** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:39 am

Have fun at this show everyone! I have my tickets for it, but unfortunately for me I can't make it due to some schedule conflicts at work.

mrmichael21 · Post by **mrmichael21** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:02 am

(First post so be gentle)

Great show in Springfield tonight! This was my first (and my wife's first) Al show. Just a great concert and a lot of fun! I'm guessing there were 5,000-6,000 in attendance but I may be wrong. Our seats were obstructed view (Section G) but we moved down a few times as the Fair allowed people who didn't buy track/SRO tickets to come down and put more of a crowd in front of the band.

Hope to hear from others that were there. I believe there will be a newspaper review of the concert, probably tomorrow morning: Springfield State Journal-Register

Post by **algonacchick** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:07 am

Glad you had a good time, and welcome! Did you take any pictures?

mrmichael21 · Post by **mrmichael21** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:10 am

No pics but I'm sure that newspaper website will have a few.

FYI: The encore(s) were "Cell Phones" and "Alburquerque". Did not perform "Wanna B Ur Lover" but the set list looked similar to the St. Charles, MO show from what I saw.

Post by **algonacchick** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:16 am

Ah, I see it was SRO. That's why he didn't perform WBUL. That happened at some shows last year as well. I'm hoping a few other people who went to this show took pictures. I'll keep an eye out for that review, though.

mrmichael21 · Post by **mrmichael21** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:22 am

Yes there was SRO. It would be tough to avoid mass hysteria if Al were to jump down into the crowd like that.

There is a pic of a tattoo from "Weird Al devotee Fred Olderr: Tattoo

Post by **algonacchick** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:35 am

I've met Fred several times, and have seen that tattoo. She's a member here.

She will post some awesome pics, I'm sure.