I had so much fun during my recent jaunt to London for two Dead Can Dance concerts, that the lovely Sarah told me I could go to some of the North American concert dates happening in late September and early October this year. The only reason I need spousal permission for this is that we could very well be living in Europe by then, necessitating yet more transatlantic travel and time away from our as yet unborn baby.
Lest she change her mind, I wasted no time in securing tickets for both nights in Oakland, plus the concert in San Diego. Tickets for Los Angeles should go on sale in a few weeks, which will give us a nice little holiday along the Californian coast. You see, I bought tickets for both of us, so Sarah will get to accompany me and finally see the band perform live.
The little ‘un will be with us by then, of course, so that means he or she will be in tow for this trip. I’m not sure how we’re going to find a babysitter in each town, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. I’m prepared to have to deal with this tricky problem in order to see Dead Can Dance perform a few more times. At the Los Angeles and New York concerts, the band will be accompanied by a full orchestra, so those should be very special occasions, indeed.
We’ll probably also try to catch the band in New York and Boston, which will make for a total attendance of six concerts on the North American tour. Bliss! I can’t wait.
Thanking you for the tour date information on the Dead Can Dance. Any more news on New York and Boston or where I might find some. I would be most grateful. Angela
Those concerts have still not been finalised. I recommend reading the official band site’s message-board, as details of ticket sales are likely to appear there before they appear anywhere else.
Do you know the name of the final song Lisa sang in San Diego? Also, are you considering getting one of the live discs (500 only from each show)? – see homepage
If so, which concert would you chose? And why?
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Hello Clark,
There are 1000 of each of the individual sets on the North American tour, plus 250 of the box set.
I’m buying the box set, because I think it’s a great souvenir of what may be the last tour DCD ever perform.
If I weren’t buying that, I would avoid Seattle (at which the band told me they weren’t quite yet on form) and Boston (at which Lisa was sick and didn’t perform Hymn For The Fallen, which is the last song of each concert that you refer to).
Other than that, assuming Lisa recovers, the concerts should only get better as the band perform together more and more.