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Freak Parade Heavy Metal Kids Another Life Somethings Coming 7 Rays Do Ya The Wheel The Ikon Freedom Fighters Just One Victory "The show was played in the half round which in essence is ½ of the theatre as it is a full circle. I would say it was well attended." "I just did not think he would actually play song after song of what I call dissident sounding mini jam session rock, hence, his early Utopia stuff . For me it was fine and I was actually entertained by it to a certain extent as I am a progressive rock guitarist but for peeps like my wife, or other innocent bystanders, this was an irritating way to spend a Sunday night. I'm thinking that when a concert like this is promoted they might want to indicate that it is a progressive rock event or something like that. I won't take a platform here on what the artist should play but for anyone expecting anything close to his catalogue this is not the ticket to buy." "I really thought this was great." "Todd and The band were awesome tonight at Westbury. Todd seemed so much more into it than he did back at the original NYC shows in the spring." "While the crowd for the most part seemed to like it and was enthusiastic, there were those that came wanting to hear Love Of The Common Man or maybe even Set Me Free" left disappointed." "Certainly, these guys are not a working unit anymore, so the tightness may not have been what once was, but don't forget that this was very challenging material for rock audiences and rock musicians at a time when Prog rock and Mahavishnu/RTF fusion was in vogue." "Todd's voice was great. His guitar skills were real good, the whole band was good. Could not believe they played almost all of The Ikon, 3/4 of the way through the show, and did a great job."
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The venue tonight is called the NYCB Theater at Westbury but it used to be called the Westbury Music Fair. That venue opened in June 1956 and mainly presented musicals. In 1966 the venue was converted to the theatre-in-the-round design it has now (with a stage which revolves at some gigs but it won't at this one). Acts who have appeared at this venue include Judy Garland, The Who), Bruce Springsteen, Tom Jones Diana Ross and Kasim Sulton as part of the Patty Smyth and Scandal Tour on Friday 11th February 2005.
Click here to view the venue website. The address is 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, NY 11590.
The gig starts at 8pm. Tickets (from this link) vary in price from $52 to $84.25. There were some VIP tickets for $125 but they have sold out. Yesterday there were seats available in the sixteenth row. All Rights Reserved |