What's the farthest you would go to see a concert?

[karb@bark.lgbt]

@evan

Depends how flush I am at the moment, what country the concert is in (save or not so much) and how bad I wanna see it but if all these things check out then global

[kaitlynethylia@void.lgbt]

@evan Own city but mostly owing to financial restrictions. If budget weren't a concern then probably anywhere in Western Europe, I'd gladly take an excuse to ride trains across the continent all day(s)

[macberg@mastodon.online]

@evan Own apartment. Maaaaybe own neighborhood.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@RedstoneLP2 https://evanp.me/pollfaq#define

[manawyrm@chaos.social]

@evan with 60 miles (or even just 2 miles) to the next country it's not an ideal question :D

I have in the past travelled 1200 miles for a concert and I'd do it again :D

[rudy@mstdn.ca]

@evan where's the "i gave up going to concerts decades ago" option?

[engravecavedave@mastodon.social]

@evan should have an "own continent" option

[brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net]

@evan I've driven to an adjacent state for concerts before, but never farther than that ;)

(California -> Nevada and Oregon -> Washington)

[phl@mastodon.social]

@evan "Own planet" is unfortunately terribly vague :D But is the choice many in countries with many other countries in the region will take, while giga-country people will probably choose the one smaller option.

[aharoni@wikis.world]

@evan
I flew from Israel to see:
Sonic Youth in Strasbourg.
Pixies in Coachella (which also had Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Trail of Dead, Mogwai, Stereolab, and The Cure).
Pavement in New York.
And perhaps I should mention that I drove from Providence to New Jersey and back the same day to see Herbie Hancock.

I'm not wealthy, I love music.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@aharoni of all of these, the drive from Providence to NJ seems the most terrible.

[aharoni@wikis.world]

@evan True.

[jonathan@charade.social]

@evan I'm sure the fact that I live 4km from an international border is screwing up your results 😋

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@aharoni have you taken your young people on a concert trip yet? There's a window of time when they crave seeing their favourite musicians so much they are willing to tolerate the presence of a parent at the show.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@jonathan fortunately the stakes are extremely low

[aharoni@wikis.world]

@evan LOL. They don't yet have anyone that they love so intensely that they are very interested to see them in concert, but when they do, I'll go to the end of the world for that.

I did take the older one to see the LEGENDARY Russian band Aquarium in Boston. I'm much more of their fan than he is, but I did use some of their quieter songs as lullabies when he was much younger, and he identified them. They are playing in Toronto and some other North American cities soon.