Smashing Pumpkins with Janes Addiction Reviews

Hoped for Better from Spokane, WA

SOUND QUALITY

As others have noted the sound quality was not great. It was way too loud to begin with. Yeah whatever grandpa!! But seriously, with Jane's Addition I could barely hear the singing since the instruments drowned it out. And with the Pumpkins, that aspect of it wasn't there but still, holy shit, my ears were bleeding. I wet with my wife and she thought the same. We've both been to a ton of concerts and it's not like we're afraid of loud noise. But at some point it's TOO loud. Other than that I thought the performances were really good. I didn't see the opening act so can't opine on that.

Rich M from Austin, Texas

MOODY AUSTIN: BAD SOUND

The sound at the austin show was not good. Distortion was much higher than previous shows on other SP tours. Lyrics were barely intelligible. Very muddy. I went the next night and sat in the exact same area for Roger waters and it was significantly better. One of (if not) THE best sounding concerts I’ve ever heard. So, I think I had a pretty fair assessment. Jane’s was great. Maybe the sound profile fit their music better? Pumpkins show was good overall, but the sound made me leave a pumpkins show early, for the first time ever.

C Roberts from Dallas, Texas

WAS IT THE VENUE, THE SOUND GUYS, OR THE BANDS?

I was so excited to see this show as soon as it was announced. I've never seen either Jane's nor SP live so it was going to be an epic night. I don't know if the acoustics of the venue were awful, if the sound folks need to be replaced, or if the bands need 10-15 performances before they sound good, but it was AWFUL. Everyone around us was shocked at how bad it sounded. Either we couldn't hear the vocals or the guitars were non-existant and the vocals were choppy....or something. I've never left a live show, now matter how bad it was. I left during the 3rd SP song, ate pizza in my car, and was home in bed by 11:30. What a disappointing night.

Eman from Austin, TX

NOPE

I saw SP years ago and it was great. I’ve never seen Janes Addiction and was really looking forward to it. Janes was awful! Played lame slow songs and put the crowd to sleep. No “Just Because” or “Superhero”! SP was just as bad. I have never left in the middle of a performance until now. Save your money. This tour is a joke.

BP from Toronto, Ontario

LACKLUSTER

Poppy's sound was the best out of the whole show, the our lady peace was fun until the end of their set. It felt like the longer the set went on the harder it was to hear anything the band was playing. By the time smashing pumpkins came on the sound was louder than any show I've ever been to and yet you couldn't hear a thing. Waste of money if you're just going for smashing pumpkins and not poppy or our lady peace. From what little I caught of the poppy set though it was great and if that's your motivation don't panic. Left like 2 songs into smashings set though.

Richard H. from Cleveland, Ohio

GOOD MUSIC, POOR VISUALS

We were in what I hoped to be excellent seats. Sound quality was acceptable but not a single camera or screen to give those of us further away an opportunity to see what was happening on stage. Very disappointing. Not likely to return.

from St Louis, Missouri

NOV. 1,2022 ST LOUIS SHOW

Jane's and Smashing sounded horrible. It was nearly unintelligible how bad the sound was. Jane's was the worst sound I believe I've ever had to witness. It literally hurt my ears to listen to it. Smashing was minimally better, but still WAY on the horrible side. Seriously it was just noise, incredibly disappointed as I am a big fan of both bands. Poppy easily sounded the best. In fact I enjoyed that set. The sound guys or something needs to change. I would never see them again at the Hockey Arena.

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