L.A. Guns Coming to Altoona?

[Jim Price]

I was just doing some research into concerts coming to Pennsylvania for the concert calendar on Q94's website, and when I typed in Altoona on Pollstar, I saw L.A. Guns listed as performing at the "Altoona Convention Center" on Aug. 5.

Upon doing some more detective work, I found out that there are currently two different bands touring as "L.A. Guns." One version has Tracii Guns; the other has Steve Riley and Phil Lewis. Upon checking the latter group's website, www.laguns.net, I found that this line-up is coming to the Blair County Convention Center on August 5, with the show listed as a "Private Corporate Event." Very interesting...

This has me curious. Just who is renting out the Convention Center on Aug. 5, and hiring L.A. Guns to provide the entertainment?

[mikers85]

I heard it's for sheetz employees

[Mikey Wax]

That sucks for the Sheetz employees! I hope, for their sake, that it's not mandatory.

[bassist_25]

From what I hear, the Tracii Guns version sucks balls. Even though it has Tracii in it, the band doesn't have very good players in it.

[Victor Synn]

They do suck. Tracii put a shitty group of people together, even though it does have their original singer Paul Black in it. He wasn't very good anyway. Sucks that it's a private event. Would like to get the opener for that.

[songsmith]

I'd see the Phil Lewis version, but probably not the Tracii Guns version. I have contacts at the Convention Center and at Sheetz Corporate... I could probably work that show.------>JMS

[JayBird]

I was trying to get LA GUNS a few months back, but they had already started heading west. Their agent didn't say anything about which version was out touring at the time.

[Asundor]

YA A FRIEND OF MINE THAT KNOWS PEOPLE FROM THE SHEETZ CORPORATION WAS TRYING TO GET CYPHIN TO OPEN THAT SHOW!!!! HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK ON IT THOUGH.

[MY_TURNING_POINT]

It IS put together by Sheetz. From what I understand, if you're not a sheetz employee it's $30 a pop!

Who in the living hell would pay $30 to see either version of LA CRAP? Why aren't these bands dead yet?

[JayBird]

$30...holy shit...let me tell you this. They are ripping people off at that price...not just because of the "out dated" band they are bringing in, but also because I know what the price is for LA GUNS. Tickets should only be about $10, unless the promoter is a jackass and has no clue about talent buying and the booking agent took him for a ride in the asking price.

[XlifeNexus]

I pooped a little when I read this, but then I realized it was the food from Sheetz that caused it. $30 is steep, but considering that Sheetz is making more per gallon off of H2O than gasoline, it doesn't surprise me. That convention center has some bills to pay, too.

[Mistress_DB]

$30??? ROTFLMFAO!!!!

30 cents maybe.

[Asundor]

WOW NO SHIT $30.00 I REMEMBER LISTENING TO THEM BACK IN THE DAY. DIDN'T MIND THEM MUCH THEN BUT I CANT SEE THEM BEING TO HIGH ON THE CHARTS THESE DAYS LOL. I'D MAYBE PAY $5.00 OR $10.00