Ascendo - Concert Review -jul 7 98 Tinly Park, IL
The New World Music Theater
July 7 1998


By Matt Glover

Awesome, although the sound quality wasn't that good ONLY because of the New World Music Theater. Other than that they werecool!!!!!


By Simon

Well the concert was excellent i went with my friends and my dad wanted to come too he loves them too not as much as me of course. Well Billy sang his heart out, i mean he had it's his home town (mine too B/T/W) he had to give us great love he pulled 4 or 5 people on stage 1 of them was and my friend Monica!! he handed us his guitar James and d'arcy did the same they had 2 drums sets we were bangin on those too this is all after they came out for multiple encores it was soo GREAT I met BILLY CORGAN the man who inspired me with "today" to live for today the that inspired em to write music and the band i luv my fav band of all time after that the SMASHING PUMPKINS!!!!!!

Well the Venue was changed it happened at the New World Music Theater in Tinley Park IL. It was the greatest expirence of my life I'm glad my dad took off work to take us cause if he didn't we would've never gone we got there early cause it was first come first serve since they changed the venue and had to exchange tickets the band gave the first 30 people back stage passes but sice i was like in the first 50 i didn't get one but i went back stage anyway as Billy pulled my and my friend Monica on stage as i said before it was amazing i got to meet Billy Corgan!! and James Iha , and D'arcy Wretskyi was shocked and appalled to be pulled out of thousands of people on stage at the Adore toutr concert in Illinois I luv chicago even more for changing the venue if they hadn't and it was at soldier field i would've never met the sp's in person or play their instuments or talk to them or shake their hands OMG it was ammazing thats all i can say ok now enough of my expirience on to the concert it started with cheap trick opening they were good but not great the sp's came out! and the place shook! i was in the front u couldn't even sit down if u tried it was great they opened with "to sheila" and ended with "Ava Adore" which didn't sound as good as the track on the album but thats to be expeceted but it was still great!! then they played "Zero" Which was great but i wished they would've played "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" next they played 1979 with Cheap trick wich was awesome after that was over the kids from the Make a Wish Foundation of the greater Chicagoland area sang "today" which was ok but sad they had some guy accompanying them with an acoustic i wish the sp's would've played it's my fav song it's the one that inspires me to go on then they play awsome awsome stuff from the Areoplane flies high, Gish ,and Pices Iscaroit. and in the middle of all this Billy takes a lil break to talk to us "which i luv when musicians do that" he said and i quote " i've been all around this great big world and i have one thing to say , Th world is not like the fucking Jerry springer show" the crowd goes weild with lauger even my dad was alughing and he doesn't like curesin of any kind he thinks it's uneccarary LOL so then after they calm down Billy says "Everyone doesn't live in a trailer park if ya know what i mean" then they break into some soothing free style bill's on the piano doin his thing now he such an all around musician. it all started around 7pm it all ended around 12am it was great i hope they have another one soon cause a lot of my friends wanna go cause they couldn't make it this time o well i have to go work tomorrow and all "and the nightmare rides on eh ok bye nice site.
~Simon St E.


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