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Ozomatli and Goldfinger return
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for two March concerts at World Cafe, featuring the return of two popular bands.For those of you who heard the buzz the L.A. band Ozomatli generated with their debut appearance at the then-Pier Bar at Aloha Tower Marketplace, March 19 will give you the opportunity to experience one of the best performing bands around. The Latin hip-hop rockers are touring in support of last year's fine sophomore effort "Embrace the Chaos."
Local scenesters Quadraphonix and DJs Evil and Jedi will open for Ozomatli. Tickets are $20.
Goldfinger, the L.A. ska-punk band, will also be back in Honolulu on March 23 with singer/guitarist John Feldmann's frustrated relationship lyrics. The band's last album was 2000's "Stomping Ground." Tickets are $17.50.
Tickets will be available at all Foodland, Tower Records and Cheapo Music locations, Hungry Ear in Kailua, Pearl Harbor Bloch Arena, ITT Kaneohe MCBH, Schofield ITR, the University of Hawaii Campus Center and at the World Cafe box office. Tickets may also be charged at 526-4400.
[ Letters To The Editor ] Jackson seating debacle should have been foreseen
The Janet Jackson concert was great but it was not a pleasant experience for everyone at the Aloha Stadium. If you were at the concert, you would have noticed that the A and AA blue/orange sections were empty because a structure obstructed the view.Apparently, the staff and management in charge of presenting the concert forgot to do their homework and caused mass confusion and discomfort to the occupants of these seats. As soon as each person entered the stadium and made their way to the seats, staff members directed individuals to a long line in order to get tickets re-issued. This long line led up to a single small booth with two to three staff members inside.
From my best guess, I would say at least 1,000 people were in line to get their tickets re-issued. Of course, tempers flared and many people had a right to be angry. HPD officers were on guard in case anything happened. The concert started late but there were many people who missed a portion of the concert due to this great mishap.
Now that the concert is over and done with, I was wondering why this kind of problem had a chance to occur. Here's a few questions that I have that maybe the staff members could respond with.
1) Why didn't the concert staff realize that this structure existed before the tickets were sold?
2) Why didn't the concert staff advise the occupants of these seats beforehand through the media in order to get tickets re-issued?
3) Why weren't there more booths open to handle the situation when there were obviously at least 1,000 people were displaced?
I hope the people in charge of the concert can find a reasonable explanation to these questions because I think the next time there is a big concert at the Aloha Stadium, I will just stay at home and watch it on HBO and save myself from a big headache.
Daniel Corrier
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