Ticket 78: Red Hot Chili Peppers/Foo Fighters

The Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sounds Like: Faith No More meets Ohio Players
Opening Band: Foo Fighters and Muse
Price of Admission: $32.50
When: April 11th, 2000 at 7:00 pm
Venue: Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 19
Highlight: Foo Fighters playing "Stacked Actors"
Setlist: N/A [From Chattanooga show one day later]
01. Around The World
02. You're Gonna Get Yours / Give It Away
03. Your Pussy's Glued To A Building On Fire (John)
04. Scar Tissue
05. My Lovely Man
06. If You Have To Ask
07. Skinny Sweaty Man
08. Otherside
09. I Could Have Lied
10. Tiny Dancer (John)
11. Easily
12. I Like Dirt
13. Untitled #11 (John)
14. Californication
15. Gong Li
16. Right On Time
17. Under The Bridge
18. Me And My Friends

ENCORE
19. Sir Psycho Sexy
20. Search And Destroy/Long Jam

Foo Fighters Set:
Intro
Monkey Wrench
Learn To Fly
My Hero
For All The Cows
Aint Talking Bout Love (jam)
Breakout
Big Me
Stacked Actors
Next Year
I'll Stick Around
Into The Void (jam)
Alone + Easy Target
Everlong
This Is A Call

Ticket 77: Foo Fighters



The Band: Foo Fighters (Acoustic in-store appearance)
Sounds Like: Nirvana meets Cheap Trick
Opening Band: None
Price of Admission: Free
When: April 11th, 2000 at 3:00 pm
Venue: The Disc Exchange in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 19
Highlight: Dave Grohl commenting on my BB King t-shirt with a blue cat on the front. "Yo, T (Taylor Hawkins). Check it out."
Setlist: 
Generator 
Breakout
Next Year
Stacked Actors (Shaft Remix)
New Way Home
(Fred Durst Yo Homey Records)
Learn To Fly
(Marky Mark movie deal)
Monkey Wrench
Have A Cigar (Dave Grohl on drums, Taylor Hawkins on guitar and vocals)
Everlong 
Borderline (Madonna cover)
This Is A Call


Ticket 76: Next Friday

The Pitch: Friday meets the last season of Roseanne
Influence: Are We There Yet?, Are We Done Yet?, Tyler Perry movies
Price of Admission: $4.75
When: January 14th, 2000 at 5:30 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: Hey, young man! You got knocked the fuck out! - Mr. Jones

Ticket 75: Any Given Sunday


The Pitch: The Last Boy Scout meets Necessary Roughness meets Major League
Influence: Varsity Blues
Price of Admission: $4.50
When: December 25th at 8:30 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: I don't get strokes muthafucka! I give 'em! - Montezuma Monroe

Ticket 74: End of Days


The Pitch: The Devil's Advocate meets The Omen meets Arnold
Influence: Y2k, The California governorship
Price of Admission: $3.75
When: November 27th, 1999 at 12:40 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: You'd be amazed at what you'll agree to when you're on fire. - Chicago

Ticket 73: The World Is Not Enough

The Pitch: 007 meets Wild Things
Influence: Agent Cody Banks
Price of Admission: $4.00
When: November 26th, 1999 at 4:10 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: I thought Christmas only comes once a year. - James Bond

Ticket 72: Dogma


The Pitch: Wings of Desire meets Mallrats
Influence: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Religulous
Price of Admission: $6.00
When: November 13th, 1999 at 10:05 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: No ticket. - Silent Bob

Ticket 71: Bringing Out The Dead


The Pitch: After Hours meets Taxi Driver meets E.R.
Influence: Mulholland Drive
Price of Admission: $6.00
When: October 22nd, 1999 at 10:15 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: I gotta get a drink. Sobriety's killing me. - Frank Pierce

Ticket 70: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

The Band: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Sounds Like: T-Bone Walker meets Albert Collins
Opening Band: The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Price of Admission: $5.00
When: October 19th, 1999 at 8:00 pm
Venue: Tennessee Amphitheater at World's Fair Park in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 18
Highlight: Asking about former Thunderbirds member Jimmy Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan's brother) to the current guitar player. He ignored me.
Setlist: N/A

Ticket 69: Santana/Smoky Mountain Jam


The Band: Santana
Sounds Like: BB King meets Matchbox 20
Opening Band: Smoky Mountain Jam - Ozomatli, The String Cheese Incident, Bela Fleck Bluegrass Session, The Bluerags
Price of Admission: $25.00
When: October 10th, 1999 at 3:00 pm
Venue: World's Fair Park in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 18
Highlight: "Oye Como Va"
Setlist: 
1) SPIRITUAL/*YALEO
2) *MIGRA
3) *PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON
4) EXODUS
5)* DAY OF CELEBRATION
6) VICTORY IS WON
7) *MARIA MARIA
8) APACHE / SMOOTH
9) *BACALAO CON PAN (RODNEY SOLO)
10) HAPPY / GET IT IN YOUR SOUL
11) BMW / GYPSY QUEEN
12) OYE COMO VA

13) *EVERYBODY’S EVERYTHING
14) EUROPA
15) JINGO
*WITH OZOMATLI

Ticket 68: Three Kings

The Pitch: Kelly's Heroes meets The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Influence: Jarhead, Black Hawk Down
Price of Admission: $6.75
When: October 7th, 1999 at 9:30 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: Bush told the people to rise up against Saddam. They thought they'd have our support. They don't. Now they're getting slaughtered. - Archie Gates

Ticket 67: ZZ Top/Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Band: ZZ Top
Sounds Like: John Lee Hooker meets Grand Funk Railroad
Opening Band: Co-headliner Lynyrd Skynyrd
Price of Admission: $29.50
When: September 26th, 1999 at 7:30 pm
Venue: Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 18
Highlight: Freebird!
Setlist: XXX Tour (Sept 28 1999, Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia) 
Got Me Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Pincushion
Fearless Boogie
I Loved a Woman
Bang Bang
Cheap Sunglasses
Just Got Paid
Gimme All Your Lovin'
Sharp Dressed Man, Legs
Tube Snake Boogie
La Grange
Tush

Ticket 66: B.B. King Blues Festival

The Band: BB King
Sounds Like: Albert King meets Buddy Guy
Opening Band: Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Indigenous
Price of Admission: $20.00
When: September 24th, 1999 at 6:00 pm
Venue: World's Fair Park in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 18
Highlight: Blues and Blooze
Setlist: N/A

Ticket 65: Stigmata


The Pitch: Rosemary's Baby meets The Exorcist
Influence: End of Days, The Passion of the Christ
Price of Admission: $6.50
When: September 17th, 1999 at 9:30 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: I'll not let you destroy my church! - Cardinal Daniel Houseman

Ticket 64: R.E.M.

The Band: R.E.M.
Sounds Like: The Byrds meets Pylon
Opening Band: Spacehog
Price of Admission: $25.00 + $4.75 S.C. + $2.75 Pkg Pd at Pur/No Bev
When: September 10th, 1999 at 8:00 pm
Venue: Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD
My Age: 18
Highlight: "Play "End of the World," Mikey! Play "End of the World!" - Fan
Setlist: http://members.iinet.net.au/~darryl74/1999.html
Lotus 
What's The Frequency, Kenneth? 
Wake-Up Bomb 
Suspicion 
Camera 
Daysleeper 
Low Desert 
Everybody Hurts 
The Apologist 
Sweetness Follows 
The Great Beyond 
The One I Love 
Find The River
At My Most Beautiful
Finest Worksong 
Losing My Religion 
Man On The Moon 
Walk Unafraid
encore: 
Hope 
Why Not Smile 
Pop Song 89 
Tongue 
Cuyahoga 
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Ticket 63: Bowfinger


The Pitch: The Player meets L.A. Story
Influence: State and Main, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Price of Admission: $7.00
When: August 15th, 1999 at 9:43 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film! - Kit

Ticket 62: The Blair Witch Project

The Pitch: Deliverance meets The Evil Dead
Influence: Cloverfield, Snakes on a Plane
Price of Admission: $6.50
When: August 11th, 1999 at 9:00 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: It's not the same on film is it? I mean, you know it's real, but it's like looking through the lens gives you some sort of protection from what's on the other side. - Joshua Leonard

Ticket 61: American Pie


The Pitch: Fast Times at Ridgemont High meets Sixteen Candles
Influence: Van Wilder, 40 Days and 40 Nights
Price of Admission: $4.50
When: July 12th, 1999 at 5:15 pm
My Age: 18
Quote: God bless the internet. - Finch

Ticket 60: Kenny G

The Band: Kenny G
Sounds Like: The dentist's office
Opening Band: N/A
Price of Admission: Free 
When: July 4th, 1999
Venue: The National Sylvan Theater at the Washington D.C. Mall
My Age: 18
Highlight: Performing a saxy duet with Louis Armstrong on "What a Wonderful World"
Setlist: N/A
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