DAVID GUETTA @ SPIN NIGHTCLUB 11.24.2009
Sound In Motion’s absolutely BONKERS 2009 schedule continues!! Who is David Guetta? If you don’t know you should probably purchase his new artist album, “One Love”, and then go buy your presale ticket to this event. This guy is at the absolute top of the house music world with several tracks on regular rotation on KDWB, including “Sexy Chick” featuring Akon. His aforementioned new album also features Kelly Rowland, Will.I.Am, Estelle, Kid Cudi, and more.
Also playing:
Tyler Hampton
Dayne
18+ to enter
21+ to drink
Doors @ 9pm
Spin
10 South 5th St
DT Minneapolis
http://www.spinmn.com
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Nick Cybela
I’m so excited you’re bring Guetta out, he had a spectacular show last year! It’ll be even better this year.
Oct 06, 2009 @ 9:40 am
Ben Johnson
Man am I pumped for this one. Last year was a blast but I can’t believe 2 in a row, sweet!
Oct 06, 2009 @ 11:02 am
Jesse A.
Tickets are available now:
http://www.clubtix.net/ql.php?a=O&e=5345479014ad43f304c769&p=6940424614ad43ff78f6dc
http://www.vitalculture.com/ViewTicket.jspa?ID=83646
Oct 13, 2009 @ 5:38 am
mike376col
Why does Spin get some of the big name Djs that come here? It is so tiny compared to Epic or a couple other places that could host the show. It is always over packed and you can’t even move. I was at Tiesto and yea is was crowded but you could move to the sides or back and have some space, but Spin doesn’t even have that to offer.
Nov 24, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
mike holtz
Yeah SPIN sucks again, had to leave Guetta early because it was just so packed, couldn’t move and tons of pushing. I’ll think twice before I go to another show at SPIN.
Nov 25, 2009 @ 2:15 am
jacktrash
@Mike – sorry you did not enjoy the show. We put the same number of people in the show as we had at Benny Benassi, but this time just seemed a bit more. I think the big difference was that we had to shut down the large smoking area sound system due to sound complaints, and that kept more people inside the club and not hanging outside. It did thin out a bit around 1 AM, and just rocked until the end of the night. Thanks for your feedback.
Nov 25, 2009 @ 3:09 am
Jackie
You guys didn’t miss out. It was the most horrible experience I had ever had at a show. I went to both Benny shows and LOVED THEM nowhere near this crowded. Here we were upstairs being crushed, my friend got shoved down the stairs, and it was so busy it was beyond miserable you couldn’t even walk. It took us almost an hour to get to the front door to leave. And yes it thinned out at 1 because everybody left because they couldn’t breathe or move inside. I was talking to at least 20 pissed off people outside who left because they couldn’t take it anymore. I only saw David do three songs what a waste. Will not return to SPIN, need much larger venue.
Nov 25, 2009 @ 10:20 am
patrick
What kind of show was that.
We have to wait 40mn outside in the rain with our tikets everybodies was screaming. When we finelly got inside you are creazy that place had so many people couldn’t even walked to the bar anyone of them, couldn’t dance ,couldn’t even breath ,people were jumping over each other, security guard mad as hell ,nothing will have made a different you oversold that placeand you know that. It was was the worst concert I ever been. We left 30mn later .
80$ for the tickets and that.
Man im pissed.
Patrick
Nov 25, 2009 @ 10:28 am
Losh
I had a blast. Absolutely epic. Guetta was dominating and my friends and I went crazy. Jack I saw you kick major ass at tiesto , you must teach me your ways!
Nov 25, 2009 @ 11:19 am
LGAwareness
A venue reaches nearly double capacity. People are referring to the nightclub as a death trap. Ticket holders are forced to leave because patrons are falling down the stairwell and crushing one another. Congratulations, Sound in Motion and Club Spin, you just made a very fine example of exactly why city council would like to regulate the nightlife experience. If venue owners, management and promoters cannot take reasonable and responsible action to ensure the safety of patrons, who will? It is a shame to see electronic music supporters have their lives put at risk in order to line the pockets of a few greedy people. Do you really care about those who support this type of nightlife or is it all a facade?
Nov 25, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
John
Great show.
David Guetta was at his best!
Nov 25, 2009 @ 2:24 pm
MJD
What a terrible venue, my party got there at 10ish and I had pre bought ticket, two friends didn’t, I still waited 30min in line, to then wait 30 more min for a drink and all awhile couldn’t move. Almost midnight my friends get to the door and then told it is sold out. By now I can’t even make my way to exit it is soo packed. Went downstairs to club New York and watched the simulcast and had more fun there watching him on Tv and hearing it live. Will NOT return to SPIN for a big name show.
Nov 25, 2009 @ 3:21 pm
ARK
Worst experience ever!! If there were to be a fire last night everyone would’ve been dead. My party and I almost left 20 minutes after we got there. We went outside to the smoking lounge and even that was lame. When we went back inside the place had cleared out a bit since people were so pissed off and left. I definitely do not want to return to SPIN…
Nov 25, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
Scotty
It didn’t make sense that we bought tickets online but then had to wait in line for 30 mins to get a hard ticket. Then once you got the hard ticket you had to wait another 15 mins to get in. Then once you get in there was no where to go? PACKED. I’ve worked concert security at some other the biggest shows at Xcel, Target Center, Metrodome and that was insane how packed that place was. One stairwell to use? Seriously who thought that one up? It did kinda feel like a death trap. I’m not sure if I’d waste my time going to another show at Spin.
Nov 25, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
Zach
I’ll have to agree that the whole night was just poorly executed. I was pushed, stepped on, the whole nine yards. Took forever to get a drink too. I also don’t understand why we had to wait outside if we already had purchased tickets online. I also don’t understand why my friend who had purchased a ticket online was told that he didn’t pay and was forced to buy another ticket again at the door. This kind of service is simply unnacceptable. I came to this show and brought 4 friends because Tiesto was such an incredible time and kept telling my friends how awesome SIMSHOWS is and what they do. However if SIM is going to keep having experiences like these, then you can count me out from now on.
Nov 25, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
p14nd4
I’ll address the obvious venue/logistical issues in a minute, but I want to start positive:
I didn’t get in until a bit after 22:30, but caught the end of Dayne’s set and all of Tyler Hampton’s set, both of which rocked. I believe Jack Trash made an announcement around 23:00 that David Guetta would be on in 30 minutes, but I don’t think he came on until about midnight.
Guetta’s set was good, as would be expected, and he seemed to be having a great time. He played songs that large portions of the crowd clearly knew and loved, as they were able to energetically sing the lyrics when Guetta would cut the volume for a few key seconds.
But…
The venue/execution was horrible. I can imagine no way in which Spin wasn’t 100+ people over capacity/fire code for the main room/floor. I was about 3/4 of the way to the back on the floor, and while I started out with about 5″ of buffer space in front of me, constant shoving/pushing of people entering/leaving the crowd removed any buffer space by the time Guetta arrived. The shoving/pushing didn’t stop, but at least when there was literally no space around me, I didn’t have to worry about falling–the whole group just shifted around as one solid entity. A solid, sweaty, kind of smelly entity.
I don’t know if it was specifically a result of being over-crowded, or inherent to the venue, but the ventilation was massively insufficient. Sweat was dripping down everyone before the main act even arrived on stage. The single main floor bar to serve probably 1500 people was clearly insufficient, but to make matters worse, Spin apparently very strictly enforces a “one drink per wristband” policy, which means that everyone who wants drinks needs to concurrently crowd around the bar, rather than being able to send one person to grab a couple drinks. (Not that this policy is even effective, as it’s simple, albeit time consuming, to just move down to the next bartender to get the second drink.)
So, despite good music, I just couldn’t handle the massively unpleasant conditions in the club. I, like many others, left Spin early, likely never to return [in my life]. This may or may not have been the fault of Spin (as opposed to SIM), but I’d have to recommend that SIM not book any shows at Spin in the foreseeable future to placate its upset customers. It sucks to have one less venue available, but I think that’s not as bad as having a ton of angry [former?] customers.
Nov 27, 2009 @ 2:56 am
MJD
I totally agree with P14nd4, I love the SIM shows this year so far, and hope it continues into 2010(earlier than later hopefully) but please no more shows at Spin.
Nov 27, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
Andre
I agree. I was not at Guetta, but the Benassi show this summer was exactly the same. Some people may like not being able to move, but I like to dance at least a little bit. :p I ended up leavin’ early. Please, no more shows at spin.
Dec 02, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
djc
Dear SIM,
I have to agree with everyone who posted. Terrible. Horrible. Disgustingly small venue for the magnitude of the event. Waiting in lines for tickets that were “presale” then waiting AGAIN to gain access to the venue.
Don’t get me wrong the sets were amazing!!! At first we had room to get our groove on, then the sweaty mass of human flesh swaying in sync drove me out the door. We left early, I voiced my opinion to the staff at Spin about their unprofessional, unorganized mess of an event. Oh, and don’t get me started on the lack of bar service, 4 bartenders for 1500+ people? wtf. I should have went to Club New York for the simulcast. The drinks were probably better and I wouldn’t have had the sweat from 1500+ people on my body from slithering my way out the door.
I can say that I will *never* go to Spin again, for a show, a drink, a booty call.. never.
SIM please book a venue that is capable of handling an EPIC event, not the EPIC fail that occurred.
Sincerely,
djc
Dec 02, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
Greg S
Booking anything at SPIN sends people away from SIMShows.
Dec 03, 2009 @ 7:52 pm