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AFI Detroit reviews
10/1/2009 Crash Love Album signing
on Thursday October 1, 2009 my dad took me to the AFI meet and greet and Crash Love album signing and my dad had to wait three hours in line to get me an event wristband and the album. My dad and I went to the Best Buy in Richfield, MN and I got a chance to talk to Adam Carson and he asked me if I was going to the concert on Friday October 2, 2009 and I told Adam Carson that I had to skip the concert for safety reasons. I got a chance to talk to Hunter Burgan too and I gave Jade Puget a high five and he said 'That's the best high five I've ever had' and I got a hug from Davey Havok but then there were some teenagers who were trying to wreck it for everyone else. I was so lucky to actually meet AFI in person and actually talk to them which is way awesome.
Wow.
The band, AFI and their opener were fantastic. Professional, on point. 10/10.
The venue on the otherhand....
So many of the patrons were beyond intoxicated. Many puked on the floor. People were falling over, sitting on the floor and falling into other guests. Not a few, way too many. The Filmore's goal is not for everyone to have a great concert experience. They will let anyone in, sideways drunk, high on drugs, as long as they'll buy a $16 Truly or 2 before they start throwing fists. There were at least 3 drunken fights, guys grabbing women's breasts, and a fight that literally stopped the show in the first few songs of the headliner.
Absurd. I will never go to the Filmore again, this was my first time and this is their reputation. A block a way is a cleaner, more upright venue that I'd recommend over this one any day of the week, regardless of who was playing.