3-11 with State Radio at UNO Lakefront Arena

Friday afternoon, I drove down to New Orleans with a friend for the 3-11 concert at UNO's Lakefront Arena! We braved the 38 degree F wind and rain that night to drive across town to UNO. On the way, I realized I had no idea who the opener was, so I looked them up on Pandora for an in-vehicle preview of State Radio. The preview was definitely favorable, reminding me of a Pepper-Rebellution combo.

This was my first concert at the Lakefront Arena and I was definitely impressed with the acoustics! Unlike other indoor venues I have been to, there wasn't a weird echo reverberating the music and making it sound like loud noise.

Overall assessment: clean venue with good acoustics; 3-11 was awesome as usual; and I found a new band (the opener) for my iPOD! Although the weather was frigid and wet, it did not snow in New Orleans, like it did on the north side of the Lake. In fact, I would have preferred and was even hoping for snow over cold, slushy rain! Honestly, I was so pumped after 3-11 that the wind an rain wasn't even an issue (not that I wasn't dressed in anticipation of snow)! :)

[I was definitely disappointed to wake up the next morning and not find snow. :( ]

311 - "Hey You"


311 - Percussion Set


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