The Marcus King Band Tickets

Marcus King put on a great show. His entire band are incredibly talented. But the Avalon totally ruined the experience by having terrible sound. They had it up as loud as it could be. You couldn't even hear what Marcus was saying when he was speaking to the crowd. All the instruments were drowned out and it sounded like one huge mess. Also, you are not allowed to dance. You remain in your seat. How can you get into the show if you are not allowed to dance? All in all, it was a disappointing experience. I will not be returning to another show at the Avalon. It does not do the musicians any justice by performing there.

This guy can jam and the opener she was very good too you need to go see a concert

Marcus King and his band are fantastic. The sound at my seats was terrible. I purchased 2 front row tickets because at the time I bought them those were the only two adjacent Seats in the middle orchestra section available. I thought it would be great, It was not. The sound in the front row was terrible. There were no side fills, or middle speakers so all we could hear were some of the instruments from the stage. We were sitting directly in front of the bass guitar and there were clear plexiglass shields on the electric guitars so we heard a lot of bass, no vocals, very little guitars, direct horns and un-miced drums. I paid for front row seats but so that I could hear the music and experience Marcus King upclose. Instead, I stood up in the back of the theater so I could actually hear what I paid for.. Not the experience I was hoping for.

Always liked Marcus King but this was a little more jam session heavy than i expected, but still great music. Was hard to sit the whole time and be aware that the upper mezzanine gets really hot! I’m talkin’ sweat lodge hot. I think i met my spirit animal up there.

***This is not on Marcus King or the opener. I don’t know who was in charge of sound. The sound was SO BAD we left after 30 minutes. I couldn’t hear a word being sung or spoken. Only heard drums and bass and even those were TERRIBLE. My husband said he could hear the brass and because I couldn’t see them, HAD NO IDEA they were there from sound alone. I don’t know if it was the venue’s sound or the band’s but that person needs to find another line of work. I know the songs pretty well and I couldn’t tell you one song he sang it was that bad.

The band was great. It was nice to see a sold out crowd. The only issues I had were that the seating was rather tight and honestly the sound system quality was very subpar. Most of it was very muddy and hard to distinguish voices or between instruments.

Marcus’s playing was great as was all the band. However the sound was terrible. First act was way too loud. Bass and drums cranked. I even asked the sound crew to lower it. On Marcus the mix was jumbled. Again too loud and no separation of instruments. Could only hear the horns or organ if they soloed and then barely. Again the bass and drums over the top. Don’t know if it was a local sound crew or the road crew but this was a small theater not a 20,000 seat arena. Need to learn the difference.

I had a great time. I was blown away by how good Hanna Wicklund was and Marcus was of course fantastic. I just think that the sound boys let them down. The balance was wrong and the vocals were pretty much drowned out. I was surprised by the number of covers that Marcus did from The Marshal Tucker Band, to James Brown, to Crowded House, when he has an amazing selection of his own work.

They blew the foof of our venue. Lead guitarist nailed it.

I am a Marcus King Band fan……I have traveled far to enjoy a concert with them…however, I am so disappointed with the recent concert. I did not go to their concert to listen to ‘new music’. I purchase concert ticket to hear familiar music. The ‘new’ music was nothing like the MKB music I that I truly love. Most disappointed….left before the end of the concert……I have never done that before.