Queensryche Tickets

I attended the Friday night April 26 show at The Empire Live venue in Albany, New York. It should be renamed Empire DIVE. I’ve been going to concerts for 50 years and I’ve been to about 20 different venues over the years. This is absolutely THE worst venue I have ever been to. It’s as if they took part of a parking garage, blocked off a couple of walls and created a room out of it. The only saving grace was a hot bartender. It’s general admission, standing room only and they let way, way too many people in there. You can’t move around without pushing your way past people. They have one Men’s and one Lady's bathroom, tucked in one corner of the place, down a narrow corridor with a couple of stalls and urinals. I feel sorry for the ladies. I can’t imagine what that room looks like.  It’s dirty, there are drinks spilled all over the floor and the sound quality is horrible.  Unless you’re 6 feet tall or more, you won’t be able to see anything unless you’re right up front and I mean right up front. And there is no place to sit down at all. And there are poles holding up the ceiling that are conveniently blocking a lot of views.  I wouldn’t care if Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the Rolling Stones were reuniting in this Empire Dive venue. I would not go, it’s that bad. As for the show, I was equally disappointed. Queensryche did not play any of their old stuff from the Empire album, which is when I saw them in the past. I don’t care if bands play their new stuff because obviously, they’re out there to promote it, but they really need to take care of some of their older fans and they did not do that at all. They played about an hour and a half and took a break, presumably before their encore. By that time I had been standing for over three hours and had had enough and left. The tickets were only $40 but you got what you paid for. Seriously folks, if you are an old time Queensryche fan, I guarantee you'll be disappointed with their show. Save your money.

Sadly, Armored Saint had low-grade sound vs Queensryche. AS clearly lacked the sound quality of Queensryche. Why?

Queensryche sounded great and there performance and talent was exceptional. I’m hoping they’ll return to the Albany area again sometime within the year. The opening act Armored Saint sounded great too and was a great choice as a warm up band.

Venue was great. Small and intimate. Queensryche was simply amazing! On point and sounded great! The first band, Armored Saint, was very good as well. An overall fantastic show.

Great show although it's sad not seeing the original lineup.

Nostalgic. Queensryche made their first appearance in Mckees Rocks back in the 80's. Snow Storm. Good Show. Like the Venue. Big Sound System. Cool Setting.

Queensryche Rocked! From start to finish, this is one of the best shows I've attended.

This was one of my favorite Queensrÿche concerts ever, and I’ve been to about 10. Hearing th EP and The Warning played front to back in their entirety was just a great time and the band was firing on all cylinders.

I was very disappointed with the sound system at Bogart's, as I was unable to hear the vocals. I ended up leaving the concert early since I could only hear the guitar and feel the drums. I don't plan on going back to Bogart's a any additional concerts.

While I felt their performance was good, I was unaware of the Origins Tour and that they would be playing only the "Warning"album to its entirety. I'm a late bloomer to the Queensryche family and a fan of Geoff Tate, and have been following more of the mainstream songs they have out, like: Empire, Silent Lucidy, Walk in the Shadow, Jet City Woman, etc. I probably should have read more into the show itself, so this is probably on me, but I was disappointed, since the only song I knew the whole night was Queen of the Reich.