One of the two leading newspapers in Argentina (LA NACION) wrote this about the show. I'll copy paste the spanish version and then a full of mistakes translation by myself.



Desencanto en gotas



Llovi�, tocaron y no se los escuch�



Podr�a haber sido una gran noche. Los Chemical Brothers estaban en Buenos Aires con un as en la manga: un show de alto voltaje que probaron con �xito en su gira europea. Pero no. Cuando el viernes �ltimo Tom Rowlands y Ed Simons subieron al escenario montado en el estacionamiento de Pach�, los buenos aires comenzaron a enrarecerse. Todav�a no hab�a empezado la tormenta cuando el arengador "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" dio el puntapi� inicial, un poco t�mido de volumen, pero efectivo al fin. Y el campo se fue poblando con las 10.000 almas (�nada m�s?) que, seg�n la producci�n del encuentro, pagaron 70 pesos para reencontrarse con la banda m�s significativa de la m�sica electr�nica internacional.



Un punto y aparte merece la excelente puesta visual del concierto de grandes �xitos, l�stima que los juegos de l�ser buscaban furiosos su correlato s�nico, perdidos entre la gente que insist�a a los gritos con "Get Yourself High". Entonces, los rel�mpagos sobre el r�o confirmaron aquello que el Servicio Meteorol�gico hab�a previsto: agua a raudales. Lo que sigui� fue un trago m�s amargo todav�a: el sonido qued� diluido hasta la adivinanza, los sectores VIP se tornaron inhabitables y un improvisado intervalo de auxilio t�cnico acort� la falsa promesa de una hora y media de show.





Disillusion in drops



It rained, they played, but they were not heard



It could have been a great night. The Chemical Brothers were in Buenos Aires with an ace in the sleeve: a show of high voltage that proved successfully in their European tour. But no. When Friday last Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons raised the mounted scene in the parking of Pach�, Buenos Aires began to become scarce. Still the storm had not begun when "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" gave the initial kick, without good volume, but effective enough. The field was populated with 10,000 souls (nothing else?) that, according to the production of the encounter, paid 70 bucks to meet with the most significant band of international electronic music.



It deserves a new paragraph the excellent visual production of the concert. Then, the lightning on the river confirmed what the Meteorological Service had anticipated: water in abundance. What followed was a bitterer drink still: the sound was diluted until the riddle, sectors VIP became inhabitable and an unexpected interval of technical aid shortened to the false promise of one hour and average of show.

I still can't understand why people complain about the sound. I could hear everything perfectly, and in the second part of the show I wasn't even so near to the stage.

Ah, thanks for posting the review!

I"m gonna make sure I'm riiiiiight up the front when I see them play at Big Day Out in January... just in case ;)

Afro88 Escribi�:

riiiiiight up the front ... at Big Day Out in January

I'll see you there. :-D

Gabo Escribi�:

I still can't understand why people complain about the sound. I could hear everything perfectly, and in the second part of the show I wasn't even so near to the stage.

The WIND, for God Saint, THE WIND. I could hear everything perfeclty, Gabo, just like you! But maybe it could be because we were correctly located. I was holding the barriers (haha!), almost in the middle. The wind is what caused that "problem" with the sound. And I'm tired of saying always the same. PEOPLE: READ BEFORE POSTING.



Saludos!

Sorry for the "thread revival", but I wanted to add some things to this.



I wasn't there, so take this just as a comment.





Ticket price:

If it was 70$A (I think it's 25US$), cmon, don't complain!

How many times are these kind of groups going to land on Argentina or how many times are you going to be able to see them?

If they played every 6 months or something like that, it's ok, that's a ripoff, but I think that this was the first time that the Chem Bros touched argentinian ground.

I know Argentina's economical situation, which is very similar to our situation, but that might have been your first and last time you'll see the Chem Bros playing in Argentina (hope not).



The rain:

It was the organization's fault, but I think that the CB should demand some things for theirs sets, so that they know that they are going to be able to have a good show, good sound, and that it will be a complete set.

And I'm not talking about "I want a hotel room with the tub filled with champagne", but to ensure that their show is going to be a high quality show, and a complete one. ;)

The organization, their fault, never trust our weather, and if they already knew that it was going to rain... well, what can I say?

I remember when we organized the 1er Festival Celta de Montevideo, it was a hot and sunny day, no clouds at all. When the sun went down, it started raining, but we had a roof were we all played, so we didn't have any problem, I ended that day with fever because of the rain and cold. :(



CB:

Sounds right that they didn't want to keep playing, but at least they should have spoken to the crow, just explaining what was going on, telling they were sorry and that they liked how the crow was into the show no matter how it was raining.

Hola amigo!

Por ac� en Buenos Aires ya tocaron 2 veces (esta fue la 2da.). Con el resto de tu post, muy de acuerdo en l�neas generales.

Gracias por tu opini�n. :)



Saludos!

Ojala haya una 3ra vez, poder ir y poder conocer a gente de ahi que entra a este foro. ;) :)