Daytona Beach Bandshell — Attraction in Daytona Beach

We went to see the Def Leppard & AC/DC tribute band concert. I went with 2 other couples. I’m giving 5 stars for the beautiful night & the actual "bandshell" monument itself. The 2 stars go to the bands themselves & their sound system. What an insult to the actual bands they supposedly represent. The lead singer of Def Leppard (Joe Elliot wannabe) said that they’d been doing this gig for 18 years!! He had to have been joking! 18 years & he doesn’t know the lyrics? The sound system was abysmal for the music & when they talked to the crowd. What band worth their salt doesn’t perform a sound check before performing?! And to the AC/DC band, same thing. The lyrics were either wrong or forgotten. Sound system was abysmal. The lead singer was trying to imitate Brian Johnson so bad (current lead singer of AC/DC), that I thought he was gonna strain himself with his poorly executed imitation of Brian. If that’s what they want to do, fine by me but make it a show worth leaving your house for! The Angus Young lead guitarist wannabe was good imitating Angus but he didn’t play a fat Strat & this guy was at least a foot taller than Angus! Angus can work that fat Strat all day long like it’s nobody’s biz!! Where was the Mal wannabe?? He was essential to the band, writing music, playing rhythm guitar & the band’s direction. The ppl working for the bandshell were walking around with a "donation" bucket. Luckily, they walked right past me, as I was reading a book. If I had paid to get into this show, I’d be demanding my money back, it was THAT awful. The video presentation on the stage was so light that you couldn’t see it. The only other one off to the left, was barely any better. Why not adjust the contrast? WHO set this show up? Ray & Stevie are both blind & I KNOW they’d do a better job than this!! And the fireworks show afterwards?? WHY did they shoot them off behind us instead of right over the bandshell or at least in front of us where we were facing?? Someone needs to think about the presentation… and the palm trees behind us? They looked raggedy & definitely needed a trim to showcase the fireworks & their beauty. It’s not like the city of Daytona is broke & can’t afford to trim trees although by the looks of their roads, it’s debatable. And their disgusting port-a-potties? That’s an experience they don’t have to worry about me ever repeating...

The bandshell is awesome so that's not what I'm giving a three-star for reason I'm giving a three-star when I would normally give a four or five star is because of what I witness tonight when I was coming in to see the Boston sticks tribute band a guy that I know Ray was trying to get in as I went in and his wheelchair Ray is a high level paraplegic so he has to carry special things with him including a wheelchair charger which I totally understand because I have to do the same thing and I'm a paraplegic but much lower level than him and he had three security and two bandshell people refusing to let him in because he needed to carry his charger which was in a backpack and that's the only way he was able to carry it with his wheelchair it was the only thing in there in the backpack was on the back of his wheelchair I told them that according to the American with disabilities act that they need to make reasonable accommodations as long as he doesn't have any bottles or beer or anything like that in the backpack if it's only for the sole purpose of carrying things for his handicap like his charger they were very rude to him they refused to let him in he had wheeled in his wheelchair all the way from the mainland to the concert and that's why I needed his charger cuz he has to charge up before he would wheel back home it was totally humiliated when the one lady told me I won't use the word but to f off and mind my own business or she'll kick me out of the bandshell what is going on with Daytona beaches restaurant bar and grill discriminating against disabled people cuz they don't want to make aisle space and accommodate people in wheelchairs so they kicked them out instead now I see this at my one most favorite place to go happen to another person which I respect very much and is a great guy Ray in fact he used to work at the bandshell and the boardwalk before he was paralyzed in a diving accident and he used to help me when I was in a wheelchair still very very sad and all I can say is shame on the bandshell and the security people there Ray did not get to come in tonight to the sticks Boston concert I even offered to put his charger in my bag which is not a backpack and fold up his backpack and put it in the back of my wheelchair pocket and I was told that mine my own business they weren't letting him in pretty sad...

The band "Alter Eagles" was excellent. It was hot and there was barely any breeze. I think the only short coming was them selling the whole viewing area with lawn chairs. There was two to three times more people than there were seats available. They eventually ran out of seats to sell and they left no place for people without seats to stand. Very frustrating. We purchased seats and chose unoccupied seats. A half an hour later some of Florida's finest residents returned to try and reclaim seats they claimed were theirs. The only problem was there was no reserved seats it was general admission. I tried to explain this to this brainless inbred couple. They turned to a couple of people around us to verify their story, which they did. That still didn't negate the fact it was general admission. Understanding their frustration and their obvious lack of intelligence I gave them the seats. As I was getting up though this woman starts giving me an attitude, which caused another verbal argument. Eventually I had to just take the "High road" realizing what I was dealing with, but this tarnished the night and made me angry. We bounced around standing for the rest of the night rather than go through this situation again. The seats were only 2 for $5. I think they over sold the seats and like I said there was no where to stand which was aggravating for the people who had seats near the walk way. They couldn't see anything but people's butt's. The security chased people away constantly, but there were so many people new people quickly filled the space after they walked away. I guess faced with the floor being filled with people standing or a fraction of the people sitting. The people sitting was the best route. I wouldn't want all of those sweaty transit people rubbing up against me all night. Well I hope my description was detailed enough to give you a mental picture...