The Hollywood Palladium (Hollywood, CA)
The Roots play a show at the Hollywood Palladium. The Grammy Award-winning hip-hop band was named one of the "twenty greatest live acts in the world" by Rolling Stone. Based in Philadelphia, they're known for their jazz and soul influences and live instrumentation. Opening act: Gym Class Heroes.
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Gym Class Heroes were great. I was so excited when Estelle joined them on stage! The Roots were great as usual. That Tuba player was awesome. Both bands were really great!
The Roots were jiving as expected but the Gym Class Heroes were really a big surprise! LOVED LOVED LOVED them. The new Hollywood Palladium is majestic and restored to its former brilliance. Drinks are not pricey and staff is very friendly. The only draw back was the wait in line for Will Call--very disorganized.
First off, the Palladium looks great! The new sound system is a tremendous improvement. As for the show, Special Guests Estelle & Gym Class heroes were incredible opening acts for headliners the Roots.
I'm still astounded by how much money we saved using Goldstar.
Thanks so much for a fantastic evening.
Martin D.
Sherman Oaks, CA
best band in hip hop -- as usual, great performance
great concert great venue-but standing only
The show was great! The tickets were easy to pick up, the venue was newly renovated and beautiful, and the performances were outstanding! The tickets were a steal :)
For the amount paid - it was worth it! No! Actually it was a steel! Thanks!
great show!
Great show, it was jam packed!! I recommend earplugs if you are near the stage.
I LOOOOVVVED the show! Best $17.50 I ever spent! Roots did like a 20 minute "You got me" The lead guitarist was insane so amazing! Sorry if you missed out!
Never been to this venue before and was surprise the service there was pretty cool. Concert was real chill and the bands were awesome! We actually took the Metro subway there (a block or so away) so we didn't pay for parking or needed a DD!-Big plus. Goldstar had the cheapest tickets available since we paid less for two people than for one person at the door!! thanks Goldstar!
Thanks so much! Traffic made us late, of course, but when we did arrive it was well organized and we were easily inside. I can't wait to use your service again.
as always the roots never dissapoint .... but I was impressed with gym class heroes, hadn't really heard much from them and they put on a great show ... totally got the crowd pumped for the roots
Palladium has reopened and done a great job. the sound system was amazing. my ears left ringing. could be seen as a good or bad thing.
estelle opened and she is amazing. if you dont have the album go get it. the gym class heroes were amazing. fun, and hella entertaining. the roots were all right. they didnt play the hits, so you missed that. the vibe was not mellow at all if that is what you were expecting. which I wasnt. the tuba player was beyond amazing tho.
Thanks for a great concert!!! The venue was easy and laid back, plus the will call had short lines and no hassle. I would definitely go again...
The concert was great. The remodeling on The Hollywood Palladium looks great and I love the new sound system.
Oh it was definitely a lot of fun. Gym Class was awesome, Roots was awesome..and We were definitely suprised by Estelles..an added bonus!
I loved it! Estelle was wonderful. Gym Class Heroes performance was too long.Their performance was longer than The Roots... a little strange. As usual The Roots delivered.
The concert was great. Loved the renovation of the Palladium. The price was even better.
Amazing night at the remodeled Palladium where Estelle, Gym Class Heroes and The Roots shut it down!
The Hollywood Palladium is the longest operating venue in Los Angeles, having opened in 1940 with Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The 40,700 sq. foot facility boasts an 11,200 sq. foot solid white ash dance floor, a 15,000 sq. foot acoustical plaster ceiling and a state-of-the-art sound system.
The Roots are an American hip-hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for a having a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip-hop which includes live instrumentation. Their debut album was released in 1993 and they have collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres, including Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. The Roots have garnered critical acclaim and influenced many rap and R&B acts.
Gym Class Heroes are an American band from Geneva, New York. The group formed when Travis "Schleprok" McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley and decided to make a band. After the addition of guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo and bassist Eric Roberts, they were signed to Decaydance Records, on which they released the gold-selling album As Cruel as School Children. Since that release, the band has garnered much success, with the single "Cupid's Chokehold" reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Clothes Off!!" peaking at #5 on the UK Singles Chart. Rather than using the conventional tools of hip hop production, Gym Class Heroes use live instrumentation, similar to artists such as: Fluorescent Thiefs, Stetsasonic, The Roots, N.E.R.D., Flobots, and Crown City Rockers. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Patrick also produced the majorty of their new album "The Quilt", which was released on September 9th, 2008
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