Social Distortion Tickets

i could go on about how amazing it was to be at this show, but i won't bore you with details. if you were there, you know why you were there. if you missed it...well, you can try to catch them the next time they hit town. social d are a magical band, in the way that zeppelin is. there is something there that cannot be easily put to words. the music is consistently amazing. soulful. sad. exciting. mike ness is a gift for our generation.

The opening bands were really good! Social Distortion was totally awsome as usual!

thought the set list that they played was awesome, but for the first time in a while at the Kool Haus i though tthe sound was awful!!!

Great show - Of course I forgot my ear plugs - should have remembered being deaf for two days after the last Social D show. My only complaint is that their set seemed a bit short. Otherwise - they sound as good as the first time I saw them. Keep rockin Mr. Ness!

great show ... social d still has it ... one of the best shows i've seen them play.

Fabulous, fabulous show. Lots of oldies, and a few newer songs...perfect mix!!!

good show, big range of tunes, but not loud enough.

They can still put on an awesome rock show! After playing a long and satisfying set they continued with a great encore!

Social Distortion @ MacEwan Hall Jul 25/09. Well I missed The Strangers and can’t seem to find any info on the band??? Civet sounded great. Nice to see a band consisting of all woman. It can really change the scene of a show. This was a great act to have along for the tour. I saw Social D in 2006 the last time they were up this way. I was actually quite disappointed last time after it seemed like a very short show on the second night of two shows. I came to this show hoping for a much better presentation and I wasn’t disappointed. Mike seem to be having a great time on stage along with the rest of the band. The guys put a great collaboration of songs together with a set that lasted about an hour and a half.

Great Venue. Opening bands and SD were awesome!!!!

Supposed to start at 8. Imagine my surprise walking in at 7:30 in the middle of the Strangers set. Imagine my surprise at not being able to hear myself think. When they were done, I thought this can't get any worse. Until Civet came on. As far as I can tell, they played one song 18 times. The lyrics may have been different, but I couldn't tell. Hey soundman, turn it down. I've been to loud shows: Soundgarden, Sons Of Freedom, Dead Milkmen, Stranglers, Ramones. At least you could hear the instruments and vocals. It was better when Social D came on, but only just better. Most songs when the B3 was being used, it made no difference. I was only able to understand the lyrics because I listen to Social D. Maybe it was just the second balcony, maybe a poor sound system, but the difference between Social D and other "underground rock 'n' roll" bands has always been their melodies and lyrics. When it's difficult to hear either, it's not enjoyable.

Best show ever!! They played ever song I wanted to here!! The crowd was going crazy!! They rocked WINNIPEG!!!

Best concert I've been to yet and probably the best I'll evergo to. Even better then the last time I seen them. Guest bands were awesome. The only thing was

After a pair of lackluster opening acts (civet and the strangers), partly due to the bad vocal mixing (you could hardly hear the singers mic) but more or less because no one cared enough about these bands to even watch them, it made for a pretty empty opening experience. The show definately 180'd once social D hit the stage, playing all their hits, spanning 30 years of "undergroung rock n roll", as they put it. It was great to finally see them, and even at 47 years of age, Mike Ness still sounded at the top of his game. Great Job!

Mike Ness is seriously one of the coolest people in this earth... Social D is most definately one of the best Rock n Roll acts of all time

Thirty years on and Mike Ness and his band of confederates still have what it takes to get a rise out of frothing Winnipeg audience. With no new album to promote S.D. had to rely on their sturdy back catalog which was alright for all those only there to hear the proverbial "hits" anyway. Ness himself seemed to be having some sound issues and indeed, overall, the band sounded heavier and lots louder when they played the same venue in April 2007. Oddly, mixed in with the requisite olden times punkers that crawl out of their musty basements just for these kinds of gigs, The Burt was pretty stunk up with what can only be called "jocks". Now I ain't no elitist, especially when it comes to common ground Cali PR, but these horn throwing, fist-waving, ballcaps backwards dudes would have been the same ilk that would stalk and hammer Ness and his pals when they first started out in the game thirty-plus years ago. Oh well, everyone is allowed to have fun at a Social D. show. I don't think I'll be going to the next S.D. event - be it two or ten years from now. Too much testosterone for and old softie like me.

This is the third time I have seen Social Distortion and they just get better and better! The only complaint I would have is that they don't come here often enough.

The Odeon is the right venue for this band. It was a little hot inside but the sound was pretty good and merch was reasonably priced. Finally saw Social D and glad I went.

30 years of touring has not blunted the edge of this band. If you like rockabilly, blues punk-rock, and old school country all fused together, you'd probably have liked this show. Mike Ness and co. have not lost their drive as was evident by the enthusiastic mosh pit. I can't recall the last time I went to a sing-along punk show that included crowd surfing to Bob Dylan.

Great sound, Mike Ness' voice was amazing as usual! Loved the show!