is one of the most desirable concert experiences in the world -– yes, we know this. Fans of are also apparently in the know, as the banjo-punk band’s July 9 show at Red Rocks sold out a month back.
But Avetts fans in their native North Carolina will still have a chance to see the boys’ Morrison show -– via the so-called world’s largest high-definition television at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, the band announced this morning.
The Avett Brothers show at Red Rocks will enjoy a live simulcast at the North Carolina raceway on an 80-by-200-foot HD television and concert-grade speakers. The 1.5-mile speedway’s race-day capacity is 140,000 people.
Speedway gates will open at 8 p.m. on July 9 with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals going on at 9:30 and the Avetts at 11 p.m. Tickets are $10 through July 1, $15 until July 8 and $20 on July 9.
There will also be an at-home viewing option, via iclips.net, according to .
For more information on the simulcast: .
(Note the pictures the speedway is using to promote the show –- both the brown-background portraits and the pink-background group shot. Both are by Denver photographer Todd Roeth, who was shooting the band exclusively for Reverb. The shoot, in the balcony of the Boulder Theater, was a fun one.)
For reviews and photos of the actual show -– and the band’s Boulder Theater show the night before -– stay right here at Reverb.
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Ricardo Baca is the founder and co-editor of , the co-founder of The UMS and an award-winning critic and journalist at The Denver Post.
