text: I have experienced the Fillmore in two ways private events and concerts This review is not about the former the Fillmore is just fine for private events and the success of such an event depends on the event organizers rather than the venue management As for the latternnWell the Fillmore sucks I apologize to its fans but it does My most recent visit totally destroyed whatever respect I had left for the placennWe saw the Flaming Lips and being the Flaming Lips they were awesome The Fillmore management however was so awful that we ended up leaving with at least more minutes of Lips left I shall try to break it down for younn Staff The staff at the Fillmore is consistently outrageously rude The one pleasant person we met was in the willcall box It was downhill from there Entry security treats everyone as though he or she is a suspected terrorist and the bar staff consists mostly of snotty twentysomething girls who do not seem to realize they should at least try not to directly insult customers since they are working for tips after all Speaking of barsnn Drink prices are ridiculous I paid dollars for a Dixiecup of watereddown Miller A more reasonable portion would have set me back nearly I expect to pay higherthanusual prices at concerts and such but that is truly ridiculous The Fillmore knows it too there is a strict no reentry policy so you cannot go next door for a drink while you wait for the main actnnI could have lived with the above things The music is what is important right Bear with me while I explain the breaking strawnn Crowd control The Fillmore is a small space with no dividers of any kind on the floor Combine that with what I suspect is the managements habit of overselling tickets and things can get quite unpleasant as a bunch of drunk people try to cram as close to the stage as possiblennIm almost and people seemed to view me as an obstacle to be overcome My feet were stepped on constantly I was shoved more than once and someone actually put her hand on my shoulder and tried to push me downward so she could get video with her iPhone All this is beside the fact that everyone around us was smoking and given the no reentry policy it is impossible to step outside for some fresh air if this causes you to start sneezingnnSo one might ask why was not security keeping people from more or less stabbing each other in the back to touch the hem of the Lips robes Well security was back in the VIP section chatting it up and making sure no commoners violated the sanctity of that space Useless they werennI understand shows can be messy and shows like the Flaming Lips even more so But the Fillmore ruined this experience I will think twice before I ever spend money on tickets there again