Rumor: Smashing Pumpkins at 9:30 Club July 10th

http://www.tourhistory.org/tafh.mp3

*cough*

Originally posted by distance:
http://www.tourhistory.org/tafh.mp3

*cough*

That was awesome.

Oh, snap. If true, I just accepted a ticket to Ryan Adams in C'ville on the same day….Hmmph…dangnub.

Originally posted by distance:
http://www.tourhistory.org/tafh.mp3

*cough*

I was there. I want this bootleg.

re: 930 club show - if true I will pay any amount of money. ANY!

Originally posted by kosmo:
just popping in to let bombay chutney and vansmack know that i've got dibs on the hammock this time, but the cooler will be fully stocked and sunscreen and bug spray is also available.

Bastard. It's only because you wake up before me that I have to stand up against a wall and watch this unfold while you get the hammock! Pass me a High Life, will ya? It's noon somewhere…

Oh and this rumor is totally true. I heard from a friend who, heard it from a friend, whooooo, heard from another that Billy's not messing around.

i'd pay $20-25 to see SP @ 930.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by kosmo:
just popping in to let bombay chutney and vansmack know that i've got dibs on the hammock this time, but the cooler will be fully stocked and sunscreen and bug spray is also available.

Bastard. It's only because you wake up before me that I have to stand up against a wall and watch this unfold while you get the hammock! Pass me a High Life, will ya? It's noon somewhere…

Oh and this rumor is totally true. I heard from a friend who, heard it from a friend, whooooo, heard from another that Billy's not messing around.

no worries the folding canvas chairs with the built-in cup holders are still available… and the pond is currently full of baby fish and tadpoles to watch zip around in the lulls.

Originally posted by distance:
i'd pay $20-25 to see SP @ 930.

Wouldn't it be more? Poly Spree is $25 this weekend.

Originally posted by Greer Zoller:

Originally posted by distance:
i'd pay $20-25 to see SP @ 930.

Wouldn't it be more? Poly Spree is $25 this weekend.

why woudl it be more?
asheville was $20 and san francisco was $25 on either side of this possible 7/10 show.

Originally posted by distance:

Originally posted by Greer Zoller:

Originally posted by distance:
i'd pay $20-25 to see SP @ 930.

Wouldn't it be more? Poly Spree is $25 this weekend.

why woudl it be more?
asheville was $20 and san francisco was $25 on either side of this possible 7/10 show.

For $20-25, I can guarantee you'll see them enter and exit the club, with prime alley seats.

If Seth can swing getting them in, I expect it'll be more than altruism on their part and tix will be smite more than the residency shows. The off set of not having to travel for 2 weeks, increased merch sales, and likely a share of the concessions means the tickets could be more reasonably priced.

A one-off in DC would likely cost them more, cost Seth A WHOLE LOT MORE, and cost us marginally more. They also likely took into account that half the residency crowds were coming from elsewhere and were spending quite a bit on travel so perhaps didn't want to fleece them too much.

There might be a marginal effect of people from Philly, NYC, etc. trying get in but for the most part (and hopefully) it'll be locals, and I think there wouldn't be too much griping if the tix were in the $60 range, more at $75, and positive melt down at $90…but it would still sell out in minutes.

And as long as policies were put in place to eliminate (well discourage) scalpers it would be people that just didn't mind paying to see that intimate show. If the residency shows were on the free market, they'd be going for several hundred a piece. EASY. And I dare say it'd still be worth it.


Put a different way, if the $20 residency tix were readily available I think many of us would have snapped them up. Ok then we'd have the task of getting to NC, best case scenario you drive, sleep in your car, and come right back. Still going to cost you at least $75 in gas, food, etc. More likely scenario you drive/fly, stay in hotel, and eat and drink like caligula. About $200-$300 minimum. Now if they show up at 9th and V and it cost $100, consider it a bargin and you get to sleep in your own bed afterwards.


I also like how we've seemed to turn the page on whether anyone wants to see or cares about the "new" pumpkins…to how much people want to see or care about the "new" pumpkins…nice.

i doubt i'd pay $75.
but i also just went to 2 of the asheville shows.
i've never paid more than $60 for a regular show and i don't really plan to.

Originally posted by bnyced0:

There might be a marginal effect of people from Philly, NYC, etc. trying get in but for the most part (and hopefully) it'll be locals, and I think there wouldn't be too much griping if the tix were in the $60 range, more at $75, and positive melt down at $90…but it would still sell out in minutes.

im nearly insulted. plenty of us who post on here arent even locals but did live in the area. hell youre not a local to NC and going down there. Why should you hope for the most part its just locals. So its more 'fair' that they get tickets. How about those locals of NC who couldnt get tix because of all the out of towners. Hate to say - its the pumpkins - and if those of us from nearby cities could get tix - im sure we'd go. Just my $.02. and if they play in NYC - I 'hope' its mostly locals who go!

ill hope you really didnt mean to have your post come across that way. after all, plenty of us do what we can to see bands at certain places :) at my luck this will be the same night Maximo is playing in NYC and there will be no way in hell im missing that.

I'm not following bnyced0's logic either. I'm sure NYC and Philly are quite pleased when all the fans from DC hike to those cities because bands are choosing to skip the DC area with more and more frequency.

Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm not following bnyced0's logic either. I'm sure NYC and Philly are quite pleased when all the fans from DC hike to those cities because bands are choosing to skip the DC area with more and more frequency.

well i dont know if NYC and Philly are more pleased, but one band recently was not happy that they had to leave nyc to go to b'more. might have been shiny toy guns or someone in one of the openers. ive heard this lately from a few bands. that cannot be a good thing for DC. (or surrounding areas).

Originally posted by xneverwherex:

Originally posted by bnyced0:

There might be a marginal effect of people from Philly, NYC, etc. trying get in but for the most part (and hopefully) it'll be locals, and I think there wouldn't be too much griping if the tix were in the $60 range, more at $75, and positive melt down at $90…but it would still sell out in minutes.

im nearly insulted. plenty of us who post on here arent even locals but did live in the area. hell youre not a local to NC and going down there. Why should you hope for the most part its just locals. So its more 'fair' that they get tickets. How about those locals of NC who couldnt get tix because of all the out of towners. Hate to say - its the pumpkins - and if those of us from nearby cities could get tix - im sure we'd go. Just my $.02. and if they play in NYC - I 'hope' its mostly locals who go!

ill hope you really didnt mean to have your post come across that way. after all, plenty of us do what we can to see bands at certain places :) at my luck this will be the same night Maximo is playing in NYC and there will be no way in hell im missing that.

relax, chica. he just wants better odds at getting tix… i don't think he was saying all people that live in NY smell bad.

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
but one band recently was not happy that they had to leave nyc to go to b'more. ive heard this lately from a few bands. that cannot be a good thing for DC. (or surrounding areas).

Bands don't want to visit here?

Earlier, I asked the question about ticket cost because I have noted that ticket prices in the area (for some shows) have gone up by a few dollars. I provided the example of PS being $25..also, Elvis Costello at $75, Damian Rice at $50 (w/fees, right?). This is Smashing Pumpkins. Sure they are at VFest, but c'mon the price will be higher than $20.
I didn't research other Pumpkins' prices…Is that even a method to calculate anymore? For one, Asheville isn't a great comparison. Shows at the NorVA tend to be cheaper than DC shows.
Perhaps vansmack can answer about CA prices..I have found CA prices to be reasonable.

the european shows prior to these north american residency runs were all like $60 or less.

Originally posted by vansmack:
I heard from a friend who, heard it from a friend, whooooo, heard from another that Billy's not messing around.

Stop it. Stop it right now.

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
hell youre not a local to NC and going down there. Why should you hope for the most part its just locals. So its more 'fair' that they get tickets. How about those locals of NC who couldnt get tix because of all the out of towners.

according to an interview with peel management, a certain number of tickets (20%?) were in fact reserved for locals - TM orders that connected from outside of NC never saw this inventory.

Last time they played here I won tickets from Johnny Riggs the day of the show… Hopefully it won't be like that if this happens again. I was second in line at Tower and they sold out before I got mine… This was before the internet I believe… WAY BACK in… 1999. :)