Originally posted by reggie:I realize – I meant announced publicly in the CityPaper, Post, website, etc. My point was the hype worked – pretty frickin' fast sellout for a band that's had an album out for mere weeks and was only announced in an email.
It was indie hype that led to an Arctic Monkey sellout before the show was even announced.this show was announced on the mailing list about three weeks before it sold out.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Hobos? Street Urchins? WTF? They are the exact opposite! Grunge was street urchins and hobos. YYYs are so NOT that. They are completely art school/hipster/NYC I-am-trying-WAY-too-hard.
Ripped tights? Gel in the hair? FAKE! When has that ever been street urchin or hobo? They are MisShapes "get a look for the sake of a look" all the way. It's just the "affected" bohemian look. She buys her tights, opens the package, and tears them. Nick (or whatever his name is), puts more product in his hair than I ever did back in the 80's. Not saying judge a band on their looks, but c'mon, this is more affected than even Duran Duran with their ghey makeup.
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Ripped tights? Gel in the hair? FAKE! When has that ever been street urchin or hobo? They are MisShapes "get a look for the sake of a look" all the way. It's just the "affected" bohemian look. She buys her tights, opens the package, and tears them. Nick (or whatever his name is), puts more product in his hair than I ever did back in the 80's. Not saying judge a band on their looks, but c'mon, this is more affected than even Duran Duran with their ghey makeup.
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Sold out, or is my computer being stupid?
Originally posted by dhinojwala:Tickets.com says tickets aren't on sale until tomorrow (3/2) at 10:00AM, which is strange because I purchased mine last Saturday morning.
Sold out, or is my computer being stupid?
Looks like I was about 14 hours early on my "sold out?" post. Does the 9:30 Club do this often, i.e. "soft sale" the concert, take it down, and then advertise/sell the regular way?
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:The next big musical genre, as predicted by QC:
Originally posted by you be betty:No, there are lots of artists I like that look like hobos. They just don't sound like hobos. The only people I'm really and truly predjudice against are the jews, of course.
well, i don't think it's overhyped. but you're entitled to your opinion.
however, i might not respect it in the future, if the basis of your argument is that the artists look like hobos.
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i'm fucking sick of this.
i tried to buy tickets at 10:04. It said that tickets were still available, but not in to quantity I wanted. Okay.
I check back in thirty minutes and it's sold out.
Thanks pre sale, Spin Magazine, MTV, Rolling Stone, etc. etc. etc.
i tried to buy tickets at 10:04. It said that tickets were still available, but not in to quantity I wanted. Okay.
I check back in thirty minutes and it's sold out.
Thanks pre sale, Spin Magazine, MTV, Rolling Stone, etc. etc. etc.
huh?
Thanks for being popular, Yeah Yeah Yeahs! The nerve!
Originally posted by granita:
i'm fucking sick of this.
i tried to buy tickets at 10:04. It said that tickets were still available, but not in to quantity I wanted. Okay.
I check back in thirty minutes and it's sold out.
Thanks pre sale, Spin Magazine, MTV, Rolling Stone, etc. etc. etc.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:It's the "I liked a band before they were popular and now that they're popular I can't get a ticket to their show" syndrome.
huh?
i'm confused as to why they didn't buy tickets when they had the chance… and place two orders if need be…
I'm confused as well Kosmo. I posted an alert last saturday for the people who read the board that tix went up unannounced. Anyone who comes in here to do anything other than complain should have been able to get tix.
"They" as in me? Yeah, I tried. Multiple times. Either it was already sold out or tickets.com was having technical difficulties.
I'm fine with them being popular. More power to them. Soft sales/Pre Sales are unfair to the average fan who isn't on multiple mailing lists. There's no way this show would have sold out in twenty minutes any other way. Period.
I'm fine with them being popular. More power to them. Soft sales/Pre Sales are unfair to the average fan who isn't on multiple mailing lists. There's no way this show would have sold out in twenty minutes any other way. Period.
Originally posted by plasmashark:
I'm confused as well Kosmo. I posted an alert last saturday for the people who read the board that tix went up unannounced. Anyone who comes in here to do anything other than complain should have been able to get tix.
Again, people shouldn't have to read a message board or a mailing list to be able to buy tickets to a show.
sorry for the inability to use the boards today (tried to edit and ended up responding to myself). At least its documented now if anyone wants to get me committed.
Originally posted by granita:You did not have to be on the mailing list. Guess how I found out tickets went on sale last Saturday?? Give up? When I found out tix were going on sale I kept checking the 930 page on tickets.com. Unless you have to be on a mailing list to log in there now…
Again, people shouldn't have to read a message board or a mailing list to be able to buy tickets to a show.
Originally posted by Shadrach:Can you read? No where did I say that I deserved tickets more than any of their other fans. I'm pissed off about 9:30's system of releasing tickets to the public.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:It's the "I liked a band before they were popular and now that they're popular I can't get a ticket to their show" syndrome.
huh?
sorry i'm confused on whether you could get tickets or not at 10:04, your post suggests that you could get tickets but not in the quantity you wanted… all i'm asking is why you didn't what you could get then and not wait 30 minutes to try again. just curious not being critical…
granita, get over yourself. seriously. you're not the only fucking person in the world who likes indie bands. this show has been advertised for weeks, and this thread began at least a week ago; tickets were on sale for over a week before it was announced on the 930 page. you had plenty of time to get tickets. instead, you chose to think that you're the only person who likes the yeah's, and therefore, missed out.
it's not rolling stone's fault they make good music. its yours for simply not buying tickets when you had the chance.
you say that you shouldn't have to read an email newsletter or a message board to buy tickets to a show. but if really watned to go that bad, any of the above wouldn't really be that big of a deal, now would it?
i'm fucking sick of people bitching about not getting tickets because they don't want to take the time to read stuff about when they go on sale, or other stuff along the same lines. then people wnat to go blame scalpers; when in reality, all scalpers are doing is exactly what you're not. their homework.
it's not rolling stone's fault they make good music. its yours for simply not buying tickets when you had the chance.
you say that you shouldn't have to read an email newsletter or a message board to buy tickets to a show. but if really watned to go that bad, any of the above wouldn't really be that big of a deal, now would it?
i'm fucking sick of people bitching about not getting tickets because they don't want to take the time to read stuff about when they go on sale, or other stuff along the same lines. then people wnat to go blame scalpers; when in reality, all scalpers are doing is exactly what you're not. their homework.