Just Announced

I'm just wondering why they charge tax on the ticket the day of show but not in advance.

James wrote:
I'm just wondering why they charge tax on the ticket the day of show but not in advance.

Why? You planning on going?

For shame, Rhett. I knew we had different tastes in music, but that's all I saw it as; not bad, just 'different'. Maybe I should rethink that.  ;)

Noticed this yesterday and mentioned it in the "rollcall" thread but here is all the info:
Theo Angell, Inspector 22 Band, Chris Grier, Moon Pie
When: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 8:00 PM - Sat, Feb 6, 2010 11:30 PM

Where: the Cherch, 1616 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington DC

2010 Country Megaticket AT JIFFY LUBE LIVE

Jiffy Lube Live proudly announces the 2010 Country Megaticket, a seven-show "package" featuring some of the summer's hottest country shows at Jiffy Lube Live. Available only online through megaticket.com, the 2010 Country Megaticket gives you the opportunity to buy your tickets first for the 2010 stellar lineup of country shows at Jiffy Lube Live.

Brad Paisley 
with Darius Rucker
Saturday, May 22nd

McDonald's WMZQFest Throwdown 
MONTGOMERY GENTRY, JAMEY JOHNSON & many more!
Sunday, June 6th

Brooks & Dunn 
with Gary Allan
Saturday, June 19th

Tim McGraw
with Lady Antebellum, Love and Theft
Saturday, July 10th

Rascal Flatts
with Kellie Pickler
Saturday, Aug 14th

Toby Keith
with Special Guests
Saturday, Sept 11th

Sugarland
with Special Guests
Saturday, Sept 25th

http://promo.livenation.com/megaticket/jiffy-lube-live/

sweetcell wrote:
Y'all hatin' in Jimmie's Chicken Shack and Gonzo's Nose?!?

and Kristin and the Noise ::)

That lineup ain't very stellar. False advertisement.

Actually it claims a "stellar lineup of country shows" which is in fact true . . . the shows represent a lineup of shows featuring country music "stars".

Damnit

I guess you're right.


Shame that clowns like that pass for "stars" (country or otherwise) nowadays.

Looks to me that they are planning on Lubing the NASCAR audience which seems very appropriate for a venue now run by a auto service center.

That's not a complaint from me since I have no desire to attend any shows at any mega arenas, Country music shows, or anything NASCAR related. Don't begrudge any of those people from going out and having a good musical time either.

Go get Lubed. Just don't expect me to be part of the Lubing.

I've been wondering if they plan on having any instores at any of the local franchises. It could work.

Sat Mar 27- THE SOFT PACK, NODZZZ, BEATERS $12 Mainstage 9:00 (On sale Fri Feb 5)
Thu Apr 1- THE SMITH WESTERNS, THE CHENIERS $10 Backstage 8:30 (On sale Fri Feb 5)
Thu Apr 15- OWEN PALLETT (formerly Final Fantasy) $15 Mainstage 8:00 (On sale Fri Feb 5)

Jaguar wrote:
Looks to me that they are planning on Lubing the NASCAR audience which seems very appropriate for a venue now run by a auto service center.

*ba-da-ding!*

She'll be here all week, ladies and gentlemen!

Girls/Dumb Dumb Girls
3/30
Recher

Guess this will make a few people happy:
On Sale Fri 2/05 10:00 am EST

Ben Folds

Fri 3/26

9:30 Club


And this will make the emo kids stop crying for two seconds:
On Sale Sat 2/13 10:00 am EST

Motion City Soundtrack
A Rocket to the Moon, Sing It Loud

Wed 4/28

9:30 Club

Jaguar wrote:
Looks to me that they are planning on Lubing the NASCAR audience which seems very appropriate for a venue now run by a auto service center.

Is Jiff Lube now running the venue? I understood it was still a Live Nation venue.

They paid to have their name attached to the venue. Don't know if that gives them a say as to who plays it. Probably not.

azaghal1981 wrote:
They paid to have their name attached to the venue. Don't know if that gives them a say as to who plays it. Probably not.

Almost certainly not. Why would Jiffy Lube want to get into concert booking/promotion.

Also, they've always had a "country" schedule at Nissan/JLL, this is nothing new.

hutch wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
Looks to me that they are planning on Lubing the NASCAR audience which seems very appropriate for a venue now run by a auto service center.

Is Jiff Lube now running the venue? I understood it was still a Live Nation venue.

Technically, no. But when push comes to shove, money talks. Take it however you want. Either way, I'm still not interested.

Jaguar wrote:
Technically, no. But when push comes to shove, money talks.

In what practical way, though? Sure, if some band rises to popularity singing songs trashing Jiffy Lube and praising Tuffy Mufflers, yeah, they're probably not going to get booked at JLL. But I can't come up with any real way in which purchasing the naming rights to an independently-managed music venue is going to control the day-in/day-out bookings the venue has.

Oh, dear God. You, of all people, should understand this. If, by chance, they get a whim, or a bug up their ass, like you, than they can threaten to pull their name; hence, their support; which could be the swaying factor. Why would they bother? Who knows. Things like that happen. Maybe not often, but if they piss off the right, or wrong, person, fortunes can change.

Meantime, please see a doctor about that bug up your ass.

Jaguar wrote:
Oh, dear God. You, of all people, should understand this. If, by chance, they get a whim, or a bug up their ass, like you, than they can threaten to pull their name; hence, their support; which could be the swaying factor. Why would they bother? Who knows. Things like that happen. Maybe not often, but if they piss off the right, or wrong, person, fortunes can change.

Meantime, please see a doctor about that bug up your ass.

Dude, they don't run Jiffy Lube. They are the sponsor.

How is it a bug up my ass? You implied that the several country bookings had something to do with Jiffy Lube sucking up to NASCAR fans (as though only NASCAR fans need auto parts?) and several of us pointed out Nissan has had a country music package of shows for several years. You then vaguely implied that at some point Jiffy Lube would somehow use their fiduciary connection to the venue to control bookings and when I asked in what practical way you thought it was the case, I have a bug up my ass? Yeah, ok…