Hey Seth

Yes, good ones! (Ash, Noel)
as for the other – "Walk on Water Tour"? Might need a larger venue.

Oh, Sting was placed at Lubeville. Makes sense. Realize now last time I saw him was at the Pavillion formerly known as Nissan. I think I was hoping for an intimate show, such as the ones he held in NYC recently. Perhaps after the summer.

Sugartastic wrote:
I think I was hoping for an intimate show, such as the ones he held in NYC recently. Perhaps after the summer.

would be nice, but sting is charging $182 + fees for orchestra seats in lubeville (love the name) and something like $250 for the best seats at the hollywood bowl.  do you have any idea what he'd charge for a club/intimate venue date??  i believe that those small NYC dates were warm-up shows for this tour.

I think the Sting shows were holiday themed…I pinged a friend who went to ask how much tickets cost.

*edit* her reply: Sting played songs from his "Winter" album in the cathedral - cheaper seats which I think were $120. The next price up was $250 then $325 if I'm remembering correctly."

(OT, sorry: How much was Dylan at the club - $75?)

Teenage Fanclub is touring the US in September, make it happen

Hey Seth! Massive Attack just added a show in Boston for the 13th of May!

PLEASE!!!!!

The Black Keys
04-08 Iowa City, IA - University of Iowa Memorial
04-17 Live Oak, FL - Wanee Music Festival
04-18 Miami, FL - The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason
04-19 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
04-20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
06-04 Kansas City, MO - The Crossroads
06-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-23 London, England - Roundhouse
06-26 Evreux, France - Le Rock dans Tous Ses Etats
06-27 Nijmegen, Holland - Rock 'n Park
06-28 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
07-02 Belford, France - Les Eurockeennes
07-04 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-05 Birmingham, England - Academy
07-06 Manchester, England - Academy
07-27 New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage

D.C. date?

DotTheEyes wrote:
The Black Keys
04-08 Iowa City, IA - University of Iowa Memorial
04-17 Live Oak, FL - Wanee Music Festival
04-18 Miami, FL - The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason
04-19 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
04-20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
06-04 Kansas City, MO - The Crossroads
06-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-23 London, England - Roundhouse
06-26 Evreux, France - Le Rock dans Tous Ses Etats
06-27 Nijmegen, Holland - Rock 'n Park
06-28 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
07-02 Belford, France - Les Eurockeennes
07-04 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-05 Birmingham, England - Academy
07-06 Manchester, England - Academy
07-27 New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage

D.C. date?

Yes please. Hopefully a 930 show, and not at Vfest.

Those Black Keys U.S. dates are at 2,000 -2,500 seat places.  I think they may have gotten too big for 9:30.  If there is a DC date it would likely be MPP or DAR.  Unfortunately.

Didn't they do two 930 shows last time around?

I'd be more than fine with a show at the National, but maybe that's too small as well? Don't know. But my only Black Keys experience was a short festival set, so I want to so them headlining, indoors.

Hey Seth..

Arcade Fire are getting back on the road for festivals.  Having them at freefest would be great.  But what would be even better is having them at the club on their tour that I'm assuming will follow the summer festival tour.  I know, I know, they've grown up and are a big band now and the club is not their likely destination in the area, but if you could coerce (or convince) them into a 2-3 night stand at the club instead of a bigger venue, it'd be much appreciated. 

Hm. Wish I had thought of Artic Monkeys…you could bring 'em to 930 though too if you like! :)

Has the Pavement ship sailed?

hey seth,

you have a problem, and it's called ticketfly.

you might be tempted to throw your hands in the air and say "whatever, the tickets were sold eventually".  that's the same attitude that nissan/jiffy lube operators have… and note that it has caught up with them. 

MPP is a major-league venue hosting major-league acts.  let's not bring down the experience what an embarrassingly sub-standard ticketing system.

Hey Seth,

Just thought I'd chime in again for this one: Gary Numan is doing shows that involve performing The Pleasure Principle from front to back. A 9:30 show would be awesome!

sweetcell wrote:
hey seth,

you have a problem, and it's called ticketfly.

you might be tempted to throw your hands in the air and say "whatever, the tickets were sold eventually".  that's the same attitude that nissan/jiffy lube operators have… and note that it has caught up with them. 

MPP is a major-league venue hosting major-league acts.  let's not bring down the experience what an embarrassingly sub-standard ticketing system.

so what would you have done

Seth wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
hey seth,

you have a problem, and it's called ticketfly.

you might be tempted to throw your hands in the air and say "whatever, the tickets were sold eventually".  that's the same attitude that nissan/jiffy lube operators have… and note that it has caught up with them. 

MPP is a major-league venue hosting major-league acts.  let's not bring down the experience what an embarrassingly sub-standard ticketing system.

so what would you have done

Not use a website that can't handle the demand for the venue?  Or once it was proven that it can't, get rid of it immediately?  It's nice that you want to take on ticketmaster, but it's coming at the expense of fans.  How many collective hours of productivity were lost during the Phish sale?  10,000+?  Let ticketfly improve their server capacity, but until then quit using that site.  The fees on ticketfly seem to be largely the same as ticketmaster's anyway, so as a customer I don't see the benefit.  As a fan buying tickets, the only thing I care about is convenience, not some battle between companies.  Continuing to use a ticket provider for a large amphitheatre when the site is obviously designed to only handle clubs would be so incredibly stubborn.

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Seth wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
hey seth,

you have a problem, and it's called ticketfly.

you might be tempted to throw your hands in the air and say "whatever, the tickets were sold eventually".  that's the same attitude that nissan/jiffy lube operators have… and note that it has caught up with them. 

MPP is a major-league venue hosting major-league acts.  let's not bring down the experience what an embarrassingly sub-standard ticketing system.

so what would you have done

I don't know if this would work, but here is an idea.  For Merriweather shows and really high demand things at 9:30 that also overwhelm their system (like Spoon), what about going old school and selling tix in person at the club box office?

You could possibly have the first hour or two be in-person ticket sales only and then open it up to online after the major crunch has been filled in person. 

I know this would upset people that are not local and can't get there for the in-person sale, but it would probalby make more people happy than it would upset given that most 9:30 and Merriweather show goers are probably local.

This system seems like it would reward effort.  People who really want good seats can put in the effort to get them instead of being subjected to the random chance of the currently TF system or that of ticketmaster where everyone is trying online simultaneously.

This system doesn't address scalping, but it at least makes it harder for scalpers because if they want to scalp really good seats, they will have to put the effort in to get them.  The current system is even worse for scalping because scalpers do not have to put in any extra effort, they just try to get lucky with the largely random ticket distribution. 

With this system, scalpers would actaully be adding value because they would be putting in the effort for people that are unwilling or unable to do it themselves.  In the current system scalpers add no value because they are just the ones that got lucky with the random ticket distribution, they didn't have to put in any extra effort. 

So at least this system would improve the whole scalping thing a bit.  If you wanted to get rid of it, you could make the in-person sales paperless ticketing.

Anyways, just an idea. 

fatskippy wrote:
How many collective hours of productivity were lost during the Phish sale?  10,000+? 

Sometimes the jokes write themselves…..

ggw wrote:

fatskippy wrote:
How many collective hours of productivity were lost during the Phish sale?  10,000+? 

Sometimes the jokes write themselves…..

Exactly!

Of all of the crap thrown around in here, that's the one that really screams, 'I'm a self-important professional surfer who expects instantaneous gratification of all my whims…PRONTO!'.

You're lucky your boss allows (intentionally or otherwise) internet access during that exact time frame so you can tend to your personal business, usually at the employer's expense I might remind you. A large number of workers don't even have that luxury. Suck it up and be happy for some of those delays that might actually help you get that coveted ticket when you get a chance later on. In fact, I kind of like these delays solely so those who aren't afforded such professional luxuries might actually have a chance in obtaining high demand tickets.

Mr.Whippy wrote:
So at least this system would improve the whole scalping thing a bit.

Disagree completely.