Hey Seth

Hey Seth!

Went to the Arcade Fire "after party" at Union Transfer after their Wells Fargo Center show. It was pretty kickass. Would love to see them have another one on home turf at the Club after Verizon Center.

Thanks  ;D

Hexenjagd wrote:
Jamiroquai
Placebo
Aphex Twin

yes please!

The Cure

I'm asking in the hopes that this is a realistic request…

Queens of the Stone Age are doing summer dates in July in the US. Any chance you can book them at Merriweather with a boardie/FWB presale?

bearman wrote:
with a boardie/FWB presale?

While I don't care for QotSA, please no pre-, pre-pre- and pre-pre-pre sales. For shows at Verizon or similar, last time I checked there was up to 12 different pre-sales!! and the tickets I got on the official day of sale, at noon, were literally the last row. For the Nick Cave shows this summer, my observation is that literally half of the venue was sold before the "official" sale. Then why not sell all tickets at the "pre-sale" and call it a "sale"?

If it is the first two rows for the biggest fans, OK, but NOT half of the venue.

emmanuel wrote:

bearman wrote:
with a boardie/FWB presale?

While I don't care for QotSA, please no pre-, pre-pre- and pre-pre-pre sales. For shows at Verizon or similar, last time I checked there was up to 12 different pre-sales!! and the tickets I got on the official day of sale, at noon, were literally the last row. For the Nick Cave shows this summer, my observation is that literally half of the venue was sold before the "official" sale. Then why not sell all tickets at the "pre-sale" and call it a "sale"?

If it is the first two rows for the biggest fans, OK, but NOT half of the venue.

oh I don't know about that….

emmanuel wrote:
and the tickets I got on the official day of sale, at noon, were literally the last row.

that could be all that was available, or you had bad ticket mojo that day.  just because that's what you got doesn't mean that's all that was available to the public.

emmanuel wrote:
For the Nick Cave shows this summer, my observation is that literally half of the venue was sold before the "official" sale. Then why not sell all tickets at the "pre-sale" and call it a "sale"?

because then it wouldn't be a pre-sale.  pre-sale = who can get in on it is somehow limited (need a password, info sent only to a certain mailing list, etc).  it has nothing to do with what quantity of tickets are sold. 

emmanuel wrote:
If it is the first two rows for the biggest fans, OK, but NOT half of the venue.

why not?  there are no rules about a presale.  i dunno, but seth seems to know a thing or two about running a concert production company and getting people to buy his tickets.  i say we let seth do as he has done up until now ;D

sweetcell wrote:
why not?  there are no rules about a presale.  i dunno, but seth seems to know a thing or two about running a concert production company and getting people to buy his tickets.  i say we let seth do as he has done up until now ;D

To be clear I was talking about Arcade Fire and Nick Cave shows. I don't know who was the promoter. I'm giving up trying to get tickets for shows like this, unless this is something I am really a fan of. I don't want to bother looking on the web for one of the 12 pre-sale links, so I'm not sure this is a good promotion technique(?)

Queens at Merriweather please!  Their own show, not freefest.

thank you.

sweetcell wrote:

emmanuel wrote:
and the tickets I got on the official day of sale, at noon, were literally the last row.

that could be all that was available, or you had bad ticket mojo that day.  just because that's what you got doesn't mean that's all that was available to the public.

emmanuel wrote:
For the Nick Cave shows this summer, my observation is that literally half of the venue was sold before the "official" sale. Then why not sell all tickets at the "pre-sale" and call it a "sale"?

because then it wouldn't be a pre-sale.  pre-sale = who can get in on it is somehow limited (need a password, info sent only to a certain mailing list, etc).  it has nothing to do with what quantity of tickets are sold. 

emmanuel wrote:
If it is the first two rows for the biggest fans, OK, but NOT half of the venue.

why not?  there are no rules about a presale.  i dunno, but seth seems to know a thing or two about running a concert production company and getting people to buy his tickets.  i say we let seth do as he has done up until now ;D

Is there really a difference between heating an oven and pre-heating an oven?  Why don't we just call it heating the oven?

grateful wrote:
Is there really a difference between heating an oven and pre-heating an oven?  Why don't we just call it heating the oven?

Funny I was wondering the same thing since I cooked everything on "pre-heating" this weekend.

emmanuel wrote:I'm not sure this is a good promotion technique(?)

Did the shows sell out?  Even if not, I doubt having multiple sales opportunities is a drag on ticket sales.

Nick Cave made it possible through his own presales for more plugged in/harder core fans to get really good sets.. I think its great… in a way the IMP presals do the same..they favor boardies bigtime

the verizon shows with 12 presales are ridiculous but is not seth or IMP but the venue, the credit card sponsor, etc etc..

Hey Seth if QOTSA plays the club can I get two free tickets please? (Or should that be MAY I?)

hutch wrote:
Nick Cave made it possible through his own presales for more plugged in/harder core fans to get really good sets.. I think its great… in a way the IMP presals do the same..they favor boardies bigtime

the verizon shows with 12 presales are ridiculous but is not seth or IMP but the venue, the credit card sponsor, etc etc..

I like American Express pre-sales as I always end up getting good seats.  Scalpers know about IMP Presales.  I guess they don't have American Express cards.

Ween

Beck

The Dream Syndicate are doing dates in autumn…it would be very cool to get them to DC. Thanks Seth!

Yada wrote:
Beck

beck, is like, mainly only playing, like festivals, man . . . because thats the cool thing, to do.

walkonby wrote:

Yada wrote:
Beck

beck, is like, mainly only playing, like festivals, man . . . because thats the cool thing, to do.

more like, that's where the money is….