Wilco 2/26 and 2/27 9:30

I always wonder who's going to these sold-out shows since the real fans almost never get tickets.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
the fans, such as myself, who tried to buy tickets at the door saw absolutely huge markups on the tickets.

i figured it was mainly jerks who knew than can get $70 bucks out of fans who would wait outside before the show in a desperate attempt for entry. i'd bet most of them don't care about the band at all. it's frustrating.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I always wonder who's going to these sold-out shows since the real fans almost never get tickets.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
the fans, such as myself, who tried to buy tickets at the door saw absolutely huge markups on the tickets.

I love Wilco but the last time they came to 9:30 the show was so over sold it was a miserable experience. So miserable, my husband swore to never go to another Wilco show again. Did anyone else feel this way? Please don't over sell the show again!

Wilco is the new DMB.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
i figured it was mainly jerks who knew than can get $70 bucks out of fans who would wait outside before the show in a desperate attempt for entry. i'd bet most of them don't care about the band at all. it's frustrating.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I always wonder who's going to these sold-out shows since the real fans almost never get tickets.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
the fans, such as myself, who tried to buy tickets at the door saw absolutely huge markups on the tickets.

Then if these 'real fans' can't be arsed to go online and buy tickets when they go on sale then they fully deserve to get ripped off at the door…..not that I think it's being ripped off, it's simple economics 101.

they do sell out in like 35 seconds, though

i was online within minutes of both the presale and the public sale and i STILL didn't get tickets.

what bothers me are the people who buy extra tickets with full intention of reselling them at the door for astronomical markups. this happened to me for the arcade fire show at DAR. i found a guy on craigslist who sold me two tickets for much more than face value. after i thanked him for the tickets, i said "sorry you can't make the show." he responded, "oh, i'm going. when the show went on sale, me and a friend bought as many tickets as we could, figuring we could make a lot of money." charming.

Originally posted by Brain Walrus:

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
i figured it was mainly jerks who knew than can get $70 bucks out of fans who would wait outside before the show in a desperate attempt for entry. i'd bet most of them don't care about the band at all. it's frustrating.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I always wonder who's going to these sold-out shows since the real fans almost never get tickets.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
the fans, such as myself, who tried to buy tickets at the door saw absolutely huge markups on the tickets.

Then if these 'real fans' can't be arsed to go online and buy tickets when they go on sale then they fully deserve to get ripped off at the door…..not that I think it's being ripped off, it's simple economics 101.

Don't buy from scalpers. Ever.

I bought 4 tickets to the New Orleans show on March 4. I'll probably end up selling them at face value if anyone is interested.

I'm trying to find out why they haven't been delivered yet.

At the risk of sounding like an asshole, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Don't buy from the scalpers and they go away or reduce their prices once they realize their gamble was a bad one.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
i was online within minutes of both the presale and the public sale and i STILL didn't get tickets.

what bothers me are the people who buy extra tickets with full intention of reselling them at the door for astronomical markups. this happened to me for the arcade fire show at DAR. i found a guy on craigslist who sold me two tickets for much more than face value. after i thanked him for the tickets, i said "sorry you can't make the show." he responded, "oh, i'm going. when the show went on sale, me and a friend bought as many tickets as we could, figuring we could make a lot of money." charming.

Originally posted by Brain Walrus:

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
i figured it was mainly jerks who knew than can get $70 bucks out of fans who would wait outside before the show in a desperate attempt for entry. i'd bet most of them don't care about the band at all. it's frustrating.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I always wonder who's going to these sold-out shows since the real fans almost never get tickets.

Originally posted by yohansen5b:
the fans, such as myself, who tried to buy tickets at the door saw absolutely huge markups on the tickets.

Then if these 'real fans' can't be arsed to go online and buy tickets when they go on sale then they fully deserve to get ripped off at the door…..not that I think it's being ripped off, it's simple economics 101.

agreed. i hate to buy from them and i try to get tickets at the original sale as much as possible. however, shows like the arcade fire and wilco sell out quick. sometimes the only option is to go to those selling what they have – and i negotiate as much as possible.

the problem, of course, is someone out there is almost always willing to pay more than you are. consequently, scalpers will never go away. at the very least, i hope ticket karma catches up to those capitalizing on actual fans.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
At the risk of sounding like an asshole, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Don't buy from the scalpers and they go away or reduce their prices once they realize their gamble was a bad one.

Last time, for the 10/2006 show, there were two presales ( a "Volume" magazine presale & a Musictoday one) and a public onsale.

Has anybody heard anything else regarding the presale?

e.g. presale start time, password, ticket price, etc.

Ditto.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Has anybody heard anything else regarding the presale?

e.g. presale start time, password, ticket price, etc.

Password is "yachtrock"

Working with Wilco to do something fun for this show. More info later if something works out.

Originally posted by El Jefe Design:
Working with Wilco to do something fun for this show. More info later if something works out.

I hope you'll go with a Washington Monument theme, a la your thermals poster and like the Heads of State posters for the 2004 and 2006 Wilco shows.

God, i'm going to miss the presale because of work. Maybe i can give my students some sort of work sheet and slip out to the computer lab

any info on the presale would be money…

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by El Jefe Design:
Working with Wilco to do something fun for this show. More info later if something works out.

I hope you'll go with a Washington Monument theme, a la your thermals poster and like the Heads of State posters for the 2004 and 2006 Wilco shows.

Wilco had a Washington Monument poster at their show at the Club back in 2004. I have that one framed. So I'd like to see something different :)

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial?

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