Phoenix upset!

Never was a Live Nation venue, but I think Jeremy Enigk's show there two years ago was presented by Live Nation (during the early beginnings of RnR). That was it I believe.

I'm probably in the minority here but I love the RnR Hotel…just get there early for sold out shows ;)

I personally think it's not gonna sell out right away. Maybe not for a couple days…

MyraEllen wrote:

I swore that the RnR had a deal with LN…is it only for some shows?

Hello wrote:
I personally think it's not gonna sell out right away. Maybe not for a couple minutes…

corrected.

Joe, I think there were a few more LN shows there.


Now that I think about it a little more, it wouldn't totally shock me if LN had their hands in the RNRH's business somehow. They (RNRH) do often book bands that are way too big for a small venue who's been around for less than three years to be able to book. CYHSY played there fairly recently and I think OAR last december? It would just make sense for a bigger entity to be behind the scenes pulling strings. Admittedly, this theory isn't too well thought out and I have no real evidence to back it up but one can't help but wonder.


<queue Snailhook> ;)

So I saw this band on SNL and started asking around about them. I heard that they were a French Strokes cover band, and recently cut an album of their own material, which comes out in May. I haven't heard the album, but they were pretty good on SNL. What's the maximum number of tickets I can buy?

I can promise you RnR andLiveNation have nothing – and as long as the RnR booker stays there – will never have anything to do with each other. Blood has been spilled over that relationship. LN did do a couple shows there early on, but that was before things went down.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Joe, I think there were a few more LN shows there.


Now that I think about it a little more, it wouldn&#039;t totally shock me if LN had their hands in the RNRH&#039;s business somehow. They (RNRH) do often book bands that are way too big for a small venue who&#039;s been around for less than three years to be able to book. CYHSY played there fairly recently and I think OAR last december? It would just make sense for a bigger entity to be behind the scenes pulling strings. Admittedly, this theory isn&#039;t too well thought out and I have no real evidence to back it up but one can&#039;t help but wonder.


&lt;queue Snailhook&gt; ;)

got 2

I got 2 - thanks for the heads up!  I read this thread just in time…

people cannot complain that this was a hard ticket to score - 6 minutes in and i can still pull up tickets. 

ticket alternative got sloooooow but i still got two tickets. this is going to be a great show.

got 2 as well, 8 minutes in and not sold out, so maybe Much Ado About Nothing, of course this dashes my dreams of being asked to go on tour with them as their DJ  ;)

sweetcell wrote:
people cannot complain that this was a hard ticket to score - 6 minutes in and i can still pull up tickets.&nbsp;

i take back what i said earlier. kinda surprised, but i would have missed out if not for this thread. thanks forum

kosmo wrote:
got 2 as well, 8 minutes in and not sold out, so maybe Much Ado About Nothing, of course this dashes my dreams of being asked to go on tour with them as their DJ&nbsp; ;)

why?  because you'll only tour with bands that can sell out a venue in less than 8 minutes?

believe me.  ;D

Hello wrote:

I personally think it&#039;s not gonna sell out right away. Maybe not for a couple days…

It was really easy to get tickets to this show.

The Eddie Vedder solo shows, on the other hand, drove me crazy for 30 minutes until I could get a pair of balcony seats!

By the way, the venue they are playing in Denver holds 400, and the one in Minneapolis a 250-500 range.

It appears that LA and NYC are outliers.

got this on myspace bulletin from RNR Hotel at 11 am:

Subject:  PHOENIX on-sale now! ALMOST SOLD OUT!!!

That could mean nothing. As we've seen, the promoters from the hotel don't have a problem acting as division II street-teamers when it comes to pushing their own shows.

sweetcell wrote:

kosmo wrote:
got 2 as well, 8 minutes in and not sold out, so maybe Much Ado About Nothing, of course this dashes my dreams of being asked to go on tour with them as their DJ&nbsp; ;)

why?&nbsp; because you&#039;ll only tour with bands that can sell out a venue in less than 8 minutes?

no because they are playing at RNRH and not the 9:30 club, seeing as I don't DJ at RNRH they wouldn't be able to bask in my awesomeness there, now were it at the club they could at least get the chance to.

one of my worries is that this show could have easily been targeted by those who resell tickets, thus making it harder for the fans to snare them when they first went on sale.

By the way - Terminal 5 is NOT a live nation venue. its owned by bowery presents who does their booking through ticketmaster.

but seriously complaining about a small venue. I saw them before at 9:30 club and it was awesome and they had other great bands with them - Longview and Dogs Die In Hot Cars. I would be totally excited if they were playing anywhere smaller than Terminal 5.

Also - this tour had maybe 2 weeks of dates for them to play the States. They are playing in france days after the LA show and have a bunch of dates right before they get to the States. It seems this is just a small tour and theyll be back again later to do a full US tour.

kosmo wrote:one of my worries is that this show could have easily been targeted by those who resell tickets, thus making it harder for the fans to snare them when they first went on sale.

thats what i thought too. made sure i got 2 tickets even though my wife is up in the air about going figuring i wouldnt have an issue getting face back if needed