NYC Shows/Just Announced Thread

azaghal1981 wrote:
Was there a limit of any sort? If there was, can't just they void all the "customers'" orders that went over the limit and put those tix back up?

yes, there was a ticket limit per person (8 tickets) but scalpers are smarter than ordering 1,000 tickets on the same account…

LCD just added Terminal 5 show(s)..unclear..website is down (too many hits)…they are calling it a fuck you to scalpers


**** you, scalpers. terminal 5 shows added.

holy ****
this here is just to say that we were more than taken aback and surprised about the speed of ticket sales for the april 2nd MSG gig, as well as the effectiveness of scalper pieces of ****ing **** at getting their hands on said tickets before fans could, and it?s knocked us on our asses.
no?we didn?t have a smart paperless ticketing system in place, and no?we didn?t have the pre-sale worked out very well, but this is simply because we?ve never sold anything out so quickly in our LIVES, and certainly never sold out anything as big as MSG. i personally thought i was being bold in suggesting to our manager that we might sell it out ?in 10 days?. that was my bold claim. everyone laughed at me. it?s us and liquid liquid. that?s it. we had MEETINGS and MEETINGS about the ?other band? we needed to ?fill the place?, as we were definitely considered to be nowhere near big enough (most of these bands were, like, way bigger than us, by the way).
we didn?t sell out hollywood bowl, and that was with both hot chip and sleigh bells. there was, i repeat, no expectation of our selling this out either. my main concerns at the time were things like ticketmaster charges?how they were going to make the tickets ridiculously costly? we never dreamed some shitbags would try to get THOUSANDS for our show. it?s insane.
but it happened. we all looked at each other in horror and sat there. i mean, aren?t you supposed to be psyched? your band sold out madison square garden! i live in nyc, and that?s THE PLACE. i saw the jackson?s victory tour there when i was a kid.
but there it was?the **** was gone, and people?not just people, but ****ing proper fans?were PISSED. nancy from the band tried to buy tickets. failed. i tried. failed. our best friends?not wanting to hassle us for guestlist spots tried?failed. i bought 2 tickets to my own show for 3 times the value like an idiot to see if real tickets showed up. my family got burned.
it was, to say the least, weird.
we tried getting another day at MSG. i?d mentioned this before and most everyone kind of rolled their eyes at me. ?2 madison square garden shows, dude? really?? i thought, well, just in case, you know? maybe some people would fly from other places or something. but MSG, being one of the most popular venues on the planet, was unsurprisingly booked. (for the record: just because it doesn?t look booked on the internet, doesn?t mean it?s available. just saying.)
we tried calling our lawyer about the ticket scalping. ?it?s legal?. no joke. it?s ****ing legal. i tramped around with friends and band getting insane. i wanted to buy some expensive tickets and then track the seller down to BEAT him. i acted stupid. i did some classic, shakespearean vain ?fist shaking?, etc. i made angry tweets. (i?m wondering now what on earth could be less effective and more of a first-world spoiled idiotic move than ?angry tweets?? jesus.) i read conspiracy theories about how this was some cash-grab i orchestrated. i read that there are 50,000 seats at MSG (i think our show will have 13k). i read that people had already bought flights, hotels. wanted to bring their kids. waited in the cold. i read that some people thought this was one of the reasons we were calling it quits (check). i read that this was a media stunt we planned. i read very funny comments from my friend aziz, one of which was taken seriously (that MSG had given me 30,000 tickets personally for guest list). i read that i was giving all the tickets to my ?new celebrity friends? (aziz is about the closest thing i have to a ?celebrity friend?, and we met at terminal 5 watching hot chip when we were, well, not very ?celebrated?). i read that we should cancel the show and put the tickets up on sale in a better fashion. i read that we should NOT do that, for ****?s sake. i read that we should go **** ourselves.
i read a lot of stuff, waiting to hear if we could get another night at MSG, which seemed like the only option. but it failed. then i kind of sat in my house, trying not to worry for 20 minutes, and made a very, very good coffee.
i don?t know what people think about us, really. i?d love to say i don?t care, but i do. these people in my band?they are my very good friends. i love them very much. i love this band very much. everything about it. i?m very proud of it?of us, and i get defensive when people talk **** about us. i feel like we?ve been able to do something sort of special for 9 years: making music we like the way we like it. going on tour and playing, no computers or ********. no in-ears. a bunch of weird substitute teachers just trying to play something like the bands we loved growing up. whenever anyone said **** about us being sellouts or something, it stung, because i consider this entire thing?the band, everything?to be a communication between us and whoever is listening, and not just a thing unto itself. i remember being a fan and seeing bands, thinking ?this is us. this is you playing and me/us watching? and how real that connection was, and i always wanted to honor that strange relationship with our band. so when someone felt wronged or hurt or outraged, it stung. it stung because, on some level, regardless of the ?you can?t please everyone? stuff that gets rationally said to you when this **** happens, it meant that i?d failed. i?d failed to communicate. on the other hand, i?ve had my world turned upside down by a lot of amazing things people have said about us, or to us. i?ve met fans and made friends, and felt very strongly how that relationship actually works?and how we brought ourselves, each other, finally here, to where we play our last show?and biggest show ever?together, at this amazing place.
and then, this ****ing ticket thing happened.
so to the point. you can?t make everyone happy, and i?m sure this will wind someone up somewhere (?but i paid $600 for one seat at MSG!!!) or seem like some ****** ?plan? to someone else (?they were gonna do it all along!!! it?s all a big retirement money plan to bilk the fans!!!?) or something else that someone who theoretically likes our band thinks (why are you trying to buy a ticket?? how could you even listen to a band that you think is capable of some of this ****!??) but we?ve come up with the best solution i can think of, as quickly as possible so as to deflate the market for those scalping scum****s.
we?re going to play 4 shows at terminal 5 in nyc leading up to the MSG show, and they will include most if not all of the songs we play at MSG. the farewell run-up to the last dance. it?ll be the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st of march. OBVIOUSLY we?re going to look seriously at the way we sell these tickets. not ?paperless, (i?ve been advised that the ?paperless? thing is apparently now ILLEGAL in NY? seriously?don?t ask me) but there are some ideas floating around that could be just as effective (though it?ll take a minute to get folks in the door.)
we?ll announce the shows officially early in the week, and tickets will be on sale soon after. we?re announcing all the shows at once, and if they don?t sell out, i don?t care. i just want to give people who actually want to see us a chance to see us. for a reasonable ticket price. and i want to drop the price of the MSG tickets being sold by piece of **** scalpers.
oh?and a small thing to scalpers: ?it?s legal? is what people say when they don?t have ethics. the law is there to set the LIMIT of what is PUNISHABLE (aka where the state needs to intervene) but we are supposed to have ethics, and that should be the primary guiding force in our actions, you ****ing ****.
and to everyone else: thank you. you rule. don?t let the shitbags win.
i feel like conan o?brien.
james

thanks folks for the info on terminal 5.

we're not thrilled to have to see josh ritter there but the dc show is so ridiculously sold out. i refuse to pay double/triple over face value for these dc tickets as.sholes are selling on craigs list so this is our only alternative.

when do the t5 tickets go on sale

teepo wrote:
when do the t5 tickets go on sale

"http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/11/lcd-soundsystem-announce-four-more-farewell-shows/

They say a Press Release indicates $40 per ticket, two tickets per person, on sale Friday the 18th, and you'll have to show your ID at the door."

more T5 pix: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/05/lcd_soundsystem_23.html

I think Mr. Murphy doth protest too much.  I mean, is he serious?  Does he REALLY think it's really going to be THAT much of a problem?  It's NYC!  There's a higher concentration of hipsters in New York than there are spies in DC.

It's no problem at all that MSG sold out because:

1.  90% of the crown will show up at least an hour after the concert has started.
2.  Half of the crowd will be texting while the other half are smirking/rolling their eyes.
3.  Over the din, you'll hear constant: "He sold out/started to suck after 'Losing My Edge."
4.  Everyone will leave at least 45 minutes early to attend a loft-warming party in Williamsburg.

Didn't everyone see him at Freefest?  He's not THAT good.

Brian

i know it's a mistake to take anything - ANYTHING - that walalce writes seriously, but:

Brian_Wallace wrote:
Didn't everyone see him at Freefest?  He's not THAT good.

actually, he was.  that performance was a top-10-of-the-year for me.  that's why i want to catch them one last time. 

actually what the freefest performance proved is Mr. Murphy could use a good producer to tell him the songs run to long.. 

Brian_Wallace wrote:



Didn't everyone see him at Freefest?  He's not THAT good.

Brian

One of the best concerts I saw last year.

booo i didn't get tickets to lcd…  :'(

LCD at Freefest was one of the highlights of 2010 for me.  I'll be at the last show.

Queens of the Stone Age
Terminal 5
3/25

US dates are gradually coming out. Really hoping for a 930 show.

Philly at Electric Factory 3/24

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
Queens of the Stone Age
Terminal 5
3/25

US dates are gradually coming out. Really hoping for a 930 show.

Yay for QOTSA dates, but the amount of stuff going down on the East Coast in the last 10 or so days of March is insane. 

Hopefully all QOTSA dates will be set by the time the non-transferrable tickets for the LCD Terminal 5 shows go onsale this Friday.

QOTSA's facebook said the full tour announcement is supposed to come today, but I haven't seen anything yet. Looks like all the shows go on sale Friday, so the announcement must be coming soon.

QOTSA

3/20 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
3/24 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
3/25 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
3/26 - Boston, MA - HOB
3/29 - Toronto, CAN - Sound Academy
3/30 - Cleveland, OH - HOB
3/31 - Indianapolis, IN - Vogue
4/1 - Chicago, IL - Riviera
4/4 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom

Vas wrote:
QOTSA

3/20 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
3/24 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
3/25 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
3/26 - Boston, MA - HOB
3/29 - Toronto, CAN - Sound Academy
3/30 - Cleveland, OH - HOB
3/31 - Indianapolis, IN - Vogue
4/4 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom

man i hope thats not it.. thats not much of a 'tour' … what happened to the days of bands playing 50 dates even if some of them sold worse than others?

hutch wrote:

Vas wrote:
QOTSA

3/20 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
3/24 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
3/25 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
3/26 - Boston, MA - HOB
3/29 - Toronto, CAN - Sound Academy
3/30 - Cleveland, OH - HOB
3/31 - Indianapolis, IN - Vogue
4/4 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom

man i hope thats not it.. thats not much of a 'tour' … what happened to the days of bands playing 50 dates even if some of them sold worse than others?

Yeah, I hope that's not it either.  Maybe they will get a stop in Norfolk or Richmond?  They played Norfolk a few years ago time for Richmond  ;D

from their FB page:

Friday, March 18th
…New Orleans, LA ? One Eyed Jacks
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 10 AM


Saturday, March 19th
Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Soundstage
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb 18th @ 10AM

Sunday, March 20th
Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Tickets on Sale to the public: Saturday, Feb 19th @ 10AM



Monday March 21st
Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb 18th @ 10AM


Wednesday, March 23rd
Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb 18th @ 12PM


Thursday, March 24th
Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Tickets on Sale to the public: Saturday, Feb 19th @ 12PM


Friday, March 25th
New York City, NY @ Terminal 5
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb 18th @ 12PM


Saturday, March 26th
Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Tickets on Sale to the public: Saturday, Feb. 19th @ 10AM


Sunday, March 27th
Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Tickets on Sale to the public: Saturday, Feb. 19th @ 10AM


Tuesday, March 29th
Toronto, ONT @ Sound Academy
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 10AM ?


Wednesday, March 30th
Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 10AM
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/05004644913B6700

Thursday, March 31st
Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 10AM


Friday, April 1st
Chicago, IL @ The Riv
Tickets on Sale to the public: Saturday, Feb. 19th @ 10AM


Saturday, April 2nd
Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @10AM

Monday, April 4th
Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
Tickets on Sale to the public: ??


Tuesday, April 5th
St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 5PM


Wednesday, April 6th
Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 10AM

Friday, April 8th
Denver, CO @ Ogden
Tickets on Sale to the public: Saturday, Feb. 19th @ 10AM


Monday, April 11th
Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb, 18th @ 10AM

Tuesday, April 12th
Los Angeles, CA @ the WIltern
Tickets on Sale to the public: Friday, Feb. 18th @ 10AM