TCV

This same thing happened to a friend for the Vfest – 2 presale tickets and 1 regular sale ticket, but the regular sale ticket was voided due to the 2 ticket limit.

mekmad wrote:

RatBastard wrote:
Yeah we got tickets yesterday as well.  A good day is in my future I see.

I bought a set of tickets at 930 presale and TCV's presale and one of them was cancelled, apparently there is a 2 ticket limit?  Did anyone else encounter this or see where this was written anywhere?   My 2 friends will be devistated, I am really quite annoyed.  It was 2 seperate presales!!!!!

a friend took some photos at  Stubb's: http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/featured-content/1777-reviewphotos-them-crooked-vultures-at-acl-studios-and-stubbs
Jeez. Now I'm really wanting to see them.

I just saw this band in Austin and it was amazing.  If you love Josh Homme, this band is a very, very good thing.  I have never been so entertained by a show by a band where I did not know any of their music going into it.  This at the club is just going to destroy.  Again, if you are a Homme fan, this band is absolute bliss.

God, I cannot wait now!!

mekmad wrote:

How about an email telling me it was cancelled so I can try for the public onsale.  Or an email period.  I would have never known if I hadn't looked at my CC statement.

I guess its no use venting to you guys, you all must have gotten the memo already..  2 ticket limit has always meant you can only buy two a time to me.

Bags wrote:
This same thing happened to a friend for the Vfest – 2 presale tickets and 1 regular sale ticket, but the regular sale ticket was voided due to the 2 ticket limit.

I had this problem with Ticketmaster as well for Vfest, and they didn't contact me before hand to notify me that my ticket had been canceled. I mean, they even sent me a confirmation email for my order. Apparently it's in their "rules" that they don't do that. I called TM to complain about the incident, and they said "oh thats all listed in our terms and services, and the email it sent you is automatically sent whenever a ticket is purchased".

Shitty customer service, IMO. I am ok with an order being canceled, but not notifying me about it is a shady practice.
Very frustrating indeed.

*sorry to derail the thread, hope that everyone going to this show has a good time

Same thing happened for ACDC with the added caveat they were PAPERLESS .. they had this thing that if you joined the fanclub you could get two tickets… mrs hutch also joined and got two….. well they cancelled hers and since they were paperless we didn't find out til we checked our credit card statement the night of the show… we were ok but felt bad for two friends of a friend that we were trying to hook up…

TCV were pretty impressive at ACL. I'd say y'all are in for a treat

no opener for this show, right?

hutch wrote:
Same thing happened for ACDC with the added caveat they were PAPERLESS .. they had this thing that if you joined the fanclub you could get two tickets… mrs hutch also joined and got two….. well they cancelled hers and since they were paperless we didn't find out til we checked our credit card statement the night of the show… we were ok but felt bad for two friends of a friend that we were trying to hook up…

Thats more of a load of crap then the load of crap handed to me for these tickets.  What a load of crap, sorry to hear it.

is anybody on the sense yet of whether this live experience / band altogether, is going to be epic . . . or rather "yeah, well seeing dave on drums again, was kinda cool . . .  but they should of got ______ to sing"??

walkonby wrote:
is anybody on the sense yet of whether this live experience / band altogether, is going to be epic . . . or rather "yeah, well seeing dave on drums again, was kinda cool . . .  but they should of got ______ to sing"??

I'm perfectly fine with Josh singing.  I like his voice a lot.

And I haven't really read any negative reviews of the fact that he's in the band. 

I think this band is going to be a bit of a letdown for anyone who is NOT a fan of Queens of the Stone Age or Kyuss. If you're into Queens or just enjoy music for the sake of music, it's kind of like seeing Josh Homme go supersonic. How could he not be overshadowed by members of 2 of the all-time biggest bands in rock music?  But I get the sense that the songs are mostly his, the melodies are mostly his, it's just that he has one incredibly badass and damaging rhythm section. I'm totally OK with that. This isn't the Traveling Wilburys. I'm sure Grohl will have a lot of people show up just because it's him, and JPJ will have some onlookers too. I'll be there for ALL of the band, including Alain Johannes, who is an amazing musician and producer. But I suspect I'm probably in the minority on that one.

brennser wrote:
TCV were pretty impressive at ACL. I'd say y'all are in for a treat

Agreed.  I was not expecting much, but they were pretty awesome.  But I like QOTSA, so I also agree with bearman that if you do not like QOTSA, you probably won't like TCV.  If you do, you're going to love them.

bearman wrote:
I think this band is going to be a bit of a letdown for anyone who is NOT a fan of Queens of the Stone Age or Kyuss.

Maybe….but those people have issues to begin with.  Particularly those that don't like Kyuss.

walkonby wrote:
is anybody on the sense yet of whether this live experience / band altogether, is going to be epic . . . or rather "yeah, well seeing dave on drums again, was kinda cool . . .  but they should of got ______ to sing"??

I and everyone I was with freaking loved it in Austin, though we are all huge QOTSA/Josh Homme fans.  It sounds like Josh out playing great new QOTSA material with an incredibly sick QOTSA lineup behind him.  Grohl is powerful and right on, but very understated.  He does not make a show of himself, he just pounds the hell out of the drums.  John Paul Jones just takes the whole thing over the top.  There is also a second guitarist.

I do think people not sold on Josh Homme might be let down, but if you have drank the Homme kool-aid, bring an extra pair of shorts to the gig with you.

Mr.Whippy wrote:
Grohl is powerful and right on, but very understated.  He does not make a show of himself, he just pounds the hell out of the drums.

well except for the fact that he employs one guy whose entire job seems to be to move the mic for him throughout the show.  he just sits there behind the drums and swings the mic in and out.  I consider that pretty showy ;)

I just got back from Austin, saw 'em twice.  I don't consider myself the biggest QOTSA fan, but I did enjoy seeing Dave play drums for them at the club in 2002, and this feels different.  One of their songs feels like a slowed down and spacier "Trampled Underfoot", and I really enjoyed it.  Also, when JPJ plays the keys it brings the sound to a new place.  Looking forward to the 14th.

"mini mansions" opening for TCV.  based on their 4 myspace tracks (http://www.myspace.com/minimansionsmusic) they seem to be on the 60's psychedelic tip, with a strong beatles influence.  should make for an interesting/acceptable opener.

edit: apparently i'm not the only one who hears a beatles influence: http://losangeles.ohmyrockness.com/BandBio.cfm?BandID=25780

There are several TCV shows up for download on Dime in case anyone wants to get familiar with the songs before the show.

Good looking out. Downloading Austin.


82+ minutes is more than I thought they had in them.