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mdh9857 wrote:
Neil Diamond
Verizon Center
6/14/2012

prediction: best tickets will be over $150, and this show won't come close to selling out.
sweetcell wrote:
mdh9857 wrote:
Neil Diamond
Verizon Center
6/14/2012

prediction: best tickets will be over $150, and this show won't come close to selling out.


Wrong.  He's the Jewish Elvis.  And he doesn't tour that much.  This is almost a Jeff Magnum situation.

Brian
I don't know.  Justin Hawkins is not rocking the DLR hair and jumpsuits anymore.  He looks like a French Tool fan now:



Brian
I have no idea who this French tool is but it looks like he has a fake vagina.
I'm so confused about M83 sales. I sat on TF forever yesterday and it never said sold out so I assume tickets would be on sale today. I tried the fan/website sale, sold out – did this show really sell out in the band pre-sale? Dang, just wanted on ticket since I had to miss the BC show.
And how does StubHub have 140 of the tickets for sale?
the band's presale sold out in less than 2 hours, for the DC show, and it wasn't widely advertized.  based on this, i expected the club's onsale to go quickly… and it did.

i don't think that TF's system automatically updates to "sold out" when all tickets are gone, i believe it's a manual process (someone has to update the page to show sold out).  so even if the "Select number of tickets" pull-down is still on the page, it doesn't mean there still are tickets.  i've gotten the "all tickets are currently in other people's shopping cart" message for hours, even though the show was likely already sold out.

stubhub has 140 tickets for sale because scalpers have put 140 tickets for sale there. 
Foster the People
MPP
Friday, 8 June 2012

anyone else pleasantly surprised to see the magnetic fields at the club rather than a sit-down theater?
kosmo wrote:
Foster the People
MPP
Friday, 8 June 2012




I seem to remember someone said this a couple of days ago….

"bands these days, when they break, it happens on  a bigger scale than ever before"

Shemp wrote:
kosmo wrote:
Foster the People
MPP
Friday, 8 June 2012




I seem to remember someone said this a couple of days ago….

"bands these days, when they break, it happens on  a bigger scale than ever before"



in the other thread someone was surprised at this booking. they did just sell out 930 club, and i think it was two nights?
sweetcell wrote:
the band's presale sold out in less than 2 hours, for the DC show, and it wasn't widely advertised. 

Thanks. I just couldn't for the life of me determine the club's sale b/c it appears it sold out in the band's presale.
HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
anyone else pleasantly surprised to see the magnetic fields at the club rather than a sit-down theater?


The new album sounds as though it will be more electronic like Holiday/Charm/Get Lost. More electronic = less acoustic = something that is easier to stand through? Maybe that also means we will get some Future Bible Heroes thrown in as well as more tracks from those three records.
maybe the Lisner is not available for that date? the other dates are either in sit-down theaters (Boston, NYC) or GA clubs (Philly, North Carolina).

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
anyone else pleasantly surprised to see the magnetic fields at the club rather than a sit-down theater?
I saw the Magnetic Fields at the 930 in 2001.. it was regular club show.
Im not sure why this is surprising. Theyve been touring a lot and started at the smaller clubs, gained a huge following and progressively bigger shows. I cant imagine things were all that
different in DC. They were playing as openers quite a bit (in NYC) then it was Bowery/MHOW - Webster Hall - Terminal 5 and next will be Rumsey Playfield (central park). It seems its the same down there.

They have another song (or 2) on the radio as it is. Its not that surprising?!

Shemp wrote:
kosmo wrote:
Foster the People
MPP
Friday, 8 June 2012




I seem to remember someone said this a couple of days ago….

"bands these days, when they break, it happens on  a bigger scale than ever before"


It would appear that we have returned to when a band can tour in support of a single

Has anyone mashed up "Pumped Up Kicks" with "Cleveland Rocks" yet?



It would at least be as good as "21 Telephone Lines."

Brian
Never heard of this foster band, did a youtube search and 48 million views?  sheesh.
You have been missing nothing.
Kenny G practicing circular farting into a recorder would be more exciting than seeing them.

chaz wrote:
Never heard of this foster band, did a youtube search and 48 million views?  sheesh.