Live in the Age of Covid19

How, dare, you. 

WalkOnBack wrote:
How, dare, you.

I, just, did

I definitely feel bad for the Ottobar

They were doing things right since the sale

Getting better and better lineups


Am really rooting for them

I mean I only had tickets to four future shows at time Covid19 hit and two were for Ottobar shows

I thought the GoFundMe thingy for the Ottobar had raised around $150k. At least they had when I donated to it.

I’d like to get up there for one of the patio events before it’s too cold.

Something like this will probably affect most concerts

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/11/11/ticketmaster-concert-covid-vaccine-coronavirus-testing-tickets/

hutch wrote:
Something like this will probably affect most concerts

I could see this on everything, travel, work, school, sports and so on

Kinda scary TBH

What I find scary is the resistance this will engender in red state America.. and let’s say more red state fan bases (ie, bro country)


And of course the technological and logistical issues with implementing this… cannot imagine this will help speed lines along…


But it sure beats the alternative of no live music


Adding: actually having read the plan a few times it doesn’t sound so bad…Ticketmaster basically would handle most of the process….what I f don’t get is how would this impact multiple ticket buys and what precludes someone from lending their phone with tickets to someone else or do you have to check and match IDs to ticket name for every single ticket?

Yeah there is going to have to be a registry and when you buy the tickets you will have to enter people’s names… will it be tied to your SS#
There will be privacy and HIppa issues that may make this hard to implement

I have always been in favor of a digital health  database, but again privacy issues
I think it’s crazy that I don’t have all my drs vists for the last 20 years in one place so a dr today could review from a baseline and see trends
Unfortunately I have never kept the same dr/dentist/surgeon/dermatologist and so on… but the benefits of being able to access all that data to diagnose an issue today




one good thing is it could massively disrupt the scalping market

I used to always buy extras not knowing who would take them
as most people don’t want to pony up for a show  4-6 months out
Oh 2019 problems

So you won’t be able to transfer tickets?


Bet Ticketmaster/Live Nation would love to stick it to Stubhub

hutch wrote:
Bet Ticketmaster/Live Nation would love to stick it to Stubhub

I'd love to stick it to TM too…is that an option
I'd gather that I've given ticketbastard close to $10k in convenience fees over the last 30 years
their service isn't rocket science, they should make a cut, but $13.50 each ticket on a 4 ticket buy is the definition of highway robbery
I am 100% sure that if they only charged $2 a ticket, they would make a healthy profit

Not an option



But guess what? If TM is in charge of all this covid stuff you can expect ticket charges to go up!

yep, looking forward to the Covid-convenience fee on all purchases going forward

Math wrote:
yep, looking forward to the Covid-convenience fee on all purchases going forward

My dentist throws on a $39 Covid Protocol fee

rich_WDC wrote:

Math wrote:
yep, looking forward to the Covid-convenience fee on all purchases going forward

My dentist throws on a $39 Covid Protocol fee

that bites

Never,mind

Just made my New Year's Eve plans: Avett Brothers livestream.  Was on a discount today only, so why not have something to do. Ugh.

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