Justice bites off more than it can chew, swallows crow i

to all those who couldn't believe this show when it was first announced… you've been vindicated. looks like they sold very few tickets: they went from the main arena (20,000) to the theater (cap. 5,600) - and there are still plenty of 200-level tickets left, a month after onsale. ouch.

Justice w/ Chromeo / Fancy / DJ Mehdi & Busy P

THIS SHOW HAS MOVED FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TO THE WAMU THEATER AT MSG.

Tickets purchased for the MSG show will be exchanged for the WaMu show. Patrons who purchased tickets with a credit card will have the new ticket mailed to them. If they purchased through an outlet with cash they will have their tickets exchanged at the door the night of the show.

WaMu Theater @ Madison Square Garden
venue info
WaMu Theater @ Madison Square Garden
32nd Street and 7th Avenue
(212) 465â??MSG1
closeTuesday 3/11
Doors 7pm All Ages

I wonder how much the acts were guaranteed. If I was any of them I'd steal the promoters' passports.

Did they reduce the absurd $50-60 price tags?

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Did they reduce the absurd $50-60 price tags?

pit = $59.50 (sold out)
200 level = $49.50 (currently available: row V)
300 level: $35.00
plus TM rapage fees, of course.

It'd be cheaper to drive to philly or dc, see them and drive back.

edit: Cheaper than paying the higher two prices that is.

someone obviously miscalibrated. justice sold out the astoria in london, 1,600 - 2,000 capacity.

when do we see ed banger acts in dc??

So is it going to be $50-$60 to see them here?

Originally posted by eros:
So is it going to be $50-$60 to see them here?

Never mind, I answered my own question. The other dates all seem to be in the $25-$30 range. Sucks to be in NYC I guess.

Originally posted by eros:

Originally posted by eros:
So is it going to be $50-$60 to see them here?

Never mind, I answered my own question. The other dates all seem to be in the $25-$30 range. Sucks to be in NYC I guess.

there are more acts on the bill in NYC, and i suspect it's a "bigger" show - more lights and FX, bells, whistles… but yeah, shows typically cost more in the bad apple.

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
It'd be cheaper to drive to philly or dc, see them and drive back.

edit: Cheaper than paying the higher two prices that is.

Well we don't even know how much DC tickets are gonna cost.

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
It'd be cheaper to drive to philly or dc, see them and drive back.

edit: Cheaper than paying the higher two prices that is.

Well we don't even know how much DC tickets are gonna cost.

probably because they wanted more than an DC promoter was willing to pay them…

Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
It'd be cheaper to drive to philly or dc, see them and drive back.

edit: Cheaper than paying the higher two prices that is.

Well we don't even know how much DC tickets are gonna cost.

Shouldn't be hard to make a good guestimate.

They're $30 for the Baltimore show on sale now at ticketmaster.com even though they're not listed on the Sonar site or yet mentioned on the myspace music tour page (but WAS mentioned on the FAQ of this board, thanks!)

Originally posted by kosmo:
probably because they wanted more than an DC promoter was willing to pay them…

justice sold out Terminal 5 in NYC, that concert had a triumphant air to it. i think that show went to their heads - came back too soon and too big.

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by kosmo:
probably because they wanted more than an DC promoter was willing to pay them…

justice sold out Terminal 5 in NYC, that concert had a triumphant air to it. i think that show went to their heads - came back too soon and too big.

dont forget they sold out 2 nights at Terminal 5 - a couple of nights apart. I think it was too soon to bring them back, and the price that everyone else is now paying to see them, is what we paid at T5 ($25 or so).

Have you noticed how many great bands are playing in NYC on the same night as Justice. Thats part of the problem as its also the same night as the 'Rock Over London' show at Bowery & Mercury Lounge. So bad night on top of it all. Ill be seeing Jose Gonzalez that night and possibly Pigeon Detectives later on.

Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
They're $30 for the Baltimore show on sale now at ticketmaster.com even though they're not listed on the Sonar site or yet mentioned on the myspace music tour page (but WAS mentioned on the FAQ of this board, thanks!)

i got mine earlier. too bad the dc show is the same night as mstrkrft, i would much rather see justice at 930. mstrkft at ottobar shoudl be interesting…

"blog house" - funny! i haven't even heard of any of the acts mentioned in the last paragraph below. might have to look them up. thoughts?

Justice and SMD live shows are rock showsâ??more suitable for headbanging than ass-shaking. In true Norman Cook fashion (his best-of was called Why Try Harder, after all), the two duos pulled off the neat trick of releasing records with one or two excellent singles and then mailed in the next half-hour, leading to live experiences where you wait for that moment when a voice tells you what you're listening to ("It's the Beat") or what to do ("D.A.N.C.E."). What could be more rock than ugly guys using massive lighting rigs to distract the audience? (Just ask Daft Punk.)

As someone who loves dance music, this all leaves me more than a tad horrified. Watching Justice and other fine French purveyors of blog house busy themselves re-editing Rage Against the Machine tracks, Germany's Alter Ego didn't bother complaining. Instead, they took the aesthetic to its logically ridiculous conclusion with Why Not?!, which injected steroids into Justice's already-HGH'd-out template. (Sample titles: "Fuckingham Palace," "Chicken Shag.") Like the term "blog house," Alter Ego are not long for this world, but they're much more fun to listen to. More hooks, too.

Anyone paying attention, though, found less publicized but equally interesting dance-music revivals in 2007. The singular vision of Johnny Jewel, and the efforts (or distinct lack thereof) of three separate death-disco divas (Glass Candy's Ida No, Chromatics' Ruth Radelet, Farah's Farah) gave the Italians Do It Better label instant cred with Pitchfork types. Balearic glided on waves of soothing beats to prominence via groups like Studio, A Mountain of One, and re-edit gurus Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve. And increasingly-less-mysterious dubstep producer Burial (and Pinch, and Shackleton) once again reminded listeners that it's not always just a steady kick drum that can move a crowd: Paranoid, syncopated elegies for angels work just fine as well."

from the village voice

Originally posted by killsaly:

Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
They're $30 for the Baltimore show on sale now at ticketmaster.com even though they're not listed on the Sonar site or yet mentioned on the myspace music tour page (but WAS mentioned on the FAQ of this board, thanks!)

i got mine earlier. too bad the dc show is the same night as mstrkrft, i would much rather see justice at 930. mstrkft at ottobar shoudl be interesting…

Im still incredibly split about the MSTRKRFT show because I thoguht to myself "How often can I see Justice?" but then I heard MSTRKRFT's new years set and was incredibly blown away about their mixing skills…. available for download here:

MSTRKRFT TRIPLE J NEW YEARS EVER

rebuttal over at idolator

Originally posted by sweetcell:
"blog house" - funny! i haven't even heard of anoy of the acts mentioned in the last paragraph below. might have to look them up. thoughts?

Justice and SMD live shows are rock showsâ??more suitable for headbanging than ass-shaking. In true Norman Cook fashion (his best-of was called Why Try Harder, after all), the two duos pulled off the neat trick of releasing records with one or two excellent singles and then mailed in the next half-hour, leading to live experiences where you wait for that moment when a voice tells you what you're listening to ("It's the Beat") or what to do ("D.A.N.C.E."). What could be more rock than ugly guys using massive lighting rigs to distract the audience? (Just ask Daft Punk.)

As someone who loves dance music, this all leaves me more than a tad horrified. Watching Justice and other fine French purveyors of blog house busy themselves re-editing Rage Against the Machine tracks, Germany's Alter Ego didn't bother complaining. Instead, they took the aesthetic to its logically ridiculous conclusion with Why Not?!, which injected steroids into Justice's already-HGH'd-out template. (Sample titles: "Fuckingham Palace," "Chicken Shag.") Like the term "blog house," Alter Ego are not long for this world, but they're much more fun to listen to. More hooks, too.

Anyone paying attention, though, found less publicized but equally interesting dance-music revivals in 2007. The singular vision of Johnny Jewel, and the efforts (or distinct lack thereof) of three separate death-disco divas (Glass Candy's Ida No, Chromatics' Ruth Radelet, Farah's Farah) gave the Italians Do It Better label instant cred with Pitchfork types. Balearic glided on waves of soothing beats to prominence via groups like Studio, A Mountain of One, and re-edit gurus Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve. And increasingly-less-mysterious dubstep producer Burial (and Pinch, and Shackleton) once again reminded listeners that it's not always just a steady kick drum that can move a crowd: Paranoid, syncopated elegies for angels work just fine as well."

from the village voice

Studio are well worth checking out if you haven't heard of them. Chromatics hype was everywhere last; it was hard to avoid. I'm very surprised you haven't
heard of Burial, Shackleton or Pinch either.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
"blog house" - funny! i haven't even heard of any of the acts mentioned in the last paragraph below. might have to look them up. thoughts?

Justice and SMD live shows are rock showsâ??more suitable for headbanging than ass-shaking. In true Norman Cook fashion (his best-of was called Why Try Harder, after all), the two duos pulled off the neat trick of releasing records with one or two excellent singles and then mailed in the next half-hour, leading to live experiences where you wait for that moment when a voice tells you what you're listening to ("It's the Beat") or what to do ("D.A.N.C.E."). What could be more rock than ugly guys using massive lighting rigs to distract the audience? (Just ask Daft Punk.)

As someone who loves dance music, this all leaves me more than a tad horrified. Watching Justice and other fine French purveyors of blog house busy themselves re-editing Rage Against the Machine tracks, Germany's Alter Ego didn't bother complaining. Instead, they took the aesthetic to its logically ridiculous conclusion with Why Not?!, which injected steroids into Justice's already-HGH'd-out template. (Sample titles: "Fuckingham Palace," "Chicken Shag.") Like the term "blog house," Alter Ego are not long for this world, but they're much more fun to listen to. More hooks, too.

Anyone paying attention, though, found less publicized but equally interesting dance-music revivals in 2007. The singular vision of Johnny Jewel, and the efforts (or distinct lack thereof) of three separate death-disco divas (Glass Candy's Ida No, Chromatics' Ruth Radelet, Farah's Farah) gave the Italians Do It Better label instant cred with Pitchfork types. Balearic glided on waves of soothing beats to prominence via groups like Studio, A Mountain of One, and re-edit gurus Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve. And increasingly-less-mysterious dubstep producer Burial (and Pinch, and Shackleton) once again reminded listeners that it's not always just a steady kick drum that can move a crowd: Paranoid, syncopated elegies for angels work just fine as well."

from the village voice