bags
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Re: Curefest
May 23, 2004 at 04:08 PM UTC
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FINALLY:
For the presale info, you MUST sign up for the 9:30 Club email. Board regulars can PM me for that information if you have troubles….. ;)
Cure Presale
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CURE-ious?
Playing happy synth-pop over melancholy lyrics with a uniquely fashioned frontman, The Cure became one of the most popular bands of the '80s.
The godfathers of Goth will release their much antipicated new album, The Cure, July 29. The fascination continues as The Cure bring their Curiosa Festival 2004 to Merriweather this August.
WHFS 99.1 and I.M.P. Present
Curiosa Festival 2004 featuring
THE CURE
w/ Interpol â?¢ The Rapture â?¢ Mogwai
August 6
Merriweather Post Pavilion â?¢ Columbia, MD
Presale begins Wednesday, May 26 from 10am-10pm.
Regular public on sale Saturday, June 19th @ Noon through Ticketmaster
distance
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Re: Curefest
May 23, 2004 at 05:07 PM UTC
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$75 for seats? no thanks.
as much as i like the cure (seeing 5 shows last tour), i don't think i could justify paying that for the show. that's more expensive than coachella was, with a fraction of the lineup. not to mention i've already seen all the bands i want to see at the festival… play full sets… for a total of less than it would cost to go to this.
i previously was excited about going to some of these shows. i no longer am. i don't know if i'll even go to one now.
i think i'll head to ACL instead.
sonickteam2
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 05:03 PM UTC
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my thoughts exactly!!! $75 is absurd. I was going to go and now i MAY go, but only to buy lawn tickets because I want to see Muse. And if things stay the way they have been, Muse will be back here in 2007. so I'll pay the 40, and hang at the 2nd stage, and sit on the lawn for Interpol and The Cure.
$75 sucks, really bad. and yes, that was the cost of a Coachella ticket.
skeeter
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 06:05 PM UTC
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Crap Crap Crap. I was REALLY looking forward to this one. Looks like it's gonna be another of those only-if-I-get-in-the-first-few-rows shows. Hopefully the presale will work out.
bags
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 06:38 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
Looks like it's gonna be another of those only-if-I-get-in-the-first-few-rows shows.
How come? I'm missing your disappointment…
Rhett Miller
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 06:58 PM UTC
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I won't be going to the Cure show, but maybe I'll wear my Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me t-shirt to Beulah.
skeeter
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 07:27 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
Originally posted by Skeeter:
Looks like it's gonna be another of those only-if-I-get-in-the-first-few-rows shows.
How come? I'm missing your disappointment…
Because I'm not willing to pay $75 to see them from mediocre seats. I'd easily pay that much for a theater show, but I'm not willing to sit in the back of an amphitheater at that price. Besides, I've seen them before. It won't kill me if I miss them.
bags
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 07:45 PM UTC
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Aha, I see Skeeter. The willingness to sit in seats up close threw me…sonick, you got that? Yeah, I'm dense, got no problems with that. I think it will be a fun day…I'm not dying to see any of the bands, but am interested to see a bunch of 'em.
skeeter
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 07:50 PM UTC
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I'm not dying to see any of the bands, but am interested to see a bunch of 'em.
Well, that's another thing. I don't really care about any of the other bands. I'm sure I'll check them out if I go, but I'm really looking at this as just another Cure show.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Curefest
May 24, 2004 at 08:07 PM UTC
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I got the t-shirt back in the 80's…back when you could get a concert t-shirt for 10 bucks. I don't have anything against a 10-15 dollar concert t-shirt, it's the 40 dollar t-shirts that I doth protest.
Originally posted by Bollocks:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I won't be going to the Cure show, but maybe I'll wear my Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me t-shirt to Beulah.
Me neither…seen them twice already, which is enough. First time was at the old Capital Centre, which was a good show. Second time was at Merriweather which was crap.
Won't be wearing a t-shirt either….and I hope you made your t-shirt yourself Mr. Rhett Miller!
filthypit
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Re: Curefest
May 25, 2004 at 02:52 PM UTC
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pre-sale pw:
time for the rat-bastards @ ticketmaster to spank us for another concert…
i expect a lot of people will balk @ $75, especially for a roster of bands most have never heard of.
re: hfstival performance
wtf! all the top 40 hits?! 3/4 of the peeps left after offspring … and every time they played something off of the new cd, MORE people got up & left(?)
robert kind'a looks like burl ives now - playing his acoustic guitar on top of that big hairy belly! :roll:
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Rhett Miller
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Re: Curefest
May 25, 2004 at 03:17 PM UTC
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I think I posted this before:
http://inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/InflationCalculator.asp Inflation between May, 1987 (about the time I bought the t-shirt) to April, 2004=66.22%
Thus, that $10 t-shirt should go for $16.62 now.
Originally posted by Bollocks:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] I got the t-shirt back in the 80's…back when you could get a concert t-shirt for 10 bucks. I don't have anything against a 10-15 dollar concert t-shirt, it's the 40 dollar t-shirts that I doth protest.
I'm sure someone could tell us what a $10 t-shirt in the 80's would be the equivilent of now……GGW????
skeeter
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Re: Curefest
May 25, 2004 at 03:23 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Fico:
Is this $75 an estimated amount or the actual price??
The link for the presale says tickets are $40-75. That means even a lawn ticket will probably cost about $50 with the service fees.
skeeter
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Re: Curefest
May 25, 2004 at 03:35 PM UTC
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Actually - here's what the web page says:
GENERAL ADMISSION FLOOR $75.00
MAIN PAVILION SEATING $60.00
LOGE PAVILION SEATING $60.00
GENERAL ADMISSION LAWN $40.00
GA/FLOOR? Is that the pit?
bags
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Re: Curefest
May 25, 2004 at 03:48 PM UTC
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Question – even for the Cure alone, did anyone think tickets would be less than $40?
skeeter
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Re: Curefest
May 25, 2004 at 03:51 PM UTC
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No - but I was expecting somewhere around $50. $75 was a bit of a shock. $60 isn't too bad though.