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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: DeathFromAbove1979 on February 20, 2009, 11:17:03 am
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I figured since sometimes there are shows that make us shake at the thought of how many people will be trying to get tickets. Anywho! Got a pair of floor tickets for Kings of Leon @ Patriot Center, whoop whoop! Is this gonna be a full house show? I know The Killers got half, Muse got half and the White Stripes got full. The seating chart for Kings shows Full house, is that right?
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jesus, they're charging $45? I saw these tools for $15 touring for the second album. There is a point in time when you stop seeing bands and start HATING them when they start to charge $40 or more. That goes for the Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, blah blah blah.
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I don't hate them - I just stop going to see them and focus my attention elsewhere. That's happening more and more these days. I think $39 is pretty reasonable for Death Cab though. (shrug)
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Yeah well maybe hate the prices :) I still like Death Cab. I guess $39 is reasonable if there are no fees involved ;) It's just I've seen them a lot in the past in the $15-20 range.
I don't hate them - I just stop going to see them and focus my attention elsewhere. That's happening more and more these days. I think $39 is pretty reasonable for Death Cab though. (shrug)
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i just got my phish hampton tickets. my god, they must be the most "uncounterfeitable" tickets i have ever seen.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_soYQ3ZXmgrQ/SYchmMwqeHI/AAAAAAAAB1U/MPNDzCUlKSA/s400/hampton-phish.jpg)
and they are attempting to not allow anybody into the lot unless they have tickets, to promote a better phish experience on the towns they are landing at this tour.
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Ive missed them the last few times theyve been in town, figured I didnt wanna miss them again. And 45 is ridiculous but not as ridiculous as those 11 dollar service charges, and really? 4.50 to print off at home? Really?
Really?
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by far the funniest thing i've seen in awhile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wrt9ak7opY
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I think DCFC are worth that price. I wouldnt mind cheaper, but at least it isnt 70 bucks. Plus they have one decent and one good opener.
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Please allow me to gripe....I figure this thread is appropriate for it.
I bought tickets today for Keane at DAR (whether you think they suck or not is immaterial at this point).
Anyway...logged in right at 10, clicked and typed as fast as I could and the best I could pull was in the back third of the house. Tried several more times and managed to get one of the boxes about halfway back. Ended up settling for that. $50 a pop is pretty steep for these guys, but I'm doing it for the wife.
Afterwards, I curiously try to pull up tickets using the "Hot Seat" package on Ticketmaster.com. Hey! 4th row! $125 a ticket! WTF!!!
Right now at 3:40 pm you can still pull seats in the 5th row (Row E) at DAR using the "Hot Seat" option.
I know, you're thinking, "Wow, that extra money must get you some real good stuff! A copy of the CD? A shirt?"
Well..
Hot Seat Package includes:
o Premium seat (or General Admission ticket with early entry to venue)
o Exclusive Keane gift item
o Collectible Keane laminate
Be still my beating heart. A gift! A laminate!
Does this seem really wrong to anyone else? At least Ticketmaster used to try to hide a few levels of transactions behind the scalping!
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(or General Admission ticket with early entry to venue)
This part gets me - like you need to get there any earlier and w/ a GA ticket.
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yeah, it's lame when they try to turn an over-priced ticket into a "vip package". drop the pretense and call it what it is: a really expensive ticket. is anyone really going to think "i wasn't going to spend $125, but since they're throwing in a laminate... well..." ?? and you just KNOW that "gift item" is going to be some craptastic piece of plastic that most people will throw out before they leave the venue.
tee: early admission to a GA event is a definite selling point if you're the kind of person that needs to be up front AND you're not willing or able to line up all day.
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Right, sweetie, I do realize what you mean. I guess I read it differently, sorry. (I say that unsnarkily;))
I made a complaint b/c in this case he is not GA - he has seats - "premium" according to TM. Tacking that on the list of "perks" is just....
Either way, it's like you said, just a really expensive ticket. (Did anyone see the Dave Chappelle skit - if the internet were a place you could go visit it would be ugly, disgusting, filthy, slutty, etc.? :D)
I'm sorry, eros. And for what it's worth, I'd like to see Keane, but the base price is too much for me. Thanks for sharing your experience though...unfortunately, it seals the deal that I can't afford a ticket andor a decent seat at that.
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For $125, will Leonard Cohen come out of the gift bag and a do a song and dance?
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For $125, will Leonard Cohen come out of the gift bag and a do a song and dance?
no, but he will come out and ask . . . "why in the fuck does everybody think i'm cool all of a sudden? am i about to die or something."
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I'm sorry but that did not bring the lolz.
For $125, will Leonard Cohen come out of the gift bag and a do a song and dance?
no, but he will come out and ask . . . "why in the fuck does everybody think i'm cool all of a sudden? am i about to die or something."
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Right, sweetie, I do realize what you mean. I guess I read it differently, sorry. (I say that unsnarkily;))
I made a complaint b/c in this case he is not GA - he has seats - "premium" according to TM. Tacking that on the list of "perks" is just....
right, but if you read carefully: "Premium seat (or General Admission ticket with early entry to venue)". note the "or". DAR is not GA, therefore there won't be any early entry :)
(Did anyone see the Dave Chappelle skit - if the internet were a place you could go visit it would be ugly, disgusting, filthy, slutty, etc.? :D)
yeah, that was genius.
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I'm sorry but that did not bring the lolz.
For $125, will Leonard Cohen come out of the gift bag and a do a song and dance?
no, but he will come out and ask . . . "why in the fuck does everybody think i'm cool all of a sudden? am i about to die or something."
wasn't trying to be. i was just under the impression that in the eighties/nineties/2000ies(up until now) nobody but select few really cared about him or his music. maybe i am wrong.
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Right, sweetie, I do realize what you mean. I guess I read it differently, sorry.
right, but if you read carefully
(Did anyone see the Dave Chappelle skit - if the internet were a place you could go visit it would be ugly, disgusting, filthy, slutty, etc.? :D)
yeah, that was genius.
I said I didn't. :-* Now I'm being sorta snarky. ;) And, it was genius, I've applied that skit many times!
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drop the pretense and call it what it is: a really expensive ticket.
I know. What I found extra irritating about this is that usually the premium you pay for a better seat is very clearly defined. At the Verizon Center, floor costs $X, lower bowl costs $Y, and upper deck costs $Z. You know this ahead of time and can choose accordingly. What Keane has done is given the illusion that you can get a decent seat for the lower price when that actually isn't true. Who knows where the "Hot" seats end and the "Regular" seats start?
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Anyone got info on the Spoon show?
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Anyone got info on the Spoon show?
Yes, I do. It will suck and be boring.