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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on June 03, 2004, 02:02:00 pm
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Whose in? And do we love each other enough to sit together. Translation who wants to abuse there credit card tomorrow for the presale.
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I'm not...the second day, Aug. 13, is the same day as Prince. :confused:
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I'd be interested in the first day, but will be on vacation then.
Enjoy.
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I'll be presenting at a conference that week. Probably the only thing I can think of that would be less fun than going to Lollapalooza. :(
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I'm going the first day. PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Morrissey, Modest Mouse? That sounds like putting up with the traffic and crap. PJ and SY were the ones that clinched it for me. I'm going to do my best to get pit tickets or at least the first few rows. If I can't get those then I'll probably think twice.
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I think I may at least get tickets to the first day. I haven't decided about Day 2...
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What's the presale through?
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It looks like the whole show is GA. Ugh.
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Just bought tickets...
Looks like there is only inside the Pavilion (titled Orchestra) and the Lawn. No assigned seating.
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At Merriweather they have traditionally been pretty militant about people staying in their seats and out of the aisles. I wonder how a GA show will go over.
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Just picked up two tickets for the first day.
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I saw the travelling version of the Newport Folk Festival at Merrieweather a few years ago (Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Violent Femmes, Nanci Griffith, Rufus Wainright, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Mark Eitzel, etc). It was general admission, with two stages. Cool setup. Not much of a problem moving from one place to another.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
At Merriweather they have traditionally been pretty militant about people staying in their seats and out of the aisles. I wonder how a GA show will go over.
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Would go to the first day to see my secret lover, but we don't fly back from Ireland till the 13th...YES! Friday the 13th is when we fly!! :eek: I told my wife she's lost her freak'n mind booking a flight on that day!
She told me to stop being such a fag, so I shut up...
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Originally posted by dtqjr:
Just bought tickets...
Looks like there is only inside the Pavilion (titled Orchestra) and the Lawn. No assigned seating.
I like the sound of this setup.
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So, anyone want to PM me the password? That would be swell.
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two days for me..... I am excited at the thought of no seats......
YAY!
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
So, anyone want to PM me the password? That would be swell.
done.
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Thanks very much, Thirsty and Markie. You are both scholars and gentlemen. Two day passs for me. And very cheap, considering.
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i don't see how they'll do the show without seats... my recollection is that there are typical arena seats bolted to the floor. which means if you want to have good seats for morrissey, people will need to be camped out in them the minute the gates open.
looking at the seating chart there is orchestra pit where seats are often of the folding kind which can be easily removed. but thats only the first five rows of the venue which can't hold more than 75 to 100 people.
maybe seth can tell us how the seatings working...
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I'd be stunned if this was general admission. I'd like that to be the case, but I know those seats are in fact bolted and what a pain it would be to take them out for just 2 shows in the middle of the summer season. And I'm sure that some people would actually prefer seats (not me). I'm hoping though that my general admission seats actually mean the pit if that's the case. We'll see :)
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They're probably taking the seats out to save the Lollapalooza crowd from having to do it themselves.
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Makes me think of the infamous Lollapalooza in Chicago in 1992 when the crowd went nuts during Ministry's set, ripped up the lawn, and generally just destroyed the place. Somehow I don't think Morrissey will be encouraging people to do that. At the old Great Woods in Boston, people ripped out all the sod and after that Lollapalooza was NOT invited back.
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My printed ticket has a row and seat location. But the row is numeric and MPPs rows are alphabetic. ???
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Originally posted by kmdobrz:
My printed ticket has a row and seat location. But the row is numeric and MPPs rows are alphabetic. ???
How did you get a printed ticket already?
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Originally posted by dtqjr:
Originally posted by kmdobrz:
My printed ticket has a row and seat location. But the row is numeric and MPPs rows are alphabetic. ???
How did you get a printed ticket already? [/b]
They have an e-mail delivery option ($3.50)
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pure speculation on my part... but i wonder if it's because of the two day pass tickets everything is being sold as general admission. when buying the tickets the system will give you the best seats for both shows at the same time. i.e. the seats for day one could be in a different location from day two. which is good because you could get bumped farther back if it's trying to place you in the same seats for both shows.
so if day one is selling faster than day two for single sales and two day passes, the system is handling them as they come in and assigning them as ga. speeding up processing time up it then assigns the actual seats at the time the tickets are printed based on of course when you ordered the tickets.
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I think festival shows should be all GA. Not everybody wants to see every band.
I just wonder how they will handle it with the seats.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I think festival shows should be all GA. Not everybody wants to see every band.
Good point...if I was going I'd just show up in time for Moz, and probably make as grand an entrance!
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Just picked up two tickets for the first day.
Good job thirsty, you can pick me up at my work around 2pm. you are such a good guy :)
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Yes, and my motto for the car is "put out or get out."
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Good job thirsty, you can pick me up at my work around 2pm. you are such a good guy :)
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Yes, and my motto for the car is "put out or get out."
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Good job thirsty, you can pick me up at my work around 2pm. you are such a good guy :)
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oh, thirsty, you already know where i stand on that one!! (haha, ew, gross)
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Yes, and my motto for the car is "put out or get out."
oh, i thought it was "ass, gas or grass, no one rides for free"
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That's only used when someone tries to share a seat with me on public transpo.
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
oh, i thought it was "ass, gas or grass, no one rides for free"
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I got my tix for both days. Question though... when does it start? Are we talking a noon time start for both days, or late afternoon? Three stages. Where do they put 'em? Been to Merriweather a few and doesn't seem like a boat load of room. I thought even Coachella could improve the "sound overlapping" problem. And they have tons of room. Ya know, watching one band while listening to two others.... very annoying.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
maybe seth can tell us how the seatings working...
WHO DARE TO AWAKEN ME FROM MY SLUMBER!!!???!!
it's just plain old G.A. with seats
that means if you find a seat you like, and nobody's sitting in it, it's yours
or maybe you change your mind and would like to try that seat over there (the seats are always greener on the other side of the pavilion)
or maybe sit on the lawn for a bit
or stand
hey, we're gonna try it and see how it goes - wasn't worried about Morrissey fans ripping seats out
and if we need to clear the aisles during String Cheese day, we'll just have an usher walk thru the crowd holding a can of deodorant spray and watch em scatter
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
hey, we're gonna try it and see how it goes - wasn't worried about Morrissey fans ripping seats out
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Seth, from my last Moz/Merriweather experience....let the security folk know in advance that presenting gladioli and going on the stage to hug the great one is all part of the Moz experience. It will not get out of hand, they're Moz fans, not Anthrax fans.
Last time they were literally "throwing" the poor sods off the stage so Moz ended the show abruptly out of concern for the safety of those who love him dearly.
(no, it wasn't me!)
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morrissey fans and tori amos fans are running neck and neck for the craziest i've ever had to deal with. it seems that there's a positive correlation between artist and fan loopiness.
when he played two nights at the club, we were told not to let anyone on stage, but to expect it to happen. despite attempts at flailing, kicking, biting, and scratching by the people trying to get up there, only one person got on stage the first night. he climbed off of the stage right balcony, onto a not very steady tv monitor that used to be there, jumped onto the pa stack, climbed down the side fill, and jumped to the stage. the second night, we had people in position on each corner of the balcony. nobody made it on stage.
tour manangement said it was the best they'd ever seen, and wanted to take us all with them so they'd never have to deal with fans on stage again. we declined.
i'm thinking about going to lollapalooza the first day, just so i can wander around backstage eating meat all day. i think i might save a rack of ribs or a nice raw steak for in the barricade during "meat is murder."
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Originally posted by thatguy:
when he played two nights at the club, we were told not to let anyone on stage, but to expect it to happen. despite attempts at flailing, kicking, biting, and scratching by the people trying to get up there, only one person got on stage the first night. he climbed off of the stage right balcony, onto a not very steady tv monitor that used to be there, jumped onto the pa stack, climbed down the side fill, and jumped to the stage.
You've met Markie then!
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Originally posted by thatguy:
only one person got on tage the first night. he climbed off of the stage right balcony, onto a not very steady tv monitor that used to be there, jumped onto the pa stack, climbed down the side fill, and jumped to the stage.
I remember this - I was at this show, watching from the balcony (facing the stage).
I was actually glad that security was so tight/good that night, with only that 1 person getting on stage - all of the other Morrissey shows I have been at have gotten cut short (one gig only lasted 35 minutes) because people kept rushing the stage/throwing Moz to the ground.
It was nice to see a Morrissey show actually through to the end, for a change. :)
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
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Hmmmmm, interesting. I've seen Moz a bunch of times and found the stage-hug-flower-presentation ceremony to be quite orderly for the most part. The only exception was at Merriweather when he cut it short because the bouncers got out of hand.
I do remember the kid that thatguy is talking about...that was stupid, but thankfully he never injured himself or he would probably have sued the club for him being a moron.
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[PARTIAL QUOTE]Originally posted by thatguy:
i'm thinking about going to lollapalooza the first day, just so i can wander around backstage eating meat all day. i think i might save a rack of ribs or a nice raw steak for in the barricade during "meat is murder." [/QB][/QUOTE]
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[PARTIAL QUOTE]Originally posted by thatguy:
i'm thinking about going to lollapalooza the first day, just so i can wander around backstage eating meat all day. i think i might save a rack of ribs or a nice raw steak for in the barricade during "meat is murder." [/QB][/QUOTE]
Yes....MEAT....
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I'll be there day 2.Should be a good time!!
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Originally posted by YtommyY:
[PARTIAL QUOTE]Originally posted by thatguy:
i'm thinking about going to lollapalooza the first day, just so i can wander around backstage eating meat all day. i think i might save a rack of ribs or a nice raw steak for in the barricade during "meat is murder."
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What makes you guys think there's going to be any meat onsite? When Morrissey played the club there was no meat allowed, i.e. all meat was to be purged from the walk-in, nothing containing meat from our menu was allowed to be served, AND staff ordering dinner from outside restaurants was not allowed to order anything with meat in it. I expect they'll have their own security doing pat-downs at all entry points looking for meat smugglers.