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Title: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: megs on May 12, 2004, 01:06:00 pm
yay!!!!!!!
 oh what a lovely sight to see on my computer this afternoon. the gig has FINALLY been announced. now, since i seem to have been booted from my volume subscription (inexplicably), any news of presale?! and can i get a rollcall...?
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 12, 2004, 01:15:00 pm
I'm going.
 
 I don't usually get my email until evening.  I'd think a presale would have been announced, as the regular sale would be tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., right?
 
 The real question -- do we need to buy these tix right away?
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: loopzlp on May 12, 2004, 01:21:00 pm
Did anyone else hear FF playing on Rory's stereo yesterday on the Gilmore Girls??
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: vansmack on May 12, 2004, 01:21:00 pm
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Originally posted by Macktastic Bag O' Flash:
 
 
 The real question -- do we need to buy these tix right away?
The SF show a month ago sold out about a week before the show, if that helps.  It was a smaller venue than the 9:30 Club, but FF weren't experiencing as much airplay at the time either.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 12, 2004, 01:27:00 pm
Think I'll be good getting a ticket Friday, then....thanks, smack-a-licious.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: megs on May 12, 2004, 01:31:00 pm
i'm getting one tomorrow. i have visions of darkness-esque frenzy for tickets, leaving me to pay an exorbitant fee on a ticket from craigslist...sigh.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: lily1 on May 12, 2004, 02:06:00 pm
my colleague is convinced it will sell out and is going to by them online at 10 am. i think i'll just wait until after work tommorow evening.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: markie on May 12, 2004, 02:11:00 pm
It probably will sell out, but not tomorrow. But like the Groupie, I am going to get my tickets tomorrow at 10.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: paige on May 12, 2004, 02:13:00 pm
yay i'm psyched. i plan to shake my ass fully and  emphatically during the show and even the whole day before. weeeeeeeeeeeeee   ;)
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 12, 2004, 02:19:00 pm
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
  It probably will sell out, but not tomorrow. But like the Groupie, I am going to get my tickets tomorrow at 10.
So you're paying Ticketmaster fees?!?  Not me, though Marni will probably want to...
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: markie on May 12, 2004, 02:26:00 pm
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Originally posted by Macktastic Bag O' Flash:
 So you're paying Ticketmaster fees?!?   [/QB]
I will pay tickets.com fees. It will be the first time since the white stripes show, if I remember correctly. It never did sell out....
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bombay Chutney on May 12, 2004, 02:33:00 pm
A quick scan of TicketMaster availability for other dates shows that some are sold out - others aren't.  (Big help, eh?)  But that shows that it will probably sell out eventually.  I'd recommend getting tickets sooner rather than later, or you may regret it.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: kurosawa-b/w on May 12, 2004, 05:52:00 pm
I'm getting my tickets at 10am tomorrow. I don't want to miss out on this one.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Random Citizen on May 13, 2004, 10:02:00 am
Let the games begin.
 
 Just purchased mine...now I can get some work done.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: markie on May 13, 2004, 10:05:00 am
Ummm, well I just purchased 3 tickets. So  I guess that is at least 10 tickets sold in the first five minutes.....
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 13, 2004, 10:11:00 am
If it sells out by this evening, I was fated not to see them and I don't have to rush back from Jersey...
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Venerable Bede on May 13, 2004, 10:18:00 am
bags, same here. . gonna get them tonight.
 
 saw the video for "take me out" on mtv this morning. . .it joins "float on" by modest mouse on mtv's "buzzworthy" vidoes.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: joeavrage on May 13, 2004, 10:21:00 am
Just bought six... didn't want to take the chance cause my friends would kill me. Still, I'm betting they won't sell out for a couple of days
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: lily1 on May 13, 2004, 10:33:00 am
my  coworker just bought 6 on line as well...
 
 
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Originally posted by Random Citizen:
  Let the games begin.
 
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Random Citizen on May 13, 2004, 10:33:00 am
It's always iffy on shows like this that are recipients of a lot of publicity. This reminds me of when the Shins came to town and a lot of people were first surprised they were doing two shows...then were surprised that both shows sold out.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: megs on May 13, 2004, 12:38:00 pm
i bought mine at approximately 10:02 a.m.   :D
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Random Citizen on May 13, 2004, 04:11:00 pm
Well, looks like FF may have gained a bit of street cred...
 
 From XFM Online (http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=24886):
 
 
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Fight Music - Franz And D12 Fight It Out
 
 
 Tempers flair at a recording of the German version of Top Of The Pops as Franz Ferdinand clash with D12's "wrestler" bouncers before ending up "enveloped by flab" upon impact.
 
 
 Franz singer Alex Kapranos explain has explained how the fracas ensued following a recording of their single 'Matinee' at the studios where the two bands were filming the German version of TOTP.
 
 "I walked past a chink in the curtain and Eminem was doing his rehearsal," Kapranos told MTV. "This bouncer went. 'Hey you, keep walking', or something like that. Because of the attitude he had, I said, 'Say's who?' And this 28-stone guy is like, 'Says me'. Then it was such a like comedy moment.
 
 "He came lumbering toward me like those old kind of wrestlers and we kind of collided and I thought I was going to go flying, but I just ended up being enveloped by all this flab. And then we just parted gently.
 
 "Next thing, everybody round me just went nuts and I think Glen [Franz tour manager] knocked his hat off and Nick [McCarthy, guitarist] punched him in the face and then all these like security guys came and pulled him away. It was like school or something."
 
 In other Franz news, the band told Xfm in a recent interview that they thought that the next release from their world-beating debut album may be fan-favourite 'Michael' and revealed that there would be a live DVD coming out soon. For the full interview click here (http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=24499).
 
 Next week: Keane and 50 Cent duke it out in Austria.
 
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 13, 2004, 07:42:00 pm
Got tickets at the box office -- oh the money I saved!
 
 Asked about best guesses on when the show will sell out, and the box office guess (note, folks, it's a GUESS) is about four days.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: brennser on May 13, 2004, 11:28:00 pm
got my tix this evening as well - looking forward to it
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: megs on May 14, 2004, 10:13:00 am
oh dear, oh dear. just saw franz ferdinand are in the "buzzworthy" section at mtv.com. the teens shall be out in force at this one!
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 14, 2004, 10:15:00 am
Yeah, I'm not too psyched at the prospect of this sold out show.  And yet, I won't miss them due to the 'buzz.'
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Darth Ed on May 15, 2004, 10:16:00 am
I stopped by the box office last night before Q and Not U to buy some tickets. The lady in the box office said Franz Ferdinad is about half way to a sell out. She expects it to sell out in three more days (as of last night). Just FYI...
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: myuman on May 15, 2004, 10:52:00 am
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Originally posted by megs:
  oh dear, oh dear. just saw franz ferdinand are in the "buzzworthy" section at mtv.com.
Perusing Mtv.com were we... one of the deadly sins...one below watching it on mtv however.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: megs on May 15, 2004, 03:26:00 pm
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Originally posted by myuman:
   
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Originally posted by megs:
  oh dear, oh dear. just saw franz ferdinand are in the "buzzworthy" section at mtv.com.
Perusing Mtv.com were we... one of the deadly sins...one below watching it on mtv however. [/b]
yes, yes i know. shame on me. inexcusable, really.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: joeavrage on May 23, 2004, 03:27:00 pm
Can I just say that I feel like a total tool that I sat there clicking away and paying $30 in tickets.com fees to get my six tix when I could have strolled over to the club any time during the last two weeks since they *still* have not sold out.  :)
 I will *never* be able to predict this sh*t!
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: kosmo vinyl on May 23, 2004, 03:28:00 pm
a little birdie tells me it's almost sold out....
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: samanthaalison on May 23, 2004, 06:30:00 pm
yeah...people said that like forever ago. I'm worried that it's not going to sell out at all and I won't be able to get rid of my tickets if I can't go.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on May 24, 2004, 10:46:00 am
I'm not worried.  I bought six tickets on spec -- I'm sure I'll be able to give them to happy folks who want to see the show...
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: kurosawa-b/w on May 26, 2004, 08:03:00 pm
So I finally looked up Sons and Daughters (opening band) because the name sounded so familiar. They are also signed to Domino, and you can find the official site  here (http://www.sonsanddaughtersloveyou.com/).
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: bungle bud on May 27, 2004, 06:55:00 am
wasnt sons and daughters a bad soap opera from the 80s?
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: joeavrage on May 27, 2004, 09:25:00 am
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Originally posted by bungle bud:
  wasnt sons and daughters a bad soap opera from the 80s?
OMG! My mother used to watch that show religiously! I had totally forgotten about that. It was on everyday at 3.30 in the afternoon I think. LOL
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bombay Chutney on May 28, 2004, 02:26:00 pm
FYI - On the FAQ board eddie says this is probably going to sell out very soon.  If you haven't bought tickets yet, you may want to do that ASAP.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: jkeisenh on May 28, 2004, 02:41:00 pm
I've got mine... no thanks to my work not sending me to our convention...
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: samanthaalison on May 30, 2004, 08:05:00 pm
I really hope it sells out soon, I went ahead and bought 4 even though I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to use any, figuring that if it sold out I could get rid of them at the door.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: joeavrage on June 01, 2004, 01:11:00 pm
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Originally posted by samanthaalison:
  I really hope it sells out soon, I went ahead and bought 4 even though I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to use any, figuring that if it sold out I could get rid of them at the door.
looks like it is...SOLD OUT
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: jkeisenh on June 01, 2004, 02:07:00 pm
Alas.   It has begun.  (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2248209103&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: ratioci nation on June 01, 2004, 02:10:00 pm
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  Alas.   It has begun.  (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2248209103&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
that guy  makes some money (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2243848884)
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 01, 2004, 02:20:00 pm
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  Alas.   It has begun.  (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2248209103&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
man i got get a hold of some 9:30 pit tickets   :roll:  what a putz
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: bearman🐻 on June 01, 2004, 02:23:00 pm
I must have gotten one of the very last tickets, I bought mine yesterday. I heard a few songs and figure it will be worth checking out. If it sucks, it's not like I spent a ton of money anyway.
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: jkeisenh on June 01, 2004, 02:38:00 pm
anyone have ideas about the !!!/FF conflict?  I have tix for both, wanna see both... bah!  why the same night?
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: joeavrage on June 01, 2004, 03:18:00 pm
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  anyone have ideas about the !!!/FF conflict?  I have tix for both, wanna see both... bah!  why the same night?
I chose FF just because I prefer the soundsystem at the 9.30 club. Would definitely have gone to !!! too if it wasn't the same night though :/
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: Bags on June 01, 2004, 04:27:00 pm
If !!! doesn't add an opener, you can hit both shows.  But I have a feeling some openers will be listed at the Black Cat show...  Bummer, eh?
Title: Re: franz ferdinand (AGAIN)
Post by: dtqjr on June 01, 2004, 05:55:00 pm
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  anyone have ideas about the !!!/FF conflict?  I have tix for both, wanna see both... bah!  why the same night?
Go to the Ottobar in Baltimore the night before for !!!.  That is my plan so that I can catch both bands.