OFFICIAL Virgin Mobile FREEFEST 2009 Q/A - Hype Thread! REVISED

[wml7]

I was definitely expecting them to be gone within half an hour, but I figured they'd be easily obtainable if you were online right at 10.

Guess not.

Wait, people couldn't get theirs at exactly 10? That's weird, because I logged in at exactly 10 on thursday to get mine, and i did.

no, lots of people got tickets right at 10.  i think it was 10:03 or 10:04 when it sold out.

you guys also have to factor in that blink and weezer were also having pre-sales of their own. so that took a big chunk of tickets from the pot as well. 

Wait, were Blink 182 and Weezer having a dual set together scheduled for August 30th originally, and had their own presale? And then V mobile freefest incorporated with 182/weezer, and then had that presale on thursday? 

yes

[Dojokoto]

there will be tickets available saturday

I don't want to get into how many were released for presale vs public because neither side will be happy

So was there a lot that was released for presale then there was for the actual sale?  Oh yeah I think people who bought in previous years never got passwords from ticketmaster, well that was in my case.  I think just people who signed up for the alerts on the virgin site got passwords.  Either way I got mine yay  

I'm thinking the same, because I read in a report that people who attended last years festival didn't get theirs. BUT, I did go last year, and I did get the email for the password, BUT AGAIN, I signed up for the festival updates email listing. But it should be the people who are returning goers and Virgin Mobile customers, because that's whats stated in the email. Maybe it is a glitch, who knows, the control for free festivals like these are nearly impossible to handle, unless all ticket directions are in one way such as just a designated will call, but that could be hectic as well.

Since Seth stated that neither side would be unhappy, I'm thinking too that there's were a LOT of tickets in the presale. And a somewhat amount on Saturday. What about the Blink 182 and Weezer Presales? I think they've had one too, unless it was on Thursday 10 am too.

[bkrome]

The only full proof way for everyone to get tickets without scalpers getting in the way is a will call only enter immediately set up.  That is impossible however with 38,000 people.  This setup with a pre-sale was the best case scenario.  The password was on the internet if you took ten minutes to look and everyone I know who did the pre-sale at 10 got tickets.

[Dojokoto]

The password shouldn't have been **********, because it was the same damn generic code for every year. Make the passwords UNIQUE, that would've removed most, if not all, problems.

[wml7]

FESTER

[Dojokoto]

FESTER

haha thank you

[sweetcell]

Moreover, we know a lot of the tickets were taken by people that don't even intend to use them!

but, but this creates a slightly perverse incentive for scalpers... if they can't sell their tickets, it's no (or very little) skin of their noses.  if they paid even $20 for tickets, they'd want to recoup that so they've be desperate to sell it for something.  free = don't care if it goes unsold... i strongly suspect there will not be 35k (or 38k, or whatever the number of tickets) people at the festival.

[imbecile]

Moreover, we know a lot of the tickets were taken by people that don't even intend to use them!

but, but this creates a slightly perverse incentive for scalpers... if they can't sell their tickets, it's no (or very little) skin of their noses.  if they paid even $20 for tickets, they'd want to recoup that so they've be desperate to sell it for something.  free = don't care if it goes unsold... i strongly suspect there will not be 35k (or 38k, or whatever the number of tickets) people at the festival.

IAWTC

I'm thinking come Aug 30th, there's going to be a whole lot of free fest tickets in trash cans across this country.

[serpent boy]

I'm still ticketless, but we only have one thing left to predict: the set times! Here's my lame attempt at predicting the set times, assuming that no one else is being added to the free show. What do you all think?

Stage 1
8:20 - 10:00 - Blink 182
6:25 - 7:55 - Weezer
4:45 - 6:00 - Public Enemy
3:05 - 4:20 - Jet
1:45 - 2:40 - The Bravery
12:30 - 1:20 - Hold Steady

Stage 2
8:35 - 10:00 - Franz Ferdinand
6:45 - 8:05 - Girl Talk
5:10 - 6:20 - The National
3:45 - 4:45 - Taking Back Sunday
2:25 - 3:20 - Mates of State
1:15 - 2:05 - St. Vincent
12:15 - 12:55 - Wale

Dance Tent (honestly, I have no idea who is most popular. Feel free to correct me!)
8 - 10 - Lee Burridge
6 - 8 - Danny Howells
3 - 5:30 - Pete Tong
1 - 2:30 - Holy Fuck

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

I think you'll see Girl Talk close the second stage with public enemy right before them. FF, Weezer, Blink all on the main stage.

[serpent boy]

I think you'll see Girl Talk close the second stage with public enemy right before them. FF, Weezer, Blink all on the main stage.

Hmm, that makes more sense and reminds me of the NIN vs. Kanye split last year.

[walkonby]

dance tent + end of august = smelling good.

[wml7]

dance tent + end of august = smelling good.

like a wet cat

[xneverwherex]

The Weezer presale was Friday at 10AM. Not sure if Blink had one of their own, but Id assume it was prob same time as Weezers.

there will be tickets available saturday

I don't want to get into how many were released for presale vs public because neither side will be happy

So was there a lot that was released for presale then there was for the actual sale?  Oh yeah I think people who bought in previous years never got passwords from ticketmaster, well that was in my case.  I think just people who signed up for the alerts on the virgin site got passwords.  Either way I got mine yay  

I'm thinking the same, because I read in a report that people who attended last years festival didn't get theirs. BUT, I did go last year, and I did get the email for the password, BUT AGAIN, I signed up for the festival updates email listing. But it should be the people who are returning goers and Virgin Mobile customers, because that's whats stated in the email. Maybe it is a glitch, who knows, the control for free festivals like these are nearly impossible to handle, unless all ticket directions are in one way such as just a designated will call, but that could be hectic as well.

Since Seth stated that neither side would be unhappy, I'm thinking too that there's were a LOT of tickets in the presale. And a somewhat amount on Saturday. What about the Blink 182 and Weezer Presales? I think they've had one too, unless it was on Thursday 10 am too.

[walkonby]

dance tent + end of august = smelling good.

like a wet cat