french kicks and idlewild

[Relaxer]

Where are you seeing anything on the Idlewild show? I checked Pollstar and nothing, and I'm not seeing anything on the 9:30 website. Please help?

[redsock]

Go to ticketmaster. Then cry over the convenience charges.

[kosmo vinyl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by redsock:<BR><B>Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't we buy Fletcher's tickets at 930 box office, minus the over the top ticketwhore charge?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>thats a big 10-4 little buddy... picked four idlewild tickets at the 9:30 boxoffice today.  total $52 verses the $76 it would have cost via ticketbastard.  you can also buy them at soundgarden in fells point.  don't know about service charges there.<P>

[kosmo vinyl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ehm-ily:<BR><B>Wow..my dad just bought me 3 tickets!<P>But, when he handed them to me, I noticed they said "18+ W/ID,"  Which poses a bit of a problem for me.<P>They should have made the age restrictions more clear...or something.  I had never heard this restriction mentioned about this show until I had the tickets in my hands.  But I guess that 18+ is a standard for Fletcher's?  Never been there before.<P>Ugh...anyhow, that kind of ruined the moment.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Fletcher's age policy depends on the show.  It's primarily a 18+ club but every once in awhile there are all ages shows.   The age restriction was listed on the front page  but I'll admit easily overlooked if one was in a hurry.<P>

[redsock]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kosmo:<BR><B> thats a big 10-4 little buddy... picked four idlewild tickets at the 9:30 boxoffice today.  total $52 verses the $76 it would have cost via ticketbastard.  you can also buy them at soundgarden in fells point.  don't know about service charges there.<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>Ah, nice! thanks!<BR>

[kosmo vinyl]

Ticketbastard must have been bought by Clear Channel or something.  I clearly don't understand their service charges.  for example<P>Johnny  Marr $20 ticket + $4.00 service charge<P>Idlewild $12 ticket + $7.00 service charge<P>Ticketmaster has appeared to drop the extra charge for shipping and handling by rolling into the service charge instead.   Kinda like how Merriweather collects the parking for each ticket sold.<P>Unless there is true competition, when the ticketmaster database is open to other agents to sell tickets through, it should be regulated as the monopoly utility it is.

[Cernunnos]

Damn, looks like I'll have to make a trek down to the club sometime this week for tickets.  Thats INSANE to pay over 50% for a "service charge."  And they wonder why concert attendance is dropping off?

[redsock]

Let's talk about the 930 club Box office woman who not only couldn't find the Idlewild show, but really didn't believe me when I told her it was on the 8th. Now, I have to go back tonite with the city paper in hand and try again, hopefully with a box office clerk who actually believes me. But I'm not bitter.

[twangirl]

Well Redsock, often people are able to find out about shows via band websites and such before they are officially announced, which means ticketmaster does not yet have the information, nor do our box officers. <BR>That show is now in the ticketmaster system and already has sold some tickets, so you won't have any problem getting them now.

[redsock]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by twangirl:<BR><B>Well Redsock, often people are able to find out about shows via band websites and such before they are officially announced, which means ticketmaster does not yet have the information, nor do our box officers. <BR>That show is now in the ticketmaster system and already has sold some tickets, so you won't have any problem getting them now.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I understand what you are saying, and appreciate her situation. Clearly board members had purchased tickets at the box office earlier in the day, so it was slightly frustrating, but in the grand scheme of things, life goes on, and I will still get my tickets.

[SillyCinnamon]

How big is the Fletcher's? I've never been there. I just check the price from ticketmaster and the total charge will be $22.5. That's just insane! I don't know would it possible to get a ticket on the show date.

[lily1]

fletchers is tiny. perhaps just twice the size of the now sadly departed metro cafe. hold less than 600. maybe less than 500.

[myuman]

Why can't the club (speaking solely the 9:30) take care of it's own ticket distribution?  Most don't sell out instantly, so I can't see why some sort of snail mail, low/nil surcharge system can't work.  At what point does it become counterproductive to work with ticketmaster/tickets.com.  I'm sure I speak for many here saying many times "I don't want to trek to the nearly godforsaken area of the club (just to purchase tickets) and..... the surcharge on a ticket is enough to keep me at home"  If this has happened once for me, it's happend 50 times.  Yeah... and they (industry) wonder why attendance is down.

[twangirl]

Ticketing is an extremely labor-intensive operation, even using a ticketing agency...doing it ourselves would be an unthinkable amount of work, given the number of shows we have scheduled at any given time. <BR>Also, all contracts from booking agencies contain clauses requiring documentation from a licensed, known ticketing agency as to how many tickets were sold. An audit report generated from the ticketing agency, a neutral company, is necessary at settlement to accurately document attendance and, in some cases, to determine how much the artist gets paid.

[kosmo vinyl]

thanks for incite on the ticket agency clause in artist contracts, it helps me to keep things in perspective.<P>a couple suggestions if you can't get to the 9:30 box office.  (which by the way takes me roundtrip from station to club about 15 minutes)<P>is call a ticketmaster outlet (i.e. Tower) and find out what the service charge is buying them that way.  it could be lower since you don't have to pay the handling charges.<P>secondly, call Sound Garden in Baltimore (410) 563-9011) confirm that they are indeed a boxoffice for Fletchers and findout what the service charge is.  I believe tickets are cash only.<P>Drive up to Fells Point and make a day of it.  Besides Sound Garden there loads of nice eateries and boutiques to shop in there.