Grateful Dead

Any comments from the band on this debacle? Or are they saving their wind for phoney political lectures?............RIP Jerry, you are missed!!

I'd be happier to be paying less for a seat to a show this time around, but that's not what's happening and each one of us has to decide how much financial pain we're willing to endure. I was just looking at the VIP packages and they remind me a lot of the pricing I saw on the last Rolling Stones tour. The face value on seats in the first 26 rows at most Stones shows in '05-'06 was $450! My wife, daughter and I bought tickets for the 28th row for $175 apiece and folks told us we'd practically stolen them. I guess it's all relative, but it seemed like a chunk of cash at the time. I also remember that tickets to a show in Foxboro, MA late in the last Stones tour weren't selling all that well and all of a sudden a loge section opened up at $22.50 a pop! I called everyone I knew in the Boston area to let them know. Maybe, just maybe something like that will happen this Dead tour as well and folks will get to find an inexpensive ticket. I hope so. Good luck. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose

I'd be happier to be paying less for a seat to a show this time around, but that's not what's happening and each one of us has to decide how much financial pain we're willing to endure. I was just looking at the VIP packages and they remind me a lot of the pricing I saw on the last Rolling Stones tour. The face value on seats in the first 26 rows at most Stones shows in '05-'06 was $450! My wife, daughter and I bought tickets for the 28th row for $175 apiece and folks told us we'd practically stolen them. I guess it's all relative, but it seemed like a chunk of cash at the time. I also remember that tickets to a show in Foxboro, MA late in the last Stones tour weren't selling all that well and all of a sudden a loge section opened up at $22.50 a pop! I called everyone I knew in the Boston area to let them know. Maybe, just maybe something like that will happen this Dead tour as well and folks will get to find an inexpensive ticket. I hope so. Good luck. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose

i haven't had much luck with this presale deal, always get message SORRY TIX NOT AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REQUEST TRY DIFF # AND TYPE, well i tried that even with the expensive ones. Is there only so many to be sold per day to give more people a chance? I'll keep trying but already sent the ol faithful mailorder in. GDTS send cooler tix anyway haha. Agree with KCAZZIE have fun be dead but let's not let this turn into a black eye for all of us and the band. deadercise for life and guiness for strength.

I moved back the South Jersey 4 1/2 years ago. The Spectrum in Philadelphia is closing this year. I have been to many shows over the years. The most memorable was Watkins Glen. I had to park somewhere between 10-20 miles away. It was at night the day before the show and I was determined to get there so I started walking eventually getting picked up by some car that was in the sealed off perimeter. Now I have come full circle back to the original arena where I saw my first show. I was 16 in 1967 and walked into a head shop in Philadelphia. I didn't know who or what the Dead were. I saw a poster on the wall that said Grateful Dead with a picture of group. I leafed through some copies of the Oracle, bought some buttons and left. A couple of years later a show started on an FM station in Philly called the Marconi Experiment, the DJ was Dave Herman. He played a song called Dark Star. That's when I found out who the Grateful Dead were. I have been hooked ever since. I remember a girl I met at Temple University in Philadelphia telling me she had seen 5 hour + shows in New York. When it was announced that Dead were coming to Philadelphia in 1972 I made it my business to attend my first show. I only wish I knew enough about them when they played The Electric Factory in 68 and 69. You have to understand that they didn't play that music on the radio in our city until the Marconi Experiment. It wasn't San Francisco. It sucks getting old but there will never be period of music creativity again like there was from Sixties starting with Beatles to the Mid Seventies. You will never see a group like the Dead again. The music business has changed. What we believe in has changed. The causes have changed. Hard to imagine that tickets at the Fillmore and The Carousel Ballroom were only a couple of dollars. The Dead are only charging based on the what the demand is. It's not cheap to put shows on these days. Is $95 a ticket plus service charges a little excessive, probably. I'm paying it. The last time the Dead appeared at The Spectrum was 1995. My first show they played 14 songs the first set. 13 songs the second set and One More Saturday Night for the Encore. No drums, Space but a 37 Minute Dark Star. See you at the show.

Looking for folks to hang out with in Greensboro the night before and day of. Better get them hotels quick, I am lucky enough to live in the city. Message me if you wanna know anything about the area.

Bill K was right in 95 when he said, "Without Jerry there is no Grateful Dead." But these shows will be the closest anyone on the planet can still get to, "There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert!" The band seems to be putting in a lot of time practicing and rehearsing. So expect tight, consistent musicianship, excellent jams and eventually a high-quality album/video. It’s unlikely any of these concerts will be a dud. That said, the online pre-sale fiasco was a disgrace and a stain on the band's legacy. It's not about $100 ticket prices. It's about fairness. A week before this highly promoted event, legal online resale outlets were already posting tickets for specific available seating for $400 - $1,500. The Dead should be pissed off about their fans getting ripped off by the company they chose to distribute tickets. If they’re not, then the Grateful Dead family spirit is history and they are just players in another oldies cover band.

Dead Freaks Unite If all goes well and I'm pretty sure things will.. They'll tour this summer... They wouldn't go thru all this and not... Also they are hardly playing in many areas...Midwest, Northwest, Southeast... Mountain areas of Co. (Red Rocks would be perfect these days)... They're just getting ready... Only problem this may be it... We're all getting on and I feel for the younger 'Dead Freaks' ... (that's what they use to call us...) This summer may be the end... I would love one more and they love to play, so who knows... Looks like everyone (the boys) have grown the last 10+ years and if it keeps up who knows... John Lee Hooker checkout John Lees site about 'change' http://www.johnleehookerjr.com/, Willie (Nelson 76yrs young) are still playing but then again it really only one person that makes those shows goes... So lets all behave this spring and maybe they play this summer and the boys may make it back another year... Know better way to stay young... Peace and Love ... and One more Saturday night... ;) ...

I'm tryin, I might get there. If I get taper tickets, what do I have to do/buy? I'll do it. I promise! Any advice is Gratefully welcome. I want to share. Love to record the show. Highlite of my touring years. I'd love to record off the soundboard and share, share, share....!!!!

I've got 2 tix to TheForum and Shoreline. If I get 4 mail and then go for 4 reg tix, I might get 3x4=12. that means 12-2=10 tix for miracles. WOW. gotta try to share the love...