Grateful Dead

Everyone stops the bullshit about this that the other ones and remember what's it about. The Music! Does anyone remember the music? The way it made you feel the first time you heard it? Maybe it was China Cat or Estimated Prophet? All of a sudden, out of nowhere, you need to get up and dance. And then, everybody's dancing. The music is what draws us in together. The music is what brings the band together. Not everyone gets the Dead. We get it. The music will never stop. I'm sure everyone has a song that they have enjoyed over the years with someone dear to them that is no longer with us. Be thankful that you get the chance to be here at this time to enjoy life with new people, new dreams and new hope. Hey that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. The stars were spinning dizzy, But the band kept us so busy We forgot about the time. "Oh if a man tried To take his time on earth And prove before he died What one man's life could be worth I wonder what would happen To this world."

"Well it sounded so sweet. I had to take me a chance,I rose out of me seat, Lord I had to dance, Started moving my feet, and clapping my hands." Going 'round and 'round... The Grateful Dead were a dance band. The Music man! Well said.

Just wanted to thank all of you for being a part of this family. Ive noticed that deadnet is getting bigger, I can see alot of new members joining and love reading your storys and coments. We all are one huge family and the music over the years brought us all together. Thanks again everyone!Phatmoye "WE WILL GET BY, WE WILL SURVIVE!"

Reading through this, this does not surprise me. Just got an email from Sugarmegs.org (i've been working alot throughout all of this) and they said ALL the Mail orders have been fulfilled, except for a few (1 out of 3 ain't bad for Shoreline) and this is all just wrong. I used to mail order everytime for shows, only got shut out once. Needless to say, I suspected that Ticket Bastard and others did this for along time before this. NOW I KNOW. "It's a sign of the times", people say. "It's all about the Benjamins", others do. But really? I don't blame the band at all. They are just musicians that are the best in the world....think of how many bands they've influenced, why so much GREED? So wrong. Thank God I got my tickets to Chicago. I'm skeptical about getting any for Shoreline. Most of my headicated friends from home (Bay Area) had to work at the time of the presale too, except for the mail orders, and "tried" to buy tickets through Ticket Bastard to no evail. I'm so excited to see these shows, I've been dancin and singing all over town. Yet, this really pisses me off. Thank you to all on this forum for letting me know that at the very least, WE all still have our original values. There are some really good people in this community, so let's just stay true to each other, and say FUCK the money monger bastards! I can't wait to see the boys in full swing, making me feel like I'm home again. Blowing my mind, and melting my innards. Thank you Billy, Bobby, Phil, Mickey, Warren, and Jeff for letting me know you are NOT apart of this rape! ____________________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

Am I reading correctly or incorrectly that it sounds like Ticketmaster sold, "allotted" or whatever, huge blocks of tickets to their sister company TicketNow? Ie: direct to scalper agency instead of to the public?********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

I've heard that the tickets were on sale on TicketNow and Other Scalper sites, even before they went on sale to the public....being that I just got home, haven't been able to sort through all of the info, but from what I see this is true!____________________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

First off--To JINGLE---SEMPER FI, brother-my dad was a MARINE and served in KOREA-I have the utmost RESPECT for THE CORPS.And congrats on your ticket scoring!Phatmoe-I feel what your sayin'about FAMILY on this site-to me it's just great to communicate w/fellow DEADHEADS-there is like, NONE where I live.Im a house painter so im always bringing my radio around to different places and I dont shove it down anybody's throat but I GUTS TO HAVE MY DEAD!!So I bring a little memorex soft case that holds about 10 tapes(that's right I still have tapes HAHA)So before I go to work I pick out some choice stuff I want to hear-I work w/mostly construction type people so there is young and old,The young ones are always like"What the hell is THAT???"And alot of times i'll see the older ones tapping along or kinda gettin' into it. Its kinda like a fun little expirament for me--(sorry for the rambling-just had 3 cups-Sunday 5am Goin to work) GUTTA make xtra ticket/show $$$ Im working 7 days a week till showtime-I wanna be STYLIN!!!!Work hard-Play HARDER! TIGERLILY-Sister, -You can freak me out anytime-I love hearing from you,I saw your pictures--You have a beautiful family to be proud of,And you seem like a wicked cool person-Im gonna put up my pictures as soon as I figure out how to! Oh yeah-I LOVE your show pictures--really brings me back-Cant beleive you were at OXFORD DEADFEAT--MY First Shows!!Anyhoo--Take Care All---GARCIALATER-G

But isn't scalpers BEFORE public ass-backwards? Setting the public up for higher priced tix, from the get-go? Like "if you wanna see this show, bow down and beg, and pay out the nose"?Simple business calculations would seem to indicate that every party involved in selling these tickets earns their percentage on them, making the end price higer, after every extra agency they go through. ********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

February 1st, 1960 marks the 49th anniversary of the fateful day four brave black students sat down at a segregated lunch counter in a woolworth's store in Greensboro and made history. The counter's chairs and stools were for whites only, while blacks had to stand to eat. The four were refused service, but were allowed to stay. The next day, 28 students joined the sit-in, and the next there were 300 more. About 5 months later, 3 major stores changed there policies to allow intergrated counters. 4 yrs later the civil rights act was signed by LBJ.How cool is that? I remember the day when hippies, long hairs and dead heads were treated the same way. Like once in a restaurant in Ohio in l969 when we were refused service due to our appearance. Thank the stars for people like these students and dead heads everywhere for standing up for what you believe in. "We will survive"

Does anyone know if theres camping at philly shows? Never been to the spectrum or philly for that matter. If no camping, am I allowed to crash in my van in the lot? Phatmoye

not in philly these days.The lot scene at the spectrum is usaly WIDE open but after the show they will make you leave.But if you drive down 95 to exit 9 A highway 420 there are a few hotels right there sure you can find floor space. I for some reason you can not find space in a room there is a deneys right there sure you could sleep there(in you van)

State websites usualy list where their rest area's are. Find one close and crash there, thats what im doing. Look up truck stops too, they have shower rooms you can use also for like $6-$8 if your the type that needs a shower. You can look up car pool lots also, there's many places to crash. Just dont get so tanked you cant make it, nothing spoils a tour like having to deal with the law.

I guarantee you can't camp in Chicago as well. I'll bet the parking lot scene will be sketchy to say the least. Maybe for a few hours before the show....personally I don't even drive downtown to see shows, train it from one of the many places in the 'burbs you can spend the night in your car. All great suggestions so far, if you need to park somewhere close, I recommend parking near Giordano's at Van Buren and Halsted...or just south near the Italian row of restuarants. We'll be heading away from the venue before the show for the whole day before, then heading down about 2 hours before the doors open. PM me if you need anymore info. ____________________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

Just got lawn tix for Shoreline on Livenation. $35.00 each plus the rapage fee and parking. I couldn't be happier (except for if they were to add another show or two). :) :) :)

I keep seeing people saying they can't get Shoreline tickets on Ticketmaster without being redirected to Tickets Now. That's because Shoreline tickets are sold at livenation.com. Lawn tickets are still available. Maybe you can even still get lucky and pull reserved. I got section 203, row U. Crossing my fingers for mail order. If my husband is a lucky 1 in 3, we'll have a couple of reserved for sale at our cost. SCALPERS SUCK!

Is there any K O As (kampgrounds of america) near the spectrum?Phatmoye

says there's one 38 miles away in coatesville

I will be traveling East from Denver for 6 shows; Buffalo, Wilkes Barre, Uniondale, MSG, Hartford, and East Rutherford. Any local places to gather before the shows or are people just going to be in the arena parking lots? Also, any local campgrounds or local tips where I can "Rest my bones" at the end of the night? I did figure out that I can take the "E-Train" from Queens the day after the Nassau Coliseum show and it will take me to the MSG show (Penn Station). Leaving my vehicle near Nassau instead of driving into Manhattan. Any other tips?

rosa rugosa I wish you well, and I really love your analogy of Jerry being gone from the band being akin to losing your Mom from the family. It can even make you cherish your remaining family even more! I thought that you summed it up perfectly. I missed Jerry, but I can't travel back in time to see him, so I'm just really grateful that I didn't miss the boat completely and will get to see the rest of the band in April (both Worc shows, can hardly wait!)

Hey Now rosa-I'll be in Worc. too! (well at least sat. night!) I've taken my wife to RATDOG and DSO-but this will be her first REAL SHOW- CAN NOT WAIT!!! How much did you have to pay?Are you from the area?Im in LOWELL-see ya at the show!! SMILES 4 MILES-♪♪♪♪

rosa rugosaWe're from Saugus, and funny enough, my husband has seen the dead many times, but these will be my first shows! I've seen and enjoyed Ratdog several times. We were lucky enough to get tickets from the online presale, about $218. a pair with fees, etc. Couldn't even try until we got home from work at 6:30 PM on the thirteenth, so I think we were really fortunate!

I have searched this site and the GDSSTOO(or whatever it is) site and cannot find any info on status of mail order. A friend of mine sent me a bulletin(from where I don't know) about the status of mail order. I just wanted to double check with the source to see if it was true that we were getting all the tix we ordered! WOOT WOOT Can someone point me in that direction? I am getting a little let down on how hard it is to find out some info on shows lately. What is all the secrecy about? I signed up MONTHS ago and then again when the word came out about tour for the email alert. Well, I got ONE email the DAY before mail order went down and NO word about online ticketing. Had to find that out thru friends but its all good. Then on the day of mail order AND online tix sales, I get a message on email at 2:30 that tix are sale online. Several hours too late in my opinion! lol So is there any news on the status of mail order? Please someone help! lol Hope that everyone got the tix they wanted and don't support scalpers!

patience on the mail order.... imagine going through thousands of letters, sorting and organizing each one with love...working to see how many tickets vs requests and manually filling them....this ain't ticketmaster you ordered through and thats a good thing...

to those who missed it, here is the update regarding the status of the mail order: Here is our GDTS TOO mail order status for each venue on The Dead 2009 tour: Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Saturday & Sunday, April 18 & 19, 2009 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Wachovia Arena @ Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Friday, April 24, 2009 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY. One in three orders will get tickets if you mailed in on the first postmark. Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Tuesday & Wednesday, April 28 & 29, 2009 at The IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Friday and Saturday, May 1 & 2, 2009 at Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA. May 1 - Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. May 2 – One in 1.5 orders will get tickets. Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at All State Arena in Chicago, IL. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Saturday, May 9, 2009 at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Sunday, May 10, 2009 at Shoreline Amphitheatre In Mountain View, CA. For reserved one in three orders will get tickets if you mailed in on the first postmark. For lawn, everyone who mailed in will get tickets. We are waiting for the last bit of mail postmarked the 13th to arrive before starting the ticketing process. Orders that we are unable to fill from MSG, Spectrum and Shoreline reserved will be will be returned before we start the ticketing process. Tickets will start going out in the next few weeks. Outlet on sale dates for this tour are listed on dead.net "Let there be songs to fill the air."

i am origanlly from Lowell but i am way up in the northen nh unfortunally i didn't get tickets for worcster cause i was extremly sick when they went on sale., but we are still planing on going hoping we can get tickets there..my wife has never seen the dead before either...it nice to know there is allways room on the bus.

"Orders that we are unable to fill from MSG, Spectrum and Shoreline reserved will bewill be returned before we start the ticketing process." The longer the wait, the more likely the news will be good!

rosa rugosaWhat is it with us wives? I'm just glad my husband didn't give up on me - it took me a long time to get it, but now all I ever want to listen to is The Dead (or Ratdog, or JGB). Making up for lost time! Good luck getting tickets, Noonie!

I bought tickets for both nights in Philly - 1 night in East Rutherford and MSG on the Dead.net pre-sale , I got my confirmation but does anyone know when these tickets will be mailed out ?

else heard a rumor about a third night in Philly?

But that would be kick ass for all of us if they did!!A 3 night run, WOW, that would be incredible! Phatmoye

Hoping for tickets to Shoreline. Had my bookmarks set. I log in. Takes a bit but I am in. I sit and fiddle...kinda hung over. I click on "more info", since the tickets aint offered yet. IT LOGS ME OUT!ARGGGGG!! What have I done??? (Spoiler, this gets a bit graphic, reader discretion advised.) I been on two kinds of anti-biotics for a few days... and was drinking the night before...know what a "shart" is? I run to the bathroom... (lmao) Clean myself up as best I can... 8:59AM I am back... not logged in. I sit and watch the little blue line crawl as I berate myself for ever clicking on "more info". I further wish I hadn't gotten drunk the night before... so anyhow, I say a prayer and switch to 64bit Internet Explorer. I get in! SMILING NOW..... till nothing happens.... watching the blue line crawl....OH NOW WHAT? 9:10-9:26AM I am supposed to score tickets for my brother and his wife too. 9:27AM success!!! Fast forward to the present... I testify that my prayer to God in His Son's name..Jesus was answered. Lesson from all this? Faith is rewarded and its a shitty job but someone has to be me!!!

Hey steam-howzabout next time you leave out the bathroom details?(YUCK!)ha ha ha! just kiddin'-bro!Congrats on yer tix.!!!!! Rosa and Noonie! Whats up my fellow MASSHOLES? lol (isnt that a great nickname they've bestowed upon us?)Noonie thats cool your from the fine city of Lowell-Did you guys catch RD at Boarding House Park? Im still unbelievably upset that I missed that show.Im so close,you could hear the crowd from my house!!! I know--your thinking if you were THAT close--why the F didnt you go???well,allow me to explain-If you recall,that was a very warm summer day and I am the proud daddy to two beautiful boy/girl twins(ages 2) and we told them we were taking them to the beach all week,(forgetting all about the RD show in my backyard!)needless to say-when you tell 2-2 year olds your gonna do something-YOU BETTER DO IT!!!! long story short-my wife got a MAJOR sunburn(she could hardly even move!)so,being the terrific husband/father that I am-I stayed home to help w/the twins that evening(sigh)worst part is I KNEW they were gonna play CASSIDY(my daughters name)you know because it was a Jack Kerouac tribute.I'll stop babbling now-hope you guys have fun at worc!!!where are you staying?I could'nt find one room anywhere! GARCIALATER-G ♪♪♪♪♪Lord they get me off so much--they pick me up when im feelin' blue(know how 'bout you?)♪♪♪♪♪♪NAME THAT SONG

Hey steam.. Don't you know you shouldnt be drinkin while your takin antibiotics??? But anyway thanks for sharing, and I'm glad you cleaned up and finally scored tickets

Did anyone else fail to receive an e-mail alert from Dead.net? I just found out now that tickets for the Chicago show went on sale this past weekend, and I am seriously bummed.

Yo' Steam sorry to be hear about the sharts - what a drag - proably runny too! LMFAO!!! Glad you got your tickets though..... hope you're feelin' better. You might wanna get some patchouli oil - lol! Saint Stephen with a rose. In and out of the garden he goes. Country garland in the wind and the rain. Wherever he goes the people all complain.... Shine On! Saint Stephen

Im trying to find the website that pre-sale was on. Im pretty sure it was musictoday.com but im having trouble tracking my order. Can anyone verify this for me?

This has to be a bad joke. $100 for a ticket? What the hell happened to the spirit of the 60's? Looks like the Dead has turned into another version of the Stones, the Who, the Eagles, etc. It's really too bad. I didn't think it would happen to them.

I just bought four tickets each to two Yankees games for this summer. I paid $960!!! For two freakin baseball games. The Yankees play 81 home games each year. No guarantee they will win. No guarantee it will even be a good game. Paying $100 to see a rare event like the Boys gettin back together, and experiencing the music we all love seems like a bargain to me. "Let there be songs to fill the air."

They need some funds to build Terrapin Station?!

If anything they should add another show at Shoreline. "Everybody's braggin' and drinking that wine, I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines. Come to daddy on an inside straight, well I've got no chance of losing this time"

Here is the pre sale web site: www.deadtickets.rlc.net

Everyones complainin about ticket prices. Heres somthin else for us on the left coast to piss and moan about. Just did some quick math. To do the entire east coast leg, total drive distance is aprox 2800mi. Total shows=16. West coast aprox 1400mi. Total shows=3. 5x the shows for 2x the driving. Plus youre still payin .25 less per gallon back there. Cmon guys, wheres the love????? What about Vegas, Monterey, Sac, Eugene, Portland. "One way or another, this darkness got to give"

Shipped OrdersBy choosing UPS 2nd Day Air or UPS Worldwide Express, it does NOT necessarily mean that your tickets will arrive two days after processing your order. Tickets will be shipped approximately two weeks before the event date; however they might be shipped earlier. If you have not received your tickets within one week of the event date, please email deadtickets@musicotoday.com immediately and we will happily assist you. Shipped orders cannot be delivered to PO Box addresses. Entering a PO Box address may cause a delay in delivering your tickets and/or extra shipping charges. If any shipped orders are re-routed after they have been sent, there is an additional fee. "Everybody's braggin' and drinking that wine, I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines. Come to daddy on an inside straight, well I've got no chance of losing this time"

This is the info I got in my e-mail confirmation after I pre-ordered tickets. I hope it helps. Shipped Orders By choosing UPS 2nd Day Air or UPS Worldwide Express, it does NOT necessarily mean that your tickets will arrive two days after processing your order. Tickets will be shipped approximately two weeks before the event date; however they might be shipped earlier. If you have not received your tickets within one week of the event date, please email deadtickets@musicotoday.com immediately and we will happily assist you. Shipped orders cannot be delivered to PO Box addresses. Entering a PO Box address may cause a delay in delivering your tickets and/or extra shipping charges. If any shipped orders are re-routed after they have been sent, there is an additional fee. PLEASE FILE THIS CONFIRMATION IN A SAFE PLACE. THIS CONFIRMATION IS YOUR RECEIPT FOR THIS TRANSACTION. IF YOU HAVE CUSTOMER SERVICE QUESTIONS PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL OR SEND AN EMAIL TO DEADTICKETS@MUSICTODAY.COM AND INCLUDE YOUR ORDER #, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, YOUR NAME, AND THE NAME AND DATE OF THE EVENT.

No kidding - just in the distance from LA to Shoreline (about 350 miles) you could see 8 shows on the east coast (the Wilkes-Barre to Philly stretch) in almost the same distance (about 525 miles). I have read where people are trying to get into MSG but Long Island the night before is only 30 miles away with tickets to spare. Man if I lived out there I would hit all 8 of those shows without thinking twice about it! "Everybody's braggin' and drinking that wine, I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines. Come to daddy on an inside straight, well I've got no chance of losing this time"

why does the dead still use Ticketmaster im complaining because we got 3 of the worst tickets i have ever gotten for the the Gd,the dead,the other ones,and back to the dead.. and then you go on tickets now, and stub hub, and e-bay, and craigslist, and there are hundreds of tickets good seats available through scalpers.. i mean come on half of these tickets will not even sell they will have to eat them... its such a waste and unfair to a true fan...i pretty sure all these companies and websites are sleeping with Ticketmaster because does one get so many good tickets and a true fan cant get one good one... its a joke....

The real outrage is that Ticketsheister actually owns at least one of these "premium" sites. Obviously they funnel the best seats directly to their own site and never even make them available to the public. I don't know, but it seems illegal to me, or at least fraudulent. I wish someone from the Band would address these concerns, but I don't think they really even care. "Let there be songs to fill the air."

Stub Hub has 1525 but Tickets Now is gaining fast with 1078. So sad. GDTSTOO does a great job and the bad guys still win. Anyone have ideas? Come on Mail Order. Take care all.