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  • JackstrawfromC…
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    You are on the right path - get away from the bad and surround yourself with the good. This tour is going to rejuvenate a lot of people myself included and I cannot wait. I hope you can get yourself to a show or 2. Take care.. "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"
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    Chi-town B-o-b - I thought it was an interesting read. It's a popular game among the kids today and many of us have children in the family who find this game wildly attractive. This translates into a wonderful way of introducing the little tykes to the music. I know I'm not alone regarding my belief that many folks would rather hear the kid, grandkid, etc. jamming to the Grateful Dead than the stuff playing on the commercial radio stations today. I didn't say I agreed with their reviews. Please don't shoot the messenger. One man gathers what another man spills.
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    hey guys, im a fellow lover of the grateness of the dead and i was turned on to the dead this past summer by an old dead head, who has followed these guys around almost all his life...i started hanging out with him, everyday a party you know, he taught me the dead ways, not that i didnt already know them myself, im what you might call a natural...lol...im a natural born hippie...product of my raising...i can find beauty with a sore eye, after my first concert in washington dc at the 930 club seeing dark star, the tribute band....i fell absolutely tee totally in love with them, their music, their words and the meanings behind them. i came home and started looking them up on youtube, and after a while became very familiar wtih all their songs...i love any music that has soul to it....this band is by far the best, and i only wish i could have seen jerry!! if i could go back in time, thats exactly where i'd go....when jerry was still alive and everyone was diggin the good tunes and good vibes...good souls, understanding people, the kind of people that make this world all the better to be apart of...i want to surround myself with peace loving wind breezin hippies, this past year has been rough for me and i've lost alot of confidence along the way, im ready to roll away the dew so that sweet winds can blow my way...im ready to forget my troubles and dance them away....im ready to let go of these negative people in my life and surround myself by good hearted free spirits, people like myself...i've suffered myself, by trying to help others come out of the shadows and into the light but in the end i realized i was being dragged into the dark, and drained of my energy, i used to carry the sun in my eyes and i want that feeling back....im a very sensitive but strong willed young lady and i desire most to go to atleast one show...im gonna follow my own path and ill go all to nothing to get there...im hoping i will meet alot of familiar souls...that i can connect with. This is me and this is what im about, not just the music, but whats behind the lines, sometimes you cant see the forest for the trees, but i know theres more to it than just the good tunes, its the waves of love and peaceful serenity, brotherhood, mind alternative people, who want the same things i want, i could go on and on about what could stand a change, but i wont, instead i wont worry about how to survive in the storm but instead how to dance in the rain. alot of nice things go bad out there, it sure is one big wild world!! There comes a point In ones life When you come to realize Who matters, who never did, who wont anymore, and who always will So dont worry about those people from the past Theres a reason why they did not make it to your future
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    Seems to me that the Boys should have booked more than one show at the Garden. The good news is that I am definitely seeing them at Nassau, while I have a 33% chance to be at the Garden show. All in all, I can't complain. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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    Just exactly perfect. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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    Has anything been confirmed on the opening act for the 09 tour? My Morning Jacket would be cool....
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    ONCE upon a time there was a large population occupying a large hunk of land between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. All television and photography was in black and white because in fact black and white was all there was. Five magicians looked at this from their particular perspective near the Pacific Ocean and said, "Well, this is okay but it COULD be so much better..." With that they waved their magic music wands and suddenly the world became purple, yellow, aquamarine and even translucent. Refrigerators walked the earth and amoebas grew to the size of apes, while planes began to fly underground and moles burrowed through the air. Stars and planets reached out to shake the hands of the gobsmacked earthlings, and the cartwheel became the new ambling shuffle. This golden gleaming terrain-and-mind-enhancing music-magic continues to speel out and as of press time, it is difficult to imagine that it will ever stop.
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    I tried to post the email that I just received from GDTS Too regarding the status of mail order. I guess that it is too big, so here is a summary. With exception of MSG, Philadelphia (May 2), and Shoreline (reserved seats), everyone who requested tickets will get them. If you have a postmark for the first day of mail order, you have a 1 in 3 chance of tickets for MSG and Shoreline reserved. You have a 1 in 1.5 chance for Philadelphia on May 2. Here is the rest: "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"
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    This what I just received from GDTS Too: 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
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    Ticketmaster sent me an e-mail (I signed for a NYC area Dead Show alert!) saying Hartford on sale 4/23- As far as I know MSG is Sat at 10 AM. I have a My Ticketmaster account and have not received any further info on MSG show. I was ready for pre sale but got skunked! I sent mail order and would like to know if they will come before spending more needed cash with T.M. on Sat. Any ideas? I can only go to MSG show. I miss that and miss chance for 5 decades of live Dead shows!
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The band says Happy New Year with an announcement of almost twenty shows in April and May.  More details to come!

https://dead.net/dead09

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Bruce springsteen is fuckin up the history of rock and roll. --pee wee herman "nice dreams"
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tj crowley $100 ???????? WHAT???????
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Anyone know if camping in going to be allowed? Looks like closest campground is in New Jersey. Is it more likely people are going to stay in hotels close by?
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THIRD EYE ENTERTAINMENT presents QUADLIBET for TENDER FEET THE 40th ANNIVERSARY of the Grateful Dead at Fillmore West March 2, 1969 The Zen Tricksters with special guest TOM CONSTANTEN (Grateful Dead) and Joe Chirco will perform the entire show forty years to the day on March 2, 2009 at Mexicali Live 1409 Queen Anne Road Teaneck, NJ 07666 Show Date: MARCH 2, 2009 Tickets: $13.50 ADV $20.00 DOS Online ticketing: www.mexicalilive.com Venue phone 1-201-833-0011 Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm Show end: 11:55pm Band website: www.zentricksters.com Promoter website: www.myspace.com/thirdeyeentprod Promoter email: thirdeyeent@optimum.net THE SHOW Set ONE 1. Dark Star 2. St. Stephen 3. The Eleven 4. Turn On Your Love Light SET TWO 1. Doin' That Rag 2. That’s It For The Other One 3. Death Don't Have No Mercy 4. Morning Dew SET THREE 1. Alligator 2. Drums 3. Jam 4. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 5. Feedback 6. We Bid You Goodnight
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tj crowley and affordable too!!!! think the boys out priced themselves from a lot of folk
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This is great. Last time we saw the dead was the waive the flag tour which was great. also caught the obama beneifit in PA. After the last dead tour we followed The Bobb Dylan Show for a cpl of years but sure am stoked to be going down the road feeling bad. We are going to make it to four shows on this tour for a whopping total of $1500 in ticket for me and my girl. But well worth it. See you in Albany, Buffalo and the two night in Philly. Peace, Joe and Emily P.S. we miss u- Doozer, Shawny, Shannon, Brigit..........Not Fade Away
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It might be the devilIt might be the Lord It might be Ticketmaster But you're gonna have to serve somebody (Serrrve Sombodddy)
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A person on the RatDog blog recieved his mail order tickets on Sat and has a link to ebay site where he's selling them for face value. There's a pic of the envelope with post mark and the tickets. I would say the tickets should be arriving soon.
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Hey - I've been out of the loop for several years, so pardon me if this is a stupid question, or if it has been covered already... Does Candice still do the lighting design, and/or will she be involved with this tour?
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I got one of my tickets today ,philly 5/1 I hope 5/2 is coming soon.I'll have to check,but it looks like a grate seat. PEACE Tina
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can someone please tell me the dead is gonna hit bonnaroo
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We got half of our order of six (6) tickets for the Spectrum shows today. For Fri 5/2, we got three seats in Section 105 Row 2, and for Sat 5/2 (where demand exceeded supply by 50%), we got Section 213 Row 2. No complaints on either night. We'll be ~22 rows from the stage the first night, and just off the floor midway back from the stage the second night. The last lil' miracle that my group needs is for GDTS to match up our two separate orders (both envelopes were brightly decorated with the same drawings) so that all six of us are sitting (ahem, I mean dancing) in the same spot. Gotta love GDTS! I'll gladly live with a few weeks of uncertainty for great seats and none of the hassle that the on-line 'heads went through during the pre-sale. Philadelphia, here we come! 81 days to go!!
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I just read an interview with Bob Weir in Relix, and he indicated that a summer tour in '09 is unlikely, but it's under consideration for '10. So it appears that Bonnaroo ain't in the cards this summer.
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I'm waiting on some Shoreline tix from GDTS. Regarding the Dead this summer, I would think at least Ratdog would do a summer tour yeah? "When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me. You're gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy"
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I lent out my Relix magazine to a friend so I can't double-check right now, but if memory serves, Weir's comments in the interview implied that it's unlikely that the Dead will tour this summer BECAUSE of commitments that the various members' bands have already made, which could mean some combination of Ratdog, P&F, Mickey and/or Bill. I haven't checked the Ratdog site recently, but hopefully they'll be on the road at part of the summer. Personally, I'm hoping for the 10,000 Lakes Festival in MN (since I live here now). Phil, Mickey and DSO all made it last year, so it's Bob's turn this time...
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The Dead Tour Spring 2009 update:The last of Spectrum orders will go out this week. Next out the door is Madison Square Garden. The remaining shows will go out in the next three to six weeks. We will keep you up-to-date as we go along.
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We got our mail order tix for Philly andgot some sweet seats too!!! Level 1 sec 201 friday night and FLOOR seats sec 104 for Saturday night..... I love my friend for mail ordering for me!!! Yipeeee! Peace
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Glad to hear this, that the old tried and true way of doing things still works just the same! At least it lets me know that not all things in this world our beyond FUBAR! Can't wait to be spinning, spinning, free with you all! 84 dayz!____________________________________________________ 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!
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out there received a refund from GDTS for MSG yet? "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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Just checking...I know they said it might be up to two weeks before the show that we see our tix but I"m just curious to see if anyone who ordered online has started receiving them yet. Thanks in advance!!!~Tam
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I also know what they said...I'd still feel better if I had them in my pocket.
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I know that I've done at least one other presale with this same outfit, got the tickets within a week. So this delay does make me antsy...
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No kidding I sure wish they wouldn't wait until the last second. More and more it is obvious that GDTS is the way to go. If they sell out THEN get online. "No they never stopped rockin, goin round and round, reelin and rockin, what a crazy sound No, they never stopped rockin, til the moon went down"
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Tam and other online orderers - I got tix for both nights at Worcester and the Hartford show during the presale and have not gotten those tix yet, but I got one for Albany too once they went on sale to the public and that showed up about a week after placing the order. Have to wait on those presale tix though, but I'll be happy to have them in hand. Can't wait!
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I'll probably get mine last since I'm on the tail end of the tour. Oh well...keep me posted if any of you receive your pre sale tix...just so I know that they're starting to send em out.~Tam
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head over to the Channel 666 topic, where this is being discussed.
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Don't know if you saw this....sugarmegged to me this afternoon. Here's some good news and it's about time. Let's see how far it gets: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090209/ticketmas ter_090209/20090209?hub=TopStories Suit alleges Ticketmaster broke anti-scalping law Updated Mon. Feb. 9 2009 1:30 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A $500-million class action lawsuit has been launched against Ticketmaster and related groups, claiming the ticket seller conspired to "scalp" its own tickets. The suit alleges that Ticketmaster has diverted tickets to concerts and other popular events away from its own regular website, Ticketmaster.ca, over to its ticket-brokering website TicketsNow.com. TicketsNow allows people who have tickets to exchange, trade or sell tickets at marked- up prices. Lawyers from Sutts, Strosberg in Windsor, Ont., and Branch McMaster in Vancouver say they're representing a client who allegedly paid more than $530 for two concert tickets from TicketsNow that would have cost about $130 if they had been available from Ticketmaster. The client had attempted to buy the tickets through Ticketmaster's regular website and was directed him to the higher-priced tickets on the TicketsNow website. The firms say other event-goers have been overcharged in the same way when they bought tickets from Ticketmaster.ca or TicketsNow.com since February 2007. They allege the defendants violated Ontario's "anti-scalping" laws, contending that the practice of selling tickets in the secondary market for amounts that exceed their face price violates the legislation. The law firms claim Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc., Ticketmaster Canada Ltd., TNOW Entertainment Group, Inc., and Premium Inventory, INC. owe $500 million in damages to those who were overcharged. The firms allege that Ticketmaster deliberately limits the number of tickets that are sold at face price and then diverts tickets to TicketsNow, where they can be sold for amounts that exceed their face value. "Customers have voiced concerns over the fact that tickets for the most popular events can ostensibly sell out in minutes, only to become immediately available in the secondary market at much higher prices," said Luciana Brasil of Branch McMaster, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiff. "The mere fact that Ticketmaster has a financial interest in both retail and premium ticket sales leads to an obvious question about the process by which those tickets are sold to members of the public and how it works," said Jay Strosberg of Sutts Strosberg LLP, another of the lawyers representing the plaintiff. Ticketmaster has said in response to prior complaints that the company's ticket-selling system is fair and doesn't violate the law. The class action aims to represent all persons who bought tickets for an event in Ontario from Ticketmaster or through TicketsNow.com from and after February 9, 2007. More information on the suit can be found at www.ticketmasterclassaction.com. Earlier this month, Bruce Springsteen expressed anger with Ticketmaster's selling practices. He said he has heard from fans who wanted to see him play at New Jersey's Meadowlands that they received an error message on their computer screen that shut them out of the main Ticketmaster website. The potential ticket-buyers then saw an ad for Ticketmaster subsidiary TicketsNow offering tickets for hundreds of dollars more than face value. Springsteen said on his website that he and the E Street Band are "furious." "We perceive this as a pure conflict of interest," the band said. The band said it had received assurances from Ticketmaster that it will stop redirecting Springsteen fans to TicketsNow. ____________________________________________________ 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!
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I received my tickets for both Spectrum shows, today!Floor seats both nights! Thank you Dead! Thank you GDTS TOO! The only reason I'm not jumping for joy is to write this post. I can't jump and type. Also, this is my first post on the dead.net forums... Hello friends! See you at the show! "Please don't be sad if it was a straight line you had We wouldn't have known you all these years"
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let's move this over to the Channel 666 topic (where, it emerges, TM and Live Nation are now trying to make the case that hey, no antitrust problems here if they merge...) and add it to the already bubbling brew. And leave this to the tour per se. Thanks!
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Sounds like a plan...Sweet, didn't know where to post it. Don't have time to even write this!____________________________________________________ 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!
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Don't ever doubt the boyz didn't know that ALL the Deadheads would not be all over anyone who trys to Stagger Lee our azzes!____________________________________________________ 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!
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Still waiting on my tickets to both shows and I'm starting to get worried because I've heard of other people getting their tickets already to the same shows. Anyone else waiting on their Philly tickets still?
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I am pretty sure no one has received their pre-sale tickets yet (musictoday). I guess mail order tickets are starting to arrive but not those. I have a bad feeling musictoday is going to make us wait until the last minute! "When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me. You're gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy"
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I orginally only had the budget for two shows so I did mail order for Denver and Shoreline. I haven't gotten those tixs yet. I came up with some extra scratch just before the general on sale. So I got a ticket for the Forum through Ticketbastard which I received in less than a week - looks like I will be sitting with Jerry for that show ;-} lol! I would like to catch up with anyone interested in getting together at the Forum send me a PM if you want...... Peaceful Journey to you all - 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
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But I don't think it will be logistically possible. I will be at the Pepsi Center and Shoreline though! "Goes to show, You don't ever know, Watch each card you play, Play it slow."
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i will be attending forum and shoreline + a few frinds from the mountains of Co are coming into town for both. i live about 5 miles from forum and we may be driving up to shoreline.
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i have been a head since 1986 and my friends from CO since before that, so di not let the 1/15/09 joint date fool you.
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Going to Wilkes Barre alone, need someone to twirl with.... who's going so I can meet up? Also doing both Philly shows and MSG : ) Ami
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I joined this site late in the game myself. No matter, we're all here now! Better late than never! "Once I knew a preacher, preached the Bible through and through. He went down to Deep Elem, now his preaching days are through"
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I'll be at both PA shows with some friends -- five from MN and one from SC -- all of us "bus riders" since the 70s. Our tickets are kinda all over (we're split between 105 & 213 the first night, and 213 & 216 the second). While none of us have been to a show at the Spectrum before (we picked it 'cause it's a two-night run...gotta see at least two shows since we're traveling), other 'heads we know have and assure us that the parking lot scene will be great (perhaps even a bit emotional for the locals, as the arena is to be demolished later this year), so we're all looking forward to engaging in the pre- and post-show "community". I imagine threads will get started by tour site before long, allowing for some rendezvous arrangements.
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Ticketmaster is putting tickets on sale for "The Dead" camping and parking on 2/20 for 5/17. Is there gonna be a show there? Trying to figure out what shows to go to.
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bartmc - Your post got me excited. Can't spend 20 + hrs. to get to a show now (closest one), but will spend 3 to get to the Gorge. Looked around and didn't see any mention of this yet. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake