Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary

@Fedrd

Well my friend, everyone's entitled to their opinion and that's what these forums are all about. And with opinions come the point counter point... I'm two years behind you @ 55 years of age and for 38 of my 55 I've loved the music. While I didn't make the SC shows, the build-up and ultimate delivery of the Chicago experience (all three shows) completely exceeded my expectations. And I mean all aspects but most notably, the waves and waves of incredible emotions all three evenings all generated by the music. I'd be surprised if you felt the energy and re-experienced the scene in Chicago over that long weekend if you didn't feel like it was "just like the good ole days." Because that was my take-away...and it was a glorious "Fare Thee Well" where every band member embraced the moment to its fullest.

@Fedrd

Sorry you didn't appreciate the effort...it was not 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977 or anything but 2015....agreed the flow was not what we were used to but the love was in the air with the music and more importantly the crowd vibe....the music has always been the core but the experience was always larger than the seamless segues. If your first show was 72, you are not what you were then, mine 73...I am not either...so why hold the boys to a standard we as fans can't live up to....Chicago was magic pure and simple, cheap....no, but a memory I will take to my grave....absolutely.... I walked away with 40 new friends.....thanks to 12+ hours of music and much kindness, acceptance and generosity..... you know our love will not fade away ..... mmmmmbop bop, bop bop!!!!!

Dead? in Chicao

I have no idea how old you are, or when you first started going to shows, But I am a 57 year old male.and went to my first show in 1972 at the Nassau Coliseum. I was fortunate and able to attend quite a few shows from a wide assortment of years.I would not go to any of the 5 shows for a variety of reasons, most importantly I did not think the shows would be worth it. I felt in many ways, that they kind of mailed it in. They were incredibly under rehearsed, leading to sloppy shows and awkward transitions. The shows had no flow and Trey was totally lost. Obviously, there were going to be great moments, but they were few and far between. For the most part, the set lists did not make sense and they played some of their weakest songs ie Built to Last, West LA etc. Hornsby was nothing like he was in 90' when he joined and the drummers did the shows as if blindfolded. It was great that you loved it, but these shows will not age well and it was a pretty shitty job considering the significance. Listen to New Years 2002-03 Other Ones show and you will clearly see what I mean.

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Grateful Dead Original Members Add Two Dates To Final Concerts

April 10, 2015

The original members of Grateful Dead have announced two additional shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with the three shows at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the run will mark the original members' last-ever performances toget

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TicketMaster

Got 4 tix q'd up at 8:04, got to the Shipping Method, then got a Server Error. So close...

The-11

Hey now, It is all about the journey not the destination. It has been a long strange trip and I hope you have enjoyed the ride. The boys have nothing to do with TM. Be grateful for 50 years of tunes, community and smiles!

Approximately 5 minutes

My TM account has sat at "approximately 5 minutes" since 10:00:01am and has not budged. Am I toast?

Fare Thee Well ....

Well, after a painful half hour spent on a corporate website attempting to get a fair shot at tickets, please note not expecting to get tickets, but hoping for a fair chance at tickets, and dealing with TicketMaster and their inability to predict the number of people who would flood their website trying to get tickets, would have the foresight to handle the massive requests for ANY event, much less a historical one as this.Feeling reminded that since Jerry passed, there has no longer been anything to be Grateful about. The boys have traveled down the road of corporate greed, 50+ a ticket for GA? Not that I wouldn't have paid it, but some time spent on a computer this morning was a real wake up call. I will be selling ALL my memorabilia as The Grateful Dead died in 1995. It was a long strange trip, the way they chose to end it is even stranger. Thanks for the memories, waiting for the next Band of the people. Not getting to see the show is one thing, being defecated on after all these years is another.

sold out

This blows!!!!!!!

nothing to do?

I'm sorry don't be blinded by love, they have everything to do with TM, that is where and how they chose to sell tickets. I couldn't be anywaqy else.

You said it

Complete bullshit process, cant wait to see the price of a ticket on the streets. Unbelievable way to go out with HUGE DISSAPOINTMENT. Was happier knowing GD was done than waste my time with mail order and scam TicketMaster

think i'll geaux out drinkin

spinning balls bouncing from 8 to 45 minute wait time to finally say no ticket available. No MO cashed, no email, no pinky. I'm about to start enjoying some cold delishus abitas. Lots of em. If a miracle comes my way I'll see yall in chicago

ticketbasterd

so, if the band feels the audience, and no deadheads , what kind of show?????

Beoootch!

Well that was a fun hour of my life that I'll never get back. Damn you ticketbastard and your hypnotic and deceptive spinning balls! Still in limbo on Mail Order and none too happy about it. I still hang on to one small shred of hope that GDTS wouldn't really screw us this harshly without a rejection or return of money by this date but....

Maybe if I search for 0 tickets in Best Available

Ticketmaster will process my request.

Not ment to be

The Times have changed.

9 Minutes

I've been stuck at 9 minutes for more than an hour. I'm not budging...even if I have to sit here all afternoon. Feeling your pain.

still spinning???

stay on it if your still spinning. scored three tickets to first noght 46 mins after sale started. sat and watched the spinning wherls and it happened! peace.

ALmost had them!!!!

Ten minutes ago, had three 3-day fix! Went to processing and my phone app would not allow me to enter my state!!!! Long story short… lost them. Almost...

Nothin left to do.....

But smile smile smile ;)

Don't give up

We worried and cried and lamented from about 10:06-11:09. Don't stop. It might happen (: Good luck!!!!

I'm staying...

...plus my spinning message talks about losing my place in line. Would have to be sold out by now though.

5 minutes...

for over an hour....

Battle of the Bots

You can't win with these quick scalpers. You just can't win. Unfortunately, the days of driving my big buick to the RFK box office are long gone. My mail order was rejected and now my hope of scoring tickets online rejected. Spirit to see them one last time is dead. I will stick with the cover bands for 25 dollars a ticket.

bollocks

bollocksbollocks bollocks

They're all gone...

What a huge buzzkill. 0 for 3. NO mail order, no CID, and an hour and twenty minutes of agony on TM. Nada. Happy for those that got tix and for those with wheel-barrows of cash for StubHub - prices make the super bowl look cheap.

9 minutes

9 minutes for an hour

9 minutes

9 minutes for an hour

Disappointing Fiasco

These 50th shows are supposed to be special. The way they were handled is just plain awful. Three shows is hardly enough to meet the demand. This band and their music meant a lot to many, many people and while there are some really happy people out there right now - a lot of people are really disappointed. It's too bad that they didn't sell tickets by mail order exclusively - it would have been in the spirit of the band's history - and more of the 60,000 requests could have been honored. My question is: was it greed? Was the band required to go through CID and Ticketmaster? How were the decisions made? I'd also really like to know who decided they should play only three shows. Bobby has always been up for almost anything, so it seems likely he would have been happy to do a short tour. I heard a rumor Phil didn't want to play any more than three shows, but it is totally unsubstantiated. Even 12 dates in three cities would have been okay. Tickets would have been hard to come by, but not impossible. The fact the band chose not to do at least a short tour is puzzling and I doubt we will ever know the answer as to why. I've been a Deadhead for years and while I know the band members aren't perfect people, I have generally had a lot of respect for them. This circus around the 50th shows has made me rethink my opinion. Jerry must be rolling over in his grave. He never would have allowed this. I have always supported this band by going to see them in concert and buying official releases. But this 50th thing has left a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe I'll feel differently later, but at the moment my support is waning.

got shut out

got shut out several times kept trying and got three tickets 46 minutes after sale start. still trying now! nothing says sold out yet that i can see?? anybody see anything saying that?

Kinda suits you anyway

Oh well. No dice here. Still making the trip to Chicago to see some friends, celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary and hopefully catch a simulcast outside the stadium. A fine time will still be had by THIS crew!!

not good

I made the mistake of going for 3 day pass instead of individual shows, 3 day pass page crashed several times and I got server errors. By the time I entered the queues for each show I was too far down the queue and missed out on all 3 shows. Bummer! Guess it wasn't meant to be, looks like my hotel room will go back into the "queue" as well.

Ticket Liquidator

So I'm just sitting here watching the wheel go round. Thought I'd get on resale sites on my other computer. Minimum price for 7/3 is $400+. Isn't that awesome? Hopefully true Heads won't cave to the scalpers. This is shameful. Times REALLY have changed.

Hope March winds will blow all my troubles away

still no email,pink slip,no luck with t.m gonna hang it up and see what tomorrow brings

When your gravity fails you...

... your negativity will pull you through.

Argh!

Couldn't even get one ticket through on sale and still no word on mail order! I do not think this would have different with more shows. They should have had it in Black Rock Desert with all GA, at least we would all fit!

Didn't even get a chance. But its all right, I will survive.

Was it same for all of us outside US? I didn't even get in to Ticketmaster.com pages. It has worked before. Also yesterday. What a disappointment it was. However for those who got tickets: Have a real good time! You are gonna have a great weekend. Forget about this mess with tickets and just have fun.

Too much stress!

I had no problem taking time off work to get USPS money order, Jan 20 post mark, patiently waiting until rejection notice showed up on Feb 21.... Had FIVE different devices logged into TM at 10:00am (CT) with spinning balls only to turn into "no matches found" on all five after 75 minutes. Logged into daughter's TM iPhone app and immediately got two tix for July 3 show in section 215. While I am pleased to have tickets, I am very disappointed in the difficult and stressful process. I look forward to seeing some of you in Chicago.

Dancin' in the Streets!!

So, we're dancin' behind the stage, but we're there for the entire weekend! Joy, oh Joy. I can't wait. Good luck to the rest of you!

HOLY SHIZ I SCORED 2, 3 DAY PASSES!!!

GOT ONLINE AT 800 SHARP, PUT REQUEST IN AND WAITED 15 MINUTES,AT ONE POINT THE SCREEN SAID ERROR WHICH I JUST BACKED TO LAST SCREEN WHICH PUT ME BACK TO PROCESSING SCREEN AND FINALLY ORDER WENT THROUGH....I feel very blessed... good luck all......ps might not want to close error screen, I just clicked back and my order went through

not very good

no e-mail no MO cash no pink slip and no TM.I tryed with TM what a joke had a acc.was right on time nothing.very happy for the people who got tickets.wish this could had gone much other way.don't think think the real deadheads could get tickits except the people that got them from GDTSTOO but this was a trip.the ones that are going have a real good time.

Thank you youuuuuu ... for a

Thank you youuuuuu ... for a real good time Ticketmaster (NOT!)Doesn't say sold out yet...gonna keep on keeping on. Keep positive.

30k for 2 GA PIT tix!

Not to worry. You can get 2/3day tix on Vividseats for $30,195.00. NOT! Seriously?!!

Spinning wheel

Can anyone tell me if I am still in? Got the spinning wheel

Stub Hub this is impossible

How could it be so many tickets are already on stub Hub?

Congrats to the folks that said they got tickets!

Nice score on the 3 day passes! That's one tough ticket!!

Approximately 5 minutes

I was in at ~10:02am cst, and my screen is still spinning with "approx. 5 mins" - as well - and has not changed...

so much for peace and love

More like money money money, no tickets, and i cant believe the price these people are trying to sell these tickets for on stub hub, its ridiculous. im so disappointed in this whole process and how everyone is making it about how money they can get for a ticket. its really ruining the whole thing for me. well at least i already have a room in Chicago. And still no rejection letter or mail yet fingers still crossed

Fwiw, I uses the ticketmaster app ...

.... And it only held me for 5 to 10 minutes at a time and then tell me sorry and over that hour I was able to try about 8 or 9 times. Where as the wifey was on a laptop and had to wait for longer to be locked out.

Got Sunday Night!

Ticket Master kicked out our tickets for the last night! Not the best seats but wow am I amped, Now just need to find out my fate on mail order. . . If we do get the mail order I'll have to sell 4 @ face value to a fan but what do you think the best way to do it is?

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8 years 11 months ago

@Fedrd
Well my friend, everyone's entitled to their opinion and that's what these forums are all about. And with opinions come the point counter point... I'm two years behind you @ 55 years of age and for 38 of my 55 I've loved the music. While I didn't make the SC shows, the build-up and ultimate delivery of the Chicago experience (all three shows) completely exceeded my expectations. And I mean all aspects but most notably, the waves and waves of incredible emotions all three evenings all generated by the music. I'd be surprised if you felt the energy and re-experienced the scene in Chicago over that long weekend if you didn't feel like it was "just like the good ole days." Because that was my take-away...and it was a glorious "Fare Thee Well" where every band member embraced the moment to its fullest.
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8 years 11 months ago

@Fedrd
Sorry you didn't appreciate the effort...it was not 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977 or anything but 2015....agreed the flow was not what we were used to but the love was in the air with the music and more importantly the crowd vibe....the music has always been the core but the experience was always larger than the seamless segues. If your first show was 72, you are not what you were then, mine 73...I am not either...so why hold the boys to a standard we as fans can't live up to....Chicago was magic pure and simple, cheap....no, but a memory I will take to my grave....absolutely.... I walked away with 40 new friends.....thanks to 12+ hours of music and much kindness, acceptance and generosity..... you know our love will not fade away ..... mmmmmbop bop, bop bop!!!!!
Fedrd

8 years 11 months ago

Dead? in Chicao
I have no idea how old you are, or when you first started going to shows, But I am a 57 year old male.and went to my first show in 1972 at the Nassau Coliseum. I was fortunate and able to attend quite a few shows from a wide assortment of years.I would not go to any of the 5 shows for a variety of reasons, most importantly I did not think the shows would be worth it. I felt in many ways, that they kind of mailed it in. They were incredibly under rehearsed, leading to sloppy shows and awkward transitions. The shows had no flow and Trey was totally lost. Obviously, there were going to be great moments, but they were few and far between. For the most part, the set lists did not make sense and they played some of their weakest songs ie Built to Last, West LA etc. Hornsby was nothing like he was in 90' when he joined and the drummers did the shows as if blindfolded. It was great that you loved it, but these shows will not age well and it was a pretty shitty job considering the significance. Listen to New Years 2002-03 Other Ones show and you will clearly see what I mean.