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  • fleaflicker
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    How come phish can go to the same venues and sell tix for half as much? their both capable of selling them out, so whats the diff? Willie nelson's playin in greensboro same venue and the high end tix are 75. All im sayin is if you look at the venues the dead are playin and look at some of the tix prices from the other bands, it can be held cheaper than what their askin. Granted some bands are asking for more, almost seems like their more expensive for nostalgic purposes just cause they have been around. To me it just seems to go against the philosophy the dead once stood for. sorry for being in a bad mood about this but im bummed i can only afford to go to one show now itstead of 5
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    Maybe if I say please they will give us something.Please.......
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    Let's compare entertainment dollar values: NHL Hockey (Los Angeles Kings): A small number of tickets sell at $24 (obstructed nosebleed seats); standing room admission is $46; everything else ranges from $75 - 280 per seat. NBA (Lakers): obstructed nosebleeds at $10; everything else skyrockets to a peak of $2,600 for courtside. (Clippers) same except for priciest tix cap out at $1,350. This is PER GAME. All of the Kings, Lakers, and Clippers home games can be seen live on TV, which makes me wonder why in the hell ANYBODY would pay ANYTHING in order to fight downtown traffic, go to a crappy neighborhood at night, pay big bucks to park, and shell out $9 for a beer. The national touring company of The Phantom of the Opera is coming up at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles with ticket prices starting at $29.50 (FAR back rows in balcony) and going up to $126.50. In New York, on Broadway, Disney's The Lion King ranges from $61.50 to $121.50; Wicked is going from $50 to $110; a Saturday performance of West Side Story will run you from $45 to $120 (and more, for "premium" seating). Even a regional touring company musical production is pricey--I shelled out $65 (top price) per ticket to see an excellent touring production of RENT back in November (their cheap seats--WAY in the back of the balcony--were $38). Granted, I recently saw Johnny Winter (with two decent opening acts, over 3 hours of music in all) at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA, for a paltry $25, but despite Johnny's status as a rock/blues deity and Woodstock veteran, he can usually only draw about 200 fans to a gig these days (which is a crime--he is still an incredible musician). The days of the $4.50 ticket are long gone. Sure, the band COULD have chosen to play football stadiums and kept ticket prices down to $25 each, but that would have been a BIG gamble, because any venue that ONLY sold 25,000 tickets would be a money loser for them. Big concerts are expensive to run, what with the venues charging FAT rental fees (they could afford lower rentals back in the days when arena concerts were so common that a venue like The Forum would be in use over 300 days per year, but "big" concerts are rare these days). The ticket prices for The Dead are based on the band needing to clear a profit at the end of the tour, and it is probable that they have taken out a bank loan to cover the costs of renting all of those halls at once, hiring all of the trucks, renting whatever stage equipment they need to add to their setup, purchasing LOTS of insurance, and guaranteeing the wages of the roadies and supporting musicians--if that is the case, then a condition of their loan could very well be a minimum ticket price to help guarantee repayment. All told, they are probably looking at a net profit for the "core four" members of the band of about $10 a seat, assuming about 80% ticket sales at each venue. That's $2.50 per individual (they'll clear a lot more if all the shows sell out). It's quite conceivable that Warren Haynes (and maybe even Jeff Chimenti) will pocket more money at the end of the tour than will Bobby, Phil, Mickey, or Billy, since he's probably hired on at a guarantee per show rather than taking a slice of the pie. Hell, it's even possible that the individual members of The Dead will LOSE money on this tour, if all the ticket whiners boycott the shows, because THEY have to guarantee the payouts, and it's probable that the break-even number will be around 70 - 75% of capacity sales. Remember--100% of capacity sales is IMPOSSIBLE, due to the hundreds of promotional (radio giveaways and promoter freebies), courtesy (friends/family of the band) and press tickets given out at each show. This isn't Madoff, and it's not Exxon/Mobil. It's The Dead.
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    What chance of them coming to Europe? Jim Rudge
  • jdecker
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    In box message
    Could anyone share info from the inbox message which I did not get - if it is about the presales? Maybe I have my settings wrong???
  • Cassee
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    Does anyone know how presale will work and prices?
    Wondering what ticket limit will be etc.
  • Cassidy Dodge
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    I think Fat Albert said it best "Nah, Nah, Nah, GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME, Hey, Hey, Hey!!! It has been 14 years too long. I'm going to either Buffalo or Albany, but either way I'm going. Miracles happen!!! Looking forward to being with the kind folk again. See ya all soon EH?
  • jdecker
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    I have nothing in my inbox - 4:34 am MST
  • mymyheyhay
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    Hey now! Check your inbox RE DCU shows.
  • mercedes42
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    No Price Too High
    You can always get more money, but you may never get a second chance at an experience like this! nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile!
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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!

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I'm thrilled and excited about the Gorge Concert, but had so hoped that there would be at least a two nights of music... Most folks travel from afar, set up tents, enjoy the campgorund vibe, go a day or two without a shower, share their food, beer and tokes with fellow concert attendees... so a two or three day event would have me there in a heartbeat!! It's a long way to go for a one night stand...
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Lets hope that theses bands can clear their schedule and join us on the bus. Now that would be a show to see, we all have our fav. bands to see with the boys but the Allmans and Doobies (of all kinds) would be historic.
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In case anyone noticed or cared-I have not been online in like a month, I have internet through the wii system and all of a sudden it stopped working! We could'nt figure out why-Then it turns out we needed a router to get a wireless connection(apparently we were getting internet through someone elses signal)OOPS! told you I was a rookie! Anyway-For what it's worth,I missed talking to all my fellow DEADHEADS! I bought a router and now have my very own internet connection!! Look forward to hearing from you guys-GARCIALATER-G ♪♪"Arrows of neon flashing like keys out on main street"♪♪
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RobbienCassidy! "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 see Allman Bros. are going to be at Gorge. Any chance they will be stickin around for the Chicago shows? i saw allman bros and ratdog last year in chicago and it totally ROCKED! would give anything to see them all together.
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Hey now steve-First off,sorry about your dad man, I know it's rough-I lost mine when I was 15 the day after christmas-Believe it or not it does get easier w/time.I cant believe your wifes name is also Amy and we both have twins(small world)Anyway I still havent figured out how to send a private message-sorry to respond this way. But to answer your question-Yes we are still sane(barely!)LOL-Ours are going to be 4 this April so I feel like we made it through the rough part(endless diaper changes,sleepless nights etc...)Just ALWAYS remember how blessed you guys are(Twins Rock!!!)BTW I havent given up hope yet about catching at LEAST one show this spring!! Where there's a will there's a way,right? What part of Mass are you guys from? guttago! Later-G
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Mail Order Tickets received today for MSG. Good Karma, as I was on top of pre-sale and ticketmaster sale and was shut down both times. I'll be there from Florida making 5 decades of seeing the boys live. Wish all good Karma.
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Got my Spectrum tickets. Now I just have to wait and see if I lucked out with the "cheap" MSG tickets. The Deadheads gather at the rim of the volcano to dance and sing joyful songs in honor of their fallen hero.
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For all you ohio and kentucky heads. Gonna go and get warmed up for the dead tour. Anyone else here going?
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Those who did mail order. How did it turn out? Good seats? Bad Seats?
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whoa! i'm gonna go to the gorge!!!!!!!!
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I can't wait for the Gorge show..That is my favorite venue and I have talked to some friends around the country that are thinking of coming out here to go to the show..The set up is amazing and it allows camping so you don't have to drive after the show..I may be selling my Shoreline tickets now since I won't need to pay for air fare and 3 nights hotel
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I've heard of this infamous venue. I would love to go, if I can get the time off of my two jobs, golf pro/restaurant, but as in the past....do I really care? NO, so talk me into it. How good is this going to be? Are "the boyz" really worth it (you know I'm smiling ear-to-shining-ear) to go to this show???????????____________________________________________________ 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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Althea-Road Trips Fall '79-Bobby,"We gotta ask you all to step back again, cuz' things are getting pretty, two dimensional up front." Jerry, "That Means that all you people in the back have to move back and be real helpful for us, because it's terrible what's happening down in front here. GIVE US A BREAK! And few/you peep, people in the back, could move back a bit. YOU DIG IT? Mickey/Bobby start drummin"...crowd goes crazy, and here we go ALTHEA! I told Althea.............are you excited? I'm dying with love right now!____________________________________________________ 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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Dancin and singing, the music is playin!____________________________________________________ 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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The Candyman tips his hat to.... The BIG MAN from Brook-a-leen The best new face in GD Land this year!
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can anyone help me out with how the pre-sale mail order works?? Never done it before so curious to find out the steps for doing so. Thanks a bunch!!
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Hey spanisheather,You can find complete instructions at GDTSTOO.com . There is also a full instruction page on youtube. Just search GDTS or Grateful Dead Ticket Sales and there you go. Be sure to follow instructions completely.
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Thanks glenasaurus for the info and the super speedy response!!!! Best wishes :)
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any chance of summer shows being added?
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Have two(2) seats available for May 10...(friends can't make it) and two (2)lawn tickets..available...send a message to me if anyone needs a ticket to this show.. jolanjolie...
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Spanisheather... when he says follow the instructions completly, believe it Cross all your t's and dot your i's. Nothing worse than bein rejected for having somthing wrong on the 3x5 card.(voice of experience)
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Can somebody please help me and walk me through how to send private messages on my account - I keep trying but I must be doing something wrong-VERY FRUSTRATED!!
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Robbie - Go to your Inbox. Then to write a PM, on the top of the page you click the "compose" button. You need to know the person's dead.net username to send a PM. Either that or click on a person's username in a post and it will bring you to the PM page with their username already populated in the "To" field. To respond to a PM just click on the message, then hit the "Reply" button, then it's just like email. Write your PM then hit the "Send private message" button. Hope that helps. "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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{Me jumping up and down like I just won the lottery} Going to Denver, both Shoreline shows and to the Gorge!! "All we need is music, sweet music there'll be music everywhere. There'll be laughing, singing, music swinging, dancin in the street"
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Got Gorge and second shoreline today!!!!
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Got the first Shoreline when that went up, and grabbed the Gorge this am. Seemed to go easier this time. It feels really good to be blowing the dust off the 'ol '73 VW camper again, knowing there is a show waiting at the other end!
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Got tix for Both Shorelines now, and the Gorge as well. I am a happy man today! Nothing left to do but smile smile smile.....
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IS IT APRIL YET???????????????????? JINGLE - FEW GOOD MEN MC - NEW YORK
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for four tickets at the Gorge. YAHOO! And a friend who posts here at times got 3. So we now have a group of 7 from the Spokane area and beyond who will hang together. Also at least 3 others have told me they are getting tickets ASAP. So 10 +; we are all getting lawn tickets so we can hang together. You will be able to find us by the earth vibrating below us and the sky vibrating above. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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So, as tempted as I was to go for the reserved seating for this show, especially after seeing Bill Kreutzmann the other night so close, I opted for the lawn. (first time back on lawn since 92 Deer Creek) I just had too many other friends that are going to meet out here, that I wanted to be with family for this show. Either way, I am stoked. Haven't felt this good about seeing the band back together in years, more so than even the Alpine 2002 shows.I also feel a sense of togetherness with the band this time around that they have worked out their own differences that the music should gel together much more easily. I'm thinking these shows could be the best performances in 20 years. If you can make this one, especially if you've never been out there, you should make it if you can. See you there.
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I tried to fax this morning using a free faxzero this morning at 9am pacific time and since it's a service I didn't know if it went through and had to go to work. So I get home from my split shift and bammo, they denied it after 5 times that it was busy. BUMMER!!!! Don't you hate the fact that they took off the fax program in Windows? They had this very easy to use program in every windows prior to Vista! So I'm in total high hopes and crossed fingers that I when I had my mom send it from work about 10 mins ago it will get to my brother's and sisters at GDTSTOO! I know it faxed, but I'm just hoping there are tickets left for the may 4th show at Chicago. I might be able to whip up some more cash later and order Shoreline tix, if they are not sold out by tommorow. I so hope that it wasn't too late!!!!!! I am such a fan of this band that's it's not funny. CROSSING FINGERS! Please lord! ____________________________________________________ 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 have two for the tuesday show just looking for what i paid for them.
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Got 4 nice tickets this morning for the Gorge in May!!! Can't wait, it's been a long time coming. Excitement doesn't even do it justice.
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Just got home and was able to talk the wife into letting me go to the added Chi town show. I know this isn't a big deal but it's the first time I've ever gone to more than one night. Awesome! Just goes to show - all good things come some time.
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I stand corrected--Ive been singing that song wrong for twenty+ years!!! what a trip-Thanx for the head's up-peace:-)
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Strategy was a stranger....you decide if he was wise? The story teller makes no choice, soon you decide not to hear his voice..... ____________________________________________________ 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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INSPARATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! Moving Brightyly.....Statements just seem fain't at last...some rise, some fall, to get to Terrapin!__________________________________________________ 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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TERRAPPPPIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNN!____________________________________________________ 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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and marmalade skies, somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly...____________________________________________________ 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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____________________________________________________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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the shit, so Miles diggent do it for us...but the Jethro did! Thank you for putting your drink in the sink!______________________________________________ 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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Which version? do you want Jimmy or Jimmy Page and Robert Plant? ____________________________________________________ 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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Thesteam@hotmail.com needs riders/ people to go to the gorge...got 3 extra lawn tickets SSSSSSSSSS :)))yeah baby!!! I live in Fort Bragg CA going north can pick ya up on the way at cost eh???? Lemme know Let the music play!!! "You know It's gonna get stranger, so let's get on with the show!"
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Darn the boyz! They have to play on the 4th of May....just kidding, cant wait to go further or to the other ones......well I guess the bonfire/concert is moved to the 3rd....Sunday? Anyhome, interested stick me a buzz! ____________________________________________________ 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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does anybody know the status of spring tour mailorder? has anyone received their tickets? does anyone else think the whole thing was run a tad poorly and the lack of communication is hindering your making proper plans? any info or thoughts would be quite helpful. thanks and have a great day.
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still waiting for any word on mine as well for MSG. Pretty ridiculous how long it has taken...missed all other opp's to get tickets because had faith in going old school. The lack of info coming from GTSTOO has been disappointing at best. Still holding out that they'll come in soon and i'll get to see the boys at MSG. Would love to hear if anyone has ANY info as to the mailorder tickets.