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  • Moye
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    NO RUMORS HEARD THAT I KNOW OF
    But that would be kick ass for all of us if they did!!A 3 night run, WOW, that would be incredible! Phatmoye
  • rambelinbearis…
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    else heard a rumor about a third night in Philly?
  • GARC1A
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    Tickets purchased from Dead.Net
    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 ?
  • rosa rugosa
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    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!
  • sarasf
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    Yes, patience IS a virtue...
    "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!
  • Anonymous (not verified)
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    First day of sale #s are in
    Looks like MSG, Spectrum & Shoreline were the only shows to sell out completely. What percentage of those tickets went to scalpers is unknown. Seems like states that have strong laws against scalping (Ma. Ct. etc.) were on sale easily. Others got directed to resale sites. Tickets were available from alternate sources, but sailed under radar until those in the know had theirs (typical). Mail order sure looked like the way to go, many thanks go out to those still running that operation. As I suspected, every other venue still has tickets for sale at the sale price (plus the vig). There will be shows that never sell out entirely. That was predictable. All things considered, it is shaping up to be a very comfortable tour for the dedicated. Shakedown St. should be fully operational at most venues. Ten mile skid on a nine mile drive.
  • noonie
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    hey robert cassidy & rosa
    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.
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    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."
  • rowdyroddy
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    patience on the mail
    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...
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    Cannot find any info on status of mail order tix!
    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!
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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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That's seems to make sense to me-but we'll have to wait and see what the wise one says.....must be conjuring up the perfect answer........heeheehee(just playin' marye!)
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Personally I could/couldn't care less! Chance is fickle. I think in honor of George Carlin passing we should leave this one alone.
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Dire Rain's observation and TL's answer are both more interesting and relevant than what I would come up with, which is that "fat chance" is ironic and the chance described is not fat at all because of this. If I think of anything more inspired I will report back. Hey, wisdom on Monday morning is a lot to ask!
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we are all grateful that you are there just in case we do need advice on monday morning
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O.K.-I Agree,In Honor of the Late-Great genius George Carlin we should let this pass. It is possible however, That the only reason those two phrases mean the same thing, Is that we have the most difficult language in the world to learn/understand.(so I've heard) I know this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the topic-but I was just bored,And for that I apologize.peace.
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is the release of hartford 77 on cd.... Just seen Dark Star Orchestra play that set last thursday plus an end of the show filler of "On the Road Again". So wonder if that means their gonna take the show down of archive.org? It's still up as of right now.
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Just paid stupid amount of money for crappy seats from a scalping scumbag to THE DEAD in Worcester SATURDAY NIGHT--But Im HAPPY as a pig in shit cuz IM IN!!!IN!!!IN!!!!!!!!"♪♪♪Come on and let the good times roll!!!♪♪♪" SEE YA'LL INSIDE--OOOOHHHHYeah!!!!!!
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Just GOT a SWEET J.O.B.!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm counting my blessins' See you all in Philly! Phatmoye
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For the 1st time in ten years im doing tour out west >I traded my girl of 8 yrs 4 my 21mo.old yellow lab starting with the may 4th show in chi .Looking 4 a cool traveling partnerNo heavy drinkers or druggers(must smoke n shroom though) cigs are ok too.must be in shape to do some climbing hiking rafting and alot of laughing All expenses are not because im looking 4 some chick 2 party with i would just meet a girl who i can trust watching my dog sometimes for 4-5 hrs 4 maybe 5-6 differnt day during the trip.Dont worry we will do our share of organics and drinking Will stay in hotel most of the time maybe a few campsites in the mts.If interested leave me a message so we can meet soon.1st time ive done something like this hope works out.Background checks r cool with me
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Contemplating leaving this job? Congrats are in due order, Phatmoye! But after this tour announcement, I'm looking at going on the road again~Keep letting it shine!____________________________________________________ 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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Wanting to meet new friends on Spring Tour... Have an extra ticket for Charlottesville, Worcester, Wilkes-Barre, Nassau and MSG. Looking for a kind Head or Heads to share the tour, not just someone to buy the tickets. I know it's a long shot, and I'll probably end up selling the tickets in the lot, but it would be great fun to find someone who could come for the ride, stay for the show, hang with me till the next show, and get up and do it all again!
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puckhead, you might want to post in the Ride Board topic in the forums. In the interest of general prudence I would not post in a world-readable forum the regrettably unlawful substances with which you plan to travel.
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♪♪"GOD way up in heaven for whatever it was worth-Thought he'd throw a big ole party thought he'd call it planet Earth--Dont worry bout tomorrow,LORD you'll know it when it comes--When the Rock-n-Roll music meets the rising,shining sun!!! One More Saturday Night!!!"♪♪ I dont know if any of the band members reads this-but if you do PLEASE play Cassidy>Deal Sat.Night in Worcester,Mass-PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP???thanks alot.
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Floor seat for MSG! "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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tj crowley guess my friends win (they've been trying to get me to a dso show) heading for DSO gigs the boys have out-priced this ol' dead head
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Glad you got tickets! We'll be at Worcester show Sat night. I've seen Ratdog 6 times, and seen One More Sat Night 6 times, so I'm 6 for 6! If my record holds, maybe I'll bring you good luck! Crickets and cicadas sing, a rare and different tune, Terrapin Station.
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Anyone gotten pre-sale tix yet? I've never waited so long to get tickets that I bought so early. And yes, I know the "two weeks before the show" disclaimer....having seen that kind of caveat attached to many, many tix bought online (that would then show up the following week), I've just stopped believing it. Is it really true this time?
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I sent Music Today an email asking when I could expect my tickets. Unfortunately they replied with: "Our tickets ship approximately 2 weeks prior to the event. Once tickets ship you will receive an email confirmation of your shipment along with the tracking number for your order." This makes me nervous. And a little pissed off. They took my money the day I ordered but I have to wait more than 2 months to receive my tickets. Absolutely craptacular. And what about the folks that are going on tour? You know it's gonna get stranger, so let's get on with the show!
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Yeah I don't like them taking my cash then holding out on sending the product. It's not good business. I worry what if something happens during the delivery, there won't be much time to fix any potential problems if they wait until the last second. It doesn't even make sense to wait that long. Meanlesam is right - what about the folks who will be on the road (like me)?? Oh yeah I'll just swing back to my house once a week to pick up more tickets. No problem. Sheeesh! While we are bitching, I wish they would have just scheduled those last 3 shows from the get-go. I was stupid and made flight/hotel arrangements before knowing about the add on shows, now I'm trying to change my flight, and add on more days to my hotel and it is so expensive to make changes its not even worth it. Probably can the flight (lose money) and drive now. It's a little frustrating. But I'm still going ... somehow!! "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 would think the tickets need to be printed per order, i dont think they have the tickets on hand. GDTS might have the same deal or get an alotment of tickets to each venue. or if they are anything like the old mail orders then they have to be made then printed. i'm sure each order # is tagged to the requested ammount of tickets and are printed not long before they are sent out. when we used to go to ticketbastards they had to print the tickets, they did not just have them already on hand as far as i can remember. when you least expect it you'll get that e mail confirmation and everything will be just exactly perfect. im curious what the mail orders look like. are they like the old mail orders all decorated or are they just plain old tickets.
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I got a plain, regular Madison Square Garden ticket from GDTS, the same type I get for my Knicks ticket from MSG. Not complaining; I got a "grate" floor seat from good ol' GDTS. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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Not the mail order. It makes sense for mail order to take some time, not pre-sale tickets. "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 was responding to deadheadjac. Hang in there, dude. Your tickets will come. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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I see you go to Knicks games. Do you know if the Dead's banner still hangs in the Garden? Just wonderin.
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I don't recall seeing it recently, but next time I go I will double-check. I think I noticed that there were banners for Billy Joel and Elton John though."Let there be songs to fill the air."
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thanks man, it would be nice to know. If B.J. & E.J. are there the Dead should be too. St. Stephen with a rose In & out of the Garden he goes
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Whoever's going to the Worc.shows-Did you hear about this Thread Heads thing?-On the DCU home page it says they want to make a huge banner made out of Dead related quilts to welcome the band! I guess they want people to make them and send them in or something.Pretty cool idea, I thought! Also- anyone know what time the lots open and hows the scene in Worcester? I want to be as early as possible! ♪♪justguttapokearound♪♪
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Has anyone heard anything about taping during this tour? There didn't seem to be any dedicated tapers' tickets. Will they be allowing people to set up their taping rigs? It would be nice to have some recordings from the shows.
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I have to agree bro, it is kinda strange that the would add on 3 shows after they posted tour allready. I'm totally gratefull that they did, i wish there could of been a 3rd nite in Philly in there somewhere! Thats ruff on the flight travel deal though, I feel ur pain there bro. peace- Phatmoye
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should have made it 3 for MSG too. i get the feeling there will be 2 more shoreline shows tacked on since the the shows are on 5/10 & 5/14, i bet they will add the 11th&13th at some point.
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I noticed that they are a long ways away from selling out the second show so I don't know about adding on 2 more shows. It is weird to have a 4 day break. I was thinking about an added show some place between Shoreline and the Gorge. Cal Expo?? Oregon? Phatmoye - It is what it is. It's just money right? Although money is pretty tight these days. "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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No, the banner for the Grateful Dead is not a permanent one. They only break it out for a performance. As was stated earlier, the only music-related permanent banners are Billy Joel (12 show sold out stand) and Elton John (60 performances). To have a permanent banner (such as a retired jersey number) that forever hangs is the highest honor that the Garden bestows. But while the retired jerseys forever hang, it is not absolutely clear to me that the Billy Joel and Elton John Banners have that staus. I think they do, but I'm not sure. Currently they do hang for all Garden events, just as the retired jerseys do. I ordered one ticket from GDTS and got a pretty decent seat in row C of section 6 on the floor. Not the coveted sections 1,2,3,4, but good enough. I've seen many concerts at the Garden, but never on the floor. I'm looking foward to experiencing it, especially the sound quality, which I assume will be better on the floor than on the sides.
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It would be great if they did add a couple of more shows between 5/10 & 5/14. I would have to pinch my budget real hard to come w/ the extra scratch for those nights though. Then again I originally only had the budget for two nights and now it looks like its gonna be five. Plus Clapton/Winwood in June. Smile, Smile, Smile! Lady finger, dipped in moonlight Writing "What for?" across the morning sky Sunlight splatters dawn with answers Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye Peaceful Journey To You All Saint Stephen
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those are excellent seats. i got row b in section 6 from GDTS. although they are bit further back than 1-4, they are still really close to the stage and in the middle. They are being offered for like 600 bucks on the after market (ie scalpers). see ya there. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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Read this BS emailed to me by GDTSTOO mail order. I was at the post office at 6AM and watched them received my letters. I can't believe that all the cheap seats went that same day. I feel so angry that I either cough up more cash for seats I don't want to pay for that probably still suck, or stay home! ohhhh..... and I almost didn't read the email because subject line read "4-18-09 upgrade!"........ We have received your Worcester order for The Dead on April 18, 2009, but we have run out of the lower price tickets. We do, however, have enough of the higher price tickets to fill your order. If you would like this option then please go to our website and press the credit card form link found on The Dead Spring Tour 2009, fill the form out and fax the form back to us at 415-868-9094. If you do not have a MasterCard or Visa and would like to mail in with a postal money order for the additional money then please let us know that this is your preference and we will set your order aside. The difference of the two ticket prices is $31.25 per ticket. No extra fees will be charged. If we do not hear from you by March 1, 2009 we will send your money order back. Thank you. The Crew of GDTS TOO
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The Police are playing the Gorge in July and tickets go for over $230! That's sick. If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will
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Has anyone received their reserved seats from GDTSTOO for 5/10, or a returned money order if you didn't get seats? I'm thinking they would have mailed these by now, and haven't heard yet.... "Get back home where you belong and don't you run off no more"
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at the Beacon. $350 for the best seats! Mymyheyhey-- the people at GDST are fine folks. They do a great job and don't BS. I am sure they had a very limited number of cheap seats. Sorry about your situation, but they will try their best to get you a decent seat. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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the dead, the allmans and the doobies at the gorge is 58 bucks thru mail order, how is it that these 3 bands can be on 1 ticket at 58 dollars, yet the dead's spring tour is going for over 100 dollars a ticket and it's just 1 band?? does the gorge hold more then say, MSG? (i got denied by gdts for MSG but never got that e mail, i would have gladly coughed up the extra cash for the higher priced tickets)
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I have seen him dozens of times over the years, for which I am quite grateful, but I'm afraid his concerts and I parted company when they started costing 200 bucks.
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I think it is very cool of them to offer an upgrade and to give you a few days to come up with the cash. What more can you ask for?? "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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So true. I've been listening to the Astral Weeks Live for a good chunk of the week and have a very deep desire to see this thing in person...but the guy at the record store (it's called the Record Exchange, so I can still use that term) told me about the ticket prices when I bought the cd. My immediate reaction..."And I've been bitching about $100 Dead tickets. Ok, I'm over that!"
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Ordered Shoreline for 5/10 -- when will GDTS mail them ??
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Thought I had everything sewed up tightHow come you lay awake all night long? I also got the “upgrade” e-mail for the Worcester 4/18 show….and I’m very disappointed in GDST!! This is the first time in 11 years that they let me down. I don’t consider this an upgrade because if I wanted the $100 seats…I would think I would have chosen those seats. If I knew exactly where my seat would be…I might spend the $100…But NO WAY without an actual seat location. I wasn’t lucky in the pre-sale, and I didn’t even give the general sale a whirl because I saw the e-mail stating our orders would be filled…..I assumed that meant filled with what I ordered. Even bothered to do the artwork on the envelope and everything. After all the years and all the shows I just feel let down.
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Opened the mail box and there smiling on the top of the pile was an envelope from Stinson Beach! GA lawn tickets and the returned postal money order for my request of reserved seats. So I'm in the door, not on the floor, up on the grass, but I saved some cash!!
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Dont feel bad,guys-I just paid over 100 per ticket waaaaay up in the balcony pretty much behind the stage for 4/18 Worcester-I didnt have the extra dough to mail order or do pre-sale when tix went on sale, so I had to resort to scalper scum--But you know what? Im IN-and Im gonna dance my ass off and have a BLAST!!! Keep smilin' guys-It's only Rock-n-Roll!!!!
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That's the spirit! I've blown a lot of cash for this tour yes it hurts a little but who the hell cares??!! A year from now when I think back on the shows I'm going to I certainly am not going to be remembering how much money I spent. "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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Great attitude! I'm sure you make Jerry look down and smile.
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It is what it is….I just know that for me…the time has come to retire from mail-order. I think I was just spoiled all those years with the floor tix and all. It was a good ride while it lasted…but I think I found myself at a dead end. Its more the principal, not so much the money. In fact, when I get my money order back I plan to donate the funds to a charitable cause. For future shows it will be pre / general sales only, at least with those methods, I know right away if I scored or not. I’ve seen plenty of shows to feel more than satisfied…Of course there’s always room for a few more. :-) I don’t like to support the secondary market (just a rule I have)…unless they are selling below face. Still going to LOVE the Dead just the same….just might not get a chance to dance at as many shows. For those lucky enough to score tix to the Spring Tour shows…Congrats and please do shake those bones!!! Hopefully signs of a Summer Tour come soon!!