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  • eazywind
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    LunaSol, I know for at least the Charlottesville shows that tickets through the arena or musictoday.com will go on sale Jan. 23. It breaks my heart to say this, but I truly think the people promoting this show (like the musictoday.com people, who I knew growing up in Charlottesville) are money-grubbing fascists...how could Jerry have left us?
  • GratefulFairyMel
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    It's a no go for me...
    Sadly I can't afford to go to any shows right now. I was so built up to go and even had the hotel reserved. We just don't have the cash right now. My husband promised me we can see several smaller shows to make up for it. I'm hoping Widespread Panic has some good dates on their spring tour, maybe I can hit two of those for the price of one of these, LOL! We've got some good shows coming here to Knoxville too this spring so I should be able to get my fix. I know it won't be the Dead, but there is always the infinate number of Grateful Dead show recordings I have that I can listen to. :) Congrats and have a great time all of you who got tickets. To those who haven't gotten theirs yet, good luck. I hope everyone has a blast!! :)
  • gratefaldean
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    I vowed that I'd never see the Eagles
    After they started this insane ticket price inflation. So what am I doing Saturday night? Taking my wife to see the Eagles (please don't throw your shoes at me...my only excuse is that she asked, and she never asks, so how could I say no?). So much for my personal vows, anyway. At this point, I know that I've become jaded to what's happened with ticket prices (music, sports, you name it), so the choice becomes either stop doing something I love (seeing the bands I want to see, going to games), or living with the change. I'm living with it, but I still won't hit the aftermarket for tix, will refuse the "VIP" crap, and will muddle along as best as I can with those options off the table. I'm not happy living with it, but I know that I'd feel a lot worse just cutting off from this stuff. Sigh....
  • eazywind
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    Did anyone else have an incredibly hard time yesterday with the presale tickets? The site kept freezing on me or kicking me off (and I have broadband!). I googled presale tickets and hit a site that offered tickets but as I was in the middle of a business meeting and covertly trying to buy tickets, I didn't pay enough attention to what I was doing, and ended buying 4 tickets for nearly $300 EACH, and then realized it was some lame ticket-broker site! That was at 12:15 EST - how do those fascists get tickets so quickly and then turn around and resell them? I just don't get it. I'm so MAD at myself for not paying attention better - but on the other hand I was not going to miss this Charlottesville show, so live and learn...just wondering if others had trouble too...
  • freakflag
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    I, like us all, had hoped for a good vibe, a traditional gathering from this tour. I also wanted my 13 year old son--a big fan like his dad--to see his first show. Instead, I got no tickets, a huge on-line marathon headache and a sad realization of the enormity of the corporate sell-out by the band. Did anyone notice that every decent seat (in Denver anyway) was marketed as "VIP" in the $380-$505 range? Not just on the floor but every decent seat. The VIP label alone sent chills down my spine. I naively believed that the Dead was one of the last sanctuaries for community, where VIP stood for Very Uptight People (you know, the ones that can't let any little thing slide). Would deadheads of the early 70's have tolerated this VIP sell-out? Is this the vibe that brought us together, the love community Jerry preached? I'll remain an LIP (Less Important People), I guess, and bang on my guitar at home with my son. For me, the Dead is dead. Adios, boys. Or, more appropriately, Adidas.
  • deerjeff
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    The Last Tour....
    When it gets to this its over, and I can assure you the band realizes it, and set these prices with this in mind. For all our sakes and pockets I hope these shows melt our faces! Good, Bad, or Ugly this will be the end of Dead shows as we know them....no not negative, just the reality of the scene, for those of us who spend any time in reality. Sorry Jerry :(
  • fawko
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    Prices, prices, prices, ............
    I am justifying the ticket prices I paid with the large collection of sbd's I have collected over the last 20 years. I didn't have to pay for them. Kinda like the band is just collecting now. I am still way ahead of them though as I have 7 - 300+ binders full of gd & jg data dvds! 8D Soooooo........ Winnah winnah chicken dinnah...... Still hope they sell sbd's at the venue though cause I need those too.
  • TheBusWentBy1995
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    I was a little shocked by the prices too, but mail order tickets are $69 bucks or something like that. I checked one of the venues websites and the tickets were at least 60 to 80 dollars higher than the pre-sale price. May be the last time, so I am going to spend the $$$. BTW mail order started yesterday and runs through the 20th I hear. I went to GDTSTOO.com and found out there.
  • fleaflicker
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    musictoday didnt take no time to charge my card, They want their money buddy.
  • masonsmommie2001
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    Awesome! we took our 7 yr old to see phil in st. louis over the summer. he had a blast and is still talking about it. he wanted to follow them to milwaukee! and was upset that we couldn't! have fun. good luck scoring denver tix.
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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 have been going to shows at worcester since the mid 80's..... just some parking garages and a few small lots scatered around the venue...the locals don't seem to mind its downtown so your not bothering them..some hotels within walking distance..the cops are quick to react but if you don't bother them they leave you alone BUT when the show is over they clear it out fast i mean fast they have no problem useing battons to hustle the croud...well over all its a food seen that can tour bad fast
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are rumored to be open due to the Allman bros playing the Warfield for those dates. Warren hasnt learned to clone himself yet!!!! :-)
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i thought there were 3 or 4 versions of him already hahahaif anyone is gonna be cloned, why not make it jerry?
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Don't think this head has the power to resist the sweet temptation of touring again. It's in my blood and veins....I'm gonna get on the bus in Chitown all the way through The Gorge. I can't wait to be twirling with all you headicated people! I'm gonna be dancin' and singin' where the grass is always greener (the Dead shows) and I am considerably excited. Don't even think I'm gonna care if I have all the tickets or not. I've put my finger in the air many times before and I'll tell you that I don't mind hanging out in the drum circles outside in the lot! Love ya all~ ____________________________________________________ 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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Anyone get their mail order from Verizon Center show in April yet? I'm hearing about all these other shows getting their tickets that take place later in the tour and wondering why the earlier show didn't go out first. I guess I'm just starting to get concerned since this is the first show for my son and I wanted to give him the tickets for his birthday which is this 3/6.
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I can't believe I lost out on the Garden shows ( so far at least ). I went through ticket master about a minute after it went on sale and it re-directed me to their alter site for 10X face value tickets. A few weeks later there was all kinds of outrage that the same thing happened to the Springsteen shows then all of a sudden all kinds of politicians and government officials get involved and they change their rules / policies ... a lot of good that did me !
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The camping is for the night of the show, correct? Trying to figure out what to do the day between Shoreline and the Gorge.
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In the process of setting up a little get together, on a farm just outside of the venue (6-10 miles) you could walk. But, it's not going to get out of hand, and only kind people will be let in the "doors"____________________________________________________ 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 will be bringing 2 decorated banners on tour. Both banners are being designed by talented artists. I will be at every show with them(except the second shoreline) and already have plans to meet up with lots of people from this site to get them signed. I am trying to get as many signatures as possible! I will also be taking fun pics with them at scenic locations like haight/ashbury corner... times square and everything in between! If you would like to make arrangements to meet up and sign please email me at jphilipedwards@yahoo.comHope to see you at the show! Peace 42% of all statistics are made up.
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Just got some FANTASTIC news!!! Apparently, My wife could tell I was a little bummed out about our Sat. night Worc. seats(nosebleeds/almost behind the stage)So she got me an "early birthday present"-- FLOOR SEATS section 4 !!!! pretty reasonable price, too(195 each) Im so friggin' happy I might just MIRACLE off my other tix at the show!!!! Positve Thinking ALWAYS wins out!!! I Love you all-----Good night.
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Lots of talk about the other shows but who is going to PA? It's in between the Buffalo and MSG shows I hope the boys have the energie for this smaller venue. Is there a good parking lot jam before the show?
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I'll be in PA man, i'm stoked for those two shows, never been to the spectrum, so im really excited!Phatmoye
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the gorge website says camping is for 2 nights, the night before the show and night of the show. $40. Just plain parking is $28.
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Beware of Ticketbastard parking I know they presale parking for all the Denver shows for like $20 or some stupid shit and then when you roll up to the lot it's only $10. I know I'm gonna be on a tight budget this go 'round that's for sure! I am so lookin' forward to seeing all you peeps not to mention the music!!! 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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I can't wait! I am driving up from St. Louis. Hope the lot is partying before the show! :)
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I don't want to bug the busy guys but I just have to make sure... Has anyone gotten their internet order D.C. tickets in the mail yet? Please say no!!! I'm kinda stressing
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I dont know anyone who ordered the presale sale internet tix to have recieved them yet.
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I haven't received my 5-4 CHI tic yet -- they said it should be in my mailbox by 2 weeks before the show. M 5-5 tic I pick up there -- I splurged on a High Time VIP package... I'm trying to find my DeadHead friends here in STL who are going up to CHI -- anyone else around here going to the CHI shows?? Hope they keep this up... My first show was in '81 at Assembly Hall in Champaigne, Urbana (U of IL). Second show was at Riverport (yuk...band was good -- just don't care for Riverport or whatever Corporate name it has now) in '94 in STL, MO. Missed two-thirds of the show cause some one not associated with the concert was attempting to suicide from a building in that area. They stopped us on Hwy 70 -- I had to PISS so bad!! Got to my seat at the drum solo!!! Carry a bucket in the car, folks... I see Ratdog and Phil and Friends whenever they come thru StL. Can't wait!! Laura :)
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Click on the planet that looks like Saturn on the front page of this site after the stealie explodes!!!! About the two oclock position!!!
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SO LETS GET ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!!!! Thats pretty nifty man, gettin excited for PA, YOU GOTTA LOVE DEADNET!!!!!Phatmoye
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Hey all, this is a little off topic, i was just flippin through channes and seen that Iran now has everything they need to make a atomic bomb, THIS WORRYS ME! This tour should take a short detour after may and spread some love in Iran. If only that country could understand peace. I hope nothing but the best for all of our futures as well as our childrens.GOD BLESS HUMANITY! Phatmoye
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That was SO cool!!
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Thats cool-Remember how in the first one the turtle was thumbin' and the view was from inside the car? Guess he got a ride-Good thing too,I imagine it would take a turtle a considerable amount of time to reach his destination on foot(claw) P.S.-I love the roach clip hangin' from the mirror(nice touch)
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What is next for the adventure of our little green guy, and yea I liked the roach clip too!!!
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now the whole thing's interactive--the swirling expands and contracts depending on where the cursor is.
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Weirder!!! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. HST
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On the otherones.net, where is the video footage on that site of rehersal at??? I can't seem to find it on the site.Phatmoye
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...on the main page, just click on the imbedded vid
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WOW!! VERY COOL DUDE!!!!! Thanks man, I needed to see that! Brought back instant flashbacks of the Penn State show I caught on 10/13/08!! I love how the video rehersal starts off with one of my favorites THE 11!!!!Thanks BCJOE and thank you all on deadnet!! Phatmoye
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Damn I can't for this tour to get rollin'! "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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a new video up here on dead.net. It's from the Inaugural Ball.
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Getting a little tired!!! Great vid!!!
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XCELLENT!! Love how Billy says "We should start with dancin in the streets, cuz thats what their doing out there." Mickey cracks me up as well, I think hed probably be one of yhe funnyest out of all the band members. [lol] Warren is a beast on the guitar man!! I can't wait for the Philly shows!!Thanks again BCJOE and FLEEFLICKER for the info. Peace- Phatmoye
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It looks like the rest of the video clips are from the Penn show. It's nice to see the show I was at and the familar faces at the show too. I look forward to seeing more familiar faces in Philly!!Phatmoye
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Hey Dead Fans! Are you ready to for The Dead's 2009 Spring Tour? The Dead has teamed up with Charity Folks to auction off the BEST seats in the house! Proceeds from this auction will benefit the Unbroken Chain Foundation, Rex Foundation, and Furthur Foundation! Each ticket purchased through this charity auction will come with a limited edition autographed poster from The Dead! The band will also be auctioning off unique memorbilia, guitars, and more through this auction! Check out Charity Folks now to sign up for alerts! You do not want to be the last one left outside, do you?! www.charityfolks.com
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Maybe some of the 400+ dollars we spent on 2 tickets can go to CHARITY!!! sorry to sound bitter-but come on--Bleed Us Dry Why Dont Ya?????
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The Unbroken Chain Foundation, Rex Foundation, and Furthur Foundation are all really cool charities. With the ecomonic downturn all charities have been suffering. I would like to see what they offer for auction?
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Sounds pretty good! Don't have any money rite now, but some autographed posters sounds like a deadheads delite!!! I've given to rex foundation in the past and support NORMAL!!! ROCK ON CHARITY!!Phatmoye
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You wrote:GDTSTOO "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??" My problem is, I mailed MO at 6am on first day of mail order. Got an email from their yahoo group saying all orders would be filled with the exception of MSG. That to me means I had tickets. Wouldn't you think the same? I then get an email from them on Feb 25th w/ subject line saying "4-18-09 upgrade!". I almost didn't read it because I didn't want an upgrade. It looked like a ploy to get rid of the seats none of us could afford..... I had to scramble to a fax machine, just before leaving on a plane to make sure they got it before March 1st. I understand they could have just returned my MO, but I feel taken as do many other people. I think that they only had a handful of tix at the cheaper range and they should have said something sooner. I have spoken to all of my friends who mail ordered on day 1 and they ALL got this same email. I think they sent this email out way too late, they must have known on DAY 1 that they couldn't fill all of the orders, since we all mailed on day 1! At this point, I unfortunately feel that my friends and I have been taken. I think they were stuck with a bunch of higher priced seats, that probably still suck and decided to send this little email out which basically means, buy this or you're screwed. Steal the Shirt Right of Your Back Tour '09
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Seems like more people targeted the cheaper seats than they were expecting. I guess you should have sent in 2 money orders to ensure you got the cheap seats. The times where I see mail order work very well is when all the seats cost the same. It is much more straight forward. My point is that GDTS was trying to make sure you got 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've had similar problems with GDTSTOO I sent them my credit card information twice because the first didn't go thru and got no confirmation letter or email of any kind. I've been trying impossibly to get a response about whether or not my credit card will be charged and when I can expect this to happen. They just keep saying next week when we process the orders but no date or anything. I've never seen the email you guys above are referring too. ITs been hairy and I need to know if I can pay my rent yet...WTF!