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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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Idiocracy
Man, it's already happening.
Besides the idiots paying thousands of dollars on eBay for no view tickets, this one beats all:
Get this! Someone paid 30 dollars for a GDTS TOO rejection letter. A frikkin' REJECTION LETTER!!!!
Do you believe this? These idiots are keeping our prices high, dumbasses.
And there's another reject letter that people are actually bidding on right now.
Unbelievable, WOW!
Ticket Sales
Looks like only three sales on eBay today and the tickets available on Stubhub are actually going up. Patience, grasshopper. :-)
re: Ticket Sales and Klang-man...
Bingo BobLoblaw !! Spot on-dude...
Klang-man, get a tank of O2 bro and just relax...
It's March 24th...100+ days from the show.
There is not one physical ticket in anyone's hands. That would be, repeat, not a one.
Life's nuts dude and s**t happens. Rest assured when tickets arrive in people's mailboxes, I'm quite certain there will be a "roof's on fire" spree of ticket sales. A June frenzy. Pay to play or go home - that's the deal, if you want it to go down or not.
Until then bro, harness then release those negative energies. Just not here, please.
I, like you, am in need of tix to all three shows. But my airfare is done, hotel is booked, and we've assembled an amazing group of SD'ers whom all share the same wonderful spirit.
To close....
"Smile, Breathe, and Go Slowly"
(quote by Thich Nhat Hanh)
Second that Emotion ...
Klang ... no one was/is more ticked than I about how the ticket debacle went down. Fortunately the note I wrote after being slapped down for both Chicago and Merriweather was either censored or went into oblivion because I did not "reply" to anyone. Since then, I see very positive signs that the market is NOT what the dbags gambled on. I already have a face value pavilion ticket for Merriweather (via eBay) and I see lots of tickets that are going nowhere for Chicago. Panic is on our side now as sellers will have to start dropping prices as those willing to pay the current prices have dwindled. It will take months, but I can see signs pointing in the right direction. The dbags do NOT want to go, they will cave. Personally, I will not pay more than face plus TM fees. Being on this bus was never easy and getting to the show is part of the experience. Personally, I'm planning a nice bike ride out to Chicago (I am on the opposite coast from you). Even if you can't do that, they do have refundable airline tickets and Southwest will give you a credit even when they won't refund your money. Hang in there. At this point there is nothing to lose ...
Klang
Don't worry about the flight, one thing that I will offer if tix come to both of us late in the game and you cannot get a flight to Chicago for a reasonable price, fly into somewhere in like Montana and I will drive down to get you and we can drive across to the shows man.
I get the pressure and the nervousness - we can make it work man; just relax.
Rejection Letters
If people are buying rejection letters on E-Bay, I better start looking in the attic, 'cause I know I have a few vintage denials from failed mail order attempts....I might make a killing on them. even though I got those letters, I still went to the show and got in. I only ever got shut out once, but it was a Phish concert and I got there well into the first set, It was a last minute kind of thing. Even then I had a blast with some kind folks in the lot. .......................Namaste
Face Value E-bay Auction
Hope this can help someone out,...been sending these to Klangstone, but I don't think he's interested in the whole bidding thing,..I'm sure these won't stay cheap long, Seller says they already sold once, but the buyer backed out, so he dropped them back to face to start auction over.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grateful-Dead-3-Day-Pass-Fare-Thee-Well-Soldier…
Hey I'm just pointing out the stupidity
Blast me if you will but there is always gonna be a down side.
Yes with all this optimism and positive vibe at an all time high here, you have to accept the skepticism and pessimism is going to be here too. You can't have it all roses all the time that everything is beautiful and there are no thorns.
I am no worse a place today than I was yesterday or 4 weeks ago.
This is a place for opinions and facts. Fact: people on e-bay are being idiots, that's all I'm saying.
As far as the Santa Clara thing, yeah I guess I am taking it personal, if I offended anyone I apologize. Just me venting and trying to cope. I will tone it down a bit to keep the peace.
thanks for the support guys
@properlejdi: a MAGNANAMOUS offer man, I won't forget it.
Sorry tfonts I know my ramblings aren't what you what to read here, but it is a free country and I can't help my emotions sometimes. My joys I experience greatly and my sadness and frustration just as greatly. And I really appreciate the work you and the others are doing on the SD front and still want to be a part of it, although it may not seem so.
The lack of communication regarding the SC shows, Bill's premature leak (or slander), it's just got me all frazzled. I will come out of it. People are buying at stupid prices, rich bastards are buying them I expect. It is just so disgusting. Hard to swallow.
yes I am watching the auctions and have made bids
They all end too high. I try to talk them down via messaging, one chick was stuck with an overpriced ticket and was scalping to break even or so she said (having bought scalped multiples, not much compassion for that)
Then there was the seller that didn't get his buy it now price of 425 when I bid for 300. I was the highest bidder yet the jackass pulled his ticket before closing. He probably realized he was selling for far below market value and still not selling.
Not sure what this means, maybe it is good? I can't tell, I'm more than beyond confused by all this.
(not giving up though, "down but not out" as the proper lady once put it)
@ klang keep talking
Klang, don't stop venting. After all, your e=venting is what go tyou several offers for tickets that may never materialize. That includes my offer, which still stands should it ever materialize, and properlejdi's offer to pick you up. If he picks you up, I'll burn and send you a fresh Black Sabbath Asbury Park 1975 bootleg for your driving pleasure. Ever hear it? One of my favorite shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpBBUMjo8Ng
Rant Away
It's good for ya and you are right, call 'em as you see 'em. I have used eBay for years and you could get a psychology doctorate trying to find any rationality with regard to what goes on "in there." It's just a microcosm of the nuthouse we inhabit every day. Good luck to ya ...
Game's not over but you win (again).
I've complained plenty and defended everyone's right to complain since day one in this thread. I'm gonna defend that right for Klang as well. At least we don't have Svengali the forum cop in here anymore telling everyone that you can only post positive things. It's life man. There are ups and downs and there are legitimate reasons to be pissed or frustrated sometimes. In the end, Klang, I have no doubt that you will be dancing by your aisle seat with a side view of Phil. The journey may be a roller coaster but you'll get your ticket.
Besides, you've already beaten the scalpers. Do you think they got thirty new Sunshine Daydreaming friends in the course of a month? Maybe you'll find direction, around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.
...and...
... Having bought and sold animation art, production and seri-cels, a/w/a rock posters, t-shirts, & other memorabilia over the years on E-bay I am no longer amazed by the dumb stuff that goes down there. I sold a Reba Macentyre crew t-shirt for $1200 to a crazed fan a couple years back. 'Ain't it crazy..."
Got 4 left. Anybody interested? ;)
greatfully waiting
Since we heard news of Santa Clara its hard to sit still still keep on checking 50.net and internet very anxious just like all of you.... I understand fellow heads frustration...peace..keep posting dead friends
Re Sabbath Asbury
I was there...
I'm looking through a Hole in the Sky!!!
New Santa Clara information ??
Looks like another "source" confirming the news, yet still no official announcement from the band or promoter.
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2015/03/23/Dead.a…
The Grateful Dead have extended their “Fare Thee Well” tour to include two concerts June 27-28 at Levi’s Stadium, according to sources. The Santa Clara performances join the July 3-5 dates the group initially booked at Soldier Field. The Dead originally planned for the Chicago concerts to be the only shows celebrating their 50th anniversary, but the huge demand for tickets led to promoter Peter Shapiro adding more dates. The Levi’s Stadium concerts mark a final homecoming for the Bay Area band.
yes I am watching the auctions and have made bids
Klang,
I was bidding on that same $425 ticket as you. i was above your bid at $400 and he still didn't take it. At this point I'm going to be very picky. It was a pretty good seat.
If I end up here watching via streaming, It'll be fine.
Steve
yes I am watching the auctions and have made bids
Double post for some reason PM me if you find one you really want and I won't bid on it. Don't want to drive up prices needlessly.
2 cents
If there are going to be other shows these 3 will .. May be like the past when tickets were everywhere on the ground. Doubt actually on the ground more a reference to years ago. Not sure where this feeling comes from but I get the sense tickets to these shows are going to a lot easier then we think. So many people wont want to eat them the day of show.
@spascerella
No worries! I don't expect to win any bids on ebay.
Just playing the field and hoping to get lucky that an auction ends in my favor.
Exploring all possibilities...
@New Santa Clara information....NOT!
NO new information, the powers that be see it fit to hold that information from all of us.
That is the same original source: Don Muret
hockey John
has it right, the scalpers never saw this coming, $signs clouded their vision, if the heads hold out tickets will be available, and $30 for a reject? are copies ok? your choice pink or white, but the rare white one starts at $50
another 2 cents worth
Even if the rumors of other shows are only rumors it should make for buying tickets cheaper. But then again these are different times with so much advance notice we have people paying the prices asked online. Even if Jerry were to be playing these shows in 1981 1982 form I would not pay the price in advance, we all know the hype is why people are selling tickets at such insane prices. Also realize it is tough holding back and not buying. If history teaches us anything hold off and pay at last minute. So many shows over the years were just like this and I never got shut out Never.... ACTUALLY missed 1st set of new years 1984 only but was let in by a security guard minutes before midnight.
New years 1984
Before the show at the San Francisco civic we were told by a security guard that he would leave front door ajar just before midnight and only for 5 or so minutes. Having walked around and around being bummed out we gave the door a pull at about ten of midnight and sure enough we were in. Another odd part of that New years was during shakedown st. opener someone put speakers in the street and many of us thought they would have an outside listening area like at the Greeks over by the tennis courts. Well after Shakedown they pulled the plug on the street speakers. So finding away in became a major situation. Point is we will find away no matter.
@John
Hey when Jerry was alive I got a GA ticket to Rochester War Memorial show night of the gig for $7.50....
You are absolutely correct...these are different times, supercomputers with innumerable network connections make it virtually impossible for any poor schmo even with hi speed internet to compete, these rat bastards connect to TM etc at like a 300:1 ratio.
I preferred standing in line overnight for the box office presale, sales capped at 4 per head, and only the diehards got in...Zeppelin 1975 and 77 MSG runs....spent 72 hrs in line to score 3 of 7 shows, didn't scalp a single one...and it was cash only!
Alas, the times they are a changin'
Crashing for the Stage
It could get very ugly in the show. On a normal night without behind the stage seats sold, people want to get to the stage that have poor or high up views.
Here, there will be 10k plus more people, with no view thinking just get in to the show and go anywhere. Security could be overwhelmed and it could get scary for those down in the GA or Pit getting pushed up to a fence.
Any thoughts on this scenario, or am I just wrong??
re: Crashing for the Stage
Actually, Dire, you're not out of line with your thinking.
My head's gone there too,namely because while there are a lot of what I'll refer to as "seasoned" heads out there, I have a feeling there will be a lot of posers and newbies too.
Last thing any of want to see is headlines the day after about "out of control crowds at Soldier Field."
Hopefully, the more seasoned heads won't be Old and In The Way after all...
"Crashing"
I do not want to hear one, two, three TAKE A STEP BACK for old times sake. Not only do I not want to see folks hurt, I don't want the band to stop playing. I have a feeling security will be prepared for idiots though. A possibly scarier scenario are folks passing out in the heat of July and crammed bodies in the pit. I hope that will not be the case. Bring your hats folks. Sun screen, hydrate, dance, and repeat.
@dire n @tony
Standing on shaky ground with this topic...Guarantee this shindig will bring some bad press.....having served on the damage control front lines in Albany and knowing the crowd will likely be well in excess of seating/standing there's bound to be some dirty business...only hope is at the cost of these tix the idiots will stay away however there are screw ups in every crowd....best to have eyes up our asses and watch out for our brethren in Jerry...party hard but party safe....
when in doubt...play Dead and take a step back!
waiting to last minute?
If the shows were in my backyard and I could easily drive to the venue, then waiting to the last minute to get tickets would not be a problem.
But coming from NorCal to unfamiliar territory in a completely subjective and unpredictable scenario (like no other dead show has ever been) is another story altogether.
I need some level of certainty for this adventure. I plan to pick up 1 ticket by any means possible as soon as possible to ease my mind then I can wait it out like everyone else for possible additional days.
I would like to get in all 3 but at least 1 gets me committed to taking the trip.
Thanks everyone for having my back, and with some luck and persistence it will hopefully prove victorious. Until then, hanging on with the pins and needles still attached...
RE: Crashing the stage
In general deadheads are less "stage crazy" than fans of other bands. Many of us are happy behind the stage, or in the halls.
I think if security can handle the rush of fans for the stones or U2 or whoever is the big thing with the kids, if they can handle that they can handle us.
We tend to be polite, we tend not to require being right in front. We do not cooperate with silly requests like a teenage security guard trying to block off a section of obviously empty seats, but in general we cooperate and avoid aggressive confrontation. If we do not Bobby will ask us to take a step back.
We do what we want up to a point, but we avoid violent confrontation or even somewhat firm security requests.
So no, I do not foresee a problem once inside the show.
12:30 to 4:30
Seriously, will anyone still be standing? It is near my hotel though.......
House of Blues Chicago
moe., Creative Entertainment Group (CEG Presents), and Summer Camp Music Festival are excited to announce a three-night run, July 2-4, at House of Blues in Chicago, IL. This series of moe. concerts will include a regular evening show time on July 2nd, and late-night performances on July 3 and 4 after the Chicago Dead shows. The band is looking forward to witnessing and honoring the historic moment taking place in Chicago, both as fans and as musicians. A very limited number of pre-sale tickets go on sale through moe.ticketing on Thursday, March 26 at 12pm CST:
July 2nd tickets
July 3rd tickets
July 4th tickets
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday March 28 at 12pm CST.
House of Blues Chicago has a 4am curfew.
Monkeys on Ectasy
I used to see these guys when they were playing bar room floors in Buffalo. Oh, the grand old days. I also used to walk 3 miles in the snow to get a beer at the bar. Uphill both ways mind you!
Re: crashing the stage
My two cents:I have a strong assumption that they're going to do right by the OVs (obstructed viewers). Honestly, I think some of those OV seats are probably better than some of the "view" seats, especially the nose bleeds at the opposite end of the arena. Those NBs (nose bleeders) won't be able to see much at all. The NBOVs, on the other hand, will be looking right down on the boys. So I think when push comes to shove, I may be swimming against the gerain to crash the OV section, asssuming I get in.
Also, while the GA Pit section will be awesome, I assume that the stage will be 10' - 12' high, so the pit will be 10' - 12' below the stage. Doesn't mean that I wouldn't want to be there, but I just don't think it will be overly crash-worthy. GA Field will be the hot pace to be (hence the larger ticket price).
crashing the stage
Not sure what the layout will be. The diagram puts the stage on top of the 100 level sections that would be behind the stage and they didn't sell any 100 level seats behind the stage.
I have no idea, but the no views could be some of the best seats. You can't see much of anything from most of the seats. People on the stage will be dots.
https://seatgeek.com/venues/soldier-field/seating-chart/chicago-bears-3…
https://seatgeek.com/venues/soldier-field/seating-chart/chicago-bears-3…
IMO, some of the worst seating is along the sides, even at the lower levels, because of the sound imbalance between left and right ears. for example 134, you'll be likely standing at 45 degree angle to face the stage.
https://seatgeek.com/venues/soldier-field/seating-chart/chicago-bears-3…
I'm wondering what is going to separate the field from the pit. Seems like the crowd would just sorta merge together without something like an 8 ft high fence. Also, I don't see much of barrier or drop from the 100 level seats to the field. Looks like you could just swing over and drop onto your feet.
@rrrrrrrgrrrr
Broadway Joes, I used to sound for a couple bands and also played there many a night!!!
@rrrrrrrgrrrr
Broadway Joes, I used to sound for a couple bands and also played there many a night!!!
"Extra" 3-day pass?
Wow, I wish I had your problems...
(ha-ha)
Congrats on getting to go, however, it sounds like it might be a fun time...