Grateful Dead

It was a hoax

It's not just me, but I speak for the others sitting in this same ship of fools. I know I am not alone in this thing. I know people are pulling for me, and I am pulling for all the others also. I want to see us all get in it to at least one show. As honorary Mayor, I'm considering a governmental shutdown until things start turning positive or we get some kind or word or announcement. Even if you have nothing to announce, why not tell us that you have nothing to announce? Don't just be a clam and stay silent! This silence is DEAFENING. I mean seriously, people, is it that hard to get in front of a PC or a microphone for 5 freakin' minutes? And say, "look, we are still thinking about adding shows but we haven't decided." Or, "we can't do Santa Clara because..." or "on this day will have an announcement of some sort". (nope) (nothing) ...and more nothing to follow tomorrow ...or the next day ...and so on and so on...

It certainly appears that it was in fact a hoax. Thanks Mr. Bill W! So let's just let everyone assume it was hoax. No need to TELL ANYONE that it was a hoax... Or is it a hoax that it was a hoax? Looks like we will never know until June 27 comes and goes, with out a show or a single word.

Mayor Klangstone is going to try to step away from this for a while. Will check emails and PMs, but off the bus and roller coaster for a while. Just too much. Still need a ticket, pending ticket is in limbo (as is my brain)

hey mr mayor, why not have your friends at the mint print a few all access passes for us, they print cash so why not?

Not sending them until a week before the show would be incredibly short sighted, stupid, and would screw over fans who bought tickets via approved methods. There are people who are taking the prior week off and vacationing or driving to Chicago.

They will definitely do that. The scalpers mostly don't live in Chicago. They sure aren't going to fly to Chicago to unload a few tix. They'll just take a loss or try to find someone local in their areas to unload their tix which likely won't be successful so close to the show and with logistic hurdles of booked airlines and hotels. So in the trash they go.

No way they would just throw them away. Any ticket that makes it to the show will get sold quickly (so many people will be there who need tix) and most scalpers have at least four, methinks. Giving a local dirt-bag-in training $50 to recoup $500-700 is a no-brainer. However, I do think this rumor is just that because, as you pointed out, it would also hurt people who legitimately bought tickets and are, let's say, hitching out from either coast. I think it was just the poster getting nervous. I think the biggest thing to be nervous over is whether the CID ticket can be transferred.

Do you have a link to where you heard this rumour of GDTS not sending out tickets until the week before? I highly doubt that it is true.

Antagonistic nonsense. Patience is the key with purchasing tickets let alone miracles. There are those true Deadheads who will have extras in Chicago for 100s of untold reasons. If fans hold out , scalper prices will fall. All good things in all good time !

Hey now, 11 years today. Feels great. My wife and I are planning on coming up from Mississippi for the weekend, without tickets, just to be with the community one more time. Maybe we'll get a miracle, maybe we won't, but we plan on enjoying ourselves one way or another. If the Wharf Rats are gathering somewhere outside Soldier Field, I'd like to stop by, visit and maybe swap stories.

Point - the band and GSTS TOO would like to take a stance to minimize and/or mitigate the secondary market of ticket sales. Alleged Point - in order to do so, GDTS TOO has decided to not send tickets out in early June but "time" the USPS mail system so tickets arrive the week before? Fact - many (thousands to tens of thousands) of transactions have already occurred in the secondary market on yet to be physically delivered GDTS TOO tickets. Presumptive Fact - life ("shit") happens and for unseen reasons, good-willing folks who wanted to go to Chicago for the 7/4 weekend will be unable to go to the shows. Answers - the GDTS TOO mails with batch #'s clearly stated "Your commemorative tickets will arrive in June." Does anyone have any credible information to confirm what is being rumored now of a "late June" arrival of tickets via USPS? Thanks in advance...

Tony, I/we are still waiting for and answer from ScarlettBee who started this unsubstantiated rumour, to provide some substance such as even a link to an uncredible, let alone a credible source.

Heard it from friends traveling from Washington to the shows taking time to camp along the way. Not sure the original source that's why I posted to see if true. They are worried tickets now not arriving in time to leave a week early as planned. Maybe it really is just a rumor (like west coast shows). I'd like to know since I purchased a ticket from secondary market before mail order complete just in case I got shut out which I did! I did purchase ticket insurance for the broker ticket and it's guaranteed fed ex delivery overnight. Not sure if I will get my money back if it doesn't arrive in time I will need to check. Wish I had it delivered it to my hotel in Chicago to be sure. My other ticket is CID and I got ticket insurance for that as well but the CID tickets are picked up at the venue in person with ID and payment info so that should be okay.

Hey Folks: Not able to go to the Dear Jerry Show @ Merriweather Pavilion on 5/14. Looking to sell tickets at face value (ticket cost plus service charges, etc.) Row F seats 210 and 211 @ $200 each. Don't want to do eBay or Stubhub with all the service charges etc. Want to sell to a fan. Drop a line to billyv2930@gmail.com Thanks.......

Check the forums here for others coming to CHI.. There will be a table for sure... Congrats!!

I don't know about the rumor about how late the tickets will be sent from GDTS TOO, but here is what I do know. My friend ordered tix through the Bears pre-sale and forwarded me the receipt. It says that commemorative tickets (apparently Bears pre-sale gets the commemorative ones, too) will be mailed out in mid-June. So they are clearly pushing ticket mailing to a late date. Interesting way to combat scalpers. If true, this suggests that there will be tickets available in the lot. If they don't get them until a couple days beforehand, they are going to have to unload them in the lot. There will also be plenty of Heads with extras that they did not have a chance to pass along. It certainly doesn't make it easier for those who need to make travel arrangements, but it could make life hard on scalpers. Other business, the Meet Up announcement. That 1989 Alpine run was amazing. I hope they release all of it in pristine audio with dvd/blueray.

is back. He reduced his price from $2,025 to $1,999.99 after having his listings removed previously. He was the one complaining about Deadheads being mean to him in emails. Read the very bottom of his listing, "(EBAY PERSONNEL PLEASE SEE NOTES ON SELLER'S ACCOUNT AUTHORIZING THIS LISTING)" There are not very many listings currently on Ebay.

I made him an offer of $300 a night. I figure that is a nice way to remind him he is ridiculous. On the off chance that he is kind it would be a decent deal. I encourage everyone to make him reasonable or really low offers flood him with offers. Make him an offer he can only refuse !! Operation "Offer blitz 2015 !!" Strange that he is selling 3 seats. He probably got 4. Is he going? If so we should buy the seats and have a half time show where we feed the scalpers to the lions. ;-) He is a season ticket holder and sells his Bears tickets as well, if you look at his other items. By the way at $300 a night he would be making a decent profit for doing nothing but clicking on a few web pages. The other fun thing we could do is buy one of his bears tickets and then run out on the field. The Bears revoked a season ticket holders tickets for that behavior. I guess they hold the season ticket holder responsible for the behavior of the secondary buyer. We could target all bears PSL holders who are subsidizing their business on the backs of dead heads in a similar pranksterish fashion. Headlines read "Yet another Bears game interrupted by angry Dead Head running naked out onto the field" The PSL (season ticket) holder presale scenario really sucked. I found myself looking at season tickets for Levi stadium when I thought that was going to happen. I was like, become a Season Ticket PSL holder, get these tickets and then sell the PSL back. What a mixed up messed up world. This ticket market is more gamed than the stock market.

There are no answers only questions... Don't expect any communication from anyone about anything specific to these shows, tickets or any other related announcements. Conjecture and guess all you want, but don't expect anyone (on the other side) with knowledge to respond.

I don't see this ad at all, maybe it was removed. Can someone provide the link if it still exists.

Here's one. I think he has 3 again. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRATEFUL-DEAD-TICKETS-07-05-15-EXCLUSIVE-PRIVAT…

Kudos to you. I already scored for Merriweather, but your offer is nonetheless appreciated and reflects well that not all of America has gone down the rabbit hole. Sorry you will miss the show. Best regards.

spascarella, and anyone else buying from Ebay, beware that sellers can and will keep your money without sending tickets if you let the 45 day period to open a claim come and go. As the shows come and go, we will here about dozens, if not hundreds, of people who were ripped off and who Ebay did not back. Ebay will tell you that the 45 day period to open a claim is over, and the seller will keep your money without any recourse left for the buyer. THis also happened in 2009 when Phish reunited, and scores of people got burnt, myself included, although threatening litigation on the seller inspired him to send me my refund. This is real. And people will get burned unless they know how the paypal/ebay system works, which these criminal sellers do, and have no plans of shipping tickets, and will list and sell the same ticket multiple times. Please share with the community. Thx

eBay Money Back Guarantee timelinesAccording to 2nd paragraph below, you should be ok if you buy from Ebay. Of course, not getting tickets kind of ruins the show for you, especially if you've booked everything. Item not received A buyer can report in My eBay that they didn't receive an item once the item's latest estimated delivery date has passed, and for 30 days after the latest estimated delivery date. For event tickets, a buyer must report that they didn't receive the tickets no later than 7 days after the event date or 30 days from the latest estimated delivery date, whichever is later. The seller has 3 business days from the report to respond to the buyer or offer a solution. If the seller does not respond or offer a solution, the buyer can ask us to step in and help. If the buyer doesn't ask us to step in and help within 30 days of reporting that they didn't receive an item, the request closes automatically.

LMFAO. Hey. It's gonna be June 20, 21 or both for all those trying to reserve rooms. Maybe you should reserve the whole city around all venues just to make sure. [insert tongue into cheek here]. Seriously Hornsby just cancelled a show 1,2,3 GO! Kalling all Klangs!

I agree with estimated as the Alpine Valley 89 shows were some of the best i ever saw and they should release the three shows as a box set, but 1988 four show run was great too. Sure, you could argue 89 was better and a clear stand out from that summer tour, but seeing four shows over five nights with an anything goes parking lot (OK, not quite like 86 or 87 up there, but still) was simply amazing. Oh, and it does appear that the Santa Clara shows will happen, just not on the dates originally announced. Keep your fingers crossed my west coast brothers and sisters. http://www.inforum.com/variety/events/3717540-bruce-hornsby-cancels-jun…

I got mine...hotel and air How was your breakfast? Klang get on this brah....

Never Mind

Weekend at Klangs!!!! Count me and the other 6 dwarves in!!!

Posts on facebook Fare Thee Well Santa Clara page say the shows will be announced tomorrow. And, in case you missed it, see the post below from 4/6. Not sure who Festival Forecaster is, but there may be another reason Hornsby cancelled his 6/20 gig. The Festival Forecaster Today!!! " We also have more news on the upcoming Grateful Dead concerts this Summer. In our last discussion, we forecast additional events featuring some or all members of the Dead both in June and later this Summer and Fall. While we still anticipate additional anniversary events of some sort later this year, including at Summer festivals like Lockn' and perhaps The Peach (but not Outside Lands), we are now growing more confident in the possibility of a short cross-country tour in June, leading up to the July 4th weekend. As said before, we have some confidence that there will be "Grateful Dead" concerts the weekend before Chicago at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area, likely involving most or all of the same lineup featuring Phish's Trey Anastasio, the Dead's Phil Lesh, and Bruce Hornsby. If there are additional shows preceding those events, however, some or all may involve a slightly different lineup with different guitar, bass, and keyboard players. Assuming the deal goes down, we think the schedule will look something like this: 6/13 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN? 6/15-16 Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA? 6/18 Live Earth Festival, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 6/19-21 (2 shows?) Citi Field, New York, NY 6/22-25 (3 shows?) Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 6/26-28 (2 shows, probably the 27th and 28th) Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA We expect the Levi's Stadium and possibly additional shows to be announced very soon."

Waiting patiently hoping on some good news .. Tomorrow maybe ..what we Been waiting for ...

Hope those shows mentioned below happen, I'd be in CA and CO for sure.

Stub Hub Total Tickets for Sale. Fri, Sat, Sun & 3 Day March 7 – 5245 March 31 - 6022 April 9 – 6353 Supply keeps growing and prices keep coming down. Mid June will be the sweet spot.

"Due to a scheduling conflict the Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers show scheduled for June 19th has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. The Box Office will be in touch to refund tickets purchased over the phone or in person. Tickets purchased online will be refunded automatically." Furthermore, Bruce Hornsby's planned June 20th performance in Fargo, North Dakota has been cancelled due to a "scheduling conflict" as well. Looks like he's freeing himself up for something at the end of June.

Too soon to say the hotel for June 27-28 is wrong weekend. The report below says same weekend as Bill W.'s rumor. And that's all this is, A RUMOR! Calling BS (again) until there is an official announcement. And I will believe the announcement when I f#ckin' hear it. That is, if there even will be an announcement. Personally I don't think anyone in the organization even knows what the words "announcement" means.

It's almost been a year since The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir, a documentary about Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. We haven't heard much about where Deadheads can view the film outside of a few other film festivals since it's premiere, but now comes word the film will be featured exclusively on Netflix. Netflix will start offering subscribers the ability to view The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir on Friday, May 22

No announcement means nothing to announce. If a new date gets set up, you can bet it will be announced. Seems straightforward to me. All you rumor mill cats are tail-spinning beyond rational belief. But one question: when are you actually going to take that promised break from the chat? My hankie is already soaked from crying for you.

Thanks for the heads up! Looking forward to seeing this from the comfort of home.

... To the May 4th GD meet-up at the movies. It's not Chicago's Soldier Field tickets, but after being shut-out of everything so far, it sure felt good to get tickets! And I will definitely be arriving early to look for anyone with Chicago extras!

After Hornsby's coincidental cancellations it does look promising for more shows and many more smiles. I for one would love to see them show some west coast and local heads some love, not a west coast guy or hater. I assumed mail order was primarily for west coast due to the small window of acceptance but let's not open that door. All in all they need to practice as a deadicated cohesive unit and am for as much shows as possible before Chicago for them to tighten up. So sending up some prayers for something to happen. I say a Warlocks show with only tickets at the door.

Tales from the Golden Road32 mins · SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Please join hosts Gary Lambert and David Gans for a special edition of Tales from the Golden Road today at 3pm ET/12 Noon PT. They will make a special announcement. That's TODAY at 3pm ET/12 Noon PT on the Grateful Dead Channel. SiriusXM Radio channel number 23.

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So should Klang

hey brothers and sisters- dont expect anything too dramatic in today's announcement and don't let your hopes get too high. its still only a 50/50 shot on added shows. this could all just be about simulcast deal. peace

Expect nothing, appreciate everything!

I hope that there is wonderful news for all today. Most of all, I hope for a final closure.

50/50 is flipping a coin. There is no chance involved here. This is more like 95/5. There is a whole lot of compass points pointing to more shows. 10? I don't know where that rumor came from, but I call bullshit. If it turns out to be 5/95 odds, there is a 100/1 shot the Mayor Klangmeister will drive a motorcycle into the Pacific Ocean screaming "I am the Wizard!" Announcing a simulcast is not major news, so my bets are on our esteemed sometimes here/sometimes not Mayor not riding off into the Pacific sunset. What is 100% certain is I will be in Chicago!

Me taking a break means not being here as often or for long periods of time. I still plan to pop in to keep abreast of what's happening. But apparently nothing is.

Repeat three times "I got no chance of losing this time".