Grateful Dead

Been reading comments from people who have used AXS ticketing, and I'm really leery about using the system for the pre-sale now. Examples include buyers having to enter a 'waiting room' for long periods of time, only to get dumped out to retry again. Some accounts have stated getting to the venue and the attendant saying that they couldn't enter because someone had already used that ticket. Someone said that they received a surprise email months after ordering tickets, confirming cancellation of their order. Shocked at the news, this person stated that AXS forced a 10% refund on them. I urge everyone wanting to go to these shows to read some of the reviews on AXS Facebook page. Any of your opinions on this are welcomed. All I know is that Chicago is a long haul for lots of people to go, only to be told at the gate that their tickets have been oversold. I'm REALLY pumped about going to the shows and don't want anyone to get ripped off.

So here's the deal....50 years is sumpin....most of us want to be there....personally, I wouldn't miss it for the world, and am taking my son. So right off the bat, I got the plane tickets, and the hotel room...and then four days later did the mail order...maybe I'll get the tix, maybe not. Maybe the fan club pre-sale will work for me, maybe not...maybe ticketmaster will work, maybe not...maybe I'll do the VIP deal and skip the mortgage, maybe not...but it is THE show to get to, period. Here's a story for you on this peaceful Saturday night:...back in "the day" which was the probably in the 90's, when the only way to get tickets was mail-in or stand in line at Ticketmaster, I got to the only outlet in town at 7:30 am...they opened at 9:45 or so, tix went on sale at ten ...but we all knew that the ticket register went "live" a couple of minutes early...I at there in my lawn chair, feeling pretty smug, and dumb too, but smug, because I was the first in line and all...and when they opened the door, I ran over to the ticket outlet...I think the store was a sporting goods place, and selling tix was a sideline....and told the clerk, "I'll give you a ten-spot for every ticket you can punch out before 10 AM...they otta start showing tickets being available at 9:58, and then you start punching buttons, here's the cash". He said, "Really? We can't sell tickets before ten am...but it's my last day here anyway, so what the heck". The show was at Shoreline, and when the blank screen lit up, he started hammering away at the keyboard...I had a wad of cash and every-time he scored a ticket, I slapped down two twenties for the ticket and a ten spot for him...he hammered, I slapped...inside of three minutes I had one ticket for each day.,,and one was on row BBB, right in front. Later, when being escorted down to the seat for one of the shows, way way way down in front, I heard someone say..."he must know some-one, no way are those seats available for the public". All you can do is smile, smile smile.... Anyhow, best of luck to everyone. I hope you all get tickets, get a compfy place to stay, and join in the event of a lifetime for many of us. As Bill said many years ago, "They aren't just the best at what they do, they are the only ones who do what they do". And they'll be there this 4th of July weekend, doing it again...You gonna be there? Hope so...cheers and love to all!

Do you know if you can buy tickets for the Chicago shows on this site or any other site?