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has brought out his entrepreneurial spirit!

Mrs. #88 weighed in and barfed at the notion of me paying for another over-priced package. So I'm in the lottery fingers crossed. Time to tack on another 40 tracks to my fantasy setlist.

You're in the lottery as well..? Hoochie mama.... Left my home in Norfolk Va... California on my mind.... Hey Klang.... Here's Johnny!!!!!

...on a jet to the promised land.

Los Angeles give me Norfolk VirginiaTidewater four ten o nine Tell the folks back home this is Klanger callin Poor boys on the line....

I'll pay for the shipping PLUS a back-up T.

You dug mighty deep for that one.

Sabres best goalie ever.....Brett Hull in the crease....goal... Nooooooo!! You got sloppy seconds there.... He was great in his day....

although I have copies of the cashed MOs...I don't have confirmation from GDTSTOO that I have tix. I dont have time and $ to do both so it would be "nice" if I knew that the MO cashed 10+ weeks ago actually got me a ticket.

wow...how did you know/remember I'm still in limbo?

Well I'll back in the game. Hopefully better luck this time.

it sure looks like this is as fair as can be in this day and age. good luck to all in the pool.

AGREED! This has got to be the fairest system I have ever seen to get tickets. Too bad they didn't go this route the first time. But still, MAJOR KUDOS to the band for doing it this way for Santa Clara. I think it is awesome and I really like their letter to the fans. Very heartfelt.

Looks like you're sitting pretty. Your confirmation e-mail, must have got lost...somewhere down the line. Hopefully your delivery address didn't. Thinking happy thoughts for you that your order will be filled and we will see you in Chi-town!

thanks...i would like to think i'm good, too, but would love to know FO SHO

"Let the Good Times Roll" to get this Fare Thee Well off and rolling on the right (or left) foot!!

Wow can't wait

Do 49er Ticket holders get 1st dibs or presale on these tickets?..I already see Luxury Suite tickets for sale on one of the Scalper sites

You said your money orders were cashed. If that's true, you're sitting pretty. A pinkie requires return of your original MOs And if your MOs were cashed, your ticket request was not lost. I would rest easy.

GDTSTOO Is now taking emails on status questions. I they said a lot of the emails they sent got bounced back, so maybe they read yours incorrectly. Try contacting them to ease your mind.

elvis sent me the confirming email last night. i did not put my email on the 3x5. inexplicable. i am generally overly anal about that kind of stuff. I had always assumed i was in when we got copies of the cashed MOs but it puts my mind at ease to dot this particular lower case j. but, whatever the circumstance, I am OFFICIALLY going to FTW. thanks all for the encouragement and positive vibes.

Yesterday was the day as thought by many. Thank you guys for helping everyone out . I still wish it were only a 3 night commitment to the July 4th weekend shows . For the only reason of catching up with old touring friends. Now it seems as if those on west coast get their wishes and it makes it even more difficult for others to get out west. All that said this is GREAT news.

I loved reading the two page letter from Bobby and boys...and I can see many many folks in SF getting some go-juice for the carb and firing up the old bus one more time. I see hundreds of kind folks saying, okay, a mini tour. We'll start in SClara and end in Chicago. Get the busses, vans, wagons and mopeds gussied up, friends, it's tour-time! geoallisokmeister

Well, it's nice to finally have a positive flow on here and those who dropped out for awhile are back. It's a shame that so many abandoned the band [in some sense] and doubted where their heart and intentions were. I didn't need to have a heartfelt letter to know where my faith lies. There is no doubt, the band underestimated the depth of the Deadhead Community and foolishly didn't realize they should have done the Cali shows right from the start. And, personally I think it would have made more sense to have the Cali shows following Chicago [starting where it ended and ending where it started], but hindsight is 20/20 eh! Water under the bridge; it is what it is! Now remember folks, there is a good chance some of you who have been shut out, may still not get into Levi! So, I just hope the vibe doesn't revert back to the whining and bashing that has been going on for weeks! Peace brothers and sisters, and remember this is not the end of the music!

congratulations man! what a long strange trip for you. see you in chicago.

thanks. looking forward to seeing all the kind SDers

I assume that the answer is yes, they do get dibs at buying tickets for there season seats. The Stewart Sallo article says that 90% of the tickets will be issued via the lottery. The other 10 is likely season holders, GD friends and family, etc.

I am having trouble getting to the ticket request. When I click on "add to cart", it does nothing after that. (Even if I let it run 12 Hours.) Does anyone know how I can get it to work or a different method of accomplishing the task?

You may want to clear your cache and try again (or use another browser). I just tried with Firefox and had no issues. Tickets went right into cart and charges popped up with no wait whatsoever. Good luck.

Stub Hub Total Tickets for Sale. Fri, Sat, Sun & 3 Day March 7 – 5245 March 31 - 6022 April 9 – 6353 April 10 - 6426 April 12 - 6604 Plus 178 more tickets added from just 2 days ago!!! Prices also coming down! June will be the Sweet Spot!!!

Thanks for the continued updates, D.W.C. We are still ticketless for Chicago. After weighing the options, the SC shows just aren't an option for my wife and I. We are holding on to our hotel room for 7/4 and 7/5, and I hope to score reasonable tickets for at least one of the nights prior to heading to Illinois. I am so happy for you West Coast Heads. You deserved a close show all along, and wisdom within the band apparently prevailed. Someday, I would like one or more of the band to state whether or not they ever considered a mini-tour. It definitely looks like Ebay forced many sellers to pull their listings. It would be best for all parties (ticketless Heads and scalpers alike !!) if Ticketmaster and GDSToo distributed the tickets sooner rather than later in June. Peace, and see you in 83 days.

Thank you Bobby, Mickey, Billy and Phil for doing these shows. Thank you once again in being consistent in caring about your fans. Thank you for doing extra shows and taking the time out of your busy lives to plan, for the new shows, based on the new information about demand. Thank you for caring for us and loving us for 50 years. Thank you for so much caring it is written in the letter for those who do not understand the depth of your love and commitment to us.Thank you for not giving up when your brothers left us way too soon, putting the heartaches aside and carrying on. Thank you for the music you have given us for 50 years. Thank you for working so hard to send out joy to the world. Thank you for researching how to keep the whole thing safe time and again so there never is an issue with being safe at the concerts, thank you for being politically active, working for the greater good, creating things that will put others in a better place. Thank you for your donations over the years, thank you for hiring attorneys to fight for things that are unjust. Thank you for stepping up stopping shows and saying hey it is too tight up here in the front ya all got to take a step back, Now on the count of three everybody take a step back ready one two three take a step back that is it. again now one two three... thank you for moving the concert to a different venue when there were too many dead heads and not enough tickets. Thank you for playing for free for so many years, thank you for not quiting when people stole your face right off your head a time or two, thank you for putting on expensive concerts and making virtually nothing time and again. There are no words. The great thing about my discovery that I am not the only dead head left out there is that rather than mope around because my band is like ending, and I am like broken hearted forever is that now I go around having panic attacks just like the good ole days, how am I gonna get tickets for Santa Clara? How am I gonna get tickets for my friends who want to go to Ci town I am as anxious as a child waiting for santa to come down the chimney. Will I get a ticket? oh my gosh, I have to go, I have to go, I just have to go because I love you so. So the final big thank you is for taking me back to feeling like that young child again and so excited about these events. WE are all like going crazy, we got tickets we did not get tickets, it takes away the heart ache of the red roses that in a younger garden grow.

Hey I was just laying in bed and read your heartfelt comment... It really touched me as I feel the same way on so many levels...I just HAD to know I was going- so the Santa Clara tix request couldn't do it for me...I purchased Friday thru CID- the sunshine daydream package and feel I got a great deal for a two night package. Great seats- two nights at section 142 and I have to say- I've been floating on a cloud since Friday's purchase. I failed all previous avenues for Chicago tix and I was prepared to pay the inflated prices come June- worse came to worse. I am so grateful for the original lineup doing the extra shows in Cali...and like you, after reading the bands letter, I feel their hearts are and always have been with their fans. See you all in Cali - it's going to be absolutely incredible!!

Ticketmaster says there is a presale today. Wondering if santa clara will even sell out. VIP went on sale friday and still a bunch of options.

STUNNING NEWS !!! And yes, pre-sale starts @ 10am PDT on TM. I thought this was an exclusive with TicketsToday? hmmmm????

49er's pre-sale only it says on TM.

I can hear'em tuning up from here. One day closer till the magic and sounds saturate our souls! Grateful!!!!

General Public pre-sale also then starts in a week. And packages galore still for CID available. Guess the Cally folks are't lining-up?

And Thank You GD for providing a place for all the "misfits" to be together and help each other through the years. I feel like a kid again too! Peace... See you all in Chicago.

I wonder how many tickets were reserved this time for "mail" order compared to Chicago?

The CID packages are also done by lottery. They may be still available but that does not mean you have purchased them. Good luck to all!

travel and ticket packages are different. travel pak locks up vip seat now. ticket pak is a lottery just like mail order. cheers

You in for SC?

Our first Santa Clara listing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRATEFUL-DEAD-One-1-Two-Day-GA-FIELD-Ticket-San… Not sure how this is legit yet. Also, CID travel packages are not by lottery as I have one.

NFADead50.net Sing to the band!

way cool.....thanks marye

I heard this announcement yesterday on Tales from the Golden Road. The lady said that their original idea was to have everyone buy a $0.64 rose to give to the band, but since that would have been a logistical nightmare they decided to do a mass donation effort to the Rex Foundation instead. What a great idea! Gotta love the singing to the band as well. Clap, clap, clap...clap, clap!

For the morning's feklempt moment <3

Is this a typo, why are the GA Pit tickets half the price of GA floor? Pit is in front of the stage, while Floor is behind the Pit. • $99.50 - GA Pit • $199.50 - GA Floor