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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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Compromise
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.
I hope to wake up high over ABQ
...on a jet to the promised land.
@hasek...for a brief period....
Los Angeles give me Norfolk VirginiaTidewater four ten o nine
Tell the folks back home this is Klanger callin
Poor boys on the line....
For space on his lawn...
I'll pay for the shipping PLUS a back-up T.
will yep I still dont know
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.
back in the game.
Well I'll back in the game. Hopefully better luck this time.
santa clara: done right
it sure looks like this is as fair as can be in this day and age. good luck to all in the pool.
I'm in the pool for Levi's
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.
Night one first song Levi
"Let the Good Times Roll" to get this Fare Thee Well off and rolling on the right (or left) foot!!
San Francisco 49er Ticket Holders
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
confirmation
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
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.
@Yesterday
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
Box Of Rain
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!
@Newuser123 re: 49ers season ticket holders
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.
Santa Clara Shows
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?
Santa Clara Helping Chicago Heads with no Tickets
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!!!
Updates
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.
The Band with the Heart of Gold
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.
Hats off to you waterlikewine!
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!!
santa clara
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.
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait!
I can hear'em tuning up from here. One day closer till the magic and sounds saturate our souls! Grateful!!!!
Well said waterlikewine
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.
how many this time
I wonder how many tickets were reserved this time for "mail" order compared to Chicago?
CID VIP/Travel packages
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!
Ebay Santa Clara
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.
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!
Grateful Dead Santa Clara Seating Prices?!
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