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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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I'm In There Somewhere
Box of Rain !!!. There is a pending $467 charge on my card. Ordered 3 tickets each show in cheap seat level $59 to $99, so I don't know where I am, but me & my bros will be there somewhere. Kinda like many Dead shows over the years. Rev up the Dead Sled, we're going for a ride. On the bus since 1967, long strange trip.
Not Selected Notice
I just received one. That completes the big oh-fer. C'est la vie.
Going to Sant Clara
After sweating it out for weeks to be ultimately denied for Chicago...this go around was amazing. Just received amex statement for charges...doesnt matter where the seats are...the bus is coming by and we are getting on...Good luck to all!!!
electronic pinkie...
Received my e-pinkie moments ago...
We regret to inform you that you were not selected for tickets.
Please note that your card was not charged and your number will be deleted from our system.
For any customer service related questions, please contact customerservice@ticketstoday.com
Re-dejected
I'm dejected again. I quit being a deadhead, gonna be a Kenny Chesney fan instead, it's so much easier to get tickets
Don't buy those plane tickets yet!
It is widely known that pending transactions are charges which have been authorized but the merchant has not yet submitted the actual charges for processing.
Don't mean to bring everyone down...but you don't have tickets yet.
Sometimes the lights all shining on me ...
Hey, at least this time they all went to Heads and there won't be any on the secondary market (wink, wink). Congrats to the devoted who rolled and came up seven. May still make the 3000 mile jaunt just for the ride. Always was half the adventure anyway.
I was wrong...
I guess they are charging. I had the CC notice and just checked email. I'm in. Now I just have to figure out how to get from NY to SC.
Good luck to everyone.
Yahoo for all of you !!
That rhymes, in case you didn't notice.
Seriously, I'm so glad for all that got SC tickets. I'm sure you're in for... a real good time. Warm 'em up sweetly, won't you? They need to sound good, so I can hear 'em waaaaay up in the Soldier Field nosebleeds.
And to those that didn't? At least ya didn't have to wait six weeks to find out! Peace y'all ! :-)
So much for these tickets going to the true fans
Stub hub has 628 tickets available, and thats just now..still a lot more postings to come
From Pending to Confirmed
Just got the confirmation email for Santa Clara...no need to wait on bank! Wow!!!
SO GRATEFUL ;)
denied again
Gonna take what Jerry left and call it a day.
As for the core four..... thanks for nothing.
@spacetrucker
This guy alone (advantagetixx) has 198 tickets up on eBay. Not quite a waterproof system. Here's just one of his listings for GA up to 30 tickets:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-30-Tickets-Grateful-Dead-6-27-Levis-Stadium-S…
One More Saturday Night
I got lucky today and got picked for the cheap seat tickets , To those who didn't score, don't give up, miracles happen. These tickets are in the hands of the fans. Keep scouting the boards, one of the unwritten "rules" of the Dead community is never sell a GD ticket above face value. These tickets are going to the fans, not some season ticket holder for football.. Don't pay scalper prices, and the price comes down. It's one thing to ask $3 or$4 thousand for a ticket, and another thing altogether to actually sell them for that. Not everyone is in this for the money. Hang in there, keep searching.
My cheap seats are in rear section, no view behind the stage, but I don't care & there will be video screens. And Bill & Mickey pounding out the drums, Phil pumping out the biscuits, and Bobby singing every song that driver knew. And most important, a stadium full of Heads. A fan since May 67 when I was 16. 48 Dead years for me, (not quire 50). To those who missed out on the ticket lottery , keep on truckin, you never know.
Umm...
Um people I am really sorry I was complaining about my tix...I thought everyone was going to get them...and the posts before I was ranting, were all positive. I am super sorry I didn't buy more, I didn't think it was going to be the gong show it was before since this was set up differently.
I have my seat numbers - one in the nosebleeds and one behind the stage. I can share one ticket if someone needs one...(I don't want to, but if it is this bloody like with Chicago, I am willing to do so)
Peace and my apologies for being that spoiled little brat who got what he wanted but it wasn't good enough.
Oh yeah - not that this helps, but TM says that they are on general sale on the 20th of April (whatever is left)
Congrats to all lotto winners
congrats to everyone who won the lotto!! i just got my rejection email, but i am keeping high hopes that i score some tickets for the santa clara shows! if you have an extra, keep me in mind! cheers and have fun out there!
3d seating
Check out your seats here, the cheap ones aint so bad:
http://www.seats3d.com/nfl/levis_stadium/
3d seating
Check out your seats here, the cheap ones aint so bad:
http://www.seats3d.com/nfl/levis_stadium/
If it were football
If I was going to a 49'rs game - I have an AWESOME seat on Sunday...however for the Dead, it is behind the stage. On Saturday, I am practically in Seattle! (sec 414 row 23) and depending on how Ram Rod and the boys assemble the stage curtains, I may be looking at screens as well...
Rejected again
Just got back home and found the rejection email waiting for me. At least I got meet-up at the movies tickets! Anyone with a pair for either day, let me know.
Stubhub has our tickets
Stubhub shows 1049 tix for Sat 6/27 and 986 for Sun 6/28 as of 7:22PM PT.It would seem more than a few non-deadheads got tickets for these shows, yet many of us were shutout of all 5. What happened?
pink slip
Did not get a single ticket through any of the methods. Oh well at least some people get to go to all five. Wish I had 10,000$ to spend on going to concerts! I'm not really sure what to make about all this. There were lots of shows that didn't sell out on the last few tours since The Other Ones and then all of sudden people care again because it's the last one. It could've always been the last one and this many people didn't give a shit then!
Weird how when people know something is final they get all desperate for one more chance but when they can go all they want they choose to ignore it. Whatever happened to seize the day?!
Always a simulcast still! Gotta find the biggest speakers I can get my hands on.
@dire...you're right
don't it always seem to go you don't know what you got til it's gone?
been living in Tx the last 6 years..dead dont do texas and I generally don't travel for shows..but made an exception this time because it is the last
no love left
I was trying to stay upbeat, but after getting shut out 5/5 I have no love for the core four. Way to f' your fans over....again. it seems they rather chase the mighty dollar then the music. I mean how many new dead tunes have you heand without Jerry? Nuff said. Jerry drove the train and the rest are now chasing Jerry's ghost. Time for this guy to get off the bus and remember what Jerry left. in the end that's all that matters. Jerry BTW is the only one who was just as good without the dead than he was with it.
Overcharged by TicketMaster
If you were lucky to get in, check the charges. My seats are 79.50 seats and I was charged $119.99. I'm not complaining; I've got an unobstructed view and after reading the comments on here, I feel very lucky to get the pair. But what's up with overcharging? I've got an email in to TicketsToday, but so far, no answer. Not nice.
Topsy Turvy - Leijdi and Bobloblaw
And we are all in this together - some have been lucky all the way through. Some - NOT.
After being lucky (and feeling humbled by the love) with ticketmaster I got no-view nosebleed seats for Chicago. I'm excited. It's what I needed to get me there, at the time.
I got my rejection email for Santa Clara and boy it sure hurts! Smarts in the heart! The stadium is not too far from me so I'll be looking for a ride from the ride board I think and getting my self down there for the weekend... I Need A Miracle!!!
I am pulling 6 day weeks to make Chicago happen, so no snubshlub tickets for me. I will keep my eye out for face value tickets so please think of me okay? This will be my first... It makes my heart beat fast just to type that.
I am so happy for everyone. properlejdi no worries - I thought everyone was going to get in too for some weird reason.
Bobloblaw! - Yeaaa!!!! So happy you got a seat!! See you on the lot maybe :) and definitely in Chicago!!
Peace family.
Nightz.
Lottery requests submitted
Firstly, congratulations to everyone that received tickets and will actually be using them to attend the shows. As for everyone that received tickets with no intention on going to the shows, may your investment bring you a negative return.
Anyway, I would sure like to hear how many individual requests were submitted for this lottery and how many tickets in total were requested. Having been shutout of all 5 shows, I am disgusted seeing the growing number of tickets available for the Santa Clara shows on Stubhub and Ebay. There were suppose to be 65,000 tickets per show for this scalper unfriendly lottery, so why are so many tickets showing up on the secondary sites? I really want to hear the numbers on the lottery requests. It would also be great to hear how many lottery requests were disqualified.
I really thought everyone that got shutout for Chicago would get tickets this time. We're still hopeful here in Los Angeles, but like direwulf, we don't have piles of cash to throw at this and find our situation pretty depressing.
Anyone that doesn't want their nosebleeds or noviews, send me a PM, we would be all smiles with them.
Maybe
There maybe a ticket to each night - I am working out the logistics with another here but if there is an extra, they WILL be sold here and for face value - this I promise. Like you said Stella, I kind of figured that there was no way we wouldn't all get tickets. That and everyone that posted before I stupidly said my crap, had killer tickets and big charges...I have humbly removed my comments as it was like complaining at a funeral that the deceased owed you $20...I apologize people.
For now - I have stumbled onto maybe one of the coolest things Google has ever done for the masses https://insideabbeyroad.withgoogle.com/en
Sad
I know it's easy to take out our anger on the band, but it's more reflective of the greedy society we live in. I am one of the all three times unlucky; sent the letter on time even spent it an hour getting it to be artful, tried ticketmaster only to be shut out after a 45 min hold, tried the Santa Clara lottery as well.
I do believe the band felt bad enough to schedule the Santa Clara show, but I still don't understand why it seems like the majority of tickets some how went to the big ticket agencies.
For all you scumbags trying to profit over something like this; well I believe what goes around comes around and you'll get yours. At the very least when the dead play in heaven, you won't be able to attend so PHUCK YOU!
A View From Abroad
When the Chicago shows were announced I thought it wasn't worth the effort and expense of trying for tickets, given that I'd also have to buy flights from the UK. I wasn't that keen on the Hornsby line-up anyway (saw them in London in 1990) and the Dead ain't the Dead without Jerry...But the Santa Clara announcement from the boys seemed like a personal invite to a very special party and I found it easy to imagine being somewhere in that huge, writhing mass of US Deadheads, singing 'Tennessee, Tennessee....' at the top of my lungs. I threw my (potentially very expensive) hat in the ring and thought that fate would deliver me my first and last opportunity to be part of a unique musical and cultural experience in the California sun (I saw them at the Bickershaw Festival in '72, which was magic but still cold, wet and uncrazily British).
Getting the 'sorry, but no' email last night was a big let-down. At least I followed the doo-dah man's advice and laid my cards down but, even though I had no chance of losing this time, I'm out of the game.
I'm sure all the shows will be hugely enjoyable and precious, even if the music doesn't hit the heights. Have fun, y'all!!
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken & thoughts unclear
Love is in this dream and it is a true shame to see comments against the band and their continued gifts to the world. They kept truckin' through so many decades for the love of the music and kept the dream alive that burns in so many of us still. This golden band, Hunter, Barlow we are all better for all they have shared. So many lives touched and in that scope their are more fans than tickets. Be thankful you were ever on that blessed bus or get off at the next stop, no room on the bus for bitterness or negativity. Peace and see the grate minded folk knee deep in smiles and the music.
2 for each day @SC!!
I am one of the lucky ones. Sec.121 for Sat. and 405 for Sun. My good buddy got both days also!!It is a miracle!! Congrats to all the lucky ones!!
I was overcharged, too. I
I was overcharged, too. I didn't request nosebleeds, but that's what they sold me for $120 each. Not happy about that.
Will-Call Cull?
I wonder if the selection of will-call for SC was used as a method to help decide who got tix...I just got an email (below) that they are now going to send me my tix for free...wonder if will-call was going to be a gong show (like most everything else) and now they are thinning the pack...in any event, this is one less thing to worry about now.
Hello,
The delivery method you chose for your Fare Thee Well Santa Clara tickets was Will Call for International Customers outside of the US/Canada. We have changed the shipping method on your actual order to USPS First Class Mail at no charge, so your tickets will be shipped to you when we get closer to the show dates.
By using USPS 1st Class Mail , it does NOT mean that your tickets will be shipped out immediately. Tickets will be shipped no later than 15 business days (approximately 3 weeks) before the event date; however they might be shipped earlier.
Please reply to this e-mail if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Customer Service Dept.
Thanks Stella!
Yeah, I'm super exciited and very appreciative. Also, if I would have been able to select one day only I definitely would have picked Saturday over Sunday so I feel pretty damn lucky. A seat with a view is just the cherry on top. I hope some availability develops on the SC shows, because it looks like a lot are for sale through the typical scalper resources, ugh. See you at both venues, rockin' the SD tee!
S.C. Ticket Delivery & S.C. Simulcast
If the Santa Clara tickets are sent out three weeks or earlier, then the scum scalpers will have plenty of time to fulfill stub hub/ebay orders. The Shapiro announcement/letter from the boys stated the S.C. method would deter scalpers.
As I have read on this forum MANY times, if we do not buy from scalpers, then prices will drop and tickets will be available at the venue the day of the show.
Any news on a Santa Clara simulcast? I have Saturday Night tickets, but would like to stay Sunday for either a Miracle or a simulcast.
Santa Clara notifications???
I have heard lots of rejections and some acceptances.
But I have also heard a few limbo (no word either way).
I'm in limbo. I'm hoping limbo is good sign.
Anyone have any idea? theory?
SC Limbo
Call your credit card company and see if there has been any charges for them...that will tell you immediately.
I am taking names of people who have been shut out of all 5 shows...I have a short list of people who...well...you can guess where this is going...but I want to see who here ISN'T getting in to any shows...be honest people
No evil thoughts of reselling either...actually you can't I will HAND them to you (with a beer or two) at the show! :)
No SC Luck -- Help For A Newbie?
No tickets for me for SC -- got the rejection email yesterday (Wednesday 4/15).
This would have been my first (only) GD show -- Have gotten into them (to the point of an obsession) over the past few years since moving out to the Santa Clara area (San Jose)...
I definitely don't want to feed the reseller market. (Can't really afford it anyway.)
Apart from heading to the stadium parking lot and hoping to find someone with a pair to sell, what other options do I have? Are there other online resources where fans sell to other fans that I can check out? (Google is only listing StubHub, eBay, etc.)
Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!
B.J.
@bj23
i really think that the overall demand for the santa clara shows in quite a bit lower than the chicago shows. there are tons of people trying to trade santa clara for chicago and it isn't happening. keep looking at cashortrade.org over the next few days. keep your ears open here and other on-line communities. look on craigslist. i was shut out of the lotto, but today a buddy said he couldn't make it and he let me have his cheap seats. obstructed view and i couldn't be more happy- all i am saying is that the santa clara tickets are out there and easier to obtain than chicago. also, you live so close to the venue that showing up with an open heart and mind and a finger in the air can't hurt. you'll get in.