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  • skenisahen
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    I don't nkow kids, the "boys" are old men now. Nina Simone had the decency to tour up to Seattle shortly before her death and I paid some big bucks to see her. The experience beat the ticket price by far and now she is dead and I have no chance of ever seeing her again. I say, if they're coming near you and you want to see them, be happy they're coming to a place that you can travel to as I, can't get time off work for such an escapade. When you think that $30 bucks was pretty norm for crappy seats in the 90's and you consider what the dollar is/isn't worth now, you can't possibly tell me that seeing them isn't worth $100. They're old and they've lived fast lives, we're lucky they can still pick up their instruments, let alone blow our minds... eff the money, its all a game anyway, but a lasting experience that you could carry with you forever is not a game and it is worth it. SO, that said, if you do go, don't get too blasted so you can hold on to what might be your last GD memory, just like many of you do with your remembrance of Jerry, Brent, Keith AND Vince, do also for Bob, Phil, Bill, Mickey, Jeff and Warren. | Wait until the veil is shredded, then reveal it |
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    I HEARD THIS ----AND STARTED DANCIN INN THE STREET
  • widespreadpanic12
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    Want to go to the CA shows in camping in the area of the forum? Or Shoreline the forum is where the lakers play right?
  • fleaflicker
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    People are pissed!!
    They have a "name the 2009 dead tour" thread over on ratdogs site. Theres stuff like " steal your wallet 2009" and "an arm and a leg tour 2009" The shit is bogus man! Shame on the dead!
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    "Can somebody answer me the simple question of what is going to be left over for them to stick in your envelope? I mean after presale online here (hopefully) and then TicketSheister?" The tickets that GDTS has been alloted...
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    if you mail order on tuesday, wednesday or thursday, i can't believe that you won't get tickets. you just won't know for awhile. some shows might sell out, (msg, philly), maybe on the weekend, maybe worcester because it's a bit smaller, but it will not be like back in the day. tuesday in buffalo, 19k people?? they will be promoting the crap out of it like you've seen on cnn, but those are outlets are one-offs unless it's a real slow news cycle. read some dialogue on philzone or some other forums out there. people are pissed about $100. again, we don't really know how many are $100 vs. $70, so hard to get totally crazy yet. in the end, people will pony up the $. just don't think it'll be as intense. i was looking at 5 shows and will now only be doing 2. if it was phil & phriends for $60, i'm all in!
  • southerntam
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    C'mon friends, we need some good vibes here...
    Let's all think positive...they're playing again!!!! It's all good, and it will all work out - I have no doubt!
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    Can somebody answer me the simple question of what is going to be left over for them to stick in your envelope? I mean after presale online here (hopefully) and then TicketSheister? Those of you comparing this to a Rat Dog tour are nuts. This is all going to sell out in a lickety split. Look at this http://us.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/06/grateful.dead/index.html This is going to be a scramble to get tickets. Get em off the line or be in the parking lot complaining and doing whippets. I've been there. So the big question remains: how will dead.net help US make sure that WE get our tickets! We need details now. thanks, pokey
  • bird.dog
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    How bad are second tier seats?
    Anybody know if you buy $60 seats at the Garden, what are we talking about? Is it $100 floor, $60 everywhere else, or what? Where do they draw the line?It would be nice to know, though I figure how bad can it be? At least I don't have to see them in a friggin football stadium. Good luck and keep yer head.
  • mdono1
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    gdtstoo is a valid and reliable method to buy tix. did so for years. hardest part is waiting to hear back. also, those who plan to do a bunch of shows have a ton of paperwork to do at home and the post office. a bit of a pain. was cool back in the day. expect that they will also put some sort of online, pre-sale deal out by tomorrow at the latest. phil used both methods for nokia run. either way, you're laying out your cash 3+ months ahead of shows. great way for someone (boys, promoters, et al) to make money on your money. can't imagine that they'll sell out too many of these shows. filling arenas that hold over 15k people will be tough. ratdog does not routinely sell out small theaters. phil neither with the exception of certain locales and weekend dates, etc. (nokia, warfield). in Fall '07, phil put on tremendous shows in syracuse and glens falls, ny (smaller hockey rinks) and didn't sell half of the places. we'll see if people buy the "cheap" ($70ish) seats versus the "good" ones ($100ish). me, no way i'm paying for high end seats. it's true that other acts (stones, police, etc.) charge large $, but they control the supply and create the demand. plus, they are the classic "one timers" as people don't go to multiple shows. going to be interesting.
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The band says Happy New Year with an announcement of almost twenty shows in April and May.  More details to come!

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Heck I just might have to volunteer for Rothbury this year....let me tell you it's one of the best! And I might just have to tour the whole shabang this year. Yet everytime I do this, I feel the lull period just before the tour...Damn I have no more money left! Oh well, maybe I'll go sell some Veggie Burritos and Gooey Goo Balls in downtown Naperville, IL Just kidding! That would be a joke, I tried this experiment (of non-deadshow vending) once in college at the Super Bowl...didn't work out so hot. But hey at least I'm enjoying the ride! _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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Rothbury? What is this Rothbury you speak of? Phil me in please! "That song Do the Hokey-Pokey scares me.....What if that IS what it's all about?"--George Carlin
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Check out the home page. Rothbury is a 4 day camping festival with Bob Dylan and The Dead (There only summer appearance thus far scheduled) among others, at Rothbury, Michigan over the July 4th weekend. Check out the dead.net homepage for links to the Rothbury web page. It is promised to be "sustainable camping" but it is anything but (see my post two pages ago).
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Ticket orders which include the April 12th show will ship at the end of the week of March 23rd.Once these orders ship, the rest of the tour will ship shortly thereafter. Therefore, ticket orders with shows in May will receive their tickets earlier than our regular 2 week window. Once tickets ship you will receive an email confirmation of your shipment along with the tracking number for your order. NOTE: IF YOU HAVE MOVED or would like to have your tickets shipped to another address, changes to addresses can only be made prior to the receipt of the e-mail notice of shipping by replying to this e-mail immediately with the new shipping information. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose
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When I first came on here, I posted a somewhat cynical comment about this "mail order" thing that the Dead has been doing for years. I may have said something like "its for people without credit cards". I am an avid music goer and control freak when it comes to tickets. There's no good seat I can't obtain. Except for this one. Anyway, I'm glad someone politely came on this message board and humbled me, that gdstoo.com has been a tradition for years among followers of the Grateful Dead. I took that advice and skipped the online presale, decorated my letter for a day, made sure my money order was perfect and handed it to my local mailwoman. All I can say is that this is a great day. The tickets arrived for the Denver show and they are beyond belief. I love this band and what gdstoo.com is doing. Next thank you note will be directly to them. I may even send a "real" letter. See everyone in Denver!
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gdtstoo rocks! thanks for letting us know that denver ticks are on the way.
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Just my opinion but, the reason they make us wait so long is because they don't want the scalpers to scalp.... Think about it......Moye-
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This is a huge problem too. Scalpers get their hands on great seats early on and then have months to make their best deals with them. However, this is made more difficult for them when they can't promise to the buyer that the seats they're selling are actually in hand at the time of the transaction. It may be a bit nerve-wracking to normal consumers like us, but this policy has been established with us in mind. A couple of years ago, I contacted the Boston Red Sox Web site after I was shut out during their annual "Sox Pax" ticket sale in December. Four-game packages for 32 games were up for sale on their site, complete with the virtual waiting room that we saw during the pre-sale for Dead tix this year. I'd gotten into the system, placed my order and had been kicked out before I could complete the purchase. I explained all of this in my email and asked if the folks at redsox.com would email me when the rest of the games went on sale. Instead, I got an email from the team's front office, asking me to call them back, which I did. The guy at the other end of the conversation apologized for the inconvenience and asked me what games I wanted tickets for and where I wanted to sit. I protested that the games I wanted to go to were all sold out, but he explained that the Red Sox have some of their staff people monitor eBay during the Sox Pax sale, to see if their tickets come up for sale there on the same day. If they do, the Red Sox cancel the sale! So, I was able to buy four seats to four games in '07, right behind home plate! Sometimes, just sometimes, the system works for us. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose
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True greensboro will be crowded. That means a huge shakedown. I got my fix and my tix
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Communication is key - if they would state up front that they want to hold on to the tickets until the last second to avoid scalpers then I am totally cool with that. But when musictoday doesn't say anything, then we are left to speculate and that leads to rumors and to frustration etc.... "When the smoke has cleared she said, that's what she said to me. You're gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy"
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Glad to hear you got your tix and things worked out well for you! What section are you in? We're gonna pitch a ball Down to the union hall We're gonna romp and stomp till midnight We're gonna fuss and fight till daylight We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long Shine On! Saint Stephen
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Got my tkts today for Albany .... and killer killer seats, floor, section 1 row 16..... thanks so much to GDTS TOO. The few times I have gotten great seats it was always from mail order, looks like the folks there have pulled it off again for meThanks again
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BIG GRINS!!! See everybodys tickets are arriving as show get closer.... "Theres a band out on the highway,Their high steppin into town, Its a rainbow full of sounds, and it's fire works, calliopes and clowns, And everybodys DANCIN!"
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just got an email from musictoday, presale tickets will be here sat. or Mon. They are in the ups system and heading this way, can't wait, 16 days till greensboro.
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I got the email too. I had managed to opt out of the default 2nd-day UPS shipping to the cheaper USPS shipping...without timing out the transaction. Given the way the presale went, the gods were smiling on THAT move. So MusicToday gave me the tracking number and a link to UPS! Which showed my tracking number to be invalid. Jumped onto the USPS website, used it there, and low and behold, left Charlottesville VA last night. I should have it by Saturday, since I'm just a state away in NC..right? Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile! See y'all at the show!
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This is all great news. A lot has been written here about the ticket buying process becoming too complicated. Part of that is due to how sophisticated scalpers have become. The demand for tickets has grown too, but the older, classic acts tour fewer and fewer days a year, which really squeezes the market as well. I've bought tickets from MusicToday in the past and they've always come through. You just have to wait a bit - but they get to you. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose
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Feels like spring is hear! Nice and sunny out today. Shows are gettin closer. Seems like the days between just flew by. Won't be long and we'll be shakin our bones to some good ol' grateful dead tunes!! "Wrote a letter, mailed it in the air, you may know my fella, i gotta a friend somewhere!!!"
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I received my Albany tickets the other day from GDTS TOO and was pleasantly surprised to see, what I believe to be, front row seats. They are FLR 3, Row A. According to seating chart they looked great. Rock on.
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Phil, Bobby and Warren are scheduled to appear on the ABC TV show, The View on Monday, where they're expected to play at least one tune. I'm not clear as to whether this broadcast will be truly live, or whether it was taped on an earlier date. What information I've been able to glean though indicates that this will be a live broadcast from NYC on Monday AM. The View is taped live at 11AM (East Coast Time), Mon-Thurs. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose
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Got word from friend about text message from Dead going out in NY area
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Bobby and Phil - along with Bill O'Reilly - are scheduled to join Baba Wawa, Whoopie Goldberg, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on ABC's The View on Monday morning. Check local listings. "When the smoke has cleared she said, that's what she said to me. You're gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy"
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Rumor floating around is free show in Battery Park, TV show, then PM at small venue.
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And yep, 11 A.M. on ABC, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh.NICE>>><<< "Theres a band out on the highway,Their high steppin into town, Its a rainbow full of sounds, and it's fire works, calliopes and clowns, And everybodys DANCIN!"
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This is all so exciting... We are getting closer ... "When the smoke has cleared she said, that's what she said to me. You're gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy"
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Thanks for the info all!_____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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I heard same rumors for Monday. "One watch by night, one watch by day If you get confused, listen to the music play"
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Got my tickets today for Wilkes Barre. THANK YOU GDTS, TOO!!!! Great seats. In all the years I've gotten tickets from them, they've never let me down. Muchas garcias!!! See you at the show!
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Just received an email and that stated my Greensboro tickets are on the way via UPS and what do you know, the tracking number actually worked....I should have 'em Monday....Does anybody know if they requrie a signature?
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Can anyone share the details of the shows on 3/30?
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Got my Denver ticket today - despite a foot of snow! Sec CCC row 13 - SMILE! SMILE! SMILE! We're gonna pitch a ball Down to the union hall We're gonna romp and stomp till midnight We're gonna fuss and fight till daylight We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long Shine On! Saint Stephen
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because hey, I got it, so I think if you've got a Dead.net account you got the message.
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from the email I received at 6:26 pm tonight"As a special thanks to our email and text alert subscribers, below is a link to an online form where you can enter for a chance to win tickets. The winners will be randomly selected and then notified via email."
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I got an e-mail time-stamped 12:24am on 3/28 with the link to enter. Clicked on the link and the pages said sorry, entry had expired! That is not kind! Why has the entry expired so quickly??
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You had to enter before 9PM East Coast time. I got the message when I came home...at 9:20PM. Ah well... It's still a very cool thing for the guys to do for the fans. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose
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No biggie. It is a nice thing to do.
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What a great way to show 'fan appreciation'...sure wish I could get to NY (from Chicago) by Monday, or I would've entered. It's too bad that with all the money-hungry scalpers out there, they can only pull this sort of thing off on VERY short notice. If you don't live in NY, ya gotta be ready to fly fast! For those of you lucky enough to win tix- Have a great time!!
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GRIN ON ;)......... Tickets are arriving..... "Theres a band out on the highway,Their high steppin into town, Its a rainbow full of sounds, and it's fire works, calliopes and clowns, And everybodys DANCIN!"
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Just saw the rehearsal stuff they have on u-tube, Man the guys sound like they're ready to go again! Everybody's real positive and already sounding great(wait till the ball gets rollin!!!) Cant believe I had to give my ticket/show money to a lawyer!! NEED A MIRACLE FOR WORCESTER 4/18-SEND ME TWO TIX-I'LL BE YER BEST FRIEND......:-)
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Whow.. freeekZ! Iwon one to Roseland! email came in little after noon.. ok gotta get a flight like real quick and wife says no way she can go on such short notice from work.. crap anyone got a good mind-meld I can do on her like real quick!?
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I am going to Gramercy and Roseland!!! I will fill you guys in on Tuesday. "One watch by night, one watch by day If you get confused, listen to the music play"
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Have fun you guys! Yes and please give us details! "When the smoke has cleared she said, that's what she said to me. You're gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy"
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So awesome to the winners....hope you have a twirlin good time! It will be a grateful time no doubt. Keep us updated!_____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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Just got my tickets for denver...still waiting and hoping for a miracle on an email for Mondays show.