My vision of hell would be something like going to see LCD at T5. It would take hours, I would be dead tired the next day, and I wouldn’t see a fucking thing. So thank god I got a tix to the msg gig april 2nd.
Here aare the rules for the T5 concerts
-monday and tuesday, march 28 & 29 will feature liquid liquid.
-wednesday and thursday, march 30 & 31, will feature shit robot live.
-tickets for all four terminal 5 shows (march 28/29/30/31) will go onsale via ticketmaster at 9.00am on tuesday 22nd.
-there is a two ticket per person limit.
-the cost of a ticket is $40.00. ticketmaster charges will be $6.90 plus $2.05 per order handling fee. (that’s the best we could get, apparently)
-(as an attempt to avoid the “secondary market”) there will be no hard tickets. the only way to get in to terminal 5 on the nights of the shows will be to show i.d. at will call and then immediately enter the venue.
-we’re told that ticketmaster will also sweep the online purchases daily and delete any duplications from potential scalper bots. (please come to the venue early on show nights – the line for entry may be long). if the tickets for the shows don’t sell out very quickly, we’ll stop the duplicate ticket thing and allow people to buy tickets for multiple nights. (just want to make sure all who want to go get a ticket before “multiples”, if that makes any sense).
-oh… and we can’t do a walk-up ticket buy at the mercury lounge box office this time (w/o ticketmaster fees) because those are only the hard tickets, which can be sold afterwards. (yes, i asked about putting names on the hard tickets.)
-more important: we’re as bored of this ticket stuff as you are, so let’s just have fun a few last times, and then get some food! 2 more liquid liquid shows! the new york debut of mr. shit robot live, maybe featuring some guests! loudness and lights! fancy stuff!
The only plus? The awesome Shit Robot opening a coupla dates.
Oh, plus? If you change you’re mind and decide to sell your friend your tix? You’re fucked.
I understand Marshall’s concern about scalpers. But get over it. Really, that’s the problem you’re trying to fix? Really, really?
I was discussing this with my friend Sherry Davis on Friday. Sherry and I once stood in line for hours at the Tower on Herald Squared to get tix to Barbra Streisand’s “farewell” concert at MSG . Worth every second.
It is better now, if you pay attention and you are a loner, you can get a tix to what you want.
Sherry was reminding me of SPENDING THE NIGHT ON LINE FOR A SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT!
I’m lazy, I would pay somebody to hold my place.
And anyway… let the market dictate prices.
Oh, and Shit Robot better be playing April 2nd.