Kittykittybangbang and I are going too. Tumblr meetup at the show? :)
No joke, this shit “sold” out in about one minute. Unfortunately, a lot of the tickets went to people who have no intention on going. The culture of ticket scalping has really gotten out of control. It takes the fun out of being a fan when you know you might get shut out from getting tickets because some 50 year-old dude who sits at home trolling ticket sales has snatched them all up and will sell them back to you for 4 times face value. You have to be fucking rich to see shows! I paid over 100 dollars twice to see Coldplay, and that was just some normal person selling tickets they couldn’t use, not the malevolent scalper scumbags. If I were a kid right now I’d be so fucked. I could barely save my money to get 50 dollar Nsync tickets in high school.
Bands really need to start cracking down on this bullshit. I bought my NIN ticket through the NIN.com website presale, and they were will call only, with your name printed on the ticket and you needed photo ID to pick them up. Miley Cyrus’ new tour will have paperless tickets, meaning you have to have the credit card used to buy the tickets to get in. Sure, these kind of systems suck when something comes up and you can’t go to a show and want to sell your ticket, but I think I’d much rather be out 50 bucks for one show knowing future shows I try to get tickets for will actually HAVE some fucking tickets available.
That being said, anyone wanna buy a Virgin Free Fest ticket?
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I assure you nobody in the NIN camp supplies or supports the practice of supplying tickets to these re-sellers because it’s not something we morally feel is the right thing to do. We are leaving money on the table here but it’s not always about money. Being completely honest, it IS something I’ve had to consider. If people are willing to pay a lot of money to sit up front AND ARE GOING TO ANYWAY thanks to the rigged system, why let that money go into the hands of the scalpers? I’m the one busting my ass up there every night. The conclusion really came down to it not feeling like the right thing to do - simple as that.
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A Boss Inauguration Event
Whose going? I’m going.
For DC folks, the show starts at 2 PM at the Lincoln Memorial. Our friends across the country can catch a free broadcast of the event on HBO (you don’t need HBO, just cable or digital TV):
Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington.
More info at WaPo…
Baby, he was born to run…
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Nine Inch Nails shows was great. They made incredible use of these massive screens with blinding LED’s that moved to the band’s sound and sometimes touch. They opened with Discipline, from their nee album, The Slip.
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Mosh Pit Waiver. Nothing more heavy than legal waivers.
Jason: What a great set by mooney suzuki. (via Twitter / Jason)
