Welcome to the Official September 13 Tampa, FL, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Meetup/Review Thread. This thread is to discuss anything leading up to the show, as well as all reviews.
Let's hear it !!
Welcome to the Official September 13 Tampa, FL, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Meetup/Review Thread. This thread is to discuss anything leading up to the show, as well as all reviews.
Let's hear it !!
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
I'm there! Room is booked...
Originally Posted by wiseguy
Yo vain have you heard anything about whats included in the vip packages and prices ?
Nose bandages and towels...
well that will be at least 500 bucks
The usual.. Seats in the first 20 rows, soundcheck and some bullshit swag. Front row is $1000. Bring your wallet.
A thousand bucks to stand in the front row. What, they gonna get a time machine and go back and get 1981 Dave and have him singing? Cause that's the only way it would be worth a grand.
American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.
and bassplayer back
and my hair back
and a free guitar
Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!
I saw Van Halen from the seventh row on the fair warning tour for 13 dollars and fifty cents. fuck this
Well, adjusting for inflation, 13 bucks then is about $35 now.
What has really changed is promoters have created a monopoly on the big shows...so being able to sit on the lawn for $50 or $60 really isn't too bad considering.
It is outrageous though, but people will pay that amount so really just meeting the market demand.
Before the promoters caught up to the scalpers it was pretty hard to get decent tickets anymore anyway buying the day they went on sale...its always been crooked, at least starting in the mid-1980's
Roth Army Canada
I disagree slightly. Paying 50 dollars and not even getting a chair to sit in is ridiculous
I saw them in their prime and I don't even think the tickets cost $15. I think I saw VH general admission for $8.50 in 1980 if I remember right. No frisking. No cameras. You smuggled in your half pint, joints passed around, some dude was lighting off fire crackers, the girls flashed their titties at Dave. The good old days.
No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!
I have my 1984 stub somewhere...I think it was 18.75...including Ticketmaster fees.
Yeah but I was making $8.50 an hour in high school. What kids make now isn't much more than that but what they have to pay has risen. A VH show was an hour and a half of work. Today a kid has to work longer to get that $35. Ha! ha! glad I was a teenager in the 80's. These kids now are being screwed raw. I could leave campus for lunch and do a burnout past the school in a real muscle car. As long as I made it back for the bell all was well. Kids now can't leave campus and a burnout might get you arrested. Oh and now they have to take all this Common Core shit. Ha! ha! how's the government cock taste kiddies?
What year was that ??
Those shows sold out too. I remember driving past the venue to see if there was any signs of VH showing up. Some flat bed trailers with the lighting trusses on them are parked behind the venue. They're here!
Early 80's. I worked in a ski shop.
These shows aren't for the kids. They are for old fucks like us who have salaries and shit.
The band has gotten older, but so have its fans. As the fans get older and richer, the prices go up. Supply and demand; it has little to do with the quality of today's show compared to 30 years ago.
David Lee Roth's the greatest motherfucker who ever lived!
— Brian Moore (@brianpmoore666) June 26, 2012
I just checked ticketmaster to see what a youth oriented show sold for...for One Direction the "Steal my Girl" vip package was sold out...
from what I can see prices range from $44 for uppers to $250 excluding the Steal my girl vip...
So you are saying that a VH show is overpriced? Actual live music?
That was good money...
I made 3:35 and still managed to go to any show I wanted to see...
Duh....yeah...
Way way overpriced...
No, I'm saying that us old fucks complaining about ticket prices and trying to compare them to 1980-whatever is silly.
The fuckin' kids show you referenced doesn't disprove my point; those kids are just spending mommy and daddy's money anyhow. My old man never bought me concert tickets; today, parents are trying too hard to be their kid's friend.
It's just a different time. I've got more money than I did back then. If I think I'm gonna have $150 worth of a good time, then I'll go to the show (and I do).
OK, lawn tickets in hand and my hotel is right across from the entrance to the park - I'm looking to pre-game it.. who is going to this thing?
I'm in as usual, over paid, 4th row, but fuck it this could be the last go around lol
I said the same thing in 07 & 12..
Yeah baby! just scored eighth row on eds side for regular price. Im so fuckin jazzed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F Y I groupon just announced lawn tickets for $20.00
2 Tampa tickets for sale - face value
Hi, I'm new here. I have 2 tickets for sale to the Tampa show, selling at face value $175 each but will consider nearest offer. I'm coming over from the UK. These tickets are to be collected at the Will Call box office on the day of the show, but through my livenation account, I can also transfer these tickets to someone else via an email transaction.
They are in section 7, Row K, Seats 17-18
Apologies if there is already a ticket sales thread that I may have missed.
Dan
You aren't going to the show, or you have extra tickets?
By the way, welcome to the site.
Hi, thanks for having me :-)
I'm going to the show thankfully! However, as a surprise, my girlfriend bought tickets for the same show too, but the tickets she got for us are in section 2
I'd rather get rid of the tickets I bought at face value or near enough what I paid for them. I'd rather someone else enjoyed this show too and I'm not wanting to make a profit on these.
As I'm coming from the UK, and these tickets are will call pick up, the only feasible way I can see this happening is to transfer the tickets to any potential buyer via livenation. Open to other suggestions of course
This! And make sure you post a review after the show!
Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.
review and video baby
Welcome Danhalen. You were born the same year Van Halen died. Luckilly they were resurrected in 2007.
I am VERY interested in these!
For you, $200 each!
The deal is done... close this thread, I says!
Deal sealed. Thank you! I don't know how to close this thread, if an admin wants to assist I'd be happy
Yes, be sure to stick around and post a review & pics in the show thread..
Why close it? Why not just do what we normally do. Defuckingrail it!
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