Live Nation Presale Info

[mdk1967]

what a crock of shit , facefuckingbook amex card kiss my hair ass. Jump through this hoop. Just going buy vip! fuck me

I hear ya, Mug. Facebook, AMEX, Ticket(slave)Master, Live Nation are all about marketing, advertising, sales revenue, etc. (profit). It's the way of the world/music business now. I just might go the VIP route too this time.

[golitely]

I just might go the VIP route too this time.

For which there is still no price info. I hope they don't release it last minute on Tues am.

[gbranton]

Don't see the Atlanta date either but New Orleans is on the list so I signed up for that one.

[Roth & Roll]

Facebook is about marketing, advertising, sales revenue, etc. (profit). My friends and family wonder why I boycott it too.

Facebook has evolved into the ultimate marketing tool. Your age, sex, interests, and friends are all listed in one easy-to-find place for the world to see, so you can be solicited accordingly.

[Nitro Express]

Why does everything have to involve goddamn Facebook?

I swear that piece of shit is starting to resemble the Biblical "Mark Of The Beast", since they're making it nearly impossible to buy or sell anything without it.

No shit. It used to be go to www. and now it's go to Facebook. I had an account for a week and said fuck this shit and canceled it.

[Nitro Express]

Facebook has evolved into the ultimate marketing tool. Your age, sex, interests, and friends are all listed in one easy-to-find place for the world to see, so you can be solicited accordingly.

Yup. When I was taking marketing classes in business school the instructors used to joke saying companies want to know everything about us and if they could put spies in our homes they would do it. Well, Facebook is the spy. In fact, the FBI is laying field agents off right now because they are focusing more on cyber investigations. They love Facebook and frankly, one person I know who works for the bureau can't believe what dumb ass people post on their Facebook accounts. Cell phone accounts and Facebook accounts are great tools when you are trying to track and investigate people. A hell of a lot cheaper than putting agents in the field and supporting them. It's lowered the cost of busting people.

To be honest. I think I stopped going to concerts because I hate the way the tickets are sold now and the prices are too damn high. I would love to know how much of that ticket price actually goes to the band and to cover the over head vs going into various middle men pockets. It's a scam just like college tuition and banking fees are a scam. Everything is a fucking scam nowadays. The first time I saw Van Halen in 1980 my ticket cost $8.50. I just went to a record shop and bought the ticket from the stoner behind the counter full of bongs and hash pipes. No seating assignments. General admission which meant you spent all day at the venue holding your place in line and when the doors opened it was a mad dash for the stage and if you got on the barricade at stage center, mission accomplished!

[Hardrock69]

Yeah, law enforcement DOES love Facebook. It has been useful to me in my work fucking up Nigerian 419 scammers.

[VAN HLN CA]

Why does everything have to involve goddamn Facebook?

[Roth & Roll]

Yup. When I was taking marketing classes in business school the instructors used to joke saying companies want to know everything about us and if they could put spies in our homes they would do it. Well, Facebook is the spy. In fact, the FBI is laying field agents off right now because they are focusing more on cyber investigations. They love Facebook and frankly, one person I know who works for the bureau can't believe what dumb ass people post on their Facebook accounts. Cell phone accounts and Facebook accounts are great tools when you are trying to track and investigate people. A hell of a lot cheaper than putting agents in the field and supporting them. It's lowered the cost of busting people.

To be honest. I think I stopped going to concerts because I hate the way the tickets are sold now and the prices are too damn high. I would love to know how much of that ticket price actually goes to the band and to cover the over head vs going into various middle men pockets. It's a scam just like college tuition and banking fees are a scam. Everything is a fucking scam nowadays. The first time I saw Van Halen in 1980 my ticket cost $8.50. I just went to a record shop and bought the ticket from the stoner behind the counter full of bongs and hash pipes. No seating assignments. General admission which meant you spent all day at the venue holding your place in line and when the doors opened it was a mad dash for the stage and if you got on the barricade at stage center, mission accomplished!

Interesting, but not shocking, that the FBI would use Facebook as a tool. I know plenty of employers who do the same, including mine. We actually fired a secretary in our office last year because of Facebook. She called in sick two days in a row claiming she had a nasty Flu - a classic Oscar winning performance, right down to the groaning and moaning when she called in. The dumbass didn't realize she had added half the office to her friends list on FB before she posted pics of herself dancing and drinking up a storm at some bachelorette party during the time she claimed to be sick.

Some people really are stupid when it comes to the amount of personal content they post on Social networking Web sites like Facebook. We often say that big brother is watching us - while true, we certainly make it easy at times.

[tap1966]

[killingfloorman]

Sorry to get us back on topic Does anybody know if/how a non Amex card holder can book tickets on Tuesday?

Roth on

[mdk1967]

...Just checked Live Nation & VIP Nation... Nothing yet.

Nitro & Hardrock, you guys hit the nail right on the head.

[GreenEyedMurder]

Sorry to get us back on topic Does anybody know if/how a non Amex card holder can book tickets on Tuesday?

Roth on

I'm pretty sure the VIP packages will be available Tuesday. Now, if they'd just let us know what's in the packages...

[tod]

Hypothetically, if you get a VIP package after RSVP'ing via Facebook and then you tour backstage while wearing one of these then you'll get invited to Club Dave.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

It appears the only dates that tickets will go on sale tomorrow will be the first 15, to include the Apr. 1st date in Rosemont, IL....

The only exception to those first 15 dates seems to be the Mohegan Sun show, in which tickets go on sale on the 14th vice the 10th.....

In reference to the Live Nation VIP Packages, the fact that they don't have any package details and prices involved is inexcusible....

People need to make plans, whether that be travel or financial.... And if you want to get the best tickets to your favorite band, having to make a split decision potentially involving several hundred dollars in unsatisfactory.....