Comments on: Open Thread: Phish Summer Tour Onsale

By: Marty Jackson

Marty Jackson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:37:45 +0000

It happens to the best of them. There is just simply nothing any server can do when several millions of people hit the same website within 10 seconds. Ticketmaster’s site blew up this morning and posted a “routine maintenance” message for 3 Bruce Springsteen shows that went up for sale today.

Consumers need to be more educated and realize that popular ticket onsales are messy and not everyone gets tickets. If you really want tickets to the show that has 100 times the demand of available seats, then you should have someone at home trying on the computer and someone at a Blockbuster location… and you should both be calling Live Nation on the phone at the same time. Good luck, no need to whine if you’re prepared to fight for tickets to these popular shows.

By: phishincuse

phishincuse — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:55:48 +0000

i had 3 pavs for great woods, timer went from 9:50 to 0:01 in the span of 1 minute.

got a lawn in the end

then tried alpine – 3 times had pavs or lawn, 3 times i had my CCminfo in, 3 times i lost the tickets for no discernable reason other than live nation SUCKING

By: hidden sex videos

hidden sex videos — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:48:54 +0000

[...] Hidden Track » Open Thread: Phish Summer Tour Onsale [...]

By: Miner

Miner — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:47:41 +0000

plus, pavilions kept popping up long after many quit….In the end, LN = TM, but LN has higher chages….somehow a 42 dollar ticker winds up being 62! That’s a 50% service fee/tax…somewhat crazy

By: Miner

Miner — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:44:37 +0000

the site certainly crashed hard for 2 hours friday, but then the tix were flowing. I had no problem second day scoring 100s for everything within 20 mins…i give the award to nashville’s ticket system- somehow, that worked great…fox’s metrotix was more comedic than anything.

—
2 star lake lawn for your 100 level Camden

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:44:44 +0000

Hey, I managed to score 4 tickets to the Fabulous Fox theater in StL. through metrotix. I was denied at first then all of a sudden the screen popped up with 4 tix 15 rows from the stage. This venue only holds between 4000-5000 people so it was a pleasent suprise!

By: Old Phisherman

Old Phisherman — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:29:40 +0000

Live Nation sucks. End of story. Tried all day yesterday for ANY 2 tickets to ANY venue, LN site was totally siezed up … or would time out.

Went to great woods this morning and was the victum of a hilarious lottery debacle. I was 4th in line this morning but they announced lottery. I ended up 50 pep before the end of the line of around 300 people. 2 windows were opened to handle 300+ pep. Half hour goes by, barely anyone got tickets… (a handful in 1 hour!!) Im standing in line on my PPC trying livenation website and have the wifey at home on the website. I check on the status of front of the line… 1 WINDOW HAS BEEN CLosed. Everyone slowly realizes there is no “block allotment” for the venue. They are simply ordering them online thru the system like everyone at home….

PHONE RINGS!! 4 tickets under the shed baby!! whooooooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooo

When i walked to the front of the line, they said they had been giving out lawn seats for 10 mins, this was as my credit card was being confirmed for actual SEATS.

Anyway im happy at the end of a long day of bullshit. Only greatwoods show i ever missed was the 94 gamehenge, and just as the last time they played in mansfield…

….Its been such a long time……

By: Pillow

Pillow — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:02:15 +0000

Pre-Order tries:
Hampton 3 nights, 2 tickets per night – Denied
Jones Beach 2 nights, 2 tix per night – Denied
Greatwoods 1 night, 2 tickets – Denied
Camden – 1 night, 2 tickets – Denied

Public On-Sale
Hampton – 1 ticket for ANY night – Denied
Jones Beach – 1 ticket for ANY night – Denied
Greatwoods – 1 ticket for ANY night – Denied
Camden – 1 ticket for ANY night – Denied

Ticketmaster simply sent me to their scalping site for Hampton. Not even a shot for regular tickets. Live nation, phone system crashed on Friday and after 8 and half HOURS of trying, I finally got a human being. Yes, 8 and half HOURS of constant dialing. Had to replace my battery twice. Website completely crashed and I couldn’t even load the page until after 11am. Saturday, “waiting room” online for 35 minutes then, “Sorry we’ve encountered and error”. Phones, got a human 4 hours into the day.

Not happy. Very sad fan. I must say farwell. Will NEVER get the chance to see them again… Compeltely sucks.

By: discobret

discobret — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:50:05 +0000

Hey everyone,
So I did a little research and found the Live Nation Ticketing CEO’s name and contact info. Please send emails to nathanhubbard@livenation.com to share your story about your frustrating Phish ticket buying experience this morning. Please include any constructive criticism for improving the experience for everyone!

Thanks y’all!

By: macaronihead

macaronihead — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:18:55 +0000

Oh and I just called my local Blockbuster to see if they were selling Live Nation tickets.. they don’t start selling them until February 5th.