Monday, June 1, 2009
National Skyline Pass on Grass Seats: Live Nation Offers One-Day Ticket Promotion
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Remember your first show at an amphitheater? You bought your tickets at an actual box office and arrived early in order to claim your spot on the lawn. You caught your first whiff of a doob and cringed with equal parts curiosity and disgust when you spotted a hippie couple dry humping behind the Porta-Potties. Alright, maybe your first amphitheater experience wasn't precisely like mine (No Doubt with Weezer at Starwood in June of '97), but I'll betcha it's not far off. Unless you weren't accompanied by your dad. Then it was probably quite unlike mine.
Anyhow, as a reward for all the times you've paid those pesky service fees when purchasing GA/lawn tickets, Live Nation is about to commence what they're calling "the biggest ticket promotion ever." They're eliminating service fees on over five million lawn tickets at several hundred amphitheater concerts in a one-day promotion. The sales event commences June 3 at 12:01 a.m. and, of course, is only at LiveNation.com for 24 hours. Live Nation will continue these "No Service Fee Wednesdays" throughout the summer. From Billboard:
"We know the fan has been frustrated by the series of successive fees in the purchase process," Live Nation Ticketing CEO Nathan Hubbard tells Billboard.biz. "There is attrition in the sales flow once you see your third page with some additional fees. The fan told us they just want to know up front how much the cost of the experience is going to be. We didn't address that problem completely, but the first step was moving from fans paying a service fee..."
So..."the fan." Is this one dude who speaks on behalf of everyone? Or is he the only person who intentionally still buys lawn tickets at amphitheaters? Either way, he's pissed, and now we all get like $8 off our tickets to Depeche Mode's September show in Atlanta. If you're into watching from the grass, that is.
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I typically steer clear of outdoor amphitheaters unless Radiohead is involved. I noted that the grass at Starwood (and every similar venue) always smelled of piss. When something smells of piss (toilets, lakes, Moises Alou's hands) I'm almost certain it's because somebody is using it as a toilet. Dry-humping, sure. Weed-smoking, absolutely. But peeing? Weird.
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No more Starwood, Dancin', Uptown, Jackson's parking lot, 328, Lucy's/Indienet and all the other stuff that made Nashville awesome. It ain't what it used to be.
Radiohead in Atlanta on Thief tour was great.
I don't think Moises Alou is using his hands as a toilet, technically, since he's peeing on them in order to achieve a certain effect (other than relieving himself). I guess Moises Alou's Hands could probably answer that question more accurately than I, though.
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