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Blue27Blue27 Posts: 42
edited July 2009 in The Porch
Ten Club says that the west coast shows will go on sale to the general public via Ticketmaster on Saturday, and they are listed there. However, I also saw them listed on the LiveNation site. Is it the same thing? Or is one site better/easier to get tickets from than the other? Do they charge the same fees? Do they offer the same tickets (in terms of seat location)? I apologize if this is common knowledge, but I'm confused as to whether or not it matters. I only bought tickets via LiveNation once to a club show, and those tickets were not also available via Ticketmaster's site, I don't think.
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    LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,016
    I believe they recently merged so I doubt there would be any difference in tickets
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    stuartrdrstuartrdr Posts: 74
    Yeah there is no difference. When you click on "Buy Tickets" on the LiveNation site, it will transfer you to the Ticketmaster page :)
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    starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    Live Nation's servers suck and TM's do not. That's the difference. Seattle and Philly are Live Nation, the others are TM. Hope this helps.

    One other thing... comcasttix.com will also carry the Spectrum shows...
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    Pushin Forward BackPushin Forward Back Posts: 890
    LukinFan wrote:
    I believe they recently merged so I doubt there would be any difference in tickets



    that merger is not yet approved..


    both companies suck ass...
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    choopchoop Posts: 1,060
    ticketmaster is the way to go.

    when shows are on both, come on sale time, the livenation buy button becomes a link to the ticketmaster event page and you lose valuable time.
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    walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,557
    Last time I tried to buy shows off livenation.com it took me to a page where I had to choose between going to an individual seating map or just getting the best available. May not seem like much, but that extra page cost me about 20 seconds of very valuable time.

    Just go with you know and try ticketmaster, in my opinion.
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    ElzarElzar Posts: 966
    doesnt livenation allow you to pick your seat (depending on whats available) ?
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    nadja_veddernadja_vedder Posts: 291
    What about Comcast vs. Live Nation for the Philly tickets?
    Still the same?
    "makes much more sense, to live in the present tense"
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    walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,557
    Elzar wrote:
    doesnt livenation allow you to pick your seat (depending on whats available) ?

    Yes, but for shows that sell out quickly your only hope of getting tickets is to go for Best Available.
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    starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    live nation does the click and pick thing after the seats are almost gone when mostly singles remain...

    not sure about comcast vs LN

    also, the gibson amp show are also live nation i noticed... weird.

    live nation and live nation venues remind me of the movie idiocracy... go to one and you'll see what i mean :)
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    walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,557
    starmap3333 wrote:
    live nation does the click and pick thing after the seats are almost gone when mostly singles remain...

    Not true. I bought tickets through Live Nation less than a month ago and was on right at 10:00 (the second tickets went on sale) and I still got the click and pick thing.
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    Evil Merlin Part DeuxEvil Merlin Part Deux Posts: 234
    starmap3333 wrote:
    live nation does the click and pick thing after the seats are almost gone when mostly singles remain...

    not sure about comcast vs LN

    also, the gibson amp show are also live nation i noticed... weird.

    live nation and live nation venues remind me of the movie idiocracy... go to one and you'll see what i mean :)

    The gibson amp show will be on Ticketmaster. They already have the ticket page up. Be careful when at LN. They don't sell the tickets to Gibson Amp, just advertise the shows, so even though they have that page up, when the tickets go on sale they'll put up a Get info/Find Tickets link, and then just re-direct you to the TM show page. All the current shows at Gibson Amp are under that system, so I don't see why it would be any different for PJ and actually put their tickets up on LN.
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    PJPJ Posts: 285
    nadja_vedder wrote:
    What about Comcast vs. Live Nation for the Philly tickets?
    Still the same?


    what they said... :?:
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    JM55546JM55546 Posts: 129
    Live Nation often has better tickets than Ticketmaster does for some shows.
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    JwmccJwmcc Posts: 451
    PJ wrote:
    nadja_vedder wrote:
    What about Comcast vs. Live Nation for the Philly tickets?
    Still the same?


    what they said... :?:


    Bump..
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,313
    Boom 8-)
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    Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Boom 8-)
    Dude what are you even saying? You make no sense.. ever.
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    JwmccJwmcc Posts: 451
    Jwmcc wrote:
    PJ wrote:
    nadja_vedder wrote:
    What about Comcast vs. Live Nation for the Philly tickets?
    Still the same?


    what they said... :?:


    Bump..

    Yes, if anyone has info. on that, I'd appreciate it. I got an e-mail from Livenation about the Philly shows, but I wonder if I go through LN, will it just bring me to the Comcast site?
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    LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
    Someone please answer this question ^
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    ogre1213ogre1213 Posts: 391
    http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/409598/

    im curous about this too

    livenation or comcast??
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    JenfarrJenfarr Posts: 643
    I think all the Philly people are keeping the info. to themselves.... :evil:
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    nadja_veddernadja_vedder Posts: 291
    nadja_vedder wrote:
    What about Comcast vs. Live Nation for the Philly tickets?
    Still the same?

    bump
    "makes much more sense, to live in the present tense"
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    choopchoop Posts: 1,060
    like i said in a previous post, if a show is on live nation only, that is where you buy tickets.

    if a show is on another ticket site AND live nation, i promise you, when the "buy" button appears, it will just end up being a link to the other ticket site, and you will lose time.

    you can try this for yourself with any show that is currently on sale now, go to ticketmaster and find a show, then go to live nation and click buy and see what happens.
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    choopchoop Posts: 1,060
    here, case in point... green day at the spectrum, see what happens...

    http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/407192

    here's a ticketmaster example

    http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/403701
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    starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    Live Nation must die.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,313
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Boom 8-)
    Dude what are you even saying? You make no sense.. ever.
    first,its my way of bump(boom),,second,,u are the only complainer so far.3.im not an english teacher and the same time im Greek so my english are not 100% right,4.its around the third time you"are a little bitcing on me"and really dont know the reason..please explain if i miss something here..from the other side i have fun with your comments..and no problem,,if you have one,let me know..
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    blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Pushin Forward Back wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    I believe they recently merged so I doubt there would be any difference in tickets



    that merger is not yet approved..


    both companies suck ass...


    that's what i thought. either way you're getting screwed. wish they'd hurry up and merge....same evil machine to me.

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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,313
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    Pushin Forward Back wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    I believe they recently merged so I doubt there would be any difference in tickets



    that merger is not yet approved..


    both companies suck ass...


    that's what i thought. either way you're getting screwed. wish they'd hurry up and merge....same evil machine to me.

    inside ticketmasters empire RS 7/09 article
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic ... 9&t=102698
    +1
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    blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    :) thanks dimitrispearljam. hehehehe
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