Van Halen 2012 Album & Tour

ewokpelts

bullethead is the early version of romeo delight. and she's the woman has parts of what would become mean street.

Spoony C

Well, I bought tickets for the opening night in Louisville (where I live), using the venue mailing list's presale code. I'm going with my brother-in-law and we're each paying for our own ticket, so I was willing to go to the second-highest price tier to ensure seats in the lower level of the arena (even if they were at the back), but there were none available (despite this being a presale). I settled for nosebleeds at almost the far end of the arena for the second-lowest price.

There had already been a two-pronged American Express cardholder presale going for two days (and which was still open concurrently with the venue and Live Nation Mobile App presales that began today), and all the presales had a nice, scalper-friendly 8-ticket limit per order. :evil: One of the Amex presales was "preferred seating," which means that whether they've sold or not, better seats were still blocked off when the venue presale went live. Man, there is just too much shadiness in the way these onsales are run today. I've been in the ticket-buying game a long time (nearly 20 years of going to concerts, dating back to my college days), and this business of having presales with huge per-order ticket limits and no more barriers to entry than which credit card you have is just shameful--a funnel to help brokers and scalpers get the best seats through semi-legitimate means before most of the public gets a whack at it.

I don't mind missing out on the best seats to a show because I'm not a paying fan club member, or even a season-ticketholder to the venue, but missing out on an entire tier of the arena because bulk buyers have been snatching up easy-to-qualify-for 8-seat blocks for two days makes me pretty steamed. I can't even imagine what scraps will be left for the public onsale on Monday.

Wobbie

they're not fucking around, are they? most of those venues hold 15,000 - 20,000. Hard for me to imagine they can sell those out. :?

Spoony C

I get the feeling the Louisville show, by virtue of being the tour kick-off, will technically sell out--but that there will be a lot of empty seats as resellers are left holding the bag. But I could be wrong; the show is on a Saturday, which will help with audience willingness to decide as the date approaches to grab seats from a reseller.

DewieCox

imalive wrote:

they're not fucking around, are they? most of those venues hold 15,000 - 20,000. Hard for me to imagine they can sell those out. :?

They won't sell them out, but they'll be plenty full. They're one of(if not) the most successful US bands ever. Quick google says they played to 1mil over 74 shows last time around. Asking why VH plays arenas is basically like asking why does PJ play arenas.

Sawyer

I cannot believe how horrific that new song 'Tattoo' is.....its so awful

gimmesometruth27

Sawyer wrote:

I cannot believe how horrific that new song 'Tattoo' is.....its so awful

agreed. the video is even worse....

if there were a "gasface" emoticon, that song and video both deserve it...

Atomic Punk

Scored free tickets for Feb 28th at the garden through 660 WFAN this morning during the Boomer and Carton show. Considering the price of tickets I am stoked!

gregkitefan

DewieCox wrote:

imalive wrote:

they're not fucking around, are they? most of those venues hold 15,000 - 20,000. Hard for me to imagine they can sell those out. :?

They won't sell them out, but they'll be plenty full. They're one of(if not) the most successful US bands ever. Quick google says they played to 1mil over 74 shows last time around. Asking why VH plays arenas is basically like asking why does PJ play arenas.

I tried to get tickets to the Boston show this am and was on line at 10am and could not get a pair.
Only left was singles. I was surprised that they sold out in minutes.

Atomic Punk

MSG and Mohegan Sun shows were sold out within minutes too.

EdsonNascimento

Stupid me. Had 333(high, but right over stage) row d and threw them back. Then missed today's sale. Anyone have 1 (or 2) good seat(s) available for 2/28 @ MSG?

Not paying scalpers price. Willing to miss (obviousy by original move).

fanch75

Fucking A. Just bought tix for the Pittsburgh show! Bro code says to hate VH is to hate America.

Flagg

fanch75 wrote:

Fucking A. Just bought tix for the Pittsburgh show! Bro code says to hate VH is to hate America.

:thumbup:

gregkitefan

gregkitefan wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

imalive wrote:

they're not fucking around, are they? most of those venues hold 15,000 - 20,000. Hard for me to imagine they can sell those out. :?

They won't sell them out, but they'll be plenty full. They're one of(if not) the most successful US bands ever. Quick google says they played to 1mil over 74 shows last time around. Asking why VH plays arenas is basically like asking why does PJ play arenas.

I tried to get tickets to the Boston show this am and was on line at 10am and could not get a pair.
Only left was singles. I was surprised that they sold out in minutes.

Was able to get a pair to the Boston show on rear stage.
6th row in the balcony. Just happy to be there.

PearlOfAGirl

I'd LOVE to see them in Boston in March!!! *fingers crossed* :thumbup:

Travelar

I don't quite know what to say about this one....

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/video-gaga ... 89.html?nc

DewieCox

I can't believe how many tunes on this album fall right in line with some classic VH tracks. I'm not a VH aficionado by any stretch, but I found myself laughing out loud at several of the songs in a good way. Some of it sounds much heavier than an VH I've really heard but there's something about the way they tune down the instruments and the way DLR lays over it that sounds like this coulda been recorded in 1980.

drlovemonkey

DewieCox wrote:

I can't believe how many tunes on this album fall right in line with some classic VH tracks. I'm not a VH aficionado by any stretch, but I found myself laughing out loud at several of the songs in a good way. Some of it sounds much heavier than an VH I've really heard but there's something about the way they tune down the instruments and the way DLR lays over it that sounds like this coulda been recorded in 1980.

I agree 100%. I hate Tattoo, but the rest of this CD isn't quite the trainwreck I was expecting. You can definitely tell that a lot of these songs were written in the late 70s/early 80s.

Sweet Oblivion

My advice is not to judge the album on the basis of Tattoo. It's definitely the weakest track on it. The rest kicks ass.

Sawyer

Sweet Oblivion wrote:

My advice is not to judge the album on the basis of Tattoo. It's definitely the weakest track on it. The rest kicks ass.

really?