I guess last week was a bad time to split with my girlfriend who lives in new york. I mean, there's no bad feeling but I can't bear to go to new york and then leave for england another time. Hope they play Sheffield or something.
Was considering going to NYC for Pulp, but not very interested in a 6000-capacity seated capacity venue so I'll probably just try for SF and stick with Coachella.
Finally figured how to view the mobile Bar Italia. Just saw this this morning - so psyched! After a year of jealously hating all your incredible UK Pulp experiences I finally have the opportunity to see the gang and not jetison all my savings in the process. :)
Strange observation; in the e-mail I got this morning promoting the new tour dates I noticed Russell wasn't in the different class-esque promo picture in the background, suggesting maybe he wasn't going to make the US tour..... but then I noticed Steve was missing as well. Did someone go crazy with the cropping or are we seeing a dramatically different line-up? Or am I just overthinking all this?
I wondered if the missing people on the email was a clue too but if you click on the email to display as a web page, Russell is there. And I can't imagine him being there and Steve not, so I think it's just been cropped badly!
Yeah, it must just be my phone, my bad. And holy shit!! Just saw this on facebook;
"Radio City Music Hall: BREAKING: Pulp is coming to Radio City Music Hall on April 11! TICKETS GO ON SALE TO GENERAL PUBLIC - FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 @ 10AM. The show will involve all original members of the band - Nick Banks (drums), Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass), Russell Senior (violin, guitar), and Mark Webber (guitar) - and they will be playing music from all periods of their career."
Hello all! Have been swamped with work and plagued by I'll health. Hence my absence. The perfect Pulp venue. I hope they have the Rockettes high kicking during This is Hardcore
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Yeah, it must just be my phone, my bad. And holy shit!! Just saw this on facebook;
"Radio City Music Hall: BREAKING: Pulp is coming to Radio City Music Hall on April 11! TICKETS GO ON SALE TO GENERAL PUBLIC - FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 @ 10AM. The show will involve all original members of the band - Nick Banks (drums), Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass), Russell Senior (violin, guitar), and Mark Webber (guitar) - and they will be playing music from all periods of their career."
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Wouldn't read too much into that. "All original members", not quite and for "All periods of their career" probably means '92 onwards. I could be wrong but...
True, I'm just amazed that if what they're saying is correct Russell's actually going to make it overseas for the US dates - he's probably gonna be under some serious sedation on the plane...
True, I'm just amazed that if what they're saying is correct Russell's actually going to make it overseas for the US dates - he's probably gonna be under some serious sedation on the plane...
I agree it is good news that Russel is going given the speculation over his new musical project here in blighty. I'm a tiny bit jealous.
Yeah, it must just be my phone, my bad. And holy shit!! Just saw this on facebook;
"Radio City Music Hall: BREAKING: Pulp is coming to Radio City Music Hall on April 11! TICKETS GO ON SALE TO GENERAL PUBLIC - FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 @ 10AM. The show will involve all original members of the band - Nick Banks (drums), Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass), Russell Senior (violin, guitar), and Mark Webber (guitar) - and they will be playing music from all periods of their career."
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Wouldn't read too much into that. "All original members", not quite and for "All periods of their career" probably means '92 onwards. I could be wrong but...
It's just copied from the original reunion press release 15 months ago.
Delighted for the North Americans that can manage to go do this. You've only had to wait 14 years for Pulp to come back.
Will they sell-out a 6,000 venue? Must be the biggest indoor own-show they've done since the Hardcore arena tour.
I'm going to try with all my might to get tickets and hope all the American Express presale tickets don't go too fast GOD I HAVE TO SEE THEM I'm going crazy
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Russell will be fine. I am terrified of flying and have done New York from the UK 4 times. Inconsolable tears kinda scared. Once you're up there there's not much to do but drink and get on with it
by chance i just thought i'd ask if any people from the atlanta area are going to try to go? i'm also scared of flying and the idea of doing so by myself isn't such a nice one...but, whatever it takes to see pulp. ...or there's always a bus...or a train.
Hmmm well if they were to do small warm up show the night before on the 10th, I think Irving Plaza would be the most ideal place. Webster Hall, Music Hall of Williamsburg and Bowery Ballroom are all booked for the 10th.
They've not done any small, warm-up shows at any point thus far. I don't see why they would start now. I imagine the smallest shows they played were the Brixton ones, to be honest with you.
I don't think small gigs are part of their gameplan. Maybe if there was new material to debut, though...?
My plan is to be as quick on the draw as possible precisely at 10 am on Friday. Other than that, I don't know what else you could do. Does anyone know any tricks of the trade?
there is that american express presale tomorrow (wed) and a link to get an instant american express card...thinking i may do that and then cancel it later on (i have never had a credit card and don't want one).
Well I bought Radiohead tickets which sell notoriously fast (the show I bought sold out in less than five minutes) but that wasn't through ticketmaster so it might be a bit easier. I guess I don't know what to expect in comparison to buying Radiohead because Pulp aren't as big here but they also haven't played here in like 14 years so lots of people are probably going to be trying to go. Have all your info in ticketmaster so you don't waste time and end up losing good seats
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How does this AmEx thing work exactly? If I have a AmEx card, I can buy the tix on Wednesday? And if I don't?
-- Edited by Mike on Tuesday 24th of January 2012 03:31:23 PM
There's only a set number of pre-sale tickets so if you don't have an AmEx card, the good seats might sell out but you'll still have a chance at tickets on Friday. Hoping that there's still a decent amount of seats close to the stage after the pre-sale
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Presale doesn't allow access to any seats. They only open a limited number in each section. I couldn't even get into the page for several minutes after the presale started! :(
Also: if you're getting any seats, I would buy them just in case...
-- Edited by twiggy on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 03:32:04 PM
i got two tickets and i know another person who got 2 and another who got 4. my s.o. and i were on 4 computers total trying for 4 tickets (so we could sit with friends) on two machines and 2 tickets on two machines and the 2 tickets we got were the only time we got through.
(hi first time poster, long time pulp fan, live in nyc, went to london to see them at wireless festival with my best friend, stood for 10+ hours against the barricade, pulp is my fav, etc. etc.)
-- Edited by Lizz on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 05:55:01 PM
How are there tickets for the SF show and NY on stub hub already? I know there was a presale for NY but not for SF. Where did these tickets come from?? anyone know?
The sellers are just confident they will get lucky on Friday. Or they were sold tickets ahead of time, which some promoters and venues do (which should not be the case since Goldenvoice doesn't do that from what I gather).
-- Edited by Bort on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 08:26:57 PM
Anyone try to get tickets this morning? Right at 10am, it was offering me balcony tickets, but a few minutes ago I was offered one near the back of the orchestra.
got mine! it's the 2nd row of 1st mezzanine but I'm too familiar with ticketmaster to count on getting smth better on friday. and besides, 12 years of waiting are now officially almost over
come friday I'm just going to pick "best available" and hope for the best because any seats to see pulp is better than none or having to pay scalper prices
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come friday I'm just going to pick "best available" and hope for the best because any seats to see pulp is better than none or having to pay scalper prices
well, i ended up signing up for two different american express cards this morning. :( the first one did not give me an instant account number. anyway, i got a ticket, but i couldn't get two together which is what happened when i tried to get tickets for radiohead in march. now i'm very nervous for the trip...
it seems like pre-sale is kind of a scam because you just get whatever scattering they have of a few available seats and it seems like people aren't able to get more than 1 seat in any section.
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How are there tickets for the SF show and NY on stub hub already? I know there was a presale for NY but not for SF. Where did these tickets come from?? anyone know?
(hi first time poster, long time pulp fan, live in nyc, went to london to see them at wireless festival with my best friend, stood for 10+ hours against the barricade, pulp is my fav, etc. etc.)
Were you at the barrier in the middle / left of the stage? I remember standing next to two Americans at the Wireless. Also welcome to the forum
Ticketmaster is just beyond corrupt. $14.95 service fee? And half the tickets somehow are immediately sold to scalper sites, like Ticketnow (which, surprise, surprise is owned by Ticketmaster) and might explain the scarcity of good seats. Wasn't scalping, like, illegal at some point? A mailing list pre-sale or something would be really nice, but oh well... also if you can't get any tickets now Craigslist is a little more reasonable, you'll usually find people stuck with extra tickets at the last minute and willing to part with them for face-value or close to it..
I will not be negative about this, I will not be negative about this......
Another impossibly fast sell-out....was it 2 minutes? I'm hoping the general sale won't be so ridiculous. When I bought tickets to the Brixton show I was able to get floor seats without much trouble, but that was on a different system than Ticketmaster. I now have mezzanine tickets to the NY show as a backup, but hopefully we can get better seats tomorrow morning
Checked out the second pre-sale to see if we could get better tickets than we got yesterday, and the best hit we got was first row of the 3rd mezz. Got some other hits for crappier mezz seats and some orchestra seats waaaay off to the side, but nothing better than our current seats (1st mezz row b near the middle and on the aisle). Will try again tomorrow for elusive double letter section 3/4/5 orchestra seats again tomorrow.
I think tomorrow is your best bet for double letter anyway because looking at scalper sites I'm not seeing an AAs available which makes me think that a lot are still available for general sale. Fingers crossed. I wish I could have the time to pick a section on Steve's side but I'm just going to go with best available and hope I get anything decent
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I'm trying to get three tickets (for me, my wife and a close friend/fellow Pulp obsessive) anywhere. No luck today. Should I keep trying or is it best to save my energy and steel my nerves for this time tomorrow?
I honestly wouldn't hold your breath for front row...I'm a photographer here in NYC and I shoot a lot of shows... At seated venues, very often the best seats front and center are reserved by "important people" and never even placed on sale. It's messed up, but it's the politics of music unfortunately. At least at GA venues, the VIP section is up in a balcony somewhere and not taking away the best spots from big fans.
Also on the conspiracy theorist end, I will never not be convinced that the scalpers have an "in" somewhere that allows them to poach off best seats...esp. since at least one of the major re-sellers is owned BY ticketmaster. How that is legal, I do not know.
Case in point- Someone I know just now mentioned online how a friend of theirs got 5th row middle orchestra seats today and the venue just called them and let them know that those seats had been released "accidentally" and they weren't supposed to have them and that they would have to be moved.
I hope you real fans got your ticket, I tried to see if I could buy one at 7am just to see if I could, and I couldn't even get 1 ticket for best seat available... I kept refreshing and tried at exactly 7AM... I hope I have luck w/ the SF show I want to go to.
Actually at 5 after 7 I got into the processing / waiting area though it hasn't changed from a 15min. estimated time for the last ten minutes.
-- Edited by beetlebum7 on Friday 27th of January 2012 03:17:21 PM
At 10am on the dot, I was offered one ticket in the back of third mezzanine, gave it up, and it pulled up nothing. Everything was gone by 10:01. NYC and SF are both going to need second shows.
Hey Bort, that was my first offer too! I said eff that and went back in and asked for the high price tix and got nothing available. Then I tried a third time for best available and got offered A in the 1st mezz. Way on the side, but that's fine. I would keep checking, tickets will often show up mysteriously.
I saw a mention of the 15 minute waiting room on Twitter, but it's never happened to me. If anyone is trying for SF tickets (assuming Goldenvoice has the same system as TM, which it may not), don't do the continuous refresh thing, it just slows you down and could lock you out (mistaking you for a scalper, ironically).
Me and a few of my friends tried at the same time. I got orchestra row o 700s but my friend got row L 600s so I had her buy those. Wish I had bought the 700s so I could have given them to someone who deserved it instead of scalpers probably getting it but I'm so excited that I got tickets!
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For the SF show, they put people in a virtual waiting room and pull people out randomly to buy tickets. It took me three hours to get through on the Coachella presale last year. And for Refused, most people that were waiting were alerted within 30 seconds that tickets were gone, apparently.
We got Row J on the floor in the 200 section during yesterdays presale. So glad we bought them because the best I pulled up today was in the balcony. Its still a great view no matter where you sit.
Most of the Pit is on stubhub right now..how sickening.
Yeah and the pit is going for outrageous prices. Sort of sad I didn't get on Steve's side but I'm certainly not going to complain. I'm just glad I got some at non scalper prices
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i have a question for anyone who got seats for this show that are the coveted double letter rows...did you/are you getting real hard copy tickets or a printout for those or are they will-call only?
I have a double letter seat for the show on the 11th and I received a real hard copy ticket. The will-call only decision for the new show must have made some sort of difference because this round of ticket buying was so much more enjoyable than the first round.