Music Thread

[Billy Hoyle]

Has anybody ever had tickets actually be non-transferrable?  Since the timing for Noah Kahan tickets going on sale was based on the local time of the venue, plus you could get access to three shows, I went with Boston because it would be sweet to see him in Fenway, St. Louis because that's by far the closest for me (and the one I would prioritize as a result), and Denver because my brother lives there, it's an easy flight, and it'd be a fun trip.  Since Boston went on sale first, I figured I would buy them if I was able to, and then if I also got tickets to St. Louis I would sell the Boston tickets.

I know scalpers suck and I'm part of the problem, but I would've never gone for the Boston tickets if I was guaranteed to get tickets in St. Louis.  Since Boston was on sale first and I ended up with tickets to both, I figured why wouldn't I get the money I could for the Boston tickets?

So anyway, I went to list the Boston tickets on secondary sites and I believe it was Stubhub that had a notice pop up that said I would need to meet the buyer in person at Fenway to let them in since they are non-transferrable tickets.  Ticketmaster says I'll get the digital tickets on my phone two days prior to each show.  Vividseats let me post the tickets for sale.

Ticketmaster is allowing people to resell their purchases for face value, so I am all good with that, but again I figured why not make some money since I was able to get both?  Just curious if I should give up on that and just list them on Ticketmaster.

OR if a Scooper wants them for face value, I'll be selling 2 for the 7/11 show at Fenway.

For a Springsteen show I went to in 2016 anyone with lower level tickets had to present the credit card they used to buy the tickets when entering the arena.

My nephew may be moving to Boston this summer (GF got into Tufts for grad school waiting to hear from Duke) so I might have a buyer for you.

[Billy Hoyle]

Metallica is doing eight weekend shows at the Sphere in October. I'm not much of a Metallica fan and don't care about ever going back to Vegas, but them at the Sphere, damn, I might need to check it out.

[Jay Bee]

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[Hards Alumni]

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You're welcome to change that with some music thoughts. 

[18thandWells]

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Metallica's bassist, (whom I've really enjoyed since Suicidal Tendencies), is Mexican and Native American.

[Hards Alumni]

Sturgill Simpson's project.  It is fantastic.

[Billy Hoyle]

I had Stephen Wilson, Jr. tickets for last Saturday, and my mom passed away on Friday. Any other artist, I would have skipped the show (my sister did), but considering what much of SWJ's music is about, my wife and I decided to go. There were tears shed that night when he played "Grief is Only Love."

[21Jumpstreet]

I had Stephen Wilson, Jr. tickets for last Saturday, and my mom passed away on Friday. Any other artist, I would have skipped the show (my sister did), but considering what much of SWJ's music is about, my wife and I decided to go. There were tears shed that night when he played "Grief is Only Love."

Hope you have some wonderful memories of your mom.

[Jockey]

Sturgill Simpson's project.  It is fantastic.

He is one of the greatest acoustic players of this era.

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Just got tickets to see Paul Simon in June. I saw him in Milwaukee in 1991, so I figured this will be a nice bookend for me (although that would be mid- and late-career for him). I think that if I had to choose, I'd say that Simon is my all-time favorite performer. I'd probably put two of "his" albums -- Graceland and the S&G Concert in Central Park into my top five. His most recent offering - Seven Psalms - was pretty heavy, reflective stuff, but not too surprising for someone his age contemplating where he's been and what might come next. But still shows his creativity and stellar acoustic guitar. My understanding is that he's playing that album in its entirety (just a bit over 30 minutes) and then plays more of what people know him for.

It'll be very different than the last time I saw him play, but I'm really looking forward to it.

Simon and Garfunkel played in the Old Gym my freshman year. They just sat on the edge of the stage and sang. It was a memorable concert. That same year The Beatles were to play in Chicago and one of my buddies , a member of the Frain family, called about getting us all backstage. I passed because that summer I went to a Beach Boys concert at McCormick place and you couldn't hear squat because of all the screaming girls. My friends who went and were backstage said you couldn't hear the Beatles at all because of the screaming.

[MU1in77]

Wells - what year did S&G play the old gym?

[MU82]

The year that they were feelin' groovy.