The Dead Video III: We Strike At Dawn

I don't really get the question with Phil.

Was it that he forgot that he could tell them?

ahhhh i cant wait

this has been up for a while...

oooooooowweeeeeeeeee!!!

i figured sombody should let jambase know that they were missing out on this video. 2009 the year of the HEADS! See you around!

Yea a $100 ticket for shoreline pavillion! WOOOT Jerry's Rolling in his grave as we speak!!

Dont these videos get you sooooooo excited!

maybe if people can afford the tickets they will be able to experience "the magic" they are talking about..

Mickey Hart was like "what were not going on tour?" hahaha

i just checked the ticket prices for these shows.... you got to be kidding! $105 for reserved at the shoreline?!!!? now the phish shows at 49.50 don't sound so bad....

"We Strike At Dawn," more like We Strike at Your Pocketbooks with those insane ticket prices. No thanks, I'll keep my "Grateful" Dead memories. Pass on this tour!

Ill pay $500.00 a ticket as long as they dont let joan osborn on stage......Bring on the Magnificant Macellis in Los Angeles for Eyes>Estamated.....Boooo-ya

I wonder how the dead feels about the increase in ticket prices.

At that price you can count me out!!! Just like phalluscooper I'll keep my memories. The Dead don't care about ticket prices, It's all about the money not the music. I'll bet Madona opens for them.....

god i love phil

price!price!105 to see the dead live brotha i'm gettin my chips cashed in

i paid that to scalpers in the 90's.if i fish out 50 bux to see junky ass phish i'll happily fork over double to see a real show.i'll sell grilled cheese in the lot & make that!!!

$100 a tick is a RIP OFF..

it might be a ripoff, but you know they will sell.

Personnally I don't think the Dead are the ones who pick the prices. Livenation are the ones doing so. Still a shame noneless. This is probly the last time they'll do it and they'll do it in half empty venues...

Good lord, I hope the fatty egg roll guy hits the road....mmmmmm...Memories

A complete disgrace! The crowd will be a bunch of old nerds and faggy rich kids that fooled themselves into thinking this could come close to a Grateful Dead show. Let me end the suspence, it won't even come close to being close. Jerry was the man an he would be ashamed of what these has- beens are trying to pull. $45 for upper deck not 100+, way to stick by your fanbase douche bags. Bring on the Allmands!

you can't even spell Allman! Leave the negativity at the door.

Suspence...Allmands? Really?

Dreadyknowsbest - Jerry rolls are the shit!

Wait, how do people know the prices already? Anyone know how much the Garden/Izod shows are gonna run?

There won't be a ticket available for under $115.00 at The Izod.

It's called mail order, Tix for the garden are $103.50 & 58.50 ,and thats mail order ,wait till the go on sale thruogh ticketmizer and the add all their fees...

i learned how to tune a radio... and it was on!!! ticketripoff is garbage let the music flow and why dont we just orcistrate a mass rush in of the show. there needs to be an uprising from this money londering though good music this is no liljon concert this is the heart and soul of any music played today... ill lead the ruh though the gates.. it needs to be done for all those lagoona beach tv shows that are tearing america apart. have a good day and let the music pour out of your skulls

rp1guy..what a tool..

http://gdtstoo.com/GDTSTOOTheDeadSpring09.html

Ill get good tix to one show. This is not going to be a "touring" tour.

=( this is pretty much the saddest news to wake up to in my whole life. I have been so excited for this tour and now I dont know if I can afford to even go to one show. In-less you are making great money right now how can anyone afford this?

I dont think selling grilled cheese sandwiches is going to cover the cost of this lol.

That fucking sucks. I could build a time machine and travel back to 1971 for what they're charging. I'd say to hell with it and hold out for a festival this summer, but I heard that Phil wants to take this summer off. Looks like I'm just gonna have to suck it up and pony up the cash.

I'm not usually one that leaves a negative comment, but these guys should be ashamed of themselves, and if this is what it takes to do a tour,then they need to retire. I can't believe the people that are defending the ticket prices. Even if you have the money to spend, and if you have loved the Dead your whole life (which most of us have) that doesn't mean that it is right for them to do this.

Not only the above...but they sound like shit.

For $100, I can see 3 or 4 young bands that have something to offer...not just nostalgia.

Wow that is expensive. Are the going to have an opener or just play 4+ hours of music, that I will pay for>Fucking hate the shoreline. But is the tour ender. I may have to on board for that, or at the very least get arrested in the parking lot!!

as a band whos been basically broke most of their careers due to very little album sales and having to pony up 100k/month just to maintain roadcrew/equipment for the 30 yrs they were on the road, i feel its time for them to make a lil money now. nobody has complained about the dead having a gigantic merchandising uprise since garcia passed. noones complained about how u can buy golf club covers and diving suits with dead logos. i say im willing to pay an arm and a leg for what was the greatest touring act of all time.

Has anyone considered that they purposely set the prices high to discourage fans from going city to city/tour rats? Knowing that has such a negative impact on a tour, myabe this is an attempt to curb it? I don't know, just a thought. I can say that I was going to Buffalo until I saw those prices and now I'll be home that night instead (and $200+ richer)...

As one who saw many GD shows between '80 and '95, I was actually quite excited to see a show or two on this tour. My balloon has been deflated by these prices, especially considering the economic times we're in. I will instead be home listening to a smokin' show from '73, and save the money to put towards vacation with my family.

As for those calling them "has-beens", give me a break. They are certainly some of the finest musicians on the planet, the absurd ticket prices don't change that fact. It just means that I and other long-time hard-core heads like me will forego seeing them. Priorities change as you get older, and spending hundreds of dollars seeing shows is no longer one of them.

Very disappointing as I was really looking forward to seeing a show or two.

Peace~

SC06033 has it right on.

... so does these high prices include complimentary liquid & smoke all around?

I've lost all interest after seeing the ticket prices...and tapers at Shoreline are moved back to the LAWN?!? WTF? I'm glad I saw 'em in the day. Here's one taper who is opting out and saving my money for better things.

this is pure fucked. I didn't believe that the tickets would be $100... i thought you guys were talking scalper prices on ticketsnow.com or something like that.... cuz i couldn't find a ticketprice on Livenation.com or anything.... so i thought this was all speculation of these $100 tix.... ...then I see http://gdtstoo.com/GDTSTOOTheDeadSpring09.html .... holy fuck it's true...

i was looking forward to taking my wife and son on their first tour... now I'm not really looking forward to it.. we're not going to be able to get into every show but we'll be there at a few.

I figured out why they keep going with Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti... MONEY!!! Warren can play a great guitar but he can ALSO SING... they don't need to get Steve Kimock on lead plus Joan Osbourne to sing when they can pay Warren less to do both... and by the way, you think they're gonna pay Bruce Hornsby to play with them when they can get the dude from Les Claypool's Frog Brigade to play keyboards for probably pennies?!?! There's NO FUCKING WAY JEFF CHIMENTI IS PAID THE SAME AS WARREN HAYNES FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEAD. I love Jeff but this tour is shaping up to be a fucking disaster.... Since tickets are being charged out the ass, I think there will be a shitload of "extra's" floating around this spring... i feel that there's a reason for this hike in the price... like if there's 5000 extra seats leftover by the time first set it halfway done, i bet someone walks out on lot and starts handing them out. but it will work out... but jesus mary fuckin dick christ... i just can't believe they want $100 for every goddamn show... this is a sad day for me.

Was that a set of dentures in a glass in the background? ...and why does Bobby think he needs to talk so much. He's a goober.

OH YEA, AND LETS PLAY AN OBAMA BENEFIT BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE TOUR AND ONLY CHARGE $50 PER TICKET.... VOTE FOR CHANGE?! THEY SHOULD CALL THIS THE "SPARE SOME CHANGE?" TOUR

$100.00+Ticketbastard charges and what $60.00 for lawn + charges??? Come on. Last time they toured BGP ended giving away lawn seats for $20.00 for Shoreline and Sleeptrain because they were not selling any tickets at those prices. Hopefully Live Nation will do the same after they realize that no one will pay. This long time head will be in the lot scoring tickets on the cheap or won't go at all. Full on BS!

its a good thing I find Warren too abrasive for me with

my dead music.

even had the guitar player been Kimock who I prefer, I would not

try to go to any show for 100 bucks.

50 is my limit homies.

BREAKING NEWS: band changes name to THE GREEDFUL DEAD! after seeing a couple hundred shows with Jerry and NEVER paying more than $30... you can have my tickets for this "the rip off tour"... do the math.... $100 x 20,000 = 2 million a night! for what 3 hours of music? I doubt they are all of the sudden paying the hard working roadies $500,000 a night.... only one word folks....BOYCOTT!... you can go see overpayed athletes for less than these tickets!.... oh did you know parking will prolly be $40+ a car!.... beer $12 for a 12 oz warm flat coors lite.... on and on... no vending, lotsa police, no camping,.... poor newbies have to pay this much to get just a taste of what once was.... BOYCOTT!... give the money to charity or buy yourself something that lasts longer than a 3 hour show... I can't believe I supported this band for so many years and they turn around and do this to the fans.... people I personally know DIED at grateful dead concerts... wow wish i had a time machine then and seen the greed and maybe stopped them from going to the greedful dead ... this truely is a sad day in all our lives to know our musical idols are just using us now, while in an economic recession to boot!.... shame on you "the dead"... shame shame shame! I'm officially off the bus.

Wow, there are sure gonna be some empties at these shows. Methinks the geriatric Dead hath overestimated its appeal sans Jerry. Especially this summer in competition with Phish.

These ticket prices are absurd. SHAME SHAME SHAME on you Dead members. Way to stick it to your fans

allmans,dead,phish,mule......Wanee 09!!!

ok on this "steal your money" tour i can predict the set list with new song titles:

hell in a bucket ---> cash in a bucketful

casey jones---------> casey the millionaire

sampson and delilah ----> morgan and sachs

truckin-----------------> fukin (as in our fanbase)

sugar magnolia----------> gold truffles

eyes of the world--------> greed of the world

the golden road----------> the diamond road

uncle johns band---------> uncle sams band

brokendown palace--------> the taj mahal

ripple--------------------> tsunami (tidal wave of cash flow)

biodtl--------------------> beat it on down to the bank

not fade away-------------> money is real not give away(chorus)

u.s blues------------------> made in china blues

the other one-------------> the other one hundered (wait till next tour!)

the women are smarter-----> the bankers are smarter

aiko aiko-----------------> ching ching (ching ching all day!)

blow away-----------------> blow yer money our way

cryptical envelopment-----> cash in envelope man

100k tons of steel--------> 1,000's tons of titanium

el paso-------------------> dallas

black muddy river---------> green golden river

broken arrow--------------> new ak47

liberty-------------------> facism

feel free to add more.... i'm burning out thinking about this crapola of ever liking this band

when i was 15 i wanted to see the grateful dead. my first favorite band. knew all the music. my parents wouldnt let me go. tickets were sold out. so i bought 1 ticket for 200 dollars from an agency (face was 30.00) and i ran away from home. that night the Gratful dead played the first Unbroken Chain, the meanest So Many Roads and the sweetest Stella Blue, it was true Grateful Dead magic. i was 3rd row jerry's side. i know i got ripped off on that ticket at the time, and when i got home it was WW3, but i wouldnt trade that moment for anything in the world and that ticket is priceless to me now. but that was with jerry. now without him, 14 years later face is 100+? it doesnt even make sense. im sure if you wait it out you can find a ticket to a show lets say MSG for cheaper. but thats the only way im going.

Have any of you seen what The Eagles are charging for their current tour? Just wondering. The Eagles make these tickets look like bargains. Still sad to see the so called Dead charge so much though. I bet their health care premiums are through the roof.

What a bunch of little cry babys. ITS THE DEAD. If you have to whine about paying 100 bucks for a ticket, do something else with your life where you will be more prosperous. Shoot, I often spend $100 on alcohol at any given show. THESE GUYS ARE LEGENDS and if anyone deserves that ticket price its them. Shoot, JamBase wouldnt even exsist without these guys. Anyone who thinks $100 is a lot of money, well, I sure feel bad fore your girlfriends ("Stealin women from there other men!")

^^^ obviously you have the money, if you spend 100 bucks on booze at a show in one night, 100 bucks for a ticket must be chump change.

also, Gas + hotel + parking + expensive tickets. a real real bummer

Sorry, I love the dead unlike any other band. but this makes it impossible for my poor ass to go to a show. Got bills to pay and I have to eat food from time to time.

mimiluv -- i thought you said you loved phish and HATED the grateful dead brah? This explains all the constant trolling of the phish boards here on jambase. Stay classy mimiluv.

^^^and I'm sure you work very hard for all that money you throw away at shows slogear.

you're probably just livin' large off daddie's money.

I don't care who the fuck it is.

In this recession year and pitiful economy, NOBODY is worth 100$ a ticket for one show.

fuckin' rich douche

I'm not even that poor. I make a decent amount of money at my job.

But like badgerboy said. once you figure in the transpo costs and the lodgeing...I've spent a weeks pay for 2 people to go to 2 shows.....not gonna happen.

I will gladly save up to see the boys the same way I do for Panic, and a festival or two every summer. If you dont like it, then save your money and listen a rippen show from 75 on archive. For you talking bad about the Dead- who gives a shit what you think anyway.

haha yeah ok rizzles just simply tell me where i said that you smelly troll, and stay classy? always will dont worry haha i love phish? ok go look at the present phish tour forum and tellme if i love phish you freakin know it all mouth. you jealous of the show i saw or sumthin?? awwww

ya nobody said we couldnt afford $100 tix, we are just pissed off about it... sure the eagles and others charge more, but hey i wont go see them either... we all have blown more money and got less than a dead reunion show for it (speeding tix, weed busts, taxes etc), but these are (were) our musical idols... now if you said 1/2 the inflated price went to the Rex foundation or some other charitable group then cool... we would not be whining... i almost guarantee you that parking will be more than the last ticket you paid for the grateful dead... we were different one time... now it seems that there is no difference between paying for greedful dead or eagles.... the funny ironic part is nye 1988 the dead were interviewed and role playing like they were making all this money... when a close friend of mine was their limo driver to and from a show he said all they (the band) did was complain about money...i would love to see 20 people show up at the shows... we the people can make a change... yes we can... in comparison... last 2 yrs all good fest had 3 nites of music with ratdog or phil and camping included and lotsa other bands for same price!... what gives?... it does suck because i really wanted to go and yeah for 1 or 2 shows an extra couple hundred bux isnt life changing but it is the principle of it...and to the drunk who spends more than $100 a night on booze... i think i always get stuck next to you at shows screaming the words to the song and dancing into everyone....yes?

Wookie alert $35 lawn seats at shoreline $95 reserved seating.

Dead fans 40 an older. Phish fans 40 and younger. For the most part. Who has all the money in our society older people (baby boomers). The industry controls prices at large arena's. Maybe if more people cared about ticket prices when Pearl Jam fought ticketbastard in mid 90's. PJ couldn't tour for almost 2 years in there prime when they were fighting ticketmaster. American's get rip off when it comes to our entertainment in any form like movies, sports & concerts!

almost always the lights AREN'T shining on me...rarely I can clearly sssee <><>

seeing/ hearing Hunter float some new songs into the tour would be nice....attention Mr. Hunter, i believe you have many more good ones in ya

Do what you want with you money and time, I just hope no one listens to dave23, this is not the Bastille. maybe we could all have a "sit-out" representing the number of people willing to pay a reasonable price, and see if the most faithful fanbase in the history of live music needs the music more than the band needs the patrons and their money.

I could very well be confused, but when the concession prices are too high, I blame the venue, when ticket prices are too high, i blame the band and management. (with the GD's poor management history in mind)

It comes down to why they are getting back together; Is it because they feel that great music and history can be made and a good time can be had by all, or are they just trying to create a frenzy among wealthy deadheads and make a huge profit doing it.

One reason excites me to no end, the other makes me question what i thought was reality. If I sound negative to you, I don't apologize.

THIS IS BUSINESS GUYS, just cause its part of a hippy scene doesnt mean the business side doesnt apply, the tickets will be this expensive and they WILL SELL.....so if you dont like it dont go. (sorry to be a dick but its not just weir,lesh ect that have too eat, this is a whole train that see's they can make a dollar)

----not saying its right, its just life

77 - yes hunters gold ideas and thoughts i cant even imagine running dry, but if they did we got PLENTY archived : )

Aalso, Mr. Hunter if you read this.....why the fuck have you not posted any recent journal entriEesss

I'd rather pay 15 bucks and see Dark Star play a smokin 78 show....unreal

Im just glad they are playing so some of the lot trash will migrate there instead of Phish. I was rather disappointed in the PSU show.

I can't afford to pay 100 per ticket right now. I doubt they'll even sell out the garden. The Knicks charge 10 dollars for the fourth tier. You think anyone is going to pay 100. At least charge 50 for the cheap seats. No this show is only for corporate jerkoffs. They should change their name to The Rolling stones.

They show the printed setlist. The dead never used a setlist with Jerry

Actually, I hope Phish attracts the lot trash as they usually do instead of the Dead. The Bisco rat kids will go to the Phish shows since they can't afford the stiff ticket prices for the Dead shows.

"we strike at dawn"

Is that a reference to what the fans should do? Or what they are doing to their fans wallets?

Maybe the ticket prices are cushioned for a returning gas spike? I dunno but the prices are super taxed, a festival price for a show?

Seems they are better off touring alone if it costs that much to have them all together. Whats the special thing that brought them back together this time? Obama? I mean Bush leaving office is certainly reason to celebrate, but hitting your fans over the head?....

Yes,but wont all custies be at The Dead. Just kidding.

$100 for tickets is a DISGRACE

This is just not right. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Just like the rest of the millionaires in this world. Greedy.

$100. I hope Jerry is making a special appearance.

Well guys I can't even get to the presale it's too busy. I bet all you guys are there trying to get Tix (well somebody is.). I was on there earlier and going to test the waters for killer seats. but i am at work and I lost track of time.

no...i'm not jealous of you mimi. but i do know that mimiluv -HEARTS- mike gordon! I'm sure your parents are real proud of you, since you disrespected them and all. stay classy mimiluv. keep on sucking that Dik for smack brah!

Everyone I know cant access the site to even buy these ridiculously over priced tix

Holy shit Ebay prices are nutz. Lawn tix 4 shoreline 100 bucks. This guy deserves to get a beating. Hahaha I gotta go baCK TO WORK. i'M GOING TO archive to stream some real DEAD!

Ridiculous! Chicago on sale at 11am today, can't even get on the damn website, they are already on ebay 5 minutes later for about 400 a ticket, someone needs to do something about this crap! These prices are outrageous, unreal

Well this sucks, can't even log onto the site now. I forgot all about it til I hit the showers and woke my ass up to realize it was "DEAD TICKET" day. Looks like from these other cats that it seems like we got some greedheads on our hands with tickets being priced like some Rolling Stones concert. I'd still pay for that, just because it's been 5 YEARS! I hope I can get onto the site asap, but it'll probably be soldout:(

BGA, if you're looking for straight up lawn tix, then wait til the actual public sale. Presales are just certain amount of tix, not all of them. I'm looking for the same, but the site is being a bitch right now. I at least wanted some good tix for the Forum...

Check that, ebay $399 for 2 tickets section 214 row H (aka the back of the building) UNREAL!! And it's also like $25 just to park at AllState, screw this!

$115+ for tix!!!!!!!!!

Are they bringing Jerry back from the dead?

Finally got through. Got Tix for the L.A. Forum and Shoreline. What a bitch!

Anyone who saw them struggle through their PSU show knows that this is not worth $100...

Anyone get put into the waiting area? If so, how long was the wait?

I saw the set list:

1. Money Money >

2. Truckin >

3. Money Money>

4. Corina >

5. Money Money >

6. Eternity >

7. Money Money

ENC: Money Money Reprise.

me and the other 10 people i know who were online today couldnt get tickets at all(NY/NJ). Such garbage, im sure all the 3rd party vendors had no issues gobbling them all up. F U musictoday.com

The Grateful Greed, Jerry's rolling in his grave

I'm in shock that this is for real.

Just really really absurd, I don't even have the words to explain what I'm feeling so I hopped over to here.

Glad to see everyone else agrees, this is some complete and utter BS

yeah, this is crazy. After 2 hours of trying the best I can do is 80 dollars for literally the WORST seat at the Pepsi Center. Fuck it

My wife just got our tickets after about an hour getting kicked off and on the site. We decided to spend the $116.50 including service fees for 2 tickets to just get in the door for Chicago...side stage upper level...I really understand everone's pain....economic times are tough...we were not going to spend $230 including fees for good seats.

Got my tickets!

Some clown has the audacity to put his tickets up on Stubhub for $20,000 apiece. That's so infuriating.

/\/\ thats insanity!

The Dead "Wave That Paper" tour

They owe everyone a HUGE apology for taking a dump on the fans and the legacy of the GRATEFUL DEAD.

Hmmm....wow 100 bones? Well, for that amount, I want bobby to shave that grey cat off his face, die his hair brown, put it back in a pony tail like '88 and start sportin' those damn daisy dukes again!! :) If this is a pure nostalgia thang...which every post-Jer Dead rehash band has been to date- ya gotta go big!! I want the red,white and blue wrist bands on Phil, a clean shaven Billy...and for the love of pete...DON'T GIVE MICKEY A MICROPHONE!!! And for that amount of money...they can hire Steve Kimock and do this thing RIGHT for once. Dangnabbit...

dividends,...did ya think they were gonna take a pay cut?

bobby gets upwards of 50 bucks a tic so does phill -even more

on there own>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

so do the math,but still my prediction is that these shows

are gonna be tit to get into...

I saw things getting out of hand, I guess they always will.

Funny, the latest Rolling Stone has an article saying how every major act plans to cut tickets costs in consideration of the state of the economy this year except for Britney Spears and the Eagles. Guess the news on the Dead's outrageous ticket pricing hadn't gotten to them yet.

I know Bobby used to be able to work a pair of short-shorts just as well as Britney, but c'mon boys!! Maybe Weir will bring back that old gem Money Money and really rub it in.

This is a friggin' SHAME. Looks like I'll be popping in a vintage DVD from Jerry-days and doing the noodle dance in my living room instead of MSG this year.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=44571254901

10,000 lakes festival group.

bobby STILL rocks the short shorts!!! capri pants too! hahah... albany/b-lo here i come

TOO HEAR PHIL SING TERRAPIN..............!?

for all those complaining about ticket prices: I'm not some savage Machievelian capitalist, but the ticket is worth what the market will bear. And if I was in the band and saw thousands of tickets on Craigs List and Ebay for $250 when face was $50 so some dirtbag scalper could make 400% above what the entire venue, band, crew, etc was making, don't you think I'd be a little pissed off. PS: I got my four for the shoreline and i'm glad you bittermens won't be there.

i wonder if the band is reading any of this?....the more amazing thing is that used ticket stubs from old shows are sold on ebay for more than face value! i guess some people have more money or passion than brains.... who cares about ticket stubs?... i used to give mine up as soon as i got into a show to try and help others get in... or at least that was what i was told.... to think if they were doing this just to sell on ebay someday (wait ...there was no internet yet lol)

I'm boycotting the whole tour....so many other positive things to do with the money... now back to regualar scheduled programming

just because rich douches will pay whatever the ticket agencies want is the reason ticket prices have gotten out of control. But that doesn't make it worth what the market will bear. What are you? a fuckin republican? Sorry, but I DON'T think all the shows will sell out. and the ones that do in richer area of the country (I.E. california, ny) will most likely be populated with mostly older rich folks and younger rich fucks who are using daddies bread to pay for their tickets (please Daddy....I really, really want to go!). And y'all will be looking around at the show wondering where are all the fun free-spirited dancing freaks that used to make a show the wonderous, amazing swirl of GENEROSITY and KINDNESS it used to be?

They couldn't afford it.

and it's totally true about the Rolling Stone article. Seems like just about evry other band is cuttin' back and the Dead are tackin' on.

how tacky.

I just got layed off. Job loss in this country is at an all time high. I am currently reading Phil's book "Searching for the Sound" and was so drawn back to an earlier happier era and gettin' all excited about seeing the boys again when I found out about the ticket prices. Talk about gettin' crushed by your heroes. No shows for me and my girl.

Lawn tickets are $50. That's where the party with the freaks will be and that's where I'll be. And no, I'm not a republican. I just understand simple economics that are going to transpire whether I choose to participate or not. POLL: what is worse? Everybody responsible for putting on the show: the band, the venue, the lighting and sound crew, the security, etc splitting the $100 per ticket OR the guy who does absolutely nothing sitting behind a computer screen and nets $300 of your favorite band and couldn't name you one GD tune? Tell me how that makes sense. I know all this about the Golden Years of Yore....the way things used to be. I went to high school with Jerry's daughter in San Rafael and used to get high with him at lunch, seen the dead 50 times. So what? You glorify the past, you sabotage your future. The world's changed. Have you?

im in the exact same spot hoppy

Why should I be happy to pay $100 a ticket just because some scalper on ebay can make $300 on it? That's your justification?

That's what Mick Jagger said when years ago the Stones were the first ones to charge $50 and up for a ticket. He said Why can't we charge more when I see that the ticket agency's are charge $200 and up for them? Hence the massive upswing in ticket prices.

I bet you were plenty happy to pay upwards of $4 a gallon for gas this summer as well huh?

heartbreaking. as a 23 year old Dead Head, never got to see Jerry (too young), never got to witness the Grateful Dead (too young), never got to see The Dead (too expensive). I'm just one of those kids who should have been born in the 60's

$50 general admission woulda been cool, (i guess lawn is acceptable for $50 ...you know it wouldnt be $20 and were expecting $35 or $37.50 so an extra $12.50...and with increase in everything from security to paying higher min wage for concession and staff inside the arenas....$100 for floor seats is lame but would rather be in back spinning on the lawn anyways....but hey whats it all matter.... if you remember that sometimes all it looks like is paper with numbers and a picture of a dead president... but i am still boycotting because I do understand what WE THE PEOPLE on this here message board are saying.... but ... inside sources say the scene is going to be very retro cool... arrrrrrrrrgh any other pisces having trouble deciding on the principle + money vs love for the band

ok just spent some time on the phone getting the real dope on whats up with ticket prices... it is 2009 and EVERY band who plays at this venue is asking pretty much AT LEAST the same but ussually even more for a ticket! Brittny spears has some tix at dc for $37.50 compare to $67 for the dead, but her high end are $155, eagles high end $180 etc... these do not include gold or silver VIP packages... so i guess I was wrong about the dead being greedy... it is the whole industry from arena insurance to venue fees, unions etc.. i'm not sure what band is playing these venues for $20- $40 since I did not see any... I think alot of us got spoiled by heady fests like all good and langerando but at the same time we havent seen the band in 14 years and just sticker shocked since we do not go to arena venues to see bands like before ... the $4 a gallon wake up call... now tobacco going to get retaxed with new president and am sure most the "news" is going to be a buzzkill but for the 3 hours when the band is playing... all seems to fade away... what we should be super angered with is going on ebay right now and seeing the ticket prices from online scalpers! so the arena, the band, all the overhead get $100 but some idiot with a call center and 8 credit cards can scalp online and never have to see us eye to eye and makes more than the band and venue combined! blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago"

Stop your Bi*ch'n and don't go if you think it's too much. The rest will revel in all it's glory.

Thank you Phil, Bob, Mickey and Bill for giving us a little more!

So now two wrongs make it right. That's what secondbreakfast is saying. So because there are other greedy fucks out there we should now degenerate to that? That's insane.

yeah Damon I guess the point is that the dead had no choice in ticket prices if they wanted to play these venues, which would be the only indoor ones in these cities during this time of year....personally I am on the fence... i doubt my boycotting would really change anything and i doubt anybody really cares if we personally go or not... seems like there are enough people willing to pay whatever...i guess if enough people press the buy it now price for tix on ebay and never pay then they will stop using it to scalp tix... do that close to concert date so they can not relist because i think you have 10 days to pay or something?

official band list/lineup not private lymeup haha ha ha haha hahaha

Current mood: frisky

Category: Music

1.Papa Mali--blues-- www.papamali.com

2.Dead Larry--rock -- www.myspace.com/deadlarry

3.Sugarcane String Band--rockygrass-- www.myspace.com/sugarcanestringband

4.Whitewater Ramble--rockygrass-- www.myspace.com/whitewaterramble

5.YAMN-Progressive-electro-trance-fusion-grass-rock" www.myspace.com/yamnit

6.Bridger Creek Boys--bluegrass-- www.myspace.com/bridgercreekboys

7.Secret Powers--rock-superpop-- www.myspace.com/secretpowersmt

8.Mountain Grip-- Rock / Psychedelic / Reggae-- www.myspace.com/mountaingrip

9.Fulcrum Theory--prog jazz-funk-- www.myspace.com/thefulcrumtheory

10. Holden Young Trio--funk -- www.myspace.com/holdenworld

11. Naomi and the Courteous Rudeboys--reggae-roots-soul www.myspace.com/naomiandthecourteousrudeboys

12. Equaleyes--jamband-- www.myspace.com/equaleyeslive

13. SWYL--funk-- www.swyl.net

(14). Strawberry Ridge-old timey--

15. Soveriegn sect--electronica-- www.myspace.com/sovereignsectmusic

16. Shook Twins-bluegrass-- www.myspace.com/shooktwins

17. AM String Band--old timey-- www.myspace.com/amstringband

(18). Jessica Kilroy--montana soul-- www.myspace.com/jessicakilroy

(19) Terese Carlton--alt soul-- www.myspace.com/teresecarlton

20. ZKamp Extravaganza--grunge jams-- www.myspace.com/zkamp

21. OutPost--hiphop/reggae-- www.myspace.com/outpost

22. Downwind-- bluegrass-- www.myspace.com/downwind

"Steal My Phlow"

Dan, I just have a hard time with they didn't have a choice. I mean, they don't dictate the terms of their ticket prices? Besides that, Weir being a member of Bohemian Grove is the icing on the cake. Your right, it doesn't make a difference if I go or not. It's the principal of the matter.

so are you going?.....lol

Bobby just needs to shave the grey cat off his face...

No way...the beard is key

$100-tixxs BBBOOOOOOOOO!!!!