That misleading presale was kind of sh*tty.

[wmgaretjax]

I will address you when you can properly construct a sentence.

Let's try this again. Perhaps you are incapable of understanding the implications of an incomplete thought...

[feed them to lions]

Forget it. You aren't worth the time.

[menikmati]

you guys are taking this a little too hard...heck, even if the password had been "GEOGADDI", I don't think I'd be this upset.

[superfiction]

Seriously. How many people do you think bought presale tickets expecting The Police to be there, and how pissed do you think those people are now (referring to the LA Times confirmations of RHCP, Rage, and Bjork)?

I am a little stunned neither Smashing Pumpkins or Police are there. I mean, Rage will be amazing, but I've never gotten into Bjork, and RHCP are a bit disappointing, I feel like they're always touring.

Mostly I'm just pissed to have been so mislead. But I doubt they'll add someone of Pumpkins or Police magnitude if they're not announced officially tomorrow.

FUCK THE POLIIICE you had to know they were fuckin with you

[superfiction]

you guys are taking this a little too hard...heck, even if the password had been "GEOGADDI", I don't think I'd be this upset.

hhahaha

[schoolofruckus]

you guys are taking this a little too hard...heck, even if the password had been "GEOGADDI", I don't think I'd be this upset.

Again, I'm really not upset about it. I'd rather see The Police than the Chili Peppers, sure...but I'd rather see Smashing Pumpkins than either of them; more importantly, I'd rather see Rage Against the Machine and/or Bjork than all three. It's more just the principle of the joke, and the idea that it's justified because everyone goes rabid at this time of year, that I think is messed up.

Also, Erik.....you really would rather not find out the hard way about that, would you?

[laineinla]

am i making a mistake deciding against not doing the pre-sale (EDIT: i mean, i have done pre-sale for the past 2 years) just b/c i'm super paranoid about the whole "not being mailed until 2-3 weeks *before* the show" thing?? (especially since i'm 99 percent sure i'll probably be moving between now and coachella but address/location is still TBD).

hmm.. one more hour to decide! ack decisions decisions!!

[Yablonowitz]

From what I remember, The Police were never actually rumored to play. Everything i remember was people saying "wouldn't it be awesome if The Police play?" There wasn't any suggestion of someone having inside knowledge, that there was someone's friend at Capitol Records who told them this or that. I have a hard enough time picturing Sting trying to get back into the Police mold at all, let alone having the opportunity to witness them play live. Didn't even enter my mind as a possibility until I got that e-mail. My own rationalization was that GV wouldn't screw with us that way. Yeah, I'm THAT naive. So I got excited and started listening to all their music - "Spirits in the Material World," "Walking on the Moon," "Don't Stand So Close to Me," "Demolition Man," Miss Gredenko," etc, etc and got all psyched out. Now that it looks like they aren't playing, I'm a little bummed and don't think it was all that funny as a joke. This would actually have been the first headliner that I would have been genuinely excited about.

It didnt' affect my purchasing decision...and I'm not going to bitch about it any more...but I don't think it was too cool.

That said...fucking Crowded House....The Good, The Bad, and the Queen, Manu Chau....it's all good.

[nahuatldream]

I was the same way. I took the Police rumours with a grain of salt, until I saw the pre-sale password, and that's when I actually got excited. Call me naive, I guess. Other bands would excite me as well, such as RATM, Smashing Pumpkins, so it's all good. I'm going regardless and the fact that I thought the Police would be playing did not incline me to buy tickets moreso than if I had no idea who was playing. I'd buy regardless. But I will admit the pre-sale password thing got me excited about them playing.

[suprefan]

Seriously. How many people do you think bought presale tickets expecting The Police to be there, and how pissed do you think those people are now (referring to the LA Times confirmations of RHCP, Rage, and Bjork)?

I am a little stunned neither Smashing Pumpkins or Police are there. I mean, Rage will be amazing, but I've never gotten into Bjork, and RHCP are a bit disappointing, I feel like they're always touring.

Mostly I'm just pissed to have been so mislead. But I doubt they'll add someone of Pumpkins or Police magnitude if they're not announced officially tomorrow.

I was buying pre sale no matter what..... Who cares who plays, I think its genius with the decoy of the offficers of the law...

[NoneForMeThanks]

am i making a mistake deciding against not doing the pre-sale (EDIT: i mean, i have done pre-sale for the past 2 years) just b/c i'm super paranoid about the whole "not being mailed until 2-3 weeks *before* the show" thing?? (especially since i'm 99 percent sure i'll probably be moving between now and coachella but address/location is still TBD).

hmm.. one more hour to decide! ack decisions decisions!!

Your billing and shipping addresses can be different. I'm having mine sent to work. So, if there's an alternate address you can use, then definitely do the pre-sale

[feed them to lions]

Hey now, hey now, Yablonowitz. The worrrrrrst is ooooover.

Hey now, hey now...

[rampaige]

Hey now, hey now, Yablonowitz. The worrrrrrst is ooooover.

Hey now, hey now...

[microcuts]

Wow people sure are overreacting... if anyone seriously bought the tickets just because they thought the Police were playing, then you can always SELL the tickets. And probably even make a profit off it since you can sell it for face value, which will be higher than what you paid for the presale. Sheesh.

[instinct]

why is it we can make threads about the presales now.. but we weren't allowed before?? even though it's not even 8:00 yet..

[york707]

I just bit the bullet. I hope I can actually afford to go.

[boyalien0]

Has Crowded House done anything of merit besides that one horrible, horrible song?

[Yablonowitz]

If you think "Don't Dream Its Over" is a horrible song...then, no.

But for my money, they made four brilliant albums. Like Fountains of Wayne, the indie hipster douches will call them "soft rock" or "adult contemporary," but they are top notch songwriters. I'm surprised they're playing...their drummer committed suicide a couple years ago and I didn't think they'd ever play again.

[boyalien0]

Okay, that did sound really smartassy, the question i meant to convey was, to those who like Crowded House, what would be some songs I should look for that are better than that single?

[dorkfish]

you guys are taking this a little too hard...heck, even if the password had been "GEOGADDI", I don't think I'd be this upset.

i actually don't believe you on that erik. i think if they had your hopes up that BoC was playing, and in your mind you had been convinced that it truly might happen, and then later to be told it was a joke, you'd have been pretty crushed. i'm sure it's similar for a lot of the Police's fans.

[CuervoPH]

I second Yabs that if you don't like "Don't Dream It's Over", then I'm really not sure what to recommend to change your mind. Different strokes and all that. I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite among their first four albums (which I feel are all excellent), and I got to see them live on their tour for "Woodface" and they put on a really good, fun live show.

I still haven't checked out their "farewell" show that was released on CD this month though.

edit: was posting before I saw the above response. Personal favorite songs of mine are: "Better Be Home Soon", "Sister Madly", "Fall At Your Feet", "Four Seasons In One Day", "Weather With You", "Black And White Boy", "Distant Sun", "Walking On The Spot"...um...that's more than I meant to list...

[tricky]

the censoring was to prevent further info of the presale, the PRIVATE presale being posted here, publicly. ill type that again if you need me to.

what was the criteria for being included in the private presale?

[noisemachine]

Im just disappointed that you guys didn't make the password LOVELESS. Imagine the madness then.

[boyalien0]

let the piracy begin...

[tessalasset]

what was the criteria for being included in the private presale?

you had to have signed up to the coachella community within the last year.

[tnordy]

I had signed up with the coachella community and never got an email about the presale.

[york707]

What email address did you give them? Di dyou check the spam folder?

[tnordy]

Yeah, I just double checked everything and logged onto the Community with my current email address. Not in my spam either. Oh, well.

[tessalasset]

same here, tnordy.

[menikmati]

you're right brad....you might as well had just aimed a crossbow at my heart and fired