Upcoming Shows

[IceyHotshot]

I was in the pit at the Greek last year for Beirut and Drinkey is right. The pit is really small, but if you really want to be on the rail, just show up around when doors open. Assuming you have a pit ticket that is...

[frizzlefry]

Lame

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

It's an orchestra pit for a 6000 seat theater. The logistics for what you want are not there. It's not a rock concert venue.

[brokenDREAMS]

Kurt Vile & The Violators:

May 17 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
May 18 Nelsonville Music Festival Nelsonville, OH
May 19 Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
May 20 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
May 21 High Noon Madison, WI
May 22 400 Bar Minneapolis, MN
May 23 Aquarium Fargo, ND
May 25 Bitmore Vancouver, Canada
May 26 Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA
May 27 Star Theatre Portland, OR
May 30 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Jun 06 Catalyst Atrium Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 07 Largo @ The Coronet Los Angeles, CA
Jun 10 Bonnaroo 2012 Music & Arts Festival
Jun 15 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
Jun 16 Central Park Summerstage New York, NY

[Somewhat Damaged]

Kurt Vile & The Violators:

May 17 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
May 18 Nelsonville Music Festival Nelsonville, OH
May 19 Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
May 20 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
May 21 High Noon Madison, WI
May 22 400 Bar Minneapolis, MN
May 23 Aquarium Fargo, ND
May 25 Bitmore Vancouver, Canada
May 26 Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA
May 27 Star Theatre Portland, OR
May 30 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Jun 06 Catalyst Atrium Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 07 Largo @ The Coronet Los Angeles, CA
Jun 10 Bonnaroo 2012 Music & Arts Festival
Jun 15 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
Jun 16 Central Park Summerstage New York, NY

Get thee to Arizona, asshole.

[TallGuyCM]

Is it expected that Kurt just might be doing covers like Fiona Apple did?

[amyzzz]

Get thee to Arizona, asshole.

Rick, you're starting to sound like me. Maybe supre will start belittling you instead?

[IceyHotshot]

Is it expected that Kurt just might be doing covers like Fiona Apple did?

Why do you think that? Just because it is the Largo? I've seen a fair number of shows there, and none were all covers.

[darksideofkaos.]

James Murphy was amazing as always last night. Was able to grab 2 for Diplo tomorrow. Interested to see if there is any tribute to MCA.

[TallGuyCM]

Um, what? From Death Grips' Facebook:

we are dropping out to complete our next album NO LOVE. see you when it's done. (there are no longer any scheduled shows)

[IceyHotshot]

lol, "NO LOVE".

Thanks to whoever posted the Kurt Vile show, I got a ticket. I might even walk to the show, it's only 1.5 miles from my work.

[Gribbz]

James Murphy was amazing as always last night.

Awesome. Little Dragon --> James Murphy at Sasquatch is going to be great.

Um, what? From Death Grips' Facebook:

That was fast. I read in a recent interview that they had a ton of new material... so I guess it's not too surprising.

[stinkbutt]

Strike before the hipsters forget about you

[bmack86]

lol, "NO LOVE".

Thanks to whoever posted the Kurt Vile show, I got a ticket. I might even walk to the show, it's only 1.5 miles from my work.

The LA show? Where'd you get tickets?

[IceyHotshot]

Per a discussion with the guy who answers Largo's email, they had it up for sale for a couple hours, but took it down because they aren't announcing it until "next week" (which could mean as soon as Monday, I didn't ask). I got a ticket in the brief period they were up.

[Somewhat Damaged]

Rick, you're starting to sound like me. Maybe supre will start belittling you instead?

Not bloody likely, if he knows what's good for him.

[ficklecycle]

What's up with The Weeknd tonight? Are they checking ID's to match names on the ticket?

[IceyHotshot]

As contained in an email from Hollywood Forever:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TOMORROWS CONCERT BY:

The Weeknd

PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS EMAIL CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO, IT WILL ENSURE THE EVENT RUNS MORE SMOOTHLY AND YOU HAVE A BETTER CONCERT EXPERIENCE.

VENUE

This show is outdoors on an open lawn inside the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Please be courteous and respect your surroundings.
The first 75 feet from the stage out is reserved for standing room.
The rest of the lawn is open for picnic setups.
Do not leave any trash on The Fairbanks Lawn.
Pack it out our leave it in the grey tilt truck bins.
Bring appropriate clothing – it will be a High of 74°F and Low of 56°F.
Please be respectful of our neighbors when entering and exiting the venue.


SHOW INFO

NO ONE MAY LINE UP BEFORE 6PM!
This will be enforced – if you are uncooperative you will be denied access to the venue.
Please don’t worry – there is plenty of room for everyone.
The show is RAIN or SHINE.
Gates open at 7pm.
The Weeknd takes the stage at approximately 8:30pm – no guarantees on timing.
The concert is ALL AGES.


WHAT MAY YOU BRING

You are welcome to bring: blankets, pillows, food and drinks. This includes beer and wine.
NO distilled spirits – if you attempt to bring in hard liquor you will be denied entrance to the venue.
You may NOT bring: tents, hard coolers, chairs of any kind, dogs/pets.

PARKING INFO

ONSITE PARKING IS SOLD OUT
Do not drive up to the cemetery entrance unless you have an ONSITE PARKING PASS.
ADA parking is available onsite.
Bikes park onsite for free.
Scooters park onsite for free.
Gates for ONSITE parking open at 7pm.
DO NOT LINE UP YOUR CARS ON SANTA MONICA BLVD before 7pm.
Hollywood PD will be there and will ticket you if you do.
There is still OFFSITE parking at 801 North Gower – purchase here:
http://hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com/event/119093/
We strongly recommend you use this secure parking structure.
This structure opens at 5:30pm and closes at 11:30pm
PLEASE CARPOOL / RIDE BIKES / WALK if at all possible.


TICKETS

The show is SOLD OUT.
There will be NO tickets at the door.
Resold tickets will not be honored.
This was made VERY clear on the ticketing purchase page and on the tickets.
People who purchased to re-sell can contact Ticketfly for a full refund until noon tomorrow.
The purchaser of the tickets must enter the venue unless otherwise pre-approved.
If not entering the venue together, the purchaser should be sure to enter before the other patrons whose tickets they purchased via Ticketfly.
We will cross check ids at the door with the name on the tickets.
Anyone entering the venue with a ticket and the purchaser is not with them or hasn’t already entered will have to provide the following information:

Show their ID
Provide information on from whom they got the tickets and how.

We will then determine whether or not they can enter the venue.
This information will be compiled and crosschecked with past and future purchases.
A banned list will be assembled based on our own criteria.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

This is to put a stop to scalping.
Scalpers assemble purchasing teams, flood our ticketing server with purchase requests to block legitimate buyers and thereby deny the consumer fair and reasonable access to the tickets. Then they resell the tickets to those very same people whose access they blocked for prices higher than what Hollywood Forever and the Artist have agreed is a reasonable price.
We work very hard to produce the best shows with the lowest possible ticket prices and fees.
We don’t do this so someone can block access to our tickets so they can resell them for personal profit.
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER will not tolerate scalpers and will aggressively work to deny scalpers access to our tickets through all possible means: legal, technological or otherwise.


Thanks for reading this!
We look forward to seeing you at the show tomorrow.

Your friends at
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER

[ficklecycle]

The only people they're stopping from entering are the people who got ripped off, not the ones ripping people off...

[JustSteve]

then maybe the ones who got ripped off will stop buying from scalpers in the future for the shows...and then scalpers will stop buying tickets to future shows leaving those tickets available to fans in the future. THE FUTURE!

[ficklecycle]

That's some 2012 shit right there.

[Justin170]

I love this!

[WhyTheLongFace]

then maybe the ones who got ripped off will stop buying from scalpers in the future for the shows...and then scalpers will stop buying tickets to future shows leaving those tickets available to fans in the future. THE FUTURE!

That aint workin lol

[IceyHotshot]

The tickets clearly say on them "Resold tickets will not be honored" and something about how the original purchaser must present them. If they bought in person, it's their own fault for not reading that on the ticket (it's really not even fine print, it's right there), and if they paid through paypal or on stubhub they should be able to get a refund.

[WhyTheLongFace]

Depends. Stub Hub shouldn't have put them up so I'm not sure how that refund is gonna work. If they paid through paypal from ebay or craigslist I doubt they get anything back. This is hurting the fans. They should have did what GV did with Refused

[beetleguise]

why didnt they do it willcall then.

and if you read the fine print on the actual ticket. it says you can resell the ticket


hollywood forever needs to get their shit together. They've made their cash off the show.. just let it be

[IceyHotshot]

why didnt they do it willcall then.

This is a good point.

[WhyTheLongFace]

Either way see yall tonight. I'll be the one in the Jessica Simpson shirt on drugs

[choice cat]

Deciding to stop the onslaught of scalpers buying up tickets, after all the tickets have already been bought up by scalpers and re sold is super convenient.

[IceyHotshot]

Deciding to stop the onslaught of scalpers buying up tickets, after all the tickets have already been bought up by scalpers and re sold is super convenient.

This is not what happened. That's what they're trying to do with Sigur Ros. The Weeknd ticket purchase page made mention of the measures they were going to take. It was clear long before any scalper bought anything.