NYC, NY - MSG - 12.12.12 Sandy Relief Benefit - ARCHIVE
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For getting in the mood... Grammies 2012 Paul+ Bruce + Dave Grohl Golden Slumbers
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21st Century Paul:
Who wouldn't wanna be a fly on the wall on the rehearsals? Especially if they're jamming, preparing collaborations. Anyway just to see them all together... a bit like seeing The Beatles working. Tarantino would film a nice short film with all those, lol. Paul being the Godfather of some kind of musicians gang. "Billy, the piano man from New York City, was playing melancholy blues that night. Then, the Stones brothers entered the club. -"Ok guys, tell me the news"-said Big Mac. -"We're into something big"-said Mick the Swagger -"Yes, Mac, it's already a 30 milion business"-said Keith the Riffmaker -"Rubbish, that's not enough" said Big Mac arching one of his eyebrows as he usually did. "I want the Fat and the Kid in this too. Security!" -"Here we are big man" said Bruce The Boss coming along with Tough John Bon. -"I want you to bring here Fats Elton and Justin the kid. You've got only 4 days, quick, move it"-ordered Big Mac while he wondered how to end the night of the big business" Well, that's not Tarantino, Coppola if ever, hmmm...
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Okay, I've been biting my tongue on this topic since the tickets for the concert went on sale, and here I go: I've got a problem with tickets to a charity event, especially one donating 100% of its profits, being sold AND BOUGHT through scalpers, Stub Hub, etc. Scalpers are keeping all of their profit, and Stub Hub is only donating 10% of the resale price to the Robin Hood Foundation. If you spend $2500 on a ticket, for example, only $250 goes to the Foundation. The other $2,250 goes directly to the person reselling the ticket. How is that fair to the people this concert is for, the victims of Sandy? The concert is not exactly unavailable to folks without tickets, it's being broadcast on TV, the internet, and on the radio. An audience of 2 billion is expected to watch the show, so it's not as if those buying the tickets from scalpers and resellers wouldn't have a chance to view the show. I'd much rather the folks buying tickets in this way donate the 10% that would have gone to the Foundation and enjoy the show from home, where they're going to get a much better view of the show anyway. If I hadn't lucked out with a friend actually getting a ticket, I had no intention of doing anything but donating to the cause and watching from home, as I have a real problem with people making a profit over other people's misery. Okay, off the soapbox. Just had to say it.
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walliebaby:
Okay, I've been biting my tongue on this topic since the tickets for the concert went on sale, and here I go: I've got a problem with tickets to a charity event, especially one donating 100% of its profits, being sold AND BOUGHT through scalpers, Stub Hub, etc. Scalpers are keeping all of their profit, and Stub Hub is only donating 10% of the resale price to the Robin Hood Foundation. If you spend $2500 on a ticket, for example, only $250 goes to the Foundation. The other $2,250 goes directly to the person reselling the ticket. How is that fair to the people this concert is for, the victims of Sandy? The concert is not exactly unavailable to folks without tickets, it's being broadcast on TV, the internet, and on the radio. An audience of 2 billion is expected to watch the show, so it's not as if those buying the tickets from scalpers and resellers wouldn't have a chance to view the show. I'd much rather the folks buying tickets in this way donate the 10% that would have gone to the Foundation and enjoy the show from home, where they're going to get a much better view of the show anyway. If I hadn't lucked out with a friend actually getting a ticket, I had no intention of doing anything but donating to the cause and watching from home, as I have a real problem with people making a profit over other people's misery. Okay, off the soapbox. Just had to say it.
I agree with you with one exception. There are many fans here, including myself, that really want to be at this show. When Ticketmaster was lost as an option, the secondary market became the only other choice. I don't think you should put guilt on those that found other means of obtaining tickets to this show when they were no longer available through Ticketmaster.
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you know this is a very interesting article via the New York Times only 13,500 tix were sold via Ticketmaster for the entire event! - whoaaa I happened to be one- of, very few,.. that got tix via TM.. & I am grateful... It took hours to get 3 tickets... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/arts/music/producers-of-12-12-12-benefit-concert-assail-scalpers.html?ref=music perhaps.. they'll be legislation re: ticket sales in the future?
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harleyblues:
you know this is a very interesting article via the New York Times only 13,500 tix were sold via Ticketmaster for the entire event! - whoaaa I happened to be one- of, very few,.. that got tix via TM.. & I am grateful... It took hours to get 3 tickets... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/arts/music/producers-of-12-12-12-benefit-concert-assail-scalpers.html?ref=music
I think MSG only holds 20,000, so that makes sense.
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DrivinFan:
walliebaby:
Okay, I've been biting my tongue on this topic since the tickets for the concert went on sale, and here I go: I've got a problem with tickets to a charity event, especially one donating 100% of its profits, being sold AND BOUGHT through scalpers, Stub Hub, etc. Scalpers are keeping all of their profit, and Stub Hub is only donating 10% of the resale price to the Robin Hood Foundation. If you spend $2500 on a ticket, for example, only $250 goes to the Foundation. The other $2,250 goes directly to the person reselling the ticket. How is that fair to the people this concert is for, the victims of Sandy? The concert is not exactly unavailable to folks without tickets, it's being broadcast on TV, the internet, and on the radio. An audience of 2 billion is expected to watch the show, so it's not as if those buying the tickets from scalpers and resellers wouldn't have a chance to view the show. I'd much rather the folks buying tickets in this way donate the 10% that would have gone to the Foundation and enjoy the show from home, where they're going to get a much better view of the show anyway. If I hadn't lucked out with a friend actually getting a ticket, I had no intention of doing anything but donating to the cause and watching from home, as I have a real problem with people making a profit over other people's misery. Okay, off the soapbox. Just had to say it.
I agree with you with one exception. There are many fans here, including myself, that really want to be at this show. When Ticketmaster was lost as an option, the secondary market became the only other choice. I don't think you should put guilt on those that found other means of obtaining tickets to this show when they were no longer available through Ticketmaster.
I'm sorry if you took my post as laying guilt on you--I'm just rather disgusted as to what's happened with this event. In the end, more money per resold or scalped ticket is going into the pockets of scalpers and resellers than is going to the charity, to the folks who lost everything.
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walliebaby:
harleyblues:
you know this is a very interesting article via the New York Times only 13,500 tix were sold via Ticketmaster for the entire event! - whoaaa I happened to be one- of, very few,.. that got tix via TM.. & I am grateful... It took hours to get 3 tickets... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/arts/music/producers-of-12-12-12-benefit-concert-assail-scalpers.html?ref=music
I think MSG only holds 20,000, so that makes sense.
so they held back 6500 in tix one of the promters of the event said.. don't buy the Stub- Hub tix...
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walliebaby:
Okay, I've been biting my tongue on this topic since the tickets for the concert went on sale, and here I go: I've got a problem with tickets to a charity event, especially one donating 100% of its profits, being sold AND BOUGHT through scalpers, Stub Hub, etc. Scalpers are keeping all of their profit, and Stub Hub is only donating 10% of the resale price to the Robin Hood Foundation. If you spend $2500 on a ticket, for example, only $250 goes to the Foundation. The other $2,250 goes directly to the person reselling the ticket. How is that fair to the people this concert is for, the victims of Sandy? The concert is not exactly unavailable to folks without tickets, it's being broadcast on TV, the internet, and on the radio. An audience of 2 billion is expected to watch the show, so it's not as if those buying the tickets from scalpers and resellers wouldn't have a chance to view the show. I'd much rather the folks buying tickets in this way donate the 10% that would have gone to the Foundation and enjoy the show from home, where they're going to get a much better view of the show anyway. If I hadn't lucked out with a friend actually getting a ticket, I had no intention of doing anything but donating to the cause and watching from home, as I have a real problem with people making a profit over other people's misery. Okay, off the soapbox. Just had to say it.
Thanks.....you just said what I was feeling when I posted the other day.....you are just so much better with words... I am better working on the mouth rather than what comes out of mine I apologize to you or anyone that I did lump into my blanket statement and should have been more direct in what I was trying to say. But you just did that for me.....that's what friends are for right?
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JennyLP:
walliebaby:
Okay, I've been biting my tongue on this topic since the tickets for the concert went on sale, and here I go: I've got a problem with tickets to a charity event, especially one donating 100% of its profits, being sold AND BOUGHT through scalpers, Stub Hub, etc. Scalpers are keeping all of their profit, and Stub Hub is only donating 10% of the resale price to the Robin Hood Foundation. If you spend $2500 on a ticket, for example, only $250 goes to the Foundation. The other $2,250 goes directly to the person reselling the ticket. How is that fair to the people this concert is for, the victims of Sandy? The concert is not exactly unavailable to folks without tickets, it's being broadcast on TV, the internet, and on the radio. An audience of 2 billion is expected to watch the show, so it's not as if those buying the tickets from scalpers and resellers wouldn't have a chance to view the show. I'd much rather the folks buying tickets in this way donate the 10% that would have gone to the Foundation and enjoy the show from home, where they're going to get a much better view of the show anyway. If I hadn't lucked out with a friend actually getting a ticket, I had no intention of doing anything but donating to the cause and watching from home, as I have a real problem with people making a profit over other people's misery. Okay, off the soapbox. Just had to say it.
Thanks.....you just said what I was feeling when I posted the other day.....you are just so much better with words... I am better working on the mouth rather than what comes out of mine I apologize to you or anyone that I did lump into my blanket statement and should have been more direct in what I was trying to say. But you just did that for me.....that's what friends are for right?
Not a problem. I'm also sorry if anyone took offense to my anti-scalper post. I was expressing my disappointment, not trying to have a go at anyone.
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harleyblues:
walliebaby:
harleyblues:
you know this is a very interesting article via the New York Times only 13,500 tix were sold via Ticketmaster for the entire event! - whoaaa I happened to be one- of, very few,.. that got tix via TM.. & I am grateful... It took hours to get 3 tickets... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/arts/music/producers-of-12-12-12-benefit-concert-assail-scalpers.html?ref=music
I think MSG only holds 20,000, so that makes sense.
so they held back 6500 in tix one of the promters of the event said.. don't buy the Stub- Hub tix...
I think alot are held back for tickets that were handed out for charity events, etc. I wish they were all given out that way or sold in the right way.
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JennyLP:
harleyblues:
walliebaby:
harleyblues:
you know this is a very interesting article via the New York Times only 13,500 tix were sold via Ticketmaster for the entire event! - whoaaa I happened to be one- of, very few,.. that got tix via TM.. & I am grateful... It took hours to get 3 tickets... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/arts/music/producers-of-12-12-12-benefit-concert-assail-scalpers.html?ref=music
I think MSG only holds 20,000, so that makes sense.
so they held back 6500 in tix one of the promters of the event said.. don't buy the Stub- Hub tix...
I think alot are held back for tickets that were handed out for charity events, etc. I wish they were all given out that way or sold in the right way.
From what I have been reading about the Concert for NY, tickets were either made available or just plain given to NYC police and fire fighters, and the venue was filled with them, as it should have been. I don't know how they could have done this, but wouldn't it have been nice for folks who worked during and after the storm in rescue, utilities, etc. to get the tickets? I understand that many of the held-back tickets have been auctioned off at charity events and such, as you said, and the more money that goes to the Foundation, the better. It's too bad that people affected by Sandy, or who worked to help after Sandy, weren't given first dibs at the tickets.
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walliebaby:
JennyLP:
harleyblues:
walliebaby:
harleyblues:
you know this is a very interesting article via the New York Times only 13,500 tix were sold via Ticketmaster for the entire event! - whoaaa I happened to be one- of, very few,.. that got tix via TM.. & I am grateful... It took hours to get 3 tickets... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/arts/music/producers-of-12-12-12-benefit-concert-assail-scalpers.html?ref=music
I think MSG only holds 20,000, so that makes sense.
so they held back 6500 in tix one of the promters of the event said.. don't buy the Stub- Hub tix...
I think alot are held back for tickets that were handed out for charity events, etc. I wish they were all given out that way or sold in the right way.
From what I have been reading about the Concert for NY, tickets were either made available or just plain given to NYC police and fire fighters, and the venue was filled with them, as it should have been. I don't know how they could have done this, but wouldn't it have been nice for folks who worked during and after the storm in rescue, utilities, etc. to get the tickets? I understand that many of the held-back tickets have been auctioned off at charity events and such, as you said, and the more money that goes to the Foundation, the better. It's too bad that people affected by Sandy, or who worked to help after Sandy, weren't given first dibs at the tickets.
Agreed.....The Concert for NY was handled in a better way.
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Who will play with Paul McCartney and/or who will McCartney play with at 12.12.12? And what will they play? Here are some songs that artists on the 12.12.12 bill have played with McCartney or have covered songs in McCartney's catalogue: Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora "Let it Be" and "Freedom" from Concert for New York City. Bon Jovi has covered the Beatles "With a Little Help From My Friends." Eric Clapton "All Things Must Pass," "Freedom," "Let it Be," "My Valentine," "Something" and/or "While My Guitar Gently Weep" from Concert for New York City, Concert for George and Live Kisses. Roger Daltrey "Let it Be" and "Freedom" from Concert for New York City. Dave Grohl "Back in the U.S.S.R.," "Band on the Run," "the End" and "I Saw Her Standing There" from Liverpool Sound and the Grammy Awards. Billy Joel "I Saw Her Standing There," "Let it Be" and "Freedom" from Concert for New York City and Good Evening New York City. "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Birthday" are Beatles songs that Joel covers. The Rolling Stones "I Wanna Be Your Man" the Rolling Stones have covered this Beatles song at recent 50 and Beyond concerts. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band "the End" and "Twist and Shout" from the Grammy Awards and Hyde Park. Zak Starkey "Birthday" at Ringo Starr's 70th Birthday Concert at Radio City Music Hall. Pete Townshend "Freedom" at Concert for New York City. Eddie Vedder "Cosmically Conscious," "I Saw You Standing There" from Change Begins Within at Radio City Music Hall. "I've Got a Feeling," "You Got to Hide Your Love Away" are Beatles songs that Vedder covers. I'm sure I'm missing some, though if they do just a handful of these songs together I'll be going home from 12.12.12 happy.
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moptops:
harleyblues:
maccascruff:
Does Chelsea Clinton sing or do stand up comedy?
Monica Lewinsky never did stand up...
Good one!
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I would hope that tickets will be given to some of the victims of Sandy, those who have been hurt the most. Give them some joy. VIP tickets were sold directly by the Robin Hood Foundation, not through Ticketmaster. Don't know how many other tickets were sold directly through the Foundation or MSG.
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maccascruff:
I would hope that tickets will be given to some of the victims of Sandy, those who have been hurt the most. Give them some joy. VIP tickets were sold directly by the Robin Hood Foundation, not through Ticketmaster. Don't know how many other tickets were sold directly through the Foundation or MSG.
Since they held back over 6,000 tickets, I'm hoping that some were distributed to programs or charities working directly with Sandy victims to pass on or have fundraisers with as they saw fit. I think local radio stations were also given tickets to have competitions with, which would hopefully be won by local folks, and of course there were the over $100,000 VIP tickets, so those wouldn't have gone in the general sale, either. Regardless of how the tickets were distributed, I'm hoping that many found their way into the hands of folks who went through Sandy and who could use an epic concert to brighten their days.
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This lineup is stellar!! I think I am most looking forward to any "pairings" I think Bruce\Paul is a given, in the press conference the other day one of the promoters said something like "Nobodies pulling the plug this time" something like that. I would love to see Paul and Eric do something together. I don't want to get overly greedy and I know it's a million to one shot but I would love to see David Gilmour added with Waters. They have played together a few times in the past couple years and it is for a great cause so maybe if I wish really hard? Whatever they come up with it should be a memorable night for us fans and the performers themselves. And I am hopeful that all the money will do a lot of good and get to the people who really need it!!!
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They've been asking on the FB page what pairings folks would like to see (more as a conversation than an official vote), and have been hinting at more artists. I was at a holiday party tonight with a bunch of folks who drove up from NYC and specifically Long Island. One was convinced that U2 would be there. I was more hopeful of a Led Zeppelin reunion, myself. Whoever shows up or whatever happens, all of the proceeds are going to a fantastic cause, and I hope that the concert broadcasts generate more revenue for folks who are still homeless because of Sandy, or who are struggling to rebuild.