Thank god I got tickets.

What is this?

A Hannah Montana concert?

My mom saw the Bosstones when she was in high school. Hopefully I got some of those awesome genes.

It's quite a torn issue with me.

I am totally against these people selling these tickets at such high prices

BUT

On the other hand, I feel like I would spend ANYTHING to get these tickets... but really can't afford it.

Sure, they mighty wind up going on a full fledge tour after this, and they may not. My guess is that they probably WILL do more shows after this, but that is beside the point. This is the Throwdown, a very special experience.

Things like this bother me. I really dislike this kind of opportunism. I see the same thing on e-bay where dudes sell records with descriptions like, "I bought two copies of this now totally oop record. Take advantage as they're all sold out".
I understand selling something you own or a ticket you can't use but buying things specifically for the purpose of reselling it for a ridiculous price really bums me out. I mean making a couple of bucks is one thing but this is quite another.
-Dante

I sold my ticket to the punknews/mutiny cmj showcase for what i paid for it. I think the commercial raping of music, or art in general, is just terrible.

(actually i got ten bucks for the ticket, not eight, but thats because i didnt have two dollars to give the guy, and he said he really didnt care)

bosstones, nothing.

my boss has me trying to get world series tickets on company time.

him all day yesterday: anything yet?
me:nope.

him for the last 30 minutes: anything yet?
me:nope.

i hope i get some, tho, cos he said i get a bonus if i score him some.

I reallly need 2 tix for the show, but my limited travel budget doesnt cover more than paying twice the cost. I hope that scalp prices come down as they usually do over time.

I could find cheaper Sox tickets for the World Series. almost.

you think thats bad? I'm trying to get rockies tickets right now.

You gotta be kidding me.
Looks like I'm not going to Boston for the X-Mas holidays.

$300 to $1250 a ticket? Punks don't have that kind of money!

I wouldn't even pay those prices if The Hippos reunited for a few shows, and they're my favorite band ever. Spending that sort of money to see any band just seems silly to me.

I wouldn't even pay those prices if The Hippos reunited for a few shows, and they're my favorite band ever. Spending that sort of money to see any band just seems silly to me.

that is so fuckin stupid, just so fucking wrong... $1250 for a fuckin show?

it would be funny if the Bosstones announce that they were doing more shows, and then watch how many people still try and pay 1250 for a ticket.

Still, I was seriously tempted to try and get tickets for at least on of the shows, but alas, geography was a bit of an obstacle.

Yeah, that was pretty ridiculous, tickets were sold out when I tried to get them at 10:06, six minutes after they went on sale. Thankfully a friend snagged 2 each for the 27, 28, 29 shows. If we both got them, I would have considered selling mine for some markup (hey, travel and hotels are expensive, it's only to offset the cost, not to make a profit) but I was thinking maybe $50-$75, not $1000+, yeesh. So much for a community.

Fucking racist, drunken bostonians

Really, who's going to pay $1250 to see ANY band? For $1250 you can hire out a venue, pay a few bands and put on your own show.

Most kids on this board probably don't realize that this is completely normal for mainstream events. Try getting Flyers tickets when the Devils are in town, or tickets to the Boss at Lincoln Financial Field is nearly impossible. Stubhub is the only answer. Also, grown ups have credit cards and ticket master accounts and jobs that pay money just for these circumstances, because there are only a few things that happen in a year that truly make us happy and for a lot of us, this is one of them.

Isn't it true that the lead singer of Sum 41 is Dicky's son?

Seriously? $1250? I've seen the Bosstones a few times, and they're a great band and one that I owe a lot of my punk/ska/hardcore interest to, but that's ridiculous. I wouldn't pay that much to see Metallica when Cliff was alive at a club show........well maybe I would. The Bosstones' Enter Sandman cover is the shit.

This is real shitty. I've been wating for this for some time now, and now I won't be able to go since some assholes are selling tickets for an insane amount of money. I never expected tickets to a SKA show would go for a thousand dollars but what do I know.

I used to love the Bosstones back in the Question the Answers days....but sweet Jesus. They were highly influential to a movement that remains about as popular as it ever was. Van Halen owned part of the 80's, and they don't even get that much for their reunion tix.

$1250? no band is worth that price. let alone the fucking mighty mighty bosstones. the zeppelin reunion, as far as i know, has not even reached that ridiculous price. people are retarded. i wish i had tickets to make a quick grand or so.

Scalpers are the scum of the earth [Y/N]?

I'm not talking about people that have an extra ticket and sell it (I've done that before), but rather the ones that have about 40 freaking tickets with them that walk outside of venues like vultures.

scalp the scalpers!

Thank frickin god I got two tix at exacty 10:00 am. My plan was to get 2 for opening night first, then 2 more for either Friday or Saturday. Oh well, they were all sold out at 10:02 when I went to get the second pair.

Don't worry all, btw, nobody is actually paying these ungodly amounts for tickets, they are just rediculous asking prices. The highest sale that I have been able to track down so far was $140 on stubhub. There is one auction now on ebay where a pair is going for just under $200 each. This will all die down next week and things will get a little more normal (at least closer to $100 per ticket). The world is crazy, but this is a great sign for punk today. The appetite is insatiable out there.

sandyclam

Piffle. I posted this days ago.

I should sell my tickets to wed and thurs and my game 2 world series ticket

I'm glad to see that they are still very much popular, bring back ska

Is there any proof that anyone is PAYING 1250 for a ticket? No. Because no one is. I could put my night one tickets up on stub hub for a million dollars, but no one said anyone has to pay that much. The highest these tickets are selling for are about 500 a PAIR on ebay. Don't be so naive.

P.S. That kid from Sim 41 is not Dicky's son, though the bosstones did get them signed to island...and i hate them for it.

P.S.S. Don't think they're going to tour after this. They won't be. Maybe a one off here or there, but a full fledged tour will never happen. That's why they stopped in the first place.

Ya know I Remember the first time I saw the Bosstones, with H2O and DKM (Mike era). It was in the early 90's. That show cost 0.97 cents to get into. That a far cry from $1200. That is recockulous!

fuckin hell!

HAJI

Yes, it is absolutely insane that tickets go for prices like this, BUT, what people need to start realizing is that as long people keep buying them at the high prices, the will continue to be sold for these ridiculous profits!

If you look on ebay, you can see for yourself that it's the fans who are bidding the prices higher and higher. We live in the most greedy of times, so people will jump all over the chance to take advantage of you.

Luckily I got a ticket to two of the shows and it's killing me that I'm not going to be able to go to all five, like in years past. That being said, I'd never help some douche bag profit off of my desire to go to these shows.

Just don't buy the marked up tickets, for any event! Then maybe, just maybe this nonsense would stop.

yeah, it really is fucking rediculous. I tried to get tickets but they sold out in a minute so now im gonna have to find my way in. I really hope the bosstones do something about this, because this blows

yeah, it really is fucking rediculous. I tried to get tickets but they sold out in a minute so now im gonna have to find my way in. I really hope the bosstones do something about this, because this blows

I'm going to laugh hard when they tour the US after people paid these outrageous prices. While its not the most honest thing to scalp tickets like this, you have to admit that the people earning 5000% back on their investments are much smarter than the people paying 50x face value

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01003F4AABCB6848?artistid=7415 00&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

ticketmaster all the way