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Live Nation selling "club passports"

Posted by aubin on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM (EDT)

Music promoter Live Nation has announced a $49 "passport" which will grant unlimited access to club shows over the next four months until the end of 2009. Essentially, any non-sold out show playing at a participating club will be included in the ticket.

Of note is that this is non-sold out shows, and the passport is specific to a city. You can find more details, including participating venues here.

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Scarysmurf (September 17, 2009)

Live Nation charges just as much for handling fees as Ticket Master. Fuck them both.

red_eye_inc (September 17, 2009)

It says you "request" a spot on the list. What if you request it and then the show sells out? Do you get kicked off the list? If not, then this could be worth it for live nation stuff since it's always $20+ anyway. And what wuold stop you from just requesting all of the shows in your area?

655321 (September 17, 2009)

I'm proud of Seattle for not participating in this.

This is bullshit, cause doesn't LiveNation own, or is a part of, stub hub or some other scalping website? So you buy this $50 pass and then when the show sells out, you end up buying the ticket at a scalped price which is like 8x the face value and your $50 pass is worthless.

Dante3000 (rich) (September 17, 2009)

This is Live Nation taking a tip from hotels and airlines. If a show isn't sold out, it costs you no more money to open it up than it would to not. Basically, the show is going on, even if you don't sell those last 200 spots, so just have those people come in with "Passports" and you get at least some revenue. However, if a show sells out, they can take their $50 passport and fuck themselves.

Free money.
-Dante

PretentiousLikePitchfork (September 17, 2009)

Is this news because of the huge ad that keeps popping up in the upper right hand corner of this site?

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binaural111 (September 17, 2009)

thats really awesome

Banal242 (September 17, 2009)

Multiple Social D shows for only $49?

Sign mah up!

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thepopeofchili-town (September 17, 2009)

I'm seeing them next week in a pretty big club, it sold out in less than a day. Wouldn't count on that.

Preston (September 17, 2009)

Probably worth the money, but in NY shows sell out so much, could be risky. Oh, and damn the man, and so forth.

ahopeagainsthope (September 17, 2009)

Fuck yeah SideOneDummy for sending me my missing "Gold Country" lyric booklet!

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655321 (September 17, 2009)

I haven't heard it yet. How does it compare to previous releases?

ahopeagainsthope (September 17, 2009)

It's really good. It sounds more... mountainous (?) than "Feast or Famine". I don't really know how to explain it, it sounds different yet similar in an awesome way.

But there is a certain atmosphere about it. You can almost hear the beard in the music.

655321 (September 17, 2009)

You can almost hear the beard in the music.

Beautiful. You should submit just that sentence as the album review. Sometimes less is more.

14theroad (September 17, 2009)

It's not as good imo. The best song on it is a rerecording of "Done and Done" off The Blueprint Sessions. The album reminds me of something you'd listen to while driving a rig around the country. Which isn't a bad thing, but not as good as the last. It probably doesn't help that everyone on earth did solo records soon after he started to.

MattRamone (September 17, 2009)

This is only good/bad news if you go see shitty bands.

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Preston (September 17, 2009)

Could get me into see Pegboy, Chuck Ragan, Bob Mould, Pinback, The Jesus Lizard, Devo, GWAR and Strike Anywhere.

xchemicalx (September 17, 2009)

Like he said: shitty bands. I only listen to bands that you've never heard of.
me>you

Scarysmurf (September 17, 2009)

UP THA PUNX

caps

Dante3000 (rich) (September 17, 2009)

What? But the Fillmore in San Francisco is hosting Blues Traveler, Gaslight Anthem, The Get up Kids, Bon Iver, The Jesus Lizard, Built to spill....oh wait, all those are shows not included on the passport...SWEET!
-Dante

ashtraymonument (September 17, 2009)

Pixies.

blanktapesemptybottles (September 17, 2009)

I love how it says "Unlimited Shows*" and then the asterisk says only certain shows and clubs, fuck that.

LinoleumMagazine (September 17, 2009)

This is stupid because the only shows worth buying a ticket for are the ones that are gonna sell out. If it's not gonna sell out, it's probably pretty cheap anyway or a shitty band no one wants to see.

Hulka (September 17, 2009)

What nobody here has yet pointed out is that they've only made this applicable for a very small number of shows that no one wants to go see. Fail.

HeresLookinAtYou (September 17, 2009)

"You can find more details, including participating venues here."

You should've just linked to Ap.net.

punkbytheounce (September 17, 2009)

Needs more cities and more venues, then it might be a kinda cool idea.

Klyph14 (September 17, 2009)

Now i can see the B-52's, Insane Clown Posse, and Chevelle at the Fillmore for only 49 bucks. Thanks Livenation!

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MonsterLobster (September 17, 2009)

I was going to add Natalie Merchant and 38 Special.

I_Rock_Hard (September 19, 2009)

Hahahahaha!

MonsterLobster (September 17, 2009)

Live Nation is worse than Ticketmaster.

On a side note, this is the start of a good idea.

edzelinski (September 18, 2009)

this looks absolutely god awful. at least the detroit one. terrible. just terrible. if anyone gets it for detroit they should be ashamed of themselves.

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NobodysHero1313 (September 18, 2009)

Agreed sir. Even St. Andrews shows look HORRIBLE. I mean I hope the Shelter and St. Andrews are 2/1 package. christ sake whens the last time anyone worth seeing played the shelter??

And also. If you get one of these put your reserve in and drive 2 hours from your home to get there only to find out the show has been sold out. are you off the list??

DougLife (September 18, 2009)

I think when 8 Mile was filmed.

edzelinski (September 18, 2009)

hanson is the best thing listed for any of those venues. that's how you know it's really shitty. i didn't know st andrews had shows anymore I thought it was all club-like all the time now until some people i know went to see billy talent and poison the well the other day. i haven't been there in a quite a while now, i think the last thing i seen there was the unseen and tiger army and that sucked.

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