Boston Date Added

[underworldrob69]

Looked around but haven't seen anything listed yet for this but its on tickmaster with the presale tomorrow 7/24 Bank of America Pavilion (http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/8310) Boston, MA. for a sept. 15th show. The info isn't on the live website or the myspace page. Just praying that they add a chicago show now.

[mkb]

Oh cool, now I don't have to drive down to NYC and take a day of work!

[RandomViolence]

Haha, well, I already bought tickets for the New York show... I guess I'm going to both!

Boston dirts let me know if you want to meet up and grab a beer before the show.

[TheBang]

Anyone have the presale information/code?

Edit: OK, looks like you have to sign up here for the 7/24 (tomorrow!) presale (starts at 10 AM EST). It's free to sign up, and they give you the presale info via e-mail or text message (or on their website maybe):

http://www.ticketrush.com/concerts

Looks like there may be another pre-sale on 7/27 here:

http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/293120/

General on-sale is 7/28. According to the livenation site, it looks like this show will be reserved seating only :( Covered reserved seats (i.e. closer) $40, uncovered reserved seats $30.

[mkb]

Ten Dollar Tickets available! (http://promo.livenation.com/summerconcerts/?c=dm-117712&p=29369786) (from 10AM today until 10PM tonight)

I don't know why it says Digweed at LiveNation, but Oakenfold on this page.

[TheBang]

"Sorry, but this event no longer exists in our database."

Oh well. The ten dollar tickets were nothing to get excited about anyway. Based on the other artists, the $10 tickets were all in the concourse areas, tables outside the main venue with obstructed views.

Edit: The 7/24 $10 ticket information's been removed from the link you posted, mkb. Now it just says tickets will be on-sale 7/27. Live Nation (http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/293120) still says there'll be a pre-sale on 7/26 though.

[mkb]

Yeah, too bad :(

[TheBang]

livenation.com and ticketrush.com are now both indicating that the pre-sale will happen on 7/26 from 10 AM - 5 PM.

[dc_04]

i'm in for this too! i'll be in NYC for the gig on friday.. might as well make the trek up to beantown, see the family, and catch some more UW :)

- dc

[mkb]

I think I might sell my NYC tickets. Otherwise I have to take the afternoon off of work AND try to find a sub for my radio show. Wotta pain.

[TheBang]

Well, the presale is on here:

http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/293120
Seating chart: http://static2.livenation.com/akamai/V0022/img/VENUE_MAP_L/496_21922_2.jpg

Use the password QUICK in the ticketrush row.

So far, I've seen seats in Sections 1 and 3, from Rows Y to HH

[dc_04]

just got mine..

section 3, DD (seats 1 and 2, which i think are on the middle isle)

LA -> NYC -> BOS

gunna be such an awesome week for me! wish i could take off work and make the denver show, too

- dc

[maurice]

Wow, I just got my tickets. I was getting really disappointed that I couldn't make it to the NY show. Can't wait, this is very cool!

[mkb]

Jeez, a $15 convenience charge PER TICKET?!

[BrotherLovesDub]

only charged me 4.95 in fees.

[mkb]

only charged me 4.95 in fees.
Yeah, I got that too. Does each of your tickets cost $40 or $54.45?

[BrotherLovesDub]

oh shit, yeah, i see that now on my ticket it says: Fee $14.45
total cost 54.45.

haha. good thing i didn't look before buying.

for that money they better fucking play LUETIN and DIRTY!

[mkb]

for that money, they can pick a better opener!

[TheBang]

just got mine..

section 3, DD (seats 1 and 2, which i think are on the middle isle)

I'm in Sec 3, DD, 9-10. See you there!

[dc_04]

I'm in Sec 3, DD, 9-10. See you there!

yay! can't wait to meetcha :)

fwiw, i think john digweed is a perfect opener for underworld. his sound and style should work beautifully in that slot - he's a master at building a slowly evolving groove.


- dc

[mkb]

We're section 3, row FF, seats 11-15.

[King of Snake]

ticket bought! I think I'm in section 1 somewhere. Dunno how much it matters once your inside, surely there's not gonna be much sitting down anyway :)

[BeautifulBurnout]

yay! can't wait to meetcha :)

fwiw, i think john digweed is a perfect opener for underworld. his sound and style should work beautifully in that slot - he's a master at building a slowly evolving groove.


- dc

As long as he (and Sasha) aren't on for 4 hours "opening", yeah he's great :p

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Sucks getting old doesn't it BB?

The day after Skinny Puppy, I kid you not, I felt like I had been skiing the day before. Maybe I should have done some stretching routine before hand!! :D

[geoff]

Just got my tickets! Looks like I got the last ones in Section 3... I wish this venue didn't have assigned seats :P

But, on the uwlive site, why is the venue listed as "Bank of Scotland" ... ?

[TheBang]

Well, there is a GA pit section. Tickets were on Ticketmaster this morning. I got some of the last ones for the pit.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01003EF9F4F1D3CB?artistid=836365&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

It looks like Ticketmaster was selling blocks of tickets in the pit, and the front half of Sections 1 and 3, and all of section 2. All of section 2 was sold out by about 11:30 AM. The pit sold out by about 12:00 PM. Currently there are still seats in Sections 1 and 3, but it looks like Ticketmaster has sold about 3/4 of their allocation of those sections.

Live Nation appears to have had ticket allocations for the back half of Sections 1 and 3, and this is what they sold during the presale and today. And they appear to have sold out their allocation now.

Sorry guys. I didn't know Live Nation would have such crap allocations. :( I didn't even know this was how all this ticketing stuff worked until I pieced together all the information above through about 4 hours yesterday and today of refreshing ticket websites and watching what seats were available and watching them sell out on both vendor's sites, and through several phone conversations with both vendors (and also unsuccessful attempts to call the venue).

I've learned a lot about the ticketing process over the past couple days. Makes me a little upset, but a little better prepared for another time. But especially upset at the charges. $20 of "service", venue, and "convenience" charges on a $40 (or $30) ticket?!! Outrageous! Makes me wish Pearl Jam had been successful against Ticketmaster in the 90's.

[King of Snake]

still think it's highly strange that there would be assigned seats for an uw concert. Does each "section" have it's own seperate entrance? If not then surely you're free to go where you please once you're inside?

[TheBang]

As I've seen in other amphitheater venues, they'll probably physically barricade off the pit area in front with only a couple manned entrances.

[selector]

Yeah, that setup looks like a drag....
I've been to Red Rocks, the rows are like 3 feet deep. No rigid seats to get in your way! But still, looks like the open floors at SF & NY are gonna be tops! :D

[dc_04]

Sorry guys.


no apologies necessary! i'm just thankful for the heads up... as long as i'm in the venue while the show is on i'm happy :)

- dc

[geoff]

Thanks for the heads up TheBang. I returned my LiveNation tickets and got some better ones through Ticketmaster. Now i'm in section 3 row N... 19 rows closer. :) Can't wait to see you all there!

[TheBang]

How did you manage to return your LiveNation tickets?

[geoff]

I just called them up with some half-arsed excuse, like I had somebody else order the tickets for me and they ordered the wrong show... ;) The receptionist was quite nice about it. I have yet to see the money credited to my account, but I got the confirmation email for the refund, so i'm not too worried about it.

[BrotherLovesDub]

is there a phone number to call? i can't find one. desperately want to sell my livenation ticket now.

[geoff]

I called the Bank of America Pavillion and they gave me the number for LiveNation. Looking at my past dialed phone numbers, LiveNation should be 1-800-431-3462. Make sure you come up with a good story.. :)

[King of Snake]

It looks like I'm not gonna be going to this show after all so I have one ticket for sale if anyone wants it.

[TheBang]

Talked to the venue, and the first DJ is scheduled to go on at 6:45 PM. Underworld is scheduled for 9:00 PM, and curfew is 11:00 PM.

[mkb]

awesome, i can get there late and skip dave ralph. YUCK

[laerm]

the gods of techno smiled upon me and i am healthy and ready for the show tonight and have decent seats (SEATS?! for UW? whatever). sec 1 row P. stop by and say hi (especially to my old skool rtsr homies: geoff, -1?).

any meet before/after? 646 209 0550

micah

[geoff]

Cool, so glad you can make it! As long as I'm allowed to wander over there, i'll stop by and say hello. (I second the "WTF seats?")

Would love to meet up with -1 and any other RTSR people as well. Meet me at Section 3, Row N, Seat 14/15. I will probably be there around 730 or 8.

[BeautifulBurnout]

the gods of techno smiled upon me and i am healthy and ready for the show tonight and have decent seats (SEATS?! for UW? whatever). sec 1 row P. stop by and say hi (especially to my old skool rtsr homies: geoff, -1?).

any meet before/after? 646 209 0550

micah

Good news Micah! Have a good night! :)

[TheBang]

Wow, what a fantastic show! Special thanks to Mr. John Newsham for providing me the setlist and taking a few minutes to talk to me after the show (and for telling me what a crap place that was for the sound).

http://www.aloha.com/~tabanger/underworld/bossetlist.jpg

Setlist:

Mmm... Skyscraper, I Love You
Everybody Jack
Crocodile
Sidestep
Beautiful Burnout
Pearl's Girl
Bamboo (with Lenny Penne lyrics)
5 Foot 5
Glam Bucket
Lockin Mono
Can You Feel This Bass
Two Months Off
Mo Move
Cowgirl/Rez
Born Slippy .NUXX (with 2003 ending as intro)
King of Snake
Jumbo

Hmm, Bamboo, you say? Yes, there was a new song, and it was pretty kick-ass. When I get home this week, I'll put priority on processing the 5 minutes of Bamboo video that I have.

It was very nice meeting geoff, laerm, and Andrew (nice shirt, Andrew!). I looked for mkb and dc_04, but you guys weren't in your seats!

[laerm]

It was very nice meeting geoff, laerm, and Andrew (nice shirt, Andrew!). I looked for mkb and dc_04, but you guys weren't in your seats!

it was great to finally meet you guys, too! except for andrew - sorry i missed you, dude...

born slippy is sooooo much better with the 2003 outro as the intro. that was the best version of born slippy i've ever heard. two months off was beautiful. glam bucket is amazing. crocodile was classy.

it was a pretty great show overall...very mellow! which was fine by me. :)

micah

[mkb]

I came in with a bunch of friends. They all snuck their way into the GA section (one made a fake wristband with a piece of paper and a gum drop!) but I was in the seats dancing my fool head off. That was way better than the last time they were in Boston (in 99, jeez I feel old)

[geoff]

Awesome show -- everybody wanted to toss those forsaken seats out of the venue, but had a great time nonetheless. It was my friend's first time, and he called it "life-changing". :)

Very cool to meet TheBang, laerm, and catching up with Andrew for the first time in ages. Feels like reuniting with old friends, even though i'm meeting some of you for the first time.

So this concludes what i'd call the best weekend of my life. Two UW shows in just as many nights. Still feeling high from it all. How long will it be until they're back again? Make it sooner than later, please....

BTW TheBang, can't wait to see the video you captured.

[mkb]

How long will it be until they're back again? Make it sooner than later, please....

I'm hoping that they'll do what they did in 98/99: a tour right before Beaucoup Fish came out and then another tour straight after.

[geoff]

That would be so amazing... please let it be true!

[negative1]

Cool, so glad you can make it! As long as I'm allowed to wander over there, i'll stop by and say hello. (I second the "WTF seats?")

Would love to meet up with -1 and any other RTSR people as well. Meet me at Section 3, Row N, Seat 14/15. I will probably be there around 730 or 8.

darnit...

i picked the worst time not to have internet access..
oh well...you know, i don't think anyone really paid
attention to the seating..i was the only person in my section,
so i moved to the left side of the stage and watched most
of the show from there....then when the inflatables went
up, i moved to the center near the mixing board, and
watched the rest from there!

it looked like once again, they need more promotion.
i would say about 1/3 of the venue was filled up. i'm glad
i bought a cheaper ticket, otherwise i would have felt
slightly ripped-off.

anyways, in my opinion it was a slightly better show
than the NYC gig....i don't know if it was their sound,
or a couple of different songs on their playlist, or the
stage show..but somehow it seemed they were more
'up' for their last north american date..

anyways, next time, or if there's someother cool
shows, and i'll let you know my contact information
ahead of time..

later
-1

[negative1]

Wow, what a fantastic show! Special thanks to Mr. John Newsham for providing me the setlist and taking a few minutes to talk to me after the show (and for telling me what a crap place that was for the sound).

It was very nice meeting geoff, laerm, and Andrew (nice shirt, Andrew!). I looked for mkb and dc_04, but you guys weren't in your seats!

aha! so you were the one that got to the setlist before i did..
i saw you too!

anyways, i was about 3 rows behind you, near the mixing desk, and actually it was pretty cool to see how they mixed the visuals and all the
other stuff going.

ok people, yes there was a camera that video taped the whole show!

yes, and this venue had the lightest security i have ever seen.
i'm sure i could have walked in with a video camera and recorder,
and got a nice recording of the whole show, visuals and all without
any problems, darnit.......(but we wouldn't want that to get out
would we?)...

anyways, i didn't really prepare for this show to well, and kinda
just ended up going.....i do like the tourbook though, boy do i have
a lot of catching up to do..

later
-1

[geoff]

Don't sweat it -1. We'll meet each other at some gig i'm sure. I didn't realize you live so close now.

I think the NYC show was better, though. There was so much more crowd energy. In Boston, I was upset because the people in the GA section were not shaking their ass as much as they should. It didn't stop me from having a good time though... ;)

[negative1]

Don't sweat it -1. We'll meet each other at some gig i'm sure. I didn't realize you live so close now.

I think the NYC show was better, though. There was so much more crowd energy. In Boston, I was upset because the people in the GA section were not shaking their ass as much as they should. It didn't stop me from having a good time though... ;)

oh yeah, thanx....there are some other cool shows coming up
from some other groups (chemical brothers, thomas dolby, etc),
i haven't made plans yets..

i agree that is seemed like the ny show had more energy, but
that might have been because it was a smaller venue, and
more people were active? i actually think more people were
at the boston show, but they might have been more restricted,
with the seating...so i wouldn't really compare it in that sense..

lets just say, from the middle where i was watching, no one (yes,
not even me), was even seated for the show, or if they were,
it wasn't for long...

nice to hear from you guys again..

later
-1

[TheBang]

aha! so you were the one that got to the setlist before i did..
i saw you too!

anyways, i was about 3 rows behind you, near the mixing desk, and actually it was pretty cool to see how they mixed the visuals and all the
other stuff going.
Dammit, Raj. I wanted to meet you too. I can't believe we did the same two shows and didn't meet.

I don't think you were 3 rows behind me during the show though, cause I was in the second row of the pit all night! Got to do the high-five thing with Karl when he came down to the rail after the end of Nuxx.

As far as the crowd energy, I'm not sure what it was like in the reserved seating area, but it the pit it was great! Actually, it started off really slow. I think between all the new songs and improvs at the beginning of the show, the crowd didn't seem that into it, and I was afraid it was going to be a really bad show. I kept turning around and seeing everyone around me just standing around. But once Pearl's Girl started, and then definitely from Two Months Off and onward, I think the crowd energy just got higher and higher. And the band responded too. Karl was bouncing off walls, of course, but even Rick was jamming behind the board, singing along to Karl's lyrics, and even running in place (during NUXX). Based on the last half of the show, I felt that overall it surpassed the New York show.

[geoff]

Yeah, from Pearl's Girl onwards I felt like the place livened up. But I had an excellent time from beat one.

You shoulda seen me dancing all up on the staff's backside when they turned their backs. LOL. My friend thought i was gonna get kicked out for that one...

hmm. question about the setlist... i thought uw didn't use setlists? what's up with that?

[negative1]

i think the setlist is needed for the person running the visuals,
although with their setup i'm sure they could assign them
on the fly...

[King of Snake]

it is something I've wondered as well. Karl is always quite clear about them not using setlists, but he also says they don't rehearse, which I think we know they do.
Could be the setlists are simply transcribed during the show, as some kind of record, but that doesn't really make sense to me.

Maybe Karl can chime in on this sometime on uwlive....
so:

official question to Karl:
Do you use setlists or don't you?

many thanks :)

[BrotherLovesDub]

i think it's clear they use setlists. it's also clear they are able to change course when needed. they def. have room to play around with improvs within the set framework but they absolutely have a setlist prepared when they go out on stage.

[geoff]

I wonder if they could just send a message to the visuals team what the next song is going to be, on-the-fly like. Is that what they used to do? It would explain all those historical comments from Karl about not having a setlist at all.

[jasdotcom]

I remember reading on the old Dirty forums that they create a setlist right before they go on (perhaps an hour before show time) based on all kinds of inputs and feelings they have at the moment. Then they get it to the lighting techs so they have some audio/visual continuity during the show.

Or maybe I just dreamt that's what they do :)