"This Is Happening": the third album by LCD Soundsystem

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^^^

one fucking pissed-off Stevie tbh

http://twitter.com/lcdsoundsystem/status/36102603230294016

k seriously i have been refreshing the ticketmaster page since 10:55 and I tried to buy ONE ticket at any price in any section etc the instant the page went up, and it says there's nothing available

what the fuck is going on

lol guys this is honestly some ticketmaster 101 shit, if a show does NOT "sell out" instantly it's a surprise

this entire thing is a total joke, of course they're going to reform, but I still wanted tickets. Not sure why they can't have a second (or third) MSG show.

ok this is happening:
Fuck You Scalpers, Terminal 5 Shows Added:
http://lcdsoundsystem.com/main/archives/647

totally superb post from the man.

Just finished reading that. James Murphy is awesome. His band is awesome. After these shows, can they please work on Nancy's solo album?

great post, james murphy seems like a quality guy

I don't know. I agree with the sentiment of course, but this "OMG! Scalpers!" stuff just seems weird to me. I can't believe that he's so naive that he wouldn't expect scalpers to be buying tickets. He says in that post that he thought the show might sell out in 10 days. Surely he must have expected scalpers to buy up a generous amount of the tickets if that was the case? Of course it sucks, but I feel like this faux naive we-had-no-idea-this-would-happen-honestly-guys stuff is covering up for a complete shitfest of a presale that should have had more thought put into it.

I think the problem is that nobody BUT scalpers got tickets.

right -- and i got the impression that there were accusations that ticketmaster was colluding w/ stubhub + other scalpers which wouldn't be remotely surprising tho it does seem illegal

last night i went to an nhl game & taylor swift is playing two shows at the arena in a few months, and they had signs at the box office saying that "IF tickets for either show are still available after the 10 AM presale (which was today), we will be selling them on monday" and i thought "that's kind of presumptive, to think that both shows for a 18k seat arena would sell out in one day, but hey taylor swift is super popular" but this fiasco has kinda shed some light on that thought process in retrospect

wait you went to a panthers game? wow

i did!

well, my dad is from buffalo & the sabres are playing also they're like a minor league baseball game w/ promotions so my ticket was free

he's a great writer, not surprising from the guy who wrote "losing my edge" (though possibly surprising from the guy who wrote "pow pow").

i thought "that's kind of presumptive, to think that both shows for a 18k seat arena would sell out in one day, but hey taylor swift is super popular" but this fiasco has kinda shed some light on that thought process in retrospect

arena shows have been selling out in less than a day since long before there stubhub, even before there was an internet. hello bruce springsteen. what's different in this case is that it's lcd soundsystem. and that it didn't sell out in a day or an hour; it sold out in less than 60 seconds. and that, lastly and sadly, there is now a stubhub. i'd remove that "sadly" if there was even a slight chance that the big venues and ticket agencies weren't colluding with them.

i thought james murphy's post was great.

So uh did anyone get tickets for the Terminal 5 shows? The May 20 show seems to be sold out already and I can't find any other dates :(

Checked out Stubhub just out of curiosity and though they start at $120 each someone's got 50 pit tickets that he's trying to sell at $350,000 each. I don't really understand the business model there.

http://www.stubhub.com/lcd-soundsystem-tickets/lcd-soundsystem-new-york-4-2-2011-1051789/?ticket_id=281524648

I'm not surprised they sold out so fast...there was a show in Chicago that I went to where I had to scalp a ticket, it too sold out in like 10 minutes. I'm just wondering how the hell they became so popular. You don't really hear their music on the radio do you? I mean they've always been kind of "underground" as far as I know. Or is Pitchfork really that influential? Not complaining...its awesome how big they are, but when did this start??

Stating the obvious but I think what we're witnessing is just how corrupt the LiveNation/Ticketmaster system is at the stadium venue scale... a band that has sold an incredibly modest amount of records and had trouble selling out far more cozier venues on more than a few occasions, is now selling at a rate of the most hyped and popular acts in the world. It is fishy.

where is pearl jam when we need them

So uh did anyone get tickets for the Terminal 5 shows? The May 20 show seems to be sold out already and I can't find any other dates :(

not on sale yet

the May 20 thing you're seeing is their show at Terminal 5 last May

new dates are march 38-31

not sure if I'm gonna bother trying tbh

march 38 very rare leap year

Did they announce openers for T5?

he ripped the drums from a sorta boring song as part of the intro to his much more inneresting song.

so true, he got a bit from a crap song and made something that works amazingly. to suggest a slightly-interesting drumbeat IS the song is mentalness. same goes for bittersweet symph but to a slightly lesser degree

T5 TIX ON SALE

Liquid Liquid opening first two shows
Shit Robot opening 3rd and 4th shows

Are these still on sale? I got tickets for the first night (Monday)

Speaking of Springsteen, Springsteen really revealed the depth of Ticketmaster duplicity when, a few years ago, tickets for his shows started showing up at inflated prices, mere seconds after they went on sale, on secondary websites owned by Ticketmaster.

Saw them last weekend. Great show

:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj9Sv1JpmPs

Bloody Brighton.

This is cute

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/sdolnack/37eda2ce.jpg

Regret never managing to see these guys live.

so fucking good

really wish i'd seen them on this last tour

The best live band I ever saw, without doubt. Just incredible.

Thanks all.

Setlist from last night:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lcd-soundsystem/2011/terminal-5-new-york-ny-2bd25426.html

Going to see them on Thursday night - have to get the train back to Princeton afterwards, and not sure I can face getting the 1:15am one, so might have to leave after 2 hours. Might be hard to make myself do that given that setlist, though.

You Can't Hide (Shame On You)

AAARGH FUCK NO WHY CAN'T I BE IN AMERICA

Nah, the show got over around 12-12:15. Just go get in line for coat check halfway thru the encore song and you should be fine.

It was totally amazing btw except that Liquid Liquid was surprisingly/disappointingly sloppy for a band whose whole "thing" is super, super tight grooves. But seriously, LCD played for three fucking hours omg

Also IIRC isn't it at 1:41?

Setlist from last night:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lcd-soundsystem/2011/terminal-5-new-york-ny-2bd25426.html

Going to see them on Thursday night - have to get the train back to Princeton afterwards, and not sure I can face getting the 1:15am one, so might have to leave after 2 hours. Might be hard to make myself do that given that setlist, though.

Wow this set looks amazing...always wanted to hear the 45:33 stuff live, and "Freak Out/Starry Eyes" is such a great tune. I really really hope someone records one of these shows.

Also IIRC isn't it at 1:41? Yeah, I think you're right - but I think the previous train is 2 hours earlier, which would mean leaving around 11:15.

Amazing looking setlist, anyway.

I really really hope someone records one of these shows.

Pitchfork are streaming live the final show, but not archiving - hopefully someone captures it (if the limiting of cameras to enable more tickets means they're not going for a DVD-worthy version)

Looks like it changed at some point; last train's at 1:22. You'll still be fine leaving at 12/12:30 though

Cool. Would just be nice if there was a train halfway between 11:52 and 1:22 (and if that last one connected through to Princeton and I didn't have to take a cab from Princeton J). n.b. I do not live in Princeton, I'm just here for a couple of weeks, so apologies for clogging up this thread with NJ Transit discussions.

I'm sure that unless the Pitchfork stream craps out, many people will capture it. I'd be surprised if people aren't taping the T5 shows, too.

penn station is not an awful place to spend the night if you bring a book

Stevie, what time did LCD Soundsystem go on? My friend wants me to get there to line up at 7? :(

Doors are at 6:30, LL at 8, LCD at 9. Went pretty on-time too

penn station is not an awful place to spend the night if you bring a book

yup, and the first train's at what, 5 a.m.? That's a good plan as long as you don't sleep through the PJX stop. Sunrise at Hamilton is no fun...not that I have ever done something like that before...