Wow, I bet there are people lining up right now...

What a pain. Not everyone can camp out for concert tickets.

Oh well, at least I'll seem them at Austin City Limits in September.

"What a pain. Not everyone can camp out for concert tickets"

yeah, we just pay $1000 on eBay for them. right win?

well if it's being run like the Wilco show, there should be an online pre-sale, no...?

i used to camp out for concert tickets on a monthly basis 10 years ago. if you REALLY want to go to a show, you will camp. or you'll pay for a scalped ticket. end of story.

you youngsters have it sooooooo easy.

im shomer fing shabbos man!

That's right, Regine. Or as someone who attended the show at which Win made that comment and normally would attend the White Stripes Fillmore show, you can just plan to be online as soon as they go on sale and get your tickets. I can;t think of a single show when I wanted tickets and got to my computer on time when I was unable to get them online.

Hey there, Win: they aren't selling the tickets online--So fuck off.

I already have my White Stripes tickets. 1000 dollars for the pair??
Now let those Mccartney nerds try to diss this show.
hmm let me see,,,white stripes ripping it up at this small show..or Mccartney playing Say Say Say

Friend of Win, never tried to get tix online only to see it sell out within minutes? Really? No...seriously?

I never get this. Same with Yankees playoff tickets. Just be on time online and refresh frequently. I went to the Judson AF shows; just got tickets for Wolf Parade....got New Pornos today....It's just not that difficult.

Win, pay attention here...

THERE ARE NO ONLINE SALES FOR THE WHITE STRIPES SHOW AT IRVING PLAZA!!!!!!

can you hear me? or do I need to turn it up?

Hey Frix, Frix:

You're missing the point. Win suggested that all NYers buy their tickets from scalpers for $1,000.

say say say what you want!

"white stripes ripping it up at this small show"

Well, Jack will be ripping it up. Meg will be up on stage with a confused look and her face trying to figure out the simple beat.

I have seen the WS once in concert, never again (unless it's free).

Okay, so the week of an obsessive music fan goes something like this:
Monitor Ticketweb all day from work in the hopes of snagging a Franz ticket - while reading and posting on BV's site - and ignoring work I'm supposed to be paid to do. Then, go and wait in the rain overnight for McCartney tickets while cops threaten to beat me and haul me to jail. In between, sneak off to Virgin Records and submit 100 entries for White Stripes tickets. Skip dinner and line up early for McCartney show and afterward (fleeing from the encore song "Freedom"), hightail it to the Bowery for the Franz show. Then straight to Irving to sleep on the sidewalk for a few days for the White Stripes. Try to explain all this to my employers. And my wife.

Maybe there's an easier way.

Bravo, Drewo.

Sure there is an easier way.
Cut out the McCartney show altogther cause it is going to be a snoozer and mainly feature songs from his terrible new cd. Plus even if you did go to both you would have to leave a lot earlier than the last song to catch Franz. McCartney wont go on till 8:45-9 even though Highline says 8:30. Franz will go on for sure around 9:30-9:35pm. And even if you did wait out yesterday it would not be in the rain. If you were smart and went out there even till around 5:30pm you would have gotten a voucher they gave out and you did not have to come back till noon today to get yout tickets. Skip Virgin altogether cause they are giving out only a few tickets if not just one pair. If you show up to Irving Sat morning you should be able to get a ticket if it is anything like the Wilco sale.

I'm just getting them online. Screw the line.

Fuck it, just listen to the Mountain Goats. New songs from Daytrotter session up: http://www.daytrotter.com/article/822/the-mountain-goats-peaks-and-valleys-more-valleys-more-valleys-and-a-goat-for-a-gatekeeper

Join the club, tk. This kinda sucks.

yeah so....what time is everyone gonna show up at irving for white stripes? like 2 hours early or should i get there earlier?

THE
WHITE STRIPES
THE CITIZENS BAND

THE FILLMORE NEW YORK AT IRVING PLAZA
17 Irving Place

JUNE 19th

TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, JUNE 16th AT 10AM
TICKET PRICES: $30.00
Tickets available at the Irving Plaza Box Office only
Irving Plaza box office is open Monday-Friday, 12-6:30 and this Saturday 10-4. For information, call 212.777.6800 or 212.777.1224
2 ticket limit per person. CASH, NO REFUNDS.
You will be required to show a photo ID when purchasing tickets, a voucher will then be given to you to show proof of purchase.
You must then bring this voucher and the same photo ID with you in order to pick up the tickets, NO EXCEPTIONS.
Tickets may be picked up at the box office beginning 8PM Night of show. You must enter the venue immediately after ticket pick-up and the vouchers are NON-TRANSFERABLE.
Be sure to get there early so you don't miss their friends, The Citizens Band.

All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice.
A service charge is added to each ticket price

i just saw people on line already.

people are not in line already. I was just over there and nobody was in line.

of course nobody is in line yet. It's only Thursday. Nobody will be in line tomorrow. If they do, they are morons. You'll be able to get tix if you show up by 9am on Sat. Guaranteed.

Yeah try what this idiot above says. Show up at 9am and see if you get a ticket. Remember that virgin has a block they are giving away plus many of the tickets are being given out to industry people as it is a record release party and going to have a very big industry showing. I dont know exactly how many are being sold to the public but it is definately not a huge amount. Of course this is also probably one of the hottest bands in america right now playing a very small show .So yeah show up at 9am and good luck. My guess is you will be outside the night of the show along with this fool above begging to scalp someones plus one.

who cares about this band.....if radiohead or someone important was playing at irving plaza, i would definitely line-up to get tickets...not white stripes thank you

never been to one of these big band in a small venue ticket events, what are the odds of someone getting tickets if they show up at like 5am? or is this strictly for the camping out friday night and peeing in the street crowd?

@sticky bump

I was gonna get there at 5am on saturday too. I think there will be tickets.

cursive is playing at maxwell's on july 20th! get your tickets to that instead of this show.....only 15 dollars!

Anyone know the capacity for this venue? Do you really think 5am is necessary? What about a 7am arrival?

yeah man, i'm going to do 7am. when is everyone else going so i can get a rough idea....

it only holds 1200 peeps.

if i can get into this show i'll give away my MSG tix.

"if i can get into this show i'll give away my MSG tix."

but the msg show has 'grinderman' opening for them. effin' nick cave!

oh yeah, that's a good point.

nevermind.

People got in line for Wilco @ Warsaw tix at noon for the 1PM onsale and got tix, right? And Irving's a hell of a lot bigger than the Warsaw, so surely....

I think people got to irving at 1pm for a 1pm onsale and they got tix.

Warsaw and Irving are around the same size.

I just walked by and their are a whole two people outside. Whoohoo!

I just saw four thousand rednecks.

Two people outside at 10pm? Wow, if they want the tix that bad, they can have them. I'm enjoying my nice comfy bed and will see them in the morning.

walked by after work just now at 4am i could only see 5 people

I GOT TWO TICKETS. THANK YOU!!!!
Got there @ 2AM for the fun :)

I GOT TWO TICKETS. THANK YOU!!!!
Got there @ 2AM for the fun :)

my friend got there at 7, still hasnt gotten his and its 1145.. and he says theres a boatload of people behind him.

Got two tickets - got there at around 6:00 am, was 141st in line.

They started giving out numbers around 10:15 am, in groups of 25. Then, they let those 25 people into Irving Plaza, where the "yell captain" or whatever you call her tried to pimp overpriced refreshments to the loyal fans, then they called the numbers in in groups of ten, and you had to hand over your driver's license, pay $60, and you got a voucher good for 2 tickets the night of the show.

I'm starting to wonder whether or not these anti-scalping measures are even worth all the trouble...

Got there at 5:30 and got home at 11:30. I was number 106. I bought a $3 coke too.

got there 8:30 and got shut out with at least 100 people in front of me.

Got there around 5AM and got two tix. Still I would have much rather tried my luck online. This hardly prevents scalping as long as people have plus ones. If they sold will call only tickets online and they let you enter the name of your plus one at the time of the purchase like they did with the Stones Beacon shows, almost all scalping would be eliminated.

Any chance I could there there in an hour and get tix?

People who got there at 7 got shut out. we got there at 6 and were #170-171 in line....the line went almost all the way around the block to the subway entrance. there were 500 tickets. a lot of people got shut out.

i think the number sold was closer to 400.

we got there at a quarter to six and got our tickets. aweeeeesome

we got there at a quarter to six and got our tickets. aweeeeesome

we got there at a quarter to six and got our tickets. aweeeeesome

why does the live nation weekly newsletter say that tickets to the white stripes show go onsale on tuesday, at 5pm?

are there gonna be last minute tickets available?

got there right at 7 and was one of the last 15 or so (did they let anyone in after stopping at 11:15 or 11:30?) to land tix. agree that only 400-500 were sold this morn. so the rest go industry? wiggity whack.

I got there at 7:30 and was one of the last to get tickets. They were taking only 5 at a time at noon, which is about when I got my tickets.

I got there at around 7:15 or so and when I got my tickets, I heard the "yell captain" say that people who didn't get tickets that wanted to wait would have a chance to get Beastie Boys tickets at McKerren Pool or something. I'm not sure if that actually happened or not, but I got my White Stripes tickets so I'm happy!

I got to Irving at 6 am Saturday and was 133rd in line. I got my 2 tickets and made it out of there by 11:30ish....Next time I bring a folding chair...I forgot how hard pavement is even if I do have a fat ass.

I was the last one to get irving plaza tix for the white stripes =]

they called me in individually =p
damn were people mad.

I got there at 7ish and was number 200! I got two tickets!

Some of these reports are contradictory. My story: got in line at 7:30 AM this morning and was brought in, with a group of 5, to get tickets a few minutes after 12:00 PM. I doubt there were very many after us, but I saw another group of five or two go in.

Alen: what time did you get in line, and what time did they call you in to get your tickets?

i'm still there right now having a soda pop with Jack and his sister/wife....!!!!!

which means I AM NUMBER #1

not only will i get a ticket but Meg said i could be her best friend! for free!

I'm going to be first in line tomorrow!

That other line was for the Beastie Boys???

Someone said it was a line for methadone!

Anon 4:20 said
"It's only Thursday. Nobody will be in line tomorrow. If they do, they are morons. You'll be able to get tix if you show up by 9am on Sat. Guaranteed."

Well i guess that idiot was right huh? hahahaha i feel bad for anyone who listened to that schmuck

I feel bad for anyone who didnt get tickets. This is gonna be one sick show.
And yes they only sold a small amount to the public. Virgin got some and the rest went to industry people. And no they are not releasing anymore tickets. That notice on the Live Nation website was a mistake