Beirut Music Hall tix on sale @ noon

sick. any other dates scheduled in the east? is he on an official tour?

cant wait to get locked out of this one..

got mine :)

saw him twice summer 07, incredible live performance. although i may pass on this show

yay got 1

got mine
might have an extra if anyone gets locked out
bought for a friend who i am sure will go

what. already sold out? shit.

sold out in 5 minutes...jeez.

I thought it was going on sale at noon, it was already sold out by 12:00.

hate.

got 4. this could be the greatest day of the year. first snow and beirut!

" it was already sold out by 12:00. "

keep believing that

Keep believing that?? Then why can't I get tickets?

A hole

no luck! since 12pm

also no luck since 12pm here.

"Keep believing that?? Then why can't I get tickets?"

cause u too slow!

Its not that hard to figure out people. If 2000 people want tickets for a show that only has 500 tickets on sale with a 4 ticket limit, all the tickets could easily go to the "first" 125 people even if all 2000 people try exactly at noon.

horse shit. ticketmaster is fukked. they will put these back on sale day of show for an extra $5.00. rot in hell ticketmaster, rot in hell

Ok, this is ridiculous. I thought I had them and then when I clicked to confirm, it timed out. I am angry.

needs to be box office only for the 1st day of sales on shows like this. technology leaves too much room for inconsistency. a day like today would have really weeded out the fans - than you put the rest online the 2nd day. NYers who are willing to brave the lines and go to a box office deserve a shot. ah well.

keep checking in with TM, they'll eventually have some stragglers get released. enjoy the show those who got tix

what's mhow's capacity? 500? i'd think only 300 of those went up for general sale this morning, at most.

Anon 11:56 so those of us with day jobs and couldn't get to a physical box office are less of a fan?

ridiculous.

Is Zach Condon some kind of weird religious nut like Sufjan Stevens?

word, mp77. word.

um we all knew this would sell out fast got o be on it at 11:59

he'll probably add one more.

"Anon 11:56 so those of us with day jobs and couldn't get to a physical box office are less of a fan?

Posted by mp77 | December 19, 2008 12:00 PM"

Not at all mp77. I have a day job - this isn't about that. It's about the difference between standing in a line and waiting one's turn, and how simple and reliably fair that is - and being thrown into the giant hot mess that is an in-demand ticketmaster sale. I like technology, but for high-demand shows like this, it remains an inefficient and unfair way of selling tickets.

Anyone who's been doing this for years can tell you that there are all sorts of glitches that happen that lock people out. It's still luck of the draw, I understand, but it's a crappy way of doing it.

Let's not fall into a battle over who's more of a fan and who's what demographic and all that other fake crap. This is about one thing and one thing only - EFFICIENT AND FAIR TICKET DISTRIBUTION. I think any honest, intelligent person could admit that ticketmaster online sales aren't always very reliable.

anyone have luck in the past 30 minutes?

I've been trying online, with no luck.

can't wait to see them on craigslist for 100 dollars a piece.

bullshit.

i bought balkan beat box tickets instead.

this is ridiculous.

anyone have any luck lately / willing to sell tickets? I'll double the price?

Vassar College show 1/30

REFORM! REFORM! WE NEED CONCERT TICKET REFORM!

i get tickets for everythinggggggggg ever, seriously. so you can email me and we'll talk about it. stephenclix@gmail.com

Anon 12:22 - I respectively disagree. I don't see how being in line is more fair. At that point you end up clearly catering to a smaller percentage of the population, that's fair?

Ticketmaster isn't perfect but I'm willing to accept it's the best solution we have. Sure, I get locked out of shows every so often within a minute or two of onsale but usually things go off without a hitch. I'd much rather take my chances that I can login to my account within 1:30 then trying to figure out how to get to a box office during the day.

really, this is so stupid ... they were sold out before they went on sale. thanks ticketmaster.
the little shits selling beirut tix on craigslist for quadruple the price can go suck a dick.

mp77 - it appears we do just have different opinions. you make a valid point - though i'd have to say i'd rather figure out a way to get to the box office during work then deal with ticketmaster online.. hence the hybrid solution of doing both - not selling all tickets at the box office the 1st day, but half - and then putting the other half available online the next day. just a thought.

anyhow, if you got tix i wish you the best and hope you enjoy the show.

here's the thing: in the end, the venue/promoters don't care as long as they sell the tickets. if they start staggering ticket sales, it's *possible* that a show won't completely sell out and, in turn, someone's going to wind up losing money.

i hate this system just as much as the next person. so much that i didn't get a ticket this morning, missing it probably by a few seconds. the thing is, they got their tickets sold and the venue must be happy about it.

if the artist feels otherwise, they could just play a venue that would give them greater control over ticket distribution. beirut's probably stuck with this, probably doesn't care a whole lot, and still gets a sold out concert. plus the free publicity that comes with "oh my god, you guys sold out mhow in less than a minute!"

Anon 5:03 - thanks in engaging in some rational conversation on the topic even if we don't come to an agreement. It's a nice change of pace for BV posts and I didn't even have to break my Macbook Air.

@5:14- but if Beirut has sold out at MHOW and other venues before (the memory of my trying to get a ticket for last May's concert is still fresh on my mind), then wouldn't it be fairly obvious that even if they did stagger sales, they wouldn't lose money? I know it's not like you can do anything about it, but it's just a thought.