What's going on Thursday?

I can't believe I didn't score National tix. I was completely on it at noon. How many fraking people read BV??? The announcement of the show only arrived 45 minutes before the tix went on sale.

Scoring tix to shows has always been competitive, but those in the know, always used to have an advantage. These days, it seems that there are no longer any advantages. Everyone knows about pre-sales days before they occur. Everyone knows to read BV to obtain on sale info. Heck, I think BV knew about these National shows before the National or the Bell House knew about them.

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MiniBoone 1030pm
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I spoke with someone at the Bell House last night and they said that they are fully booked for the National...afraid that its gonna be overbooked. So not even worth trying to go down. Plus they are gonna keep the bar closed to public during show.

I knew about this show 4 days before it went onsale, and i still didn't get tickets. Total bummer.

Conan @ Radio City tix are on sale! They already added a second date.

Scenesters, press, business associates and friends before fans, apparently. So it goes. Thought The National was better than that though.

Anyone knows what time Magnetic Fields start playing tonight, or what time they started playing last night? Thanks!

DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN DOIN IT LIVE AND LAYING WASTE TO ALL AT IRVING! BE THERE OR FOREVER SUCK!

"Thought The National was better than that though."

...you're lame. the band didn't stop this fan from getting tickets on-line. plenty of people did.

>>>I spoke with someone at the Bell House last night and they said that they are fully booked for the National...afraid that its gonna be overbooked. So not even worth trying to go down. Plus they are gonna keep the bar closed to public during show.

What are you talking about? The bar will certainly be open!

Yeah it's not the band at all. It's really Ticketweb's fault for displaying that ficitcious error message advising people not to re-load the webpage because they're in line. Total bullshit, and it's why I got fucked over.

>>>Plus they are gonna keep the bar closed to public during show.

Also 7th Street will be closed and expect police helicopters circling overhead.

Dear 12:01, they have a mailing list and a website and yet BV readers get first grabs? Not to say there isn't heavy overlap, but still, it's the gesture that stings. Makes it seem more like a press stunt than a small show for big fans. Which is probably true. Oh well.

"Thought The National was better than that though"

It's called being part of the music industry.

"BE THERE OR FOREVER SUCK!"

Meh.

Just got off the phone with Ticketweb...they released half of the venues capacity worth of tickets. Big surprise.

I got the "don't refresh or you'll lose your place in line" screen and still got 2 tickets for tonight. Went back about 10 minutes later on a whim and also got a ticket for tomorrow night.

Can we please start talking about how incredible that performance was?

I called to confirm. The bar is going to be tight for the National. Without a ticket before 10pm you are not getting into the bar.

the performance WAS incredible.

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*John Brown's Body
*Toubab Krewe

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Doors 7:30, Toubab @ 8:30

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the new song is great, i'm really looking forward to to their new album.

Dam-Funk is DJing at the SubMercer tonite - basement of Mercer Hotel. No cover.

Count me among those who are disappointed with the band. I'm the first to admit that they don't owe me a ticket. But, take a look at their website some time, and count the number of (ultimately useless) communications tools that they offer for their fans:

1. The site itself,
2. the "blog"
3. the twitter feed
4. email mailing list
5. RSS Feed
6. facebook page

It's really lame that if you sign up for these things, looking for important news about the band, that you still end up being completely in the dark about shows in your home city.

Again, I don't think they owe me a ticket. But, they do owe their fans an explanation as to why they advertise all these communication channels - when they turn out to be useless.

BV is great, for sure. But, why does the National have all of these joke-ass communication tools on its own website?

Hmmm weird. You may want to check your National tweet feed right now...

On the Twitter site, the newest Tweet is March 1. WTF?

Pearl Jam Pre-Europe US tour announced:

May 3rd Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
May 4th St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
May 6th Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
May 7th Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Ctr.
May 9th Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans
May 10th Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
May 13th Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
May 15th Hartford, CT XL Center
May 17th Boston, MA TD Garden
May 18th TBD
May 20th New York, NY Madison Square Garden
May 21st New York, NY Madison Square Garden

YESSS!!!!

tix on sale for the national tonight at that link above.

Anon 5:42 and 5:46, you are the best!!!! Thank you so much.

aww. I started the day calling somebody lame here on this post... and felt bad about it... so I'm glad I also made somebody feel good on it, too.

Yes, it's kind of crappy that the National has all of these ways to keep in touch with their fans and didn't use any of them to alert anyone about these 2 shows at the Bell House. But at the same time, look at it this way...Tegan & Sara usually play 3,000+ person venues and recently played MHOW and charged $75 per ticket. The National, likewise, usually play 3,000+ person venues, and are playing a 350 person venue and charging a mere $20 per ticket. Sounds to me like they're doing alright by their fanbase with this set of shows. They easily could've taken advantage of their fans, charged $75 per ticket, and it would've sold out just as quickly.

In other words, STFU already.

""W.A.S.P has decided not to play tonight, refunds are available at point of purchase.""

^ Maybe they finally figured out how irrelevant they are.

The National absolutely killed it tonight. They played for over 90 minutes. 3 song encore. Buncha new stuff. I feel sorry for everyone who didn't get tickets and is now stuck seeing them at Radio City in a few months.

"In other words, STFU already."

agreed! national are the shit! great show tonight, and yes, 12:36, radio city will be LAME. too bad they couldnt play more gigs at bell house

Yeah it's admirable that the national charged only 20 bucks. But they still didn't advertise it to their fans thru any of their fan networks. Glad show was great tho for those who got wind of it (and tix). Psyched for prospect park show

Best show since the 5 nights at Bowery. The new stuff is seriously very good. Berninger was hilarious at times.

I don't think anyone feels too bad about being "stuck" seeing them at Radio City. That's going to be one of the best shows of the year!

I would have liked to have seen them at Bell House, but I'd rather go to the RCMH show (especially with the good seats that I have). Besides, I've seen them in small venues before. It's great, but I'm more interested in seeing what they can pull off as far as big spectacle is concerned.

And Prospect Park w/ Beach House is going to be great is the weather is nice.

I'll take seeing a band in a 350-person venue versus a 6,000-person venue any day of the week/month/year/decade/millennium. I'll never fathom why someone would want to sit a football field away from the (now ant-sized) performer they're there to see. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.

This show was insanely good. I posted a ton of photos on Backseat Sandbar

http://backseatsandbar.com/2010/03/12/the-national-the-bell-house-nyc-311/

it's actually pretty exciting seeing one of your favorite bands surrounded by 5,999 of your closest friends. And I have great seats for RCMH and I don't need to fight my way for a good spot. The sightlines aren't great at Bell House.

"surrounded by 5,999 of your closest friends."

Like woah...you have a lot of friends, bro.

Thanks. where I found about it on Sunday night (and the gothamist did too, as previously

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I'll take seeing a band in a 350-person venue versus a 6,000-person venue any day of the week/month/year/decade/millennium. I'll never fathom why someone would want to sit a football field away from the (now ant-sized) performer they're there to see. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.

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