Who's interested in seeing Peter Gabriel? (Was: Ravinia-- buy tix at box office/gate and bypass fees? (was United Center/ Peter Gabriel))

Wanting to see Peter Gabriel in September . . . anyone know if you can buy tickets directly at United Center and bypass fees? Thanks!

Edit: gonna go grab some tix from Box Office later this week and wondering if we want to get a chainlink crew together. Speak up.

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on June 2, 2012 at 10:00am

Good question -I'd like to know as well. Same for Ravinia too, I'd like to know if you can buy directly from them without the fees (a great biking destination as it is right on the trail and an easy ride.)

Unfortunately a lot of venues sign an iron-clad contract with TicketBastard that forces them to charge their fees even when you buy the tickets directly from them at their own box-office. If they don't do this they can get locked-out of using TicketBastard at all, which makes it hard for them to survive.

IMHO, TicketBastard should be prosecuted under RICO laws.

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on June 2, 2012 at 1:54pm

OK, got my answer re: United Center (so much easier to find things out when you have phone time in the daytime . . .)

Box office-- M-F 11 AM to 6 PM. You can buy tix during these hours, no extra fees.

Will update subject line to reflect Ravinia question.

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on June 2, 2012 at 1:59pm

Just went to Ravina site-- not sure they have anything to do with TM and no way to see what fees get added without registering.

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on June 2, 2012 at 2:05pm

Thanks Howard. Nice to know that at the United Center you can buy non-extortion tickets without TicketBastards putting their hands into your cookie jar.

As far as Ravinia, I don't think I've ever actually purchased tickets myself to go there. Every time I've ever gone there someone else was in charge of procurement of said tickets and I just forked over cash at a later date.

When are Indigo Girls coming back? They used to rock Ravinia, but it's been a few years since I've seen them there. Maybe I should get off my lazy Asterix & Obelix and go look for myself ;)

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on June 2, 2012 at 4:04pm

I saw Indigo girls a few years ago at the XRT/4th of July concert. Headliner was Midnight Oil.

Without a doubt one of the best performances I've ever seen in my life (Midnight Oil) and I was not really a fan and had no expectations.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-07-02/features/0207020010_1...

Karla, my spinning guru at Know no Limits used to work in some Indigo girls and turned me on to them (ever hear their version of Dire Straits' Romeo and Juliet? Imagine it in a Spinning mix-- she made it work).

Friend and I likened the Indigo Girls experience to going to a church service of a religion you were not brought up in . . .

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on June 2, 2012 at 4:58pm

"Oh, Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him"

I've been a big fan of the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge since the early 90's. I've got a playlist on my computer that is just them with about 9-10 of their albums that I play often and shuffle through them when I'm in "that mood." I love Romeo & Juliet and the way they have interpreted it. It always chokes me up, especially the way they sing "I'm gonna love you 'til I die" and her voice breaks up on that line.

I totally get that sentiment about a church service in a strange religion where the details aren't really fully understood on the surface, but you get all the meaning you need to get just from listening to the music.

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on June 2, 2012 at 7:37pm

So it sounds like you would feel like you were in your own church . . . it was the kind of crowd where pretty much everyone knew every word to every song.

Is it hard being a lesbian trapped in a man's body?

My favorite instance of Melissa on Youtube, besides the Pinkpop clips.

James BlackHeron said:

"Oh, Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him"

I've been a big fan of the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge since the early 90's. I've got a playlist on my computer that is just them with about 9-10 of their albums that I play often and shuffle through them when I'm in "that mood." I love Romeo & Juliet and the way they have interpreted it. It always chokes me up, especially the way they sing "I'm gonna love you 'til I die" and her voice breaks up on that line.

I totally get that sentiment about a church service in a strange religion where the details aren't really fully understood on the surface, but you get all the meaning you need to get just from listening to the music.