Morrissey Tickets for NYC & NJ On Sale Today...Links Here.

Tickets go on-sale this morning at 11:00 for 4 local Morrissey "Tour Of Refusal" dates:

3/16 Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ Buy tickets here

3/21 Bowery Ballroom Buy tickets here

3/25 Webster Hall Buy tickets here

3/26 Carnegie Hall Buy tickets here

We've heard the new album, "Years Of Refusal", and it's pretty excellent. Should be amazing to see Mozza in these more-intimate-than-where-he-usually-plays halls.

Kings Of Leon @ MSG Tix On Sale Friday...Ticket Link Here

Tickets for the Kings Of Leon show at Madison Square Garden on January 29 go on sale tomorrow (Friday 10/24) at 10:00 am at this link.

Obviously, this is their biggest New York City date yet, and I'm betting probably their biggest headlining date ever. Considering how quickly tix for their Radio City gig vanished, this one looks to sell out quickly as well. Get 'em while they're available.

Hot Chip Tickets On Sale Today For Two At T5 In October

Tickets for Hot Chip's two Terminal 5 shows on October 3 and 4 go onsale today at Noon here.



Hot Chip - "Made In The Dark" mp3

Hot Chip - "Ready for the Floor" (Live on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"):

Echo And The Bunnymen "Ocean Rain" Radio City Gig Pre-Sale Ticket Link & Password Here.

Tickets for the recently announced Echo & The Bunnymen show at Radio City Music Hall on October 1, feturing the performance of the entire Ocean Rain album complete with a full orchestra, go on pre-sale Saturday (4/26) at Noon EST here.

The pre-sale password is: porcupine

Echo & The Bunnymen - "Stormy Weather" mp3

Wilco Brooklyn Tickets On Sale Today

Tickets for Wilco at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn on 8/13 go on sale today at noon here.

Click here to get tickets for all shows at McCarren, including Devo, The Black Keys, M.I.A., Ween, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Death Cab For Cutie, and Gogol Bordello.

Get in there early and beat the scalpers!!

The Black Keys - "Set You Free" mp3

It's just like 1980...Feelies To Play Maxwell's, Tickets On Sale Today

The Feelies are playing Maxwell's in Hoboken on July 1 & 2, seemingly as warm-up gigs for their giant July 4th NYC show with Sonic Youth.

Tickets go on sale at noon today (Wednesday) here.

That ought to be like a cheap trip in a time machine. I'm SO there.

Nick Lowe Playing Maxwell's in May...Tickets On Sale Thursday

Yeah, the rumors are true...

Nick Lowe is, in fact, playing tiny Maxwell's in Hoboken on May 2nd. Bonus is the fact that it's a Friday night show. Awesome.


Tickets go on sale at Noon on Thursday here.



Nick Lowe - "Cruel To Be Kind (karaoke)" mp3

When Did Steely Dan Turn Into James Lipton & Bela Lugosi?

Crikey, look at those guys. These relics are playing the Beacon on June 13, 14, and 17 and tickets are on sale now during something called an "early on sale", whatever that is. Pre-sales, fan club password sales, early on sales...whatever happened to putting 'em all on sale on a Saturday morning at 10:00?


Get yer "early on sale" Steely Dan tix here.

Steely Dan - "Hey Nineteen" mp3
courtesy of Disco Workout

Van Halen NYC Tickets On Sale Today

Tickets for Van Halen's first NYC area dates (Meadowlands on November 10, Madison Square Garden on November 13) go on sale this morning at 10:00 here.

Looking at their itinerary, they've got a ton of open days on either side of those dates, so expect more shows to go on sale as others sell out.

I'll actually be in Charlotte, NC for opening night of the tour...just in case they break-up before they hit NYC. I'll tell Diamond Dave you said hello.

Check out video of recent dress rehersals in California:



Looks like Wolfie's gonna hold down the bass just fine. Hopefully nobody breaks a hip. I'm so psyched.

Knitting Factory Introduces New Tickets-By-Text System

This is a pretty cool idea...

The Knitting Factory is launching a system so you can purchase advance tickets to their shows via cell-phone text. Will it help beat scalpers? Doubtful, since they've got cellphones too...but it does make it easy to grab a couple tickets if you are away from your computer.

Here's the press release:

KNITTING FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT REVOLUTIONIZES CONCERT TICKET BUYING: FIRST U.S. VENUES TO LAUNCH TICKETING-BY-TEXT

Ground-Breaking, On-the-Go Convenience to Benefit Concertgoers of Knitting Factory Venues in New York and Los Angeles

New York, June 5, 2007 - Knitting Factory Entertainment (KFE), the nation’s most prolific presenter of emerging and established music, today announced the first time in America that consumers will have the opportunity to purchase concert tickets via SMS text messaging, directly from their mobile device. Ticketing-by-text makes it more convenient and cost-effective for fans to see some of the world’s hottest up and coming bands live in concert at the renowned Knitting Factory venues in New York and Los Angeles. By simplifying the ticket-buying process, KFE is revolutionizing the concert experience for music fans.

The Knitting Factory’s ticketing-by-text service is powered by the ShopText mobile commerce platform. With just a credit card, a text-enabled mobile phone and an email account, registration is simple. Whenever concertgoers see a Knitting Factory concert listing with a ShopText logo, they can purchase tickets directly from their mobile phone by simply texting the event’s unique show code to the number 467467. After checking out, the concertgoer receives a secret PIN to confirm all future purchases with a text message. Alternatively, a concertgoer can first register and create a secure ShopText account via online at www.shoptext.com. All transactions are completely secure.

"This is about convenience and on-demand access to our tickets," said Jared Hoffman, President and CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment. "Our audiences are young, hip and extremely tech savvy. The device at the center of their busy lives is the cell phone - they are never without it. We are expecting tremendous consumer response to the combination of convenience and technology provided by our tickets-by-text platform."

Concertgoers can begin taking advantage of this service when KFE’s ticket-by-text platform launches on Wednesday, May 30, 2007. KFE plans to expand the service to both its Boise and Spokane venues in the months ahead.

Who knew the Knitting Factory was in Boise & Seattle?


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