Grateful Dead (et/al) Benefit Concert for Obama Sells Out in 20 Minutes!

[garybeck]

Change Rocks: A Concert to Benefit Obama for America

Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA
Mon, Oct 13, 2008 05:30 PM
This is a concert in support of Obama for America and includes performances by Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, as well as Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti.

For VIP tickets starting at $2,500, please email the campaign at [e-mail].

For security reasons, do not bring large bags. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners permitted.

To learn more about the campaign and how you can get involved, please visit www.pa.barackobama.com.To register to vote, please visit www.voteforchange.com




The $50 tickets sold out in about 20 minutes. They went on sale today at noon Eastern with a 2 ticket limit per person. I got my two at 12:05 and even then all that was available was behind the stage. I checked around 12:30 and there were no tickets left. I assume the VIP tickets are still available.

See ya there!

[Rambis]

1. WOW if you get the Dead to do something

political that is saying something! RIP Jerry

[SeeHopeWin]

2. Will they be in any other cities?

[garybeck]

3. there is talk of a spring tour

not related to the election

my understanding is they picked this venue because PA is an important swing state and State College is right smack in the middle of the state, about half way between Philly and Pittsburg.

kind of a joke because I'll bet half the people at the show are going to be coming from out of state anyway.

[ailsagirl]

4. Cool!!

[Poiuyt]

5. Of course, everyone in the audience will be too stoned to vote

[garybeck]

9. good thing the show isn't on election day :)

nt

[WinkyDink]

6. Fifty-dollar tix on e-Bay for $500!

[garybeck]

10. scalpers suck. it would be better to see

that money going to the campaign, rather than a scalper's pockets.


I'm convinced that scalpers have figured a way to scam Ticketmaster and somehow they get their hands on a bunch of tickets.

[Lochloosa]

7. Damn...never heard about it. Now that would be one fun road trip.

[LaPera]

8. But no Dickey, Garcia, Duane, Oakley or classic Dead keyboardist - BUT THERE WAS ONE SHOW......

BUT THERE WAS ONE SHOW IN 1971...

....with ALL of the above mentioned jamming on the same stage...That same night the Allman Bros. (headlining at the Fillmore East) all said including the Allman Bros themselves, as well as everyone else said that Saturday night at the Fillmore East was the best show the Allman Brothers had EVER done....that Saturday night, June 26 1971 - But it was NEVER recorded by anyone, as the Fillmore East sound man said "we just never turned on the tape that night".

The following night, Sunday, June 27th 1971 the closing night of the Fillmore East, forever, was taped, that show was a very good, show, was an invite show for Bill Grahams friends & industry people.

But by all accounts by people that were there on the 26th, (and people who were at both nights shows, including the bands) there was nothing like the previous Saturday nights Allman Brothers show & the incredible jam afterwords...WOW!

Too bad that the tape wasn't rolling that Saturday night in 1971... People always mix up the two shows and dates, saying there's downloads of that June 26th show - but if you look closely it always says "closing night" which was the June 27th show not the 26th show and that show on the 27th was broadcast on the radio in NY (as was the whole last week of shows at the Fillmore West in SF - on KSAN radio).

However, I did see a video tape of that great June 26th shows jam - that early morning incredible jam with the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac with the great Peter Green...most of the members of the three bands jamming up on stage till daylight appeared....Can you imagine Duane Allman, Jerry Garcia and Peter Green all jamming together on the same stage!

[jakem]

11. Trucks x 2?