This morning, I was able to procure two tickets to see one of Arcade Fire’s five shows at Judson Memorial Church in the West Village. I haven’t been to any of their gigs over the years and the thought of seeing any band — certainly Arcade Fire - perform in a church would be a cool experience.
The tickets went on sale this morning at tickets.com at 9:00 AM. Immediately, the links to each night were forwarded to a waiting room (proverbial for a cue) to prevent the site from crashing. I loaded all shows up in tabs in Firefox and waited for one to go through. Three of them did but two of them did not allow me to actually purchase the tickets even after entering the cryptacode. One of them did though — the February 14th date.
Almost immediately, posts were up on Craigslist looking for tickets and willing to spend on average between $200 and $500. One post pointed out an auction on eBay which subsequently ended with the winning bid @ $2025.00.
Normally, I would join in the racket because let’s face it — there are few bands, if any that are worth paying $500+ to see. Perhaps I will change my tune if the rumors are true and The Police will tour this year. But this illustrates what a good friend of mine said about the New York indie-rock scene. This show would have sold out most likely anywhere else but not in 3-5 minutes and it certainly wouldn’t have left so many people disgruntled and willing to give their left arm to see…Arcade Fire?!
The show is going to be in a church and I’ve heard that they picked this particular venue for their pipe organ. That’s going to be exciting to see and hear but I’m pretty sure we won’t see the second coming of Christ. I’m sure anyone who feels left out could stand outside the Church and hear most of the show anyway.
I’ll be sure to report on all of the hipster craziness surrounding this show. Ladies - feel free to contact me for arrangements of what will be an insanely cool St. Valentine’s day date…ha!
I was just listening to Kelly Polar - Black Hole