What a day. Very exciting to know that Spring still means Bob and Phil are coming east, especially with all the rumors and the later than normal release date. Happened to see the post yesterday after someone gave me a heads up. I Did two nights at the Beacon last year and stayed across the street. It was very cool, but too expensive for this Midwesterner. Definitely had more fun at shows last summer with a $40 lawn ticket, but I can adapt. But what's with the ticket announcement coinciding with the start of sales? There was no way I could check with the wife or friends about schedules on short notice. I can't understand this. I ended up buying two for every night but will only be going to two shows. It was frustrating, because they had been so consistent about announcing on Friday and selling on Monday. After seeing my $1700 bill, I just shook my head. Fairly ironic since I just posted my "Spring Tour 1983" account of traveling to the Philly Civic Center shows. Needless to say we spent a considerably smaller pile of dough to see the band then.
Can someone tell me how General Admission works in a small theater? I assume there's seats on the floor, right (though it would be cool if there wasn't).
Looks like only April 16,17 and 23 are all that's left now. I could be wrong. Frontgate has stopped selling tickets.
The Dead were always concerned about the fan experience. I wonder if they know this is nerve racking and not really fair, since some people will not know about the shows until they are sold out. Notice I'm not even complaining about the price. This is a small hall in an expensive area. I'm kind of drained from the experience.