New Order live @ Hammerstein Ballroom - NYC (USA) - 2005.05.05

Monster wrote:

I remember Hammerstein from me yoof - is he still going?!

with his mate robojaws? classic!

BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate fucking ticket master! I had better luck getting u2 tix, but i cant score new order????

internet sales suck. i would have camped out for this shit.

have also been refreshing page since 11am and no joy - also just spoke to ticketmaster agent in NYC - after holding for 8 mins on a transatlantic call (ouch!! ) to be told no more tickets available.

Not sure what to make of this - either they all sold on the pre-sale or they haven't been properly released yet (??)

I'm not a violent man, but I'm about to stab somebody.

Al Jarvis wrote:

Best thing the band can do is announce a 2nd gig straight away to bring the prices down!

Spiffing idea sir. Means I'd have to change a flight ticket though.

i had to resort to buying tickets on ebay. hopefully they'll get here in time.

i cannot believe this! i have a ticket to NYC but no ticket to the concert as it's already sold out! any suggestions? anyone have an extra ticket???

Seems unlikely, but do you think that New York being sold out is a April Fools thing? Seems bizarre that they'd be sold out in 15 minutes when everywhere else isnt after week(s).

Not to confuse this with Morris getting arrested for driving tanks--that one is clearly true.

The only thing I can figure is that New York truly is land of the ticket scalping agencies (or brokers as I'm sure they'd rather be known as) and because the show is in NYC it's more on their radar than a show in Chicago...

They may on principal just scoop up everything they can get at the major NY venues regardless of who the act is figuring they can always make a ten or twenty dollar profit (there was a broker that was selling the tickets on ebay for only 79.95 which if you factor in the ticketron price isn't really that outrageous) but make money on sheer volume.

Anyway, hopfully the demand won't be too high and brokers will realize that they cant demand $120 bucks a ticket and lessen their rates as it gets closer to the show.

Goddamn, I hate Ticketma$ter, but I hate the ticket brokers/scalpers even more . For every event, they already have the best tix and loads of them. It pisses me off so bad that the good tickets end up in their hands instead of the fans.

Anyways, I hope the "sell out" gets them to add a second date in NYC or anywhere else closeby. It'll screw over the ticket brokers and give fans another chance to see them. I haven't bought my plane ticket yet, so it'll work out perfectly if they do add another one.

I am not surprised at all that the NYC show sold out! I live about 30 miles outside of NYC in New Jersey(lived here all my life -all 32 years) - and let me tell you-it's a competitive place- about everything. People are very aggressive here. Also New Order hasn't played on East Coast since 1993- people are hungry for them here. I know I am!!!!

Maybe they will add a second show- I don't think there are any events scheduled for Hammerstein on May 6.

What to know about Hammerstein:

1.You're better off with Mezzanine Tickets, because you can go from the Mezzanine to the floor (without being ticket checked), but not vice versa.

2.There is no ATM inside, so stop and get money on your way there.

3.The floor tends to be overcrowded.

4.Beers (small, plastic cups) are $6, or something silly like that...

5.There will be a line going for 3 blocks, so come early.

6.The sound is decent, but no Radio City... ;)

Fucking A... I'm gonna end up spending $90+ to see them in my own freaking hometown. Fans always get dicked. always.

I had tickets on ticketmaster, but I forgot my password and it only gave me 40 seconds to find it then it released the tickets and the next thing I know it's sold out! Those damn ticket brokers, i'll kill them all.

I did however find the best deal on e-bay. Bought 3 tickets for $79.99 each. Not bad, all things considered.

got one on Ebay for $85 plus $10 shipping and handling. i signed up for the K-rock pre-sale thing, but i had a major crisis yesterday so i couldn't buy it at regular price. poop. oh, well...at least i'm going!

So ebay is our last hope, hmmmm.

It may be worth it. I am apparently one of the lucky few to get tickets, and Hammerstine is a pretty good venue....Been there several times. Best of luck to everyone attempting to get tickets....Maybe you guys can gang up on a couple of scalpers beat them down and take their tickets......

I got my tickets Thursday. Had I known that this would sell out I would have picked up four instead of two. Very much looking forward to the final show for me. Just wish I could get out of work for 10 days so I could do Chicago too, but alas Oakland, Coachella, and NYC is good by me.

So, where is the NEWORDERONLINE crowd meeting beforehand???

I would love to meet everyone over a drink somewhere....

have we officially figured out a spot yet???

p.s. thanks for the info about this club in above posts!

They have got to add another east coast date now!

If there is another date added with a pre-sale, I'll be sure to post the password again (if there is one).

Flights booked - out Wed, back Sun - so if 2nd show materialises - Fri or Sat would be good...

People can really go from the mezzanine to the floor without getting ticket-checked? Are you absolutely certain that this is always the case? I have a floor ticket (which is apparently bad, but oh well!), and my girlfriend has a mezzanine ticket, and since we obviously wanted to be there together, we didn't know what to do! So would she definitely be able to move down to the floor once she got there?

Thank you so much!

-Ben

afr0puff wrote: Fucking A... I'm gonna end up spending $90+ to see them in my own freaking hometown. Fans always get dicked. always.

thats okay i spent 110 !