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General Discussions => Tribal Funk Affliction => Topic started by: davepeck on April 18, 2005, 07:14:32 am
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?Free? Chili Peppers tickets being sold online
Las Vegas mayor says profiteers ?sleazy? for ruining city event
The Associated Press
Updated: 2:13 p.m. ET April 23, 2005
LAS VEGAS - Officials are complaining that tickets given away for a city-sponsored centennial concert by the bands the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Weezer are being sold on the Internet.
"You get a couple of bums who take advantage of the situation, and what starts off as a very nice gesture ... turns into a sleazy methodology of trying to make a buck from it," Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said.
The July 2 show in a parking lot near the Las Vegas Convention Center is to mark the city\'s 100th anniversary.
About 35,000 free tickets were quickly snapped up when Event promoter Clear Channel Entertainment Properties made them available online through a ticket service on Monday. Minutes later, traders began offering tickets through eBay auctions at prices that by Thursday ranged from $25 and $70 per ticket.
"It\'s so unfair because the centennial committee wanted to present this very special event available to everybody free of charge," Goodman said.
Officials said another 5,000 tickets will be made available through TicketMaster on May 16, while 10,000 were being distributed to hotels.
Clark County and the city of Las Vegas forbid ticket scalping. Goodman said resellers may be prosecuted.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7611956/
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Don\'t spend too much money in Vegas so you\'ll have enough left over for a west coast Real Radio run.
**** man, the money I win is going to fund my real radio west coast run!! HA!
"Hit me anyway, maybe my money day"
Let\'s take a moment to celebrate the 1 year and 2 month debut-iversary of Doughboy.
By the way, I really hope that you and other Breakfast fans will hit up the west coast this summer. $200 round trip fres on Jetblue are commonplace.
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**** man, the money I win is going to fund my real radio west coast run!! HA!
the battle-cry of countless losers.....
good luck though...
you just have to wish really hard and you will be all set....
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oh and al, there are tickets on ebay going for like $20 a piece (last I saw), unless you don\'t feel like paying money for a free show. It would be good to see ya!!!
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****, I missed em. I was planning on going down.
Are you and Mike really going?
+lele.. confirmed.
Don\'t spend too much money in Vegas so you\'ll have enough left over for a west coast Real Radio run.
**** man, the money I win is going to fund my real radio west coast run!! HA!
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****, I missed em. I was planning on going down.
Are you and Mike really going?
+lele.. confirmed.
Don\'t spend too much money in Vegas so you\'ll have enough left over for a west coast Real Radio run.
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tickets. confirmed. :D
sold out.
****, I missed em. I was planning on going down.
Are you and Mike really going?
+lele.. confirmed.
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tickets. confirmed. :D
sold out.
****, I missed em. I was planning on going down.
Are you and Mike really going?
You two should come back for Baja Bash a month later.
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gonna be hot as balls. confirmed. :)
mike = :thumbsup: for scoring the tickets while i was on the road..
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going to be the best show EVER. confirmed.
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tickets. confirmed. :D
sold out.
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This time last year I was still passed out in my room at the mandalay bay and missing my flight out of town as we speak (well this time last year).....
Screw that life-blood sucking city....
You know you love Vegas. Stop frontin\'
Zurflu we will meet if you go. No doubt abt it.
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Thanx Dave. Guess I\'m going to Vegas in July
Maybe I\'ll see you there. The preferable situation would be free concert > West Coast Real Radio tour, but they probably won\'t be here that early in the summer.
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This time last year I was still passed out in my room at the mandalay bay and missing my flight out of town as we speak (well this time last year).....
Screw that life-blood sucking city....
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wait.who?????????????????????????/
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Thanx Dave. Guess I\'m going to Vegas in July
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"that world- renowned, multi-platinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers "- don\'t they mean The Good Time Boys??? Flea owns face. I was real close @ Jones Beach a few years back, and the sound from his bass was making my drink shake. Fishbone opener was the ****, to bad no one was inside yet.
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The full press release is here (http:// http://www.lasvegas2005.org/mediacenter/releases/concert-0411.html).
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SPICE UP LAS VEGAS 100TH BIRTHDAY BASH
Grammy-Award-Winning Band to be Joined By Supporting Act Weezer Celebrating 100 Years In Neon
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- April 11, 2005 -- Clear Channel Entertainment Properties announced today that world- renowned, multi-platinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers will rock America\'s entertainment capital as the headline act for the July 2nd Centennial concert celebrating 100 years in neon. Best of all, consumers can experience this once-in-a-lifetime event for free. Red Hot Chili Peppers and top alternative-rock act Weezer will play in an unforgettable, free live outdoor concert experience on the grounds of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA).
Starting today at noon you can get tickets here: http://www.vegasrocks100.com/main.html