After yesterday’s ticket on-sale, the following statement was posted onto the Dead 50 website:
Thank you to all of the Deadheads for the amazing support that you have shown for the Fare Thee Well shows in Chicago! This morning you broke Ticketmaster’s on-sale record when nearly half a million of you queued up to buy tickets. If you do not have tickets, please know that we are working on various ways to help everyone experience these shows in a way that will help you share this special moment with us. Stay tuned, and thank you for showing your love, we feel it!
Tickets are particularly hard to come by these days, with one individual listing GA Pit tickets for upwards of one million dollars.
While that may be the extreme, a report in Forbes indicates that tickets are running at an average of $2,000 for each night. Considering that this is being billed as the last time the core four will ever play together, and Phish’s Trey Anastasio is in the mix, it’s understandable that the demand is so high. But to spend two-thousand dollars for a concert… well that just seems excessive.
Most recently, a Billboard interview with concert promoter and entrepeneur Peter Shapiro was released this morning, discussing the plans to provide fans with a simulcast experience. The interview mostly talks about Shapiro’s surprise at how quickly tickets were purchased, but he did discuss plans to accommodate more fans in various regions: “We want to provide video and audio, the best shit out there, and try to bring it to people with the same vibe as being there.”
Says Shapiro, “There’s never been anything like this. I’m holding on tight.”
Considering the demand for tickets is estimated in the millions, and all 210,000 tickets are officially sold out, it seems the best option for weary Deadheads would be to pony up for the pay-per-view experiences. Of course, Cashortrade.org is always a fantastic solution to find tickets at face value. Good luck out there!