Am I seriously the only one who is shocked?

[Phoenix]

I have gone to every Coachella except for one, and I have never experienced a sell out so quickly. I know that it sold out the year Radiohead and The Cure played, but that didn't even happen until RIGHT before.

I want to know if more tickets are going to be released. It usually happens, but for some reason I get the feeling that it won't this year.

Also, it pisses me off how much people are asking for the tickets on craigslist and ebay....since when did this festival turn into this?

This year was supposed to be really great, but now it looks like I won't even be going to see my own friends play because I can't afford to spend close to a THOUSAND dollars. I'm not feeling sorry for myself, I'll live if I can't go, I'm just disappointed because I thought Coachella was about something more than the money.

[snowgirl_69]

gutted....how come you didnt get your tickets before to make sure....don't quite get what you mean by syaing it's about the money?? Hope u get a ticket.x

[sonofhal]

Every UK festival sells out on the day tickets are released. (normally within 10 minutes of going on sale - and we have a lot of festivals) A 3 week window to get Glastonbuty tickets would be a miracle. Still - i feel for ya'll. Maybe you need a US version of Scarlet Mist to help cut down on those scalpers.

[Phoenix]

Honestly, I have been able to buy tickets every year whenever I choose. I don't make a lot of money, so I have to plan and budget and I just didn't have it when tickets went on sale. I thought I would have more time, like I always have.

What I meant about it being about the money was that everyone that is selling a ticket just wants to make a profit and those that are willing to spend a grand on tickets for a festival can do so because they wealthy enough. Like I said in another post, most people have bills and responsibility, and those people are the ones who aren't going to be able to enjoy Coachella this year.

The price per day is raised every year. Soon it'll be like Disneyland and no one will be able to afford it without going into debt.

I thought Coachella was about art, music, and bringing people together. Now it just feels like a load of crap.

[happyguy23]

Unlucky, I really feel for you. The festival needs to adopt the Glastonbury way of doing it: when you buy the ticket you supply a picture of yourself that goes on the ticket so that scalpers can't sell them on.

[dontfeedthebird]

I think they should start DNA testing.

[suprefan]

Unlucky, I really feel for you. The festival needs to adopt the Glastonbury way of doing it: when you buy the ticket you supply a picture of yourself that goes on the ticket so that scalpers can't sell them on.

This would require Coachella to do their own ticketing and bypass ticketmaster which would be good in a sense but a very complex endeavour. Also how do free tickets get given away if you won a contest? Obviously it can be simple but what if the proper things cannot be done in time if you won the week of the festival? I think it would be a good idea but it wouldnt be for a couple years when things get more out of control than Glasto does. I mean it took 17 days to sell out.(except for friday) Glasto takes like 5 hours. See my point?

[happyguy23]

That's true. Most years the ticketing systems crash as soon as the tickets go on sale as everyone tries to buy them at 9am because they'll be nearly sold out by 9.01. Tickets given away could just have 'competition winner' or something on them, the point is to make it hard/impossible for the people who buy as many tickets as they can and sell them on ebay for twice the price the next day, a few blank tickets won't be a problem.

[smilingdownward]

This year was supposed to be really great, but now it looks like I won't even be going to see my own friends play because I can't afford to spend close to a THOUSAND dollars.

why dont you try and get your friends to put you on the guest list or get VIT passes. yeah the vip passes cost extra $$ but you get the nice bar and the mist tents, not to mention comphy sofas!!!

[fober]

As that Billboard article stated, they've actually decreased the capacity.

Throw in a Rage Against the Machine reunion (one time supposedly) and it all works out.

[C DUB YA]

why dont you try and get your friends to put you on the guest list or get VIT passes. yeah the vip passes cost extra $$ but you get the nice bar and the mist tents, not to mention comphy sofas!!!

VIP aint worth the money partner. And neither is VIT.

[faxman75]

Who cares what tickets are going for on ebay. it's an auction, if people don't want to pay that much for a ticket, then don't buy a ticket.

[fober]

The mist tents use water that was collected from the sweat of everyone at the Prodigy '05 set.

[mandelbaum]

I really hate it when people whine about the free market. Supply and demand. The fact is that Goldenvoice should have increased the face value of the ticket in the first place to more properly correlate with demand.

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

Would you have been pissing and moaning about "what's happened to the Coachella I love?" if you had gotten tix? No, of course not.
It's all about frustration and anger, and we as humans are more likely to look out and try to find a scapegoat than look in. Nobody ever asks "what could I have done differently?".

Because if they had, the simple answer would have been "I could have started saving well in advance so that I guaranteed that I got tickets."

$10 put away. 10 freakin bucks! Every week = Coachella 2007 tickets.

I hope you get the chance to go, but if not, take just a little personal responsibility to make sure you don't end up blaming them that's not to blame...

[amyzzz]

I think this is the first year where it really made sense to get the presale tickets. That's what I'll be doing next year.

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

Phoenix, I'm shocked it took this long, with all the various factors, to sell out. As another poster mentioned, UK festivals (on which Coachella is based) sell out in minutes.

I'm shocked that you are shocked by scalpers making money on a product which is high in demand. Until GV does something to make them non-transferrable (does anyone ever scalp airline tickets? No.) it's human nature for people to try to make a fast buck at your expense.

[Phoenix]

Would you have been pissing and moaning about "what's happened to the Coachella I love?" if you had gotten tix? No, of course not.
It's all about frustration and anger, and we as humans are more likely to look out and try to find a scapegoat than look in. Nobody ever asks "what could I have done differently?".

Because if they had, the simple answer would have been "I could have started saving well in advance so that I guaranteed that I got tickets."

$10 put away. 10 freakin bucks! Every week = Coachella 2007 tickets.

I hope you get the chance to go, but if not, take just a little personal responsibility to make sure you don't end up blaming them that's not to blame...

I don't need a lecture from you. I'm full aware that I should have gotten them sooner. Point is, it's NEVER been like this in ANY past year, so how couold I have known?

To be honest the band that is friends of mine probably will be able to get me in. This isn't just about me though. I'm not pissed only for myself, but for all the people who find themselves in the same situation.

I never anticipated this happening. I guess I just don't think RATM is that big of a friggen deal and everyone else does.

[fober]

(does anyone ever scalp airline tickets? No.)

Well the flaw in this logic is that you buy airline tickets and include names for your passengers.

Entertainment tickets are far more dynamic than travel plans.

Hell I bought 8 3-day passes and only 4 of us are solid about going right now.

[luveebunni08]

i'm just as shocked, honestly. the past few years i got the tickets the day they went on sale cause i wouldn't have the money at the time of the presale. this year was pretty fortunate, but i still can't believe that there's two months left and all the tickets are gone. i don't think it's a commercial or money issue anymore. people just know about it and want to be part of it.

[vicorintian]

dude! i had NO idea how the sale had been on the previous editions, but i did know of concerts selling out almost instantly (a friend told me her story for U2 in Milan) and i knew i had to buy them ASAP. i moved my contacts and was able to buy them on the first week.
if you really want something plan for it, and have a lot of back ups.

[Phoenix]

Oh, trust me, I have a back up. I'm friends with one of the bands who are playing on Sunday. That's not the point though, because unlike everyone else I'm not concerned about just myself.

I know I'm not the only one who has found themselves in this situation.

[roberto73]

I'm not feeling sorry for myself, I'll live if I can't go, I'm just disappointed because I thought Coachella was about something more than the money.


I thought Coachella was about art, music, and bringing people together. Now it just feels like a load of crap.

You're using faulty logic here because you still haven't made any argument as to how Coachella or Goldenvoice is to blame for your not having saved the money to buy tickets early. As John Peel pointed out, many of the British festivals on which Coachella is based sell out every year; sell-outs are a reality of the business, and even in a venue the size of the Polo Grounds, capacity is limited. Just because something hasn't happened before doesn't mean it won't happen. You knew what the lineup is like, and it was no secret that the tickets were selling fast. You didn't save the money; you didn't buy the tickets. So explain to me again how that means Coachella suddenly is "all about the money." I wish I hadn't had to pay through the nose on Ebay to see Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl a few years ago, but that's what happens. Tickets sell out. Why would I have blamed the Hollywood Bowl for having only a limited number of seats?

If you're going to get mad at anyone, get mad at the people who bought three-day passes with the intent of auctioning two of their days for exorbitant prices.

I've been in your situation and I completely understand your disappointment, but blaming Coachella or Goldenvoice for something that's just the nature of the beast makes no sense. Coachella is about what it's always been about: Providing music fans with an abundance of amazing bands in a beautiful setting for what I think is actually a pretty reasonable price.

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

I don't need a lecture from you. I'm full aware that I should have gotten them sooner. Point is, it's NEVER been like this in ANY past year, so how couold I have known?

To be honest the band that is friends of mine probably will be able to get me in. This isn't just about me though. I'm not pissed only for myself, but for all the people who find themselves in the same situation.

I never anticipated this happening. I guess I just don't think RATM is that big of a friggen deal and everyone else does.

You don't need a lecture from me, yet we are supposed to feel sorry for someone who says that they budget, yet didn't have enough money when the tix went on sale.
I'm sorry. You're right. It's not a lecture you should be getting, it's laughed at for admitting on a message board that you're a dolt with money.

And as for not thinking RATM was a big deal. Are you on crack? Whether you like them or not, 5 fuckin' minutes on this board should tell you everything you need to know about how much "raging that raging ragers r gunna fuckin' do - yeah!!!!!!!"
The exclamation points and all caps posts say it all!

[gaypalmsprings]

http://www.animationattic.com/ababy%20crying.gif

[SFChrissy]

I think this is the first year where it really made sense to get the presale tickets. That's what I'll be doing next year.

Are you kidding me...Presale tickets make sense every year for anyshow period...

I don't need a lecture from you. I'm full aware that I should have gotten them sooner. Point is, it's NEVER been like this in ANY past year, so how couold I have known?

Did you not learn anything from last year or the year before??? Last year was so much more mainstream than anyother year how could you not doubt how fast tickets would sell out...let alone Madonna is tired and RAGE is a perfect fit for the age demographic of the festival...come on...to a degree you sold out on something you look forward to annually...you gave some KUKE the opportunity to take your place and have us die hard annual freaks be graced with the kukes rediculous audacious behavior.

Thanks for underestimating the power of music...

Well the flaw in this logic is that you buy airline tickets and include names for your passengers.

Entertainment tickets are far more dynamic than travel plans.

Hell I bought 8 3-day passes and only 4 of us are solid about going right now.

PM me if you want to unload 2 of those passess...I got mine but have a few friends that wanna join in on the fun!!!

oh and fuck all that VIP shit...it shouldn't be like that anyway...we're all equal to hell with niki hilton and nicole ritchie's annual attendance it was probably their influence for VIP anyway...

[johnnyhaup]

any cheese for that whine?

[ahab117]

http://www.animationattic.com/ababy%20crying.gif

hahaha


I didnt get camp passes soon enough so i'll be sleepin on the road and you dont hear me complaining

[paganman7]

I'm not sure why everyone is getting all over this guy. I must be the only one who feels genuinely sorry for him.

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

I'm not sure why everyone is getting all over this guy. I must be the only one who feels genuinely sorry for him.

It's not a question of feeling sorry. I've been in the same boat (60,000 T in the Park tix sold out in 45 mins in 2006), so I know this sucks.
It's the whole "oh the beautiful ethos and vibe of Coachella has gone forever" crap that I find hardest to swallow.

I stand by my original comment, that if Phoenix had gotten tickets you wouldn't have heard a peep about losing what was once pure and beautiful, like puppies and snowdrops...aaah.

Some people are selfish. Some people don't take responsibility for their own failings and deflect that into finding a scapegoat. This post, and quite a few others this week, has done exactly that...

[Brenbren]

hahaha


I didnt get camp passes soon enough so i'll be sleepin on the road and you dont hear me complaining

ahaha, i'll be right next to ya!

[amyzzz]

I stand by my original comment, that if Phoenix had gotten tickets you wouldn't have heard a peep about losing what was once pure and beautiful, like puppies and snowdrops...aaah.
I disagree with that. I got tickets, and I'm still kind of mad about the way RATM skewed everything.

[fatbastard]

I have gone to every Coachella except for one, and I have never experienced a sell out so quickly. I know that it sold out the year Radiohead and The Cure played, but that didn't even happen until RIGHT before.

I want to know if more tickets are going to be released. It usually happens, but for some reason I get the feeling that it won't this year.

Also, it pisses me off how much people are asking for the tickets on craigslist and ebay....since when did this festival turn into this?

This year was supposed to be really great, but now it looks like I won't even be going to see my own friends play because I can't afford to spend close to a THOUSAND dollars. I'm not feeling sorry for myself, I'll live if I can't go, I'm just disappointed because I thought Coachella was about something more than the money.

The intention that Coachella "is more than the money" is correct. I really believe the organizers of this event treat this concert as their baby. Since you have attended most of the concerts you proboly know more than me how much it has evolved over time (for the better). Who knows what the organizers have in mind with this event. Since they tend to keep thinking "bigger" every year, money is going to be needed. I trust they will invest our "future concert" money well.

[ovarated]

Honestly, I have been able to buy tickets every year whenever I choose. I don't make a lot of money, so I have to plan and budget and I just didn't have it when tickets went on sale. I thought I would have more time, like I always have.

What I meant about it being about the money was that everyone that is selling a ticket just wants to make a profit and those that are willing to spend a grand on tickets for a festival can do so because they wealthy enough. Like I said in another post, most people have bills and responsibility, and those people are the ones who aren't going to be able to enjoy Coachella this year.

The price per day is raised every year. Soon it'll be like Disneyland and no one will be able to afford it without going into debt.

I thought Coachella was about art, music, and bringing people together. Now it just feels like a load of crap.

just because some douchebag on ebay or craigslist is trying to get a grand for a 3 day pass doesnt mean that coachella is all about the money. the two arent even related.

I have bills and responsibility and I AM going to be able to enjoy coachella again this year because i know A YEAR IN ADVANCE that the festival is coming. if you cant scrape up 200 bucks for a 3 day pass in one whole year then you should reconsider your budgeting strategy.
i dont make a lot of money either but come on, 200 bucks in one year? if you put away like 2 bucks a day you'd have more than enough money by the time tickets went on sale.

not trying to rag on you or anything, i've missed my fair share of shows because i was a slacker and didnt get my tickets before they sold out. it sucks. it really does. but thems the breaks.

coachella tickets are one hell of a deal. 200 bucks for 3 days of awesome?! hells ya, im in.

[Mctommy]

Eat $1 double cheeseburger at Mcdonald's for 2 months. That's only $2 per day, $60/month. With spending only $120 on food during those 2 months, you should have saved enough to buy yourself a $280 concert ticket.

Seriously, how could you not save $100 a month, 3 months earlier?

Return all those damn xmas gifts that you don't use, and get money back.

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

I disagree with that. I got tickets, and I'm still kind of mad about the way RATM skewed everything.


That wasn't the argument. The argument was that by selling out so quickly it proves that Coachella is now about money and not the faaaaaans, man.

[Good Days Last]

Which band are you friends with...

THAT should be the important question here.

[C DUB YA]

Eat $1 double cheeseburger at Mcdonald's for 2 months. That's only $2 per day, $60/month. With spending only $120 on food during those 2 months, you should have saved enough to buy yourself a $280 concert ticket.

Seriously, how could you not save $100 a month, 3 months earlier?

Return all those damn xmas gifts that you don't use, and get money back.

Seriously I have friends, who are now NOT going, that said they couldn't save the money, but I told them to start saving like 6 months ago - jeez some people.

If you wanted to go bad enough you would've, and may still, find a way.

[worldwide2020]

Seriously I have friends, who are now NOT going, that said they couldn't save the money, but I told them to start saving like 6 months ago - jeez some people.

If you wanted to go bad enough you would've, and may still, find a way.

Amen.

[Mctommy]

lol for girls... find a sugar daddy!

kidding!!!

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case for certain people.

[Phoenix]

The only reason I'm blaming GV is because they lowered the capacity, which is retarded. You don't need to bite my head off, jesus christ. Mostly I'm blaming the asshole who bought up tickets just to sell them for a huge profit. That combined with the capacity issue, is a bunch of crap and I have every right to complain about it if I want. My original question, you dolts, is if I'm the only one who is surprised b y them selling out so quickly and also if more would be released...

It's not like I'm NOT going. Like I said I have hookups. It's going to take some more planning, but I'll be backstage while you all are smashed up against one another. Sounds petty? Possibly, but apparently I'm on crack and I'm financially challenged so what does it matter to you?

For those people that ARE as surprised as I am, and haven't been total arses in this thread...thank you.

[smilingdownward]

VIP aint worth the money partner. And neither is VIT.

HAHAHA, VIT. i'm such a nerd. need to do spell check huh?
well any ticket at this point for most ppl would be worth it.

[4Ransom]

I disagree with that. I got tickets, and I'm still kind of mad about the way RATM skewed everything.

That wasn't the argument. The argument was that by selling out so quickly it proves that Coachella is now about money and not the faaaaaans, man.

actually, it was your argument, or one of them. you said this:
I stand by my original comment, that if Phoenix had gotten tickets you wouldn't have heard a peep about losing what was once pure and beautiful, like puppies and snowdrops...aaah.


and amy proved you wrong by saying there are people (me, being one of them) with tickets who think the great vibe coachella used to have is not the same as it was.


The only reason I'm blaming GV is because they lowered the capacity, which is retarded.

well, i was with ya phoenix until you said that. man, lowering the max capacity is the best thing they could have ever done. did you go last year? were you not annoyed by how fuckin crowded it was everywhere? they should have done that after 2004. i say take it down more to 40k. those were the good ole days, where you could see a headliner without standing miles away. now lets hope they put it back to 2 days next year, cuz this new format sucks balls.

[4Ransom]

I really hate it when people whine about the free market. Supply and demand. The fact is that Goldenvoice should have increased the face value of the ticket in the first place to more properly correlate with demand.

you are a fuckin retard. ive heard this argument so may times and its such BS. you think if they made the ticketprices as high as the ebay prices it would sell out? no, cuz most people cant afford that shit. sure, there are many who can, but if the cost was $1000 for a 3day pass, im guessing there wouldnt be nearly as many people there. theres a reason why all concert tickets arent at your so called "fair market value". cuz that price isnt the fair market value. its the value after scalpers cut off the supply.

part of the reason demand is so high is cuz people buy tickets with the intent of reselling them. and this goes for any popular concert. scalpers drive up the demand by taking away the supply. you take scalpers out of the equation, and there is a lot more supply, so more people who actually want to go can buy their ticket at face value.


i say when you buy your tickets, they are like an airline ticket, where they are tied to your name. if you want to transfer that ticket, you have to go to some website (ticketmaster or whatever) thats like a kind of ticket escrow. where the person you want to sell them to gets an email with the link to buy your tickets at face value. when they pay, then the money you paid is refunded to you. and when you go into the venue, you show your id to match your ticket. this would cut down on scalpers immensely. id pay an extra few bucks in service charge per ticket to pay for the extra costs to implement something like this.

[Phoenix]

Which band are you friends with...

THAT should be the important question here.

That actually is NOT an important question and will not be answered.



I didnt get camp passes soon enough so i'll be sleepin on the road and you dont hear me complaining

Been there done that, it's not that big of a deal. I recommend going into a fast food joint in the morning to wash up :)

You don't need a lecture from me, yet we are supposed to feel sorry for someone who says that they budget, yet didn't have enough money when the tix went on sale.
I'm sorry. You're right. It's not a lecture you should be getting, it's laughed at for admitting on a message board that you're a dolt with money.


Guess what Mr. John Peel dude? Say whatever you want. You don't know a thing about me, so you shouldn't be claiming I'm an idiot when it comes to money. You have no inclination about certain financial circumstances I've had to deal with this past year, nor should you. My point is, don't assume you know better than I do and that you know what you're talking about.

Let me clear a few things up.

1.I never ever said I was only going for one band. That is absolutely absurd. There are SOOO many bands that I want to see this year. I just meant that my friends are playing on a day that is sold out.

2. I am not a guy, I'm a girl.

3. I don't think GV is BAD. I know they have to make money to put on bigger and better shows every year. I'm not dumb when it comes to buisness. The only thing I said was that I thought they didn't give a rats ass. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. Who knows, I was venting. When I said that I think it's more about money this year, I meant that I can't recall any other year when people were scalping them at such high prices, which will cause a lot of people to not be able to go. I'm not blaming GV for scalpers (what I think should be changed is how tickets are sold in general for any event anywhere). It's in this respect that I say that I feel Coachella has changed. What Coachella is supposed to represent people are forgetting and ignoring because all they are doing is trying to make as much as they can off these tickets.

Of course people will always do whatever they can to make more money, that's a whole other subject alltogether, but I feel like people shouldn't be punished by not experiencing this years festival because some blow hard bought up as many tickets as he could to make a crap load of money.

[Phoenix]

well, i was with ya phoenix until you said that. man, lowering the max capacity is the best thing they could have ever done. did you go last year? were you not annoyed by how fuckin crowded it was everywhere? they should have done that after 2004. i say take it down more to 40k. those were the good ole days, where you could see a headliner without standing miles away. now lets hope they put it back to 2 days next year, cuz this new format sucks balls.

Really, the only time I was annoyed was with Madonna. I wouldn't watch her because I didn't want the first time I saw her to be just watching her on a huge screen. Other than that I didn't notice a difference from previous years. I think that was also partly because she was in that damn tent.

[Californicator]

Phoenix...what band are you friends with? Why won't you tell us? Do they suck that bad? Probably...

[Phoenix]

Um, no. And you won't provoke me into saying because you make fun of them without even knowing who I'm talking about.

I don't go around going "Like omg, I know so and so, aren't I fucking awesome?" because they are actual FRIENDS of mine, not just people I know.

[gaypalmsprings]

Is it this group?

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/partridgefam/partridgefamIMAGE/partridgefam.jpg

[Phoenix]

Did you see them on the lineup? Didn't think so.

[matsuolost]

pusssyyyyyyyyyy

[Good Days Last]

Um, no. And you won't provoke me into saying because you make fun of them without even knowing who I'm talking about.

I don't go around going "Like omg, I know so and so, aren't I fucking awesome?" because they are actual FRIENDS of mine, not just people I know.

I've got bands that are actual friends of mine, I tell people. "Yeah, I know so and so... They're cool guys." Nothing more nothing less.

I don't see how this is much different. Just tell us.

[Phoenix]

Well, I do tell people if it comes up in a conversation I'm having with someone, but I really don't feel compelled to post it on a message board.

Anyway, it was never the point of this thread, therefore insignificant.

[PassiveTheory]

I may not have as much room here to talk as the rest of you, seeing as I'm financially supported by my parents, but here's the scoop:

In August, I decided to get a job and work during the school year because, I knew, that there would be things in the upcoming months that I'd like to buy myself, like an mp3 player or a laptop, and so I got a pretty shitty job: bagging groceries. Been working since October at that job, and lookie here, actually have enough money and am old enough to go to Coachella! Well shit, I don't want this opportunity to pass me by, and hearing that Rage tickets sold out in the first 30 minutes scared the shit out of me, so I decided to get my 3 day pass on the first day.

But for the people who've gotten fucked over by this country or any other country an it's inability to find them work?... Then I feel rotten.

[toolisbomb]

I was definitely shocked when it sold out so goddamn fast, I didn't expect it at all. I did expect it to sell out..but jesus christ 2 months before? Although I didn't know that they decreased the capacity. What did it used to be? I may be totally naive, but I still think they're going to release some more tickets. Anyway, just glad that I got tickets for my boyfriend and I...just need to get camping tickets now =P

[cityzun]

I don't think GV is BAD. I know they have to make money to put on bigger and better shows every year. I'm not dumb when it comes to buisness. The only thing I said was that I thought they didn't give a rats ass. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. Who knows, I was venting. When I said that I think it's more about money this year, I meant that I can't recall any other year when people were scalping them at such high prices, which will cause a lot of people to not be able to go. I'm not blaming GV for scalpers (what I think should be changed is how tickets are sold in general for any event anywhere). It's in this respect that I say that I feel Coachella has changed. What Coachella is supposed to represent people are forgetting and ignoring because all they are doing is trying to make as much as they can off these tickets.

Of course people will always do whatever they can to make more money, that's a whole other subject alltogether, but I feel like people shouldn't be punished by not experiencing this years festival because some blow hard bought up as many tickets as he could to make a crap load of money.

Yea it's changed. It's gotten more popular. Is that worse? No. Has that changed what Coachella is about? No. What's changed is that people are realizing that other people are willing to pay more to go.

Stop acting like the spirit of Coachella is gone. It's just a few opportunistic/enterprising (depending on your point of view) people trying to make money, like you said. You're trying to draw a correlation between two unrelated things: a music festival and people who want to make money. Your logic is flawed.

And to actually make this relevant to your initial question, no I'm not surprised. After word spread of Daft Punk's epic set last year, it was inevitable that more people would catch on. I for one think that's a good thing, this ensures that Coachella will be around for many years to come.

[SubBass49]

Phoenix -

I'm just curious why you had to start a new thread about this when you already posted your feelings about the situation in another thread, saying most of the same exact things there. Isn't this kind of repetitive? Next time, go pre-sale or save up for the onsale date. If you don't, there are very few people who will feel sorry for you, because that's what most of us did. We made this show a priority and therefore we were able to get tix. Bottom line.

-- J

[paganman7]

To answer the original question: yes, I'm surprised that they sold out so fast. I thought that Sunday tickets would eventually sell out a couple of weeks before the festival, but certainly not within a couple of weeks of going on sale.

[Phoenix]

Actually, I posted this thread first. I then saw the other thread and replied. Excuse me for stating my opinion in more than one thread.

My logic may be flawed in your eyes, but I'm not the only one who feels that it has changed. I'm not persecuting it for becoming popular. Stupid me, I thought it always was.

[krunchy]

Actually, I posted this thread first. I then saw the other thread and replied. Excuse me for stating my opinion in more than one thread.

My logic may be flawed in your eyes, but I'm not the only one who feels that it has changed. I'm not persecuting it for becoming popular. Stupid me, I thought it always was.

Come on now, just chill out. You are getting waay too serious on this thread. If you are so chummy with this band you're gonna be fine, so just relax!

[imamingertoo]

i was shocked too..but after thinking about it a little i realized it was my own fault for not immediately buying my tickets, tragically i got stuck paying way too much for friday and saturday. i didnt even bother with sunday...A THOUSAND DOLLARS for one day..come on..

im angry because it doesn't seem like the fans made it sell out..vendor websites bought a ton of tickets and raised the prices for sunday CRAZY high.

i don't think they were any more expensive from goldenvoice than they were last year. we gotta be more prepared in years to come. i really hope coachella doesnt become such an immediate sell out frenzy as festivals have in Europe.

[RATMFTW]

Honestly, I have been able to buy tickets every year whenever I choose. I don't make a lot of money, so I have to plan and budget and I just didn't have it when tickets went on sale. I thought I would have more time, like I always have.

What I meant about it being about the money was that everyone that is selling a ticket just wants to make a profit and those that are willing to spend a grand on tickets for a festival can do so because they wealthy enough. Like I said in another post, most people have bills and responsibility, and those people are the ones who aren't going to be able to enjoy Coachella this year.

The price per day is raised every year. Soon it'll be like Disneyland and no one will be able to afford it without going into debt.

I thought Coachella was about art, music, and bringing people together. Now it just feels like a load of crap.


you know what? i live alone. i have lots of bills to pay. lots of responsibilty. if you really wanted to make it happen you would make ends meet. ive spent 850$ so far and its 2 months before this will even happen. im not in debt either. nor am i wealthy. quite far from it. you just have to make some sacrifices. i made plenty in order to be able to afford this. you know when coachella is coming every year. so why not put away some money ahead of time? dont get bitter just because everyone else planned it out better than you did.