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Lien
[news.iheart.com]
Join iHeartRadio’s ‘Ultimate Desert Trip’ Sweepstakes for a chance to win tickets to the Historic Desert Trip Concert! The Grand Prize winner will receive: a VIP trip for four to the “Desert Trip” concert in Indio, California October 7th, 8th and 9th, 2016 at the Empire Polo Club; Round-trip first class airfare to Palm Springs, California; Ground transportation to and from airport and the private residence for concert; Four night’s accommodations in one private residence located adjacent to the concert site; Personal chef at the private residence for the three days; VIP access at the concert all three nights; Four personalized front row reserved seats for all three nights of the concert. The ARV of this prize is $75,000. Open only to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and who are at least 18 years of age or older.
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2014Slayer
Just got an email from Desert Trip in response to an email about bringing folding chairs. Now they are saying no chairs or blankets in the GA area... really???? They did say a small towel is ok to sit on. Makes me wonder how packed we are going to be in GA area. I told them they will have problems if they are expecting thousands of babyboomers to stand shoulder to shoulder in the sun. Am rethinking what time we will arrive, so we are not sitting on the grass for hours before Dylan comes on. It's all an adventure, right!
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Jah Paul
Another shot...
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MisterDDDD
Opinion: Paul McCartney, the Stones & Dylan at Desert Trip? The best idea ever
"Gripe all you want about money and age and the pitiful state of music, but when that balmy October night arrives with its warm Santa Ana winds blowing across the fairground and the sun’s slow descent sets the desert sky alight with radiant stripes of blue, red and grey, the sight of of Roger Waters singing Comfortably Numb into the the vast, star-filled sky will be, for one fleeting moment, the most special place on Planet Earth."
[teamrock.com]
That and The Rolling Stones playing Time is on My Side..
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MisterDDDD
Opinion: Paul McCartney, the Stones & Dylan at Desert Trip? The best idea ever
"Gripe all you want about money and age and the pitiful state of music, but when that balmy October night arrives with its warm Santa Ana winds blowing across the fairground and the sun’s slow descent sets the desert sky alight with radiant stripes of blue, red and grey, the sight of of Roger Waters singing Comfortably Numb into the the vast, star-filled sky will be, for one fleeting moment, the most special place on Planet Earth."
[teamrock.com]
That and The Rolling Stones playing Time is on My Side..
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Medzvel
"There will be thousands of people who don't look at the site again and will show up with chairs. What are they going to do, sit on the ground for three days? I'm sure most people wouldn't have bought general-admission tickets if they knew that would be the case."
[www.latimes.com]
Pretty raw deal... This lady just wants them to allow what they said they would allow.
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jambayPretty raw deal... This lady just wants them to allow what they said they would allow.
It seems like this thing is going to be a mess.
It will be great for people who are going and just want to be able to say "I was there!" they went... and it will good for people who pay for the highest price packages... but for people who want to go to see the bands and not pay up, I bet it is going to be a mess.
The Desert Trip website said chairs would be allowed, so Reul plunked down nearly $1,700 for four tickets -- two $424 tickets for her and her husband, two for friends. The concert sold out within hours.
You probably know where this is going. This week, Reul's friend checked the website on a whim and saw that chairs no longer would be allowed. No rationale for the change was given.
"There will be thousands of people who don't look at the site again and will show up with chairs," Reul said, no doubt correctly. "What are they going to do, sit on the ground for three days? I'm sure most people wouldn't have bought general-admission tickets if they knew that would be the case."
The concert organizer, Goldenshower, owned by Los Angeles entertainment behemoth AEG, doesn't dispute that the chair rule was quietly changed. And, as you'll see, it seems to feel that it doesn't owe anyone an explanation.
It's an issue I encounter all too frequently, the corporate bait and switch. Or, even if no deception was intended, a change to a deal after a consumer has made a purchase. And when you protest that this isn't fair, the company says take it or leave it.
"It happens a lot," said Joe Ridout, a spokesman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. "It's not fair. But it's usually not illegal."
That's because most companies include weasel words in their terms and conditions that allow them to do pretty much anything they want. This case is no exception.
The fine print of the Desert Trip website declares that "the event producer reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time. Please check back periodically for changes."
That last bit is particularly stinky. Goldenshower not only reserves the right to do whatever it pleases, but it explicitly tells customers that it's their responsibility to root around the website in search of any modifications.
"Most people obviously won't do that," Ridout said. "They'll show up at the concert only to be told that they can't bring in their chairs."
Reul emailed Goldenshower and explained the situation. "We are 65 years old," she said. "We need chairs to sit on. How can you change the rules after I have bought my tickets?"
A Goldenshower rep emailed back saying that to accommodate all general-admission ticket holders "equally, fairly and safely, in regard to space distribution, we must forego chairs and blankets in the venue."
Reul's guess is that Goldenshower sold more general-admission tickets than expected and is thus imposing a no-chairs-and-blankets policy to maximize space. She said as much in her reply to the company rep.
Goldenshower responded by offering to see if reserved seats could be arranged for a higher price. (Before selling out, three-day reserved seats cost up to $1,600 each.) Or Reul could have her money back.
"I don't want to pay more for a ticket," she told me. "And I don't want a refund. I want to go to the concert. I just want them to do what they promised."
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jambay
Small towels will be allowed... good news
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MisterDDDD
Coachella 2015: Aerial Drone Footage
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Kurt
AMEX has an onsale of tickets right now.
If anyone is still interested, I guess it's not truly SOLD OUT.
WEEKEND ONE AMEX
WEEKEND TWO AMEX