Petition to add a second NY date, or move to a larger venue
 

i am starting a petition, to have Sonic Youth add a second NYC date or move the CBGBs show to a much larger venue

CBGBs can only hold about 300 people, in the city of New York, that is far too small, it would seem that people with the fastest internet service should have the privilege to see Sonic Youth in NYC

so am asking for fan support, band support, and habib's support in taking this thought into consideration

thanks

i'm starting a petition for you to stop being such a crybaby.

seems like a second show would be most feasible. i'm all for that, as you know.

I got shafted out of tickets this morning too. I will definately sign a petition to have them play another show in NYC this summer.

please don't be an ass, he worded it nicely and isn't whining.

oh sorry, did someone say something, i can't tell if you're being ignored

i'm sure they will play nyc again this summer. the charm of this show was the fact that it was cbgbs.

like i said before IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WON'T HAVE ANOTHER SHOW IN THIS AREA LATER THIS YEAR!.

Playing cbgb's is cool for the band and the people who managed to get tix. The rest of us can see them later this year.

it selling out was totally expected...but all i want to know is if any single effing live being was actually able to purchase tickets? that's all i want to know at the moment, because it seems like absolutely no one was able to logon to ticketweb, put 2 tickets in their cart, and checkout. the system failed.

well the thing is if the club capacity is 300, and the maximum amount of tickets per credit card that can be bought is 2, that means just around 150 people were able to get tickets

and i would swear that nearly everyone that got tix, they got 2 because they could

I'm sure SY will enjoy playing to a sold out crowd of TicketWeb employees.

Yeah, y'know its cool that some new yorkers are gonna get to see sonic youth in a really fucking small venue. It would have been nice for me to see them play CBGBs if only to get the taste out of my mouth of having only seen 3 of my friend's bands play there, and never a real band. But, I'll deal with it. Plus, I've seen Sonic Youth like 5 times already and I save 30 bucks this way. Sucks for those who haven't seen them, but I'm sure you will sometime soon.

I don't think they've only played New York once when they've released any record so I'm sure they'll play again this summer, if not, sometime in the fall. When Nurse came out I saw them both at Webster Hall and the North Six. (anyone have bootlegs of either of these, by the way.) The Webster Hall show was great but the sound at the Northsix show wasn't nearly as loud as it should have been.

When Murray Street came out I saw them at Bowery Ballroom and Irving Plaza. They tend to play at least two shows in New York, although they usually play the bigger venue on tour first and then swing back around for the smaller venue in the fall. I guess they might be doin' the opposite this time.

Wonder if they're gonna do some shows w/ the flaming lips or if that was just a random idea Thurston had that never saw fruition.

the representative on the phone told me that only 100 tickets went on sale at 10am. cb's is probably holding on to a bunch of spots VIP assholes because thats how rock n roll works. oh, and in the past, sold out shows usually have 35 tickets available day of show at the door. sounds like a pissing contest that i will keep my distance from.

I'm sorry you didnt get tix. :( that sucks.

I agree that they should play a bigger venue as well. it doesnt really make sense that they are playing only one very tiny venue in such a huge city.

yesterday Pearl Jam played a short set at the Ed Sullivan Theatre after their Letterman appearance..makes me wonder where Sonic Youth were during all of this.
I haven't watched this yet, but Dave kept referring to a "webcast" (& erroneously, albeit jokingly, to a "podcast" for the show, so I found the link
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latesho..._on_letterman/

well honestly i don't have a problme with CBGB's and the signifigance of it,

but the thing is the first show on the tour, only hold 300 people, it would have better if they did it like 92, play CBGB's billed as Drunken Butterfly, and not have internet frenzied fans go ape shit over less tickets then we were lead to believe

I have yet to see a single fan here that got tickets. What sucks is you all say, "They'll play NY again." but I don't live in NY, I'm only going to be there for the summer. I live, cruelly, in Austin as a college student. They are playing Austin while I'm in NY at a huge venue, but by the time I get back to Austin, where they've already played, they'll probably be swinging back up to NY.

It sucks being a huge fan of a band sometimes.

i'm sure they'll schedule another date. maybe we'll have better luck with tickets at the next one.

Ticketweb completely fucked me. I went to buy the tickets at 10:00 AM sharp. I selected the tickets, the method (it was Will Call only), put in all of my info. When I went to process it, they said there was an error with my password. I clicked back, tried it again. I had to do it three times before it worked. When it finally let me through, it said that there were no longer any tickets for the show. That was at 10:03. A friend of mine got fucked too. It wouldn't even let him log in. The site was extremely slow and was having problems all around.

the funny thing is i thought i had an amazing chance, you can skip typing in all that info if you have your card number set up with your billing info and address, but even then it took two minutes for the page to load, and when i clicked on the icon it took another two minutes until i found out they were all gone

Haha. The exact same thing happened to me.

I'm sure there will be other New York dates. That isn't my concern. But seeing Sonic Youth at CBGB's would have been insane. It's just annoying to have been shafted by a website's processing errors.

i'll sign it, but i don't doubt they'll be playing another show in nyc... probably even more than one.

eh, a petition gets you nowhere since they'll probably play nyc again in another 8 months.

signing my vote.

What a lame-ass position. Get a fucking Minnesota date greedy NY bastards.

If you're in Maryland, I'm sure you're seeing them in DC, right? That's not so bad...

holy shit. i enjoy new pearl jam songs. after the riot act it was the last thing i expected.

THANK YOU MAN!!!!!!!

point taken (speaking for the threadstarter and myself). i will say that in the time that has elapsed from this thread's creation till now, tempers have simmered down and things put in perspective. margaritas have helped.

"Life doesn't end because you can't see a single show (especially since SY's setlists are not very variable.)."

that's a good point, too. it was more the novelty of the ny show. oh well. anyone here who goes owes the rest of us great detailed reviews though, hahaha.

the thread was not started to complain about one or two people's shitty luck, it was inspired by the numerous posts by disgruntled fans. that's all. trust me, personal scorn didn't enter the equation, we're not 15 years old.

I guess I would put myself in the "quit whining" department as well. On the other hand, I can definitely sympathize with being generally upset to miss a rad show. Plus I recall getting more upset about these things when I was younger, could not drive, and did not have the time or money to follow a band around for ten shows.

ill sign im pretty disppointed that i didnt get tickets, it would have been my first time seeing sonic youth, and for some reason it seems like no one got tickets. oh well ill find away to go.

there's a silver lining in every cloud...we're getting tix to see cat power instead in nyc on the 10th. maybe a horrifying prospect to some of you, but losing out on seeing sy in a small historic club packed with industry folks is worth it to be in ny for the weekend before, seeing a good show and hanging out with friends. can't say either pantophobia or myself feel the same way over not getting tickets as we did this morning.

also, i've seen cat power 5 times before. i have seen her completely break down and i've also seen her be absolutely mesmerizing. i know the horror stories. check out the recent footage from this tour and you'll see why we're actually excited about seeing her a 6th time. she actually seems to be enjoying herself, dancing for christ's sake.

i saw them at maxwells last year. i dont think the world is going to end because i wont see them at cbgbs. its more the gayness factor jacked up by selling less than 200 tix to your only hometown date. i mean, plenty of people on here wound up at maxwells. will any wind up at cbs?

Haha. You compared Radio City Music Hall (capacity 6,000) to CBGB (capacity 300).

Might not be such a bad comparison. Radio City is 20 times the size of CBGB, and Phish can probably sell about 20 times as many tickets as Sonic Youth. Proportionately, it's probably the same.