https://twitter.com/gabekelley/status/847481034463617026
Tickets to LCD Soundsystem‘s five Brooklyn Steel shows just went on sale at noon and AEG’s AXS ticket site pretty much instantly crashed as you can see from the error message above. (it’s back up now.) If you were queued before noon, you may have gotten to ticket page, though if you got tickets beyond that…well, did you manage to score tickets?
People are finding plenty of tickets on reseller sites like StubHub and are angry about it, but Brooklyn Steel on Twitter said they’re trying to thwart scalpers on the five sold-out shows:
After overwhelming demand, @lcdsoundsystem's shows at @BkSteelNYC sold out in minutes…(cont'd) #LCDxBKS
— Brooklyn Steel (@brooklynsteel) March 30, 2017
(cont'd) No eTickets will be distributed before day-of-show after @axs reviews all orders to make sure only fans get tix. #LCDxBKS
— Brooklyn Steel (@brooklynsteel) March 30, 2017
We cannot wait to open the doors next week! 🙌 #LCDxBKS
— Brooklyn Steel (@brooklynsteel) March 30, 2017
Al Doyle who plays guitar and other things in LCD (and Hot Chip) just weighed in on the ticket problem on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/aldoyletweets/status/847514879611285504
https://twitter.com/aldoyletweets/status/847533219637579777
Some people actually tried for tickets the old way, lining up in person for them. A picture of that and a few related tweets below.
https://twitter.com/becomeaword/status/847482082238517248
https://twitter.com/VisitorsPass/status/847486864164622336
11:30am 43° #linedudes 82nd and 83rd in line for @lcdsoundsystem tix @brooklynsteel concert #lcdsoundsystem pic.twitter.com/kpYGxjAZY4
— Same Ole Line Dudes™ (@sold_inc) March 30, 2017
@axs after your site failing to load due to high activity, then waiting in a queue all tickets for @lcdsoundsystem sold out. #epicfail
— Julie Stein (@JulieeStein_) March 30, 2017
@axs Hey, got in queue for LCD soundsystem on thursday and its not signing in. I'm worried im going to timeout before the sign in works.
— James Quick (@j_n_quick) March 30, 2017
What a racket @axs tickets has with these @lcdsoundsystem tickets. StubHub wins again! #totalbullshit
— Bryon Whitley (@bryontreece) March 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/BiffSavage/status/847483459287228422
LCD Soundsystem ticket sales started crashing in the "waiting room"
— Michelle Ness (@meeshyamps) March 30, 2017
I guess my chances for getting LCD Soundsystem tickets were as good as Trump actually divesting from his companies. NO CHANCE
— Nicholas Eisenman (@NEisenman) March 30, 2017
thanks to a bad presale and mike pence's vote, my anger at our fundamentalist VP and not seeing LCD Soundsystem are now forever linked.
— tyler mccauley (@tylernotyler) March 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/zachm/status/847480525870604290