Soundcheck Parties

[PittsburghGuy]

Good info in this thread, thanks all for passing on your WU info. 

Couple questions I haven't been able to get from here or WU yet.... when will we know what time the sound check party is supposed to start (probably show-specific)... all it says is 'afternoon'. 

For those getting early entry for the concert itself (not the soundcheck), if the venue doesn't allow you to just stay inside after sound check, and make you re-enter for the show.... I'm concerned that sound check might not be over until the line starts to form for early-entry to the show.... thus making one choose between going to sound check vs.  getting in line to assure a good spot for early entry. 

Any info/past experiences with this?

[johnnYYac]

In the past, soundcheck party ticket limit was 4. I doubt attending a soundcheck will hurt your position significantly for early entry. If it does, its worth it! I'd take a 4-song soundcheck and signed poster over being first to the rail any day!

[JDUB]

If I recall, there was only 1 soundcheck package last tour. Should be interesting to see how the sale is handled. I'd personally like 4 soundcheck tickets, 2 with and 2 without posters.

[LowdownCheatin]

What time during the day and how long do the parties typically last? I'd love to break away from work to attend - I just want to know some details.

[johnnYYac]

Here's a post from the great ericm about the LA soundcheck party in 2011. Expect times and re-entry policy to vary, based on venue, doors, etc.

http://forum.mymorningjacket.com/index.php/topic,15653.msg286871.html#msg286871

[Cameron]

No Cleveland, eh? Bummer.

[PittsburghGuy]

In the past, soundcheck party ticket limit was 4. I doubt attending a soundcheck will hurt your position significantly for early entry. If it does, its worth it! I'd take a 4-song soundcheck and signed poster over being first to the rail any day!

Cool, good thoughts, thanks!  Never been to a soundcheck before but I like your reasoning above.  I don't even care if I'm 'first person' to the rail - I'm not picky, I just want to be ON the rail, if possible.  With the Pittsburgh show being indoors and a relatively small venue, I have no idea how many early entry people to expect!  I suppose even if sound check prevents me from getting in line for early entry soon enough to get on the rail, it's still early entry and I'd probably only be one or two rows of people back.....

[KingCobra]

Red Rocks, come on Red Rocks!

[BigHerm]

I've only been to two, one of them being forecaatle which was different from the rest, but iirc for the other, we were able to stay inside the venue after the Soundcheck.


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[jaye]

I've been to 3 (SF, RR 2012, Berkeley) and we were not allowed to stay in the venue after soundcheck.   

In SF, they were disorganized and we actually would have lost our place in line, but we convinced them that wouldn't be fair so they created another line.  It was great.  :)

[Fully]

Yeah,  we had to leave at Red Rocks and I noticed at Alpharetta they left as well. After having done two sound checks,  I'm not interested in doing more unless it's something like at Forecastle. That was really cool. Otherwise,  you are mostly paying to get a poster without waiting in line. You can hear the sound check just fine in line. Unless it's an indoor venue,  but some of those are very hearable too. Athens gave us a sweet sound check with a fun line party.

[ericm]

Yeah,  we had to leave at Red Rocks and I noticed at Alpharetta they left as well. After having done two sound checks,  I'm not interested in doing more unless it's something like at Forecastle. That was really cool. Otherwise,  you are mostly paying to get a poster without waiting in line. You can hear the sound check just fine in line. Unless it's an indoor venue,  but some of those are very hearable too. Athens gave us a sweet sound check with a fun line party.

Yeah but some of those stories Jim tells can't be beat! The one at the Gibson with him talking about tripping while riding a ride, and the Philly Mann one with the tennis "rink" story were classics! 

We also had one of those "that guy" guys in SF correcting Jim's pronunciation during a story which was hilarious. Especially since he couldn't tell Jim was doing it on purpose. It was Abbott and Costello esque.   

I have to say out of all the ones I went to, I think only a couple of songs were actually played later that night in the set, so it was pretty cool  getting to see a couple of additional tunes in a laid back setting.

As a poster colector these are totally worth it to me, even with the five buck increase from the last ones.

[Stevie]

To me, the biggest value in the soundcheck parties is the potential for them to play a real deep cut.  As I recall, that last Red Rocks soundcheck was very special that way:

1.  If All Else Fails
2.  Just One Thing
3.  Picture of You

(HOLY HELL!!)

[ffghtrs]

I was really banking on Sound check at Red Rocks this year.  but no dice.  it seems for now!

[crooney]

silly question, but i assume you need an actual ticket to the show to be able to gain access to the soundcheck parties.  i have tickets to the milwaukee shows.  my 6 year old son is a little too young to make it through the show, but i was hoping i could just purchase an extra soundcheck ticket for him for sunday night.  he could enjoy a few tunes and see the band etc etc....this probably won't work though right.....i assume you need a concert ticket in hand?  thx

[ericm]

silly question, but i assume you need an actual ticket to the show to be able to gain access to the soundcheck parties.  i have tickets to the milwaukee shows.  my 6 year old son is a little too young to make it through the show, but i was hoping i could just purchase an extra soundcheck ticket for him for sunday night.  he could enjoy a few tunes and see the band etc etc....this probably won't work though right.....i assume you need a concert ticket in hand?  thx

I don't remember ever having to show my concert show ticket for the sound checks. They just had our names on a list. The person who purchased the SC's had to show ID, and I think the cc used at purchase. I'm not 100% certain on the cc because it's been a while but I know I never showed my ticket. They either gave us a stick on type decal or wristband to show at SC entry, and we were good to go.

[PittsburghGuy]

Anyone know if the soundcheck party tickets/poster packages will be actually sold through Ticketmaster?  In the email about soundcheck parties sent yesterday, when you click on one of the events, it shows the party/package info, and then at the bottom of that event's page, it has a link to 'external ticket purchase', which brings up Ticketmaster's page for the actual concert.  I realize it's before 10AM, so maybe the soundcheck party/package tickets will 'appear on the ticketmaster site once it goes live?  Or perhaps the event page on mmj.com will show a link to buy the soundcheck packages through mmj.com/WU. 

[mahg33ta]

Anyone know if the soundcheck party tickets/poster packages will be actually sold through Ticketmaster?  In the email about soundcheck parties sent yesterday, when you click on one of the events, it shows the party/package info, and then at the bottom of that event's page, it has a link to 'external ticket purchase', which brings up Ticketmaster's page for the actual concert.  I realize it's before 10AM, so maybe the soundcheck party/package tickets will 'appear on the ticketmaster site once it goes live?  Or perhaps the event page on mmj.com will show a link to buy the soundcheck packages through mmj.com/WU.

I'm wondering the same thing, but we just don't know yet.   Gonna have to do some on-the-fly scrambling to figure it out at 10 am!

[APR]

silly question, but i assume you need an actual ticket to the show to be able to gain access to the soundcheck parties.  i have tickets to the milwaukee shows.  my 6 year old son is a little too young to make it through the show, but i was hoping i could just purchase an extra soundcheck ticket for him for sunday night.  he could enjoy a few tunes and see the band etc etc....this probably won't work though right.....i assume you need a concert ticket in hand?  thx

You need a ticket but they don't check for one (at least in my two experiences at MPP).  It will be a risk if he doesn't have a ticket to the show..... it just depends how strict/diligent they are about checking for the actual concert ticket.  If you want to be sure he gets in, get a seat and then you should be able to sell it outside before showtime.  If they do check for tickets, then they shouldn't scan it.  I hear some places let you stay in the venue.

For MPP, all soundcheck ticket buyers were on their list.  We didn't get an actual ticket or pass.  They walked us in.  When it was over we walked out and had plenty of time before doors open to go back to the car/line up for the GA entrance/etc.

PittGuy.... wait until they 10 AM when they update the pages.  It will be sold thru WU not TM.

[BH]

I guess it varies but what time do these soundchecks usually happen?   Early afternoon?   Late afternoon?    Hour or two before showtime?