Phish Hampton 2009 Official Artwork
After tens and likely hundreds of thousands of people got shut out of tickets for Phish’s March 2009 return shows, both during presale and this morning’s Ticketmaster stampede, a petition has emerged online to encourage the band the simulcast the upcoming shows in movie theaters nationwide. The band has a precedent of doing this for concerts in the past such as Coventry, and DVD releases like Brooklyn 2004. Anyways, after scheduling their comeback show in a venue with approximately 12,000 capacity despite hundreds of thousands of people trying to get the tickets, and scalpers claiming between $400-$6000 per show on stubhub, this also may be the only way for the band to avoid having thousands of ticketless fans descend on a Virginia parking lot for a weekend of tailgating and (drug-induced) dreams of scoring someone’s lot extra ticket. If you are a Phish fan, a concerned Virgianian, or just a kind soul, do some hippies a favor and sign this petition. After you sign it the website will ask for a donation, don’t worry about that since the signature has already gone through.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Hamptonsimulcast?e
The Petition:
Dear Phish and Red Light Management,
This morning, 10/18/08, thousands of Phish phans got shut out of tickets by ticketmaster. Please sign a deal to simulcast at theaters and/or other arenas, your March 6th comeback performance or the whole Hampton run. There are a lot of folks that have supported you guys for many years and should be a part of this landmark show. Just because they couldn’t enter a security check faster than others shouldn’t mean that they can’t enjoy these shows. I believe this would not only benefit the phans but would also help the city of Hampton by not having thousands of ticketless phans descending upon Hampton that weekend. We all want to share in the groove, so please make this happen!
