Pearl pre-sale tomorrow (Feb. 25th) at 10am

That's 10am pacific, 11am mountain, noon central, and 1pm eastern.

From the Ticketmaster page:

For the Citi Cardmember Presale: Tickets can only be purchased with a Citi credit card.
Password for the Citi Cardmember Presale: Enter the first 6-digits of your credit card account number (no dashes) located on the front of your Citi card.

For the Citi Cardmember Preferred Seating Offer: Tickets can only be purchased with a Citi credit card.
Password for the Citi Cardmember Preferred Ticket Offer: Enter the first 6-digits of your credit card account number (no dashes) located on the front of your Citi card. (Thanks V)

The Cure at The Pearl - officially confirmed!

Here's the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Cure to perform at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort on Friday, April 17, 2009
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LAS VEGAS, NV – February 23, 2009 – Just two days before their appearance at this year’s Coachella Festival, The Cure will play an intimate show at The Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort.

(Biographical stuff cut out, because Andy told me to) : )

This event is presented by Andrew Hewitt and Live Nation. The Pearl Box Office is open from noon – 7 p.m. daily. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and show time is 8:00 p.m.

On-sale date: Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Prices: $154.00, $129.00 and $89.00, plus any additional service fees
On-sale locations: All Ticketmaster locations, call 702-474-4000, visit www.ticketmaster.com or www.livenation.com .
(Thanks to Anna at The Pearl)

The Cure at The Pearl is listed at TM

Ticketmaster now has a listing for The Pearl show. Tickets go on sale at 1pm pacific on Feb. 28th. Venue capacity is only 2,500. (Thanks Crowbi_Wan)

Wishing you all a very....

Happy Mardi Gras!

Rumor: Cure playing Las Vegas?

This might be a false alarm, but Pollstar has The Cure listed as playing the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas on April 17. Fingers crossed that this is true! (Thanks Chris)

Update: According to The Pearl box office, the show is booked and tickets will go on sale Saturday at 1pm. I would have posted this earlier, but I got the info while at the parades. : )

Update: No longer a rumor. This show has been officially confirmed.

Levinhurst playing The Bordello

Levinhurst will be playing as a four piece with Eric Bradley and Michael Dempsey!

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - BORDELLO - $12 - Doors open at 8:00p
Don’t Knock the Rock and The Fold present...
A TRIBUTE TO SCOTT WALKER featuring performances by:
JOHN DOE (X)
DAVID J. (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) & MICHAEL BERG
ANN MAGNUSON & KRISTIAN HOFFMAN (The Mumps)
EVIE SANDS
ROB DICKINSON (Catherine Wheel)
LEVINHURST (with Lol Tolhurst founding member of the Cure)
JASON FALKNER
JENNY O
JULIANNA RAYE
FITZ & THE TANTRUMS and DAN CRANE (aka Bjorn Turoque)
Master of Ceremonies MICHAEL DES BARRES

In conjunction with the premiere of the David Bowie produced documentary "30 Century Man," a night honoring the work, and performing the music of Scott Walker, who gave up pop stardom in the 1960s to mine a more experimental, esoteric musical vein.
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE at Inticketing.com
(Thanks Lol)

All O2 theatre screenings are canceled

Just to clarify this a bit, ALL theatre screenings of the O2 Big Gig have been canceled. Thanks again TMU!

Important info about those "extra" O2 tickets

"I emailed AEG to ask if I needed to send back the "unique code" standing ticket (that came this morning) to get a refund. This is the reply...

"If you receive these tickets do not use them as the barcode has been cancelled. You will receive the correct tickets with a letter in with the tickets, these are going out registered post today"

Do they scan tiks at this venue?? They must have something in place knowing that they've sent out a whole stack of additional tickets for a sold out standing space.... either that or it's gonna get pretty crowded in there. ;)

Anyhow, I would be cautious before passing (selling) them on to friends......" (Thanks Maffy)

The Only One on Jonathan Ross

Sorry I forgot to post this earlier, but we are in the middle of Mardi Gras here. : ) So here's The Only One from Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

Update: High quality version on Dime. (Thanks AndytheCurefan)

Great news about the O2 ticket trouble!

NME has the good news. Thanks Robert! (Thanks Fatpie)

BBC article on the O2 ticket troubles

The BBC have picked up on the O2 ticket troubles story.
(Thanks Ange and Kate)

Schedule for the O2 London show

From Ticketmaster: "The runtime for the event is as follows: (please note, all times are approximates and are subject to change)
Doors - 18:30
White Lies - 18:50
Interval - 19:20
Chrystal Castles - 19:35
Interval - 20:10
Franz Ferdinand - 20:25
Interval - 21:10
The Cure - 21:30
Finish - 23:00
For details of event facilities, we suggest you visit the official venue website; www.theo2.co.uk" (Thanks Olivier)

TMU strikes again!

There will be no screenings of the O2 show. Thanks to The Mighty Universal.

"The screening in Dundrum, Ireland that I emailed you yesterday has been canceled also. According to the lady I spoke to, Universal Pictures pulled the screening late Thursday evening."
(Thanks Peter)

"This a translation of part of the official explanation given by Yelmo Cines in Spain, regarding the cancellation of the NME O2 Arena broadcast, please post it if possible at the COF blog: "YELMO CINES are very sorry to inform that "More2screen", the suppliers of the signal for the O2 Arena broadcast scheduled for Thursday 26th febrary in a number of cinemas in Europe, communicated yesterday the unilateral cancellation of the broadcast by Universal Records. Yelmo cines are not responsible whatsoever for this decision and are very sorry for the inconvenience. All purchased tickets will be immediately refunded." Complete info in spanish:
http://www.yelmocines.es/content/eventos." (Thanks b.)

New RS interview in the Times

There's a new interview with Robert in The Times. (Thanks Kate and Mark)

Robert is on the case

Robert has posted an update on the London O2 Big Gig ticket situation.

No London O2 in Holland, Germany, Spain

"Yelmo Cines (Spain), has canceled the showing too. Tomorrow Yelmo Cines will give us an explanation about the reasons." (Thanks to Ivan @ hispaCure)

"Foroxity just canceled the showing, apparently because the gig won't be broadcast by satellite after all. Dunno if this is true for all cinemas." (Thanks Menno)

Been canceled in Germany, too.

London O2 show in Ireland, Belgium & Holland

Dundrum in Ireland will be showing the O2 gig. (Thanks Peter)

Kinepolis in Belgium will also be showing the O2 Big Gig. (Thanks Patrick)

"Foroxity in Geleen, Holland will show the O2 gig as well."

Update: All showings have been canceled.

O2 ticket update #2

"It's a shambles - been waiting for the tickets for ages and then get the email from AEG Live which included everyone's email address (which is illegal). They later apologised. This was their latest response."

We would like to take this opportunity to apologise for individual email addresses being displayed on the original correspondence in relation to the NME Big Gig that was sent out earlier today.

We appreciate that you are all concerned with the current situation surrounding your tickets for the upcoming show. We are doing everything we can to find a resolution to this situation. Whilst we are working on this we are unfortunately unable to reply to individual queries relating to ticket orders.

We would like to assure you that the best solution to this situation is being worked on and further information will be sent out by end of business today.

We apologise for any inconvenience and concern that this is causing you.

The Enquiries Team
AEG Live (UK) Ltd

(Thanks Sinking)

O2 ticket update

"Dear Big Gig/The Cure Ticket Holders
What follows is of the utmost concern to you... Please read on.

As of Monday 16th February, Trinity Street, the company that powered and handled your Big Gig ticket transaction, ceased trading and went into administration. The upshot of this is that all orders, payments, information and communications are frozen and out of our reach for the time being.

We are confident that at the very least, we will be able to gain access to the basic customer order details / database within the next 24hours. This will then allow us to contact you directly with more information, instructions and help where necessary IN RESPECT OF your orders.

Please rest assured that our primary concern right now is you the fan...
We really appreciate your patience in this difficult time... more news to follow soon.

AEG Live"

(Thanks Perfect.Murder)

O2 ticket troubles?

"I wonder if you could update your site with the following information for fans that have purchased tickets for the NME BIG GIG at the O2 in London on 26th Feb 2009 specifically from the presale site run on the NME.com website (back in Nov 08) by Trinity Direct Ltd. I have been trying to contact them regarding my outstanding tickets to no avail and today their website has been updated with the following:
"Trinity Street Direct Limited and other companies within the Trinity Universal Holdings Group have ceased trading.
Notice for Customers: All customers that have placed orders on websites operated by Trinity St should note that all paid orders for items that were in stock and able to be processed on 13th February have been dispatched. This includes tickets for all events up to and including February the 24th. We are also holding substantial numbers of tickets in stock for events for the remainder of February and into March. Many of these tickets will be dispatched over the next few days (see lists below). We are working to obtain necessary clearances to dispatch further tickets as soon as possible. The company is working hard to resolve all issues regarding all outstanding customer orders (merchandise, music, tickets) as quickly as possible and further updates will be posted on a regular basis." (Thanks K)