http://www.thepumpkins.net/latest/news_-_preview_of_the_first_single_tarantula.html

30 second clip of "tarantula" from the new album. as far as i know, the only thing you can hear so far.

5/15/2007 12:34:45 AM

wasnt the cats cradle show an all acoustic with just billy and james? or billy and jimmy or something like that?

5/15/2007 2:32:09 AM

why the fuck would they play 9 days in asheville!?!? shitty mountain town.

5/15/2007 2:34:23 AM

I dont care why they are; Im just ecstatic that they are.

5/15/2007 2:38:18 AM

^^^ It was mostly Billy. James came out and did a couple of songs with him, including "Be Strong Now" and "Cherub (motherfucking acoustic) Rock." Billy played "Today" on the piano, and that show was the one and only live performance of "Once in a While." So much incredible shit...to this day, if you look up SP fan listings and ask what are the best live shows to have, Cat's Cradle 2/19/00 is, by consensus, near the top of the list.

5/15/2007 2:45:42 AM

ohhhh these shows are all I have thought about all day.

When billy comes out on stage, and Im in the front motherfucking row, I think my life will be complete.

5/15/2007 2:48:08 AM

i'm so excited about this. i can't wait to get crushed to death in the mosh pit.

5/15/2007 6:44:07 AM

bttt

5/15/2007 9:35:35 PM

Quote :

"shitty mountain town."

asheville fucking rocks, never had a bad time there and the downtown scene is worlds better than raleigh

5/16/2007 12:26:37 AM

I saw the pumpkins open for RHCP in the early 90's...
BTW, Pearl Jam was the 1st act on the bill...
In a 2000 seat auditorium...not bad for historical purposes...

5/16/2007 9:40:40 AM

I once saw the Beatles open for Elvis Presley in a phone booth.

Beat that!

5/16/2007 9:51:55 AM

New album cover for the record.... I figured this could go in this thread as good as any.







[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 1:31 PM. Reason : wtf--- why no imageshack posts? ]

5/16/2007 1:29:05 PM

i dunno about that cheif...as long as the album is rockin like siamese dream

5/16/2007 3:27:00 PM

soooooo


what's the best method to get tickets in the shortest period of time??

5/16/2007 11:26:12 PM

well there's pretty much only one method - go here to get an account ready

https://www.ticketweb.com/user/xxx/newuser

then go here

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?pl=orangepeel&orgId=10193

and get the window open to the night you want to buy tickets. Each night is sold as a separate event. For instance, Jun 24 is here

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=orangepeel&eventId=184715

get on that website at 12:30 on sunday (tix go on sale at 1) and hit refresh until it lets you start buying. Have all your credit card info ready at hand or if you've created an account, you can have ita already saved in their system.

Usually though, once you've clicked that you want tickets, your tickets are held on the server for an amount of time while you enter credit card info, so the main thing you'll want to do the most quickly is get in there and tell it you want those tickets.

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 11:58 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2007 11:50:25 PM

umm why would you be helping people get tickets, eff that

5/17/2007 8:53:26 AM

nice cover

5/17/2007 10:26:38 AM

i'm not a dick

5/17/2007 4:38:30 PM

they are encouraging people to bring cameras for the shows

5/17/2007 4:49:51 PM

cameras, video cameras, and audio recorders...sp is cool with bootlegs

5/17/2007 7:01:59 PM

"Tarantula" - the entire song

http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-music-tarantula-by-smashing-pumpkins/

5/18/2007 6:16:06 PM

sendspace.com/file/1meqol

mp3 version of song

5/18/2007 6:50:12 PM

I'm not sold on the new track.

There was, however, an immediate euphoria that came with hearing Billy's voice that I wasn't anticipating.

Tickets are pretty inexpensive, so I may try to buy tickets on Sunday (who wants to bet I'll forget?). If I decide not to go later, I'm sure they won't be hard to get rid of.

5/18/2007 8:09:08 PM

this shit is gay. i've been on there refreshing for 30 minutes and now of course with all the traffic i can't get in.

5/20/2007 1:02:54 PM

yeah they weren't prepared for this

5/20/2007 1:03:48 PM

I can't either

fuck

5/20/2007 1:03:57 PM

gg no name, piece of shit ticket site

5/20/2007 1:04:12 PM

AGGGGH!!!!!!

I'm in!

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 1:06 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2007 1:05:43 PM

5/20/2007 1:05:48 PM

i got in immediately (luck) and now im stuck trying to accept my tickets keeps timing out...

5/20/2007 1:06:02 PM

this is damn near impossible

is there some way to order over the phone?

5/20/2007 1:06:24 PM

i knew this was going to happen.

that's why this "ONLINE ONLY!!!!!!!!111" shit is gay

5/20/2007 1:06:37 PM

TicketWeb waiting room

We're sorry, we are experiencing unusually high demand and all of our servers are currently busy.

Simply wait here, and your request will be automatically processed as soon as possible.

Please do not press the reload button on your browser, or you will lose your place in line.

Thank you.

5/20/2007 1:07:18 PM

^ I haven't even gotten that.

this is fucking stupid

5/20/2007 1:08:02 PM

bs

5/20/2007 1:08:04 PM

SWEET

finally got in....

now nervously awaiting the checkout page to load....

5/20/2007 1:08:15 PM

ive been waiting for checkout to respond for 8 minutes with no signs of budging :/

cant wait till i time out and go back and dont have the tickets reserved anymore.

5/20/2007 1:08:54 PM

yeah as soon as i got that waiting room message i timed out

5/20/2007 1:09:40 PM

i just get "problem loading page" now

i can't even get in the damn line

5/20/2007 1:10:03 PM

MOTHERFUCK

timed out.

5/20/2007 1:10:04 PM

oh jesus christ

time out time out time out time out

5/20/2007 1:10:31 PM

FUCK!!!!!!

5/20/2007 1:11:07 PM

im back in the "waiting room" now

but it looks like its just a wait for timing out

5/20/2007 1:11:17 PM

yep i just timed out on check out after getting through at 1:00..............................

5/20/2007 1:11:27 PM

i haven't gotten ANYTHING yet, for fuck's sake

5/20/2007 1:11:34 PM

me neither

5/20/2007 1:12:41 PM

I am almost ready to say that i wish this had gone through ticketmaster.

fuck

if that means i would have had tickets, the $87 convenience fee would have been worth it.

5/20/2007 1:12:52 PM

fuck i got to where i could order and then it didn't load the checkout page

5/20/2007 1:12:59 PM

i got to the front page, after that timing out

5/20/2007 1:13:34 PM

Yea, I can't even get into the waiting room. Getting pretty pissed.

5/20/2007 1:13:45 PM