The Berlin concert - pre-concert information

[Maulwurf]

opening the thread,
quite early...hope that' s okay.

today' s weather in berlin and current forecast for wednesday say:
unstable cloudy, sometimes rainy weather. temperatures no higher than 25°c/77°f.
consider taking your famous blue raincoats with you!

we' ll see what the concert will be like.
may it please us just like the secret chord pleased the...well...you know what i mean!


***I have re-titled this thread. With its 2 pages already, it's getting too long for a concert report! Let's start another one tonight! / Jarkko***
acknowledged / maulwurf

[noniy]

Hi,

Does anyone can detail about this concert?
Is it standing or sitting (no reserved sits..)?
Does the place has roof (or do you really need to think about your raincoat..)
How early can / should one get there in order to have good sit / standing place? When do they open gates?

Thanks!
Noniy

[MrCohenInBerlin]

Hi there,

it is sitting but no reserved seats. Gates open at 4:30pm but the place is HUGE so it's probably better to get there early. There is no roof, only above the stage so a raincoat is advisable.

Have a look:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 3&t=h&z=17

[aviya]

hi everyone,

I've got one ticket for tomorrow and was so excited but now I have serious doubts in its genuineness.
there is no price on it...i tried to verify the barcode ( ends with ...06200) at eventim hotline service but they just politely refused.
the ticket looks genuine except the missing price mark...does anyone have this too?
in the right corner below there is a number 1808 F but the tickets I've seen so far had 1808 N...
now I don't know what to do....
any feedback / suggestions would be appreciated

aviya

[bridger15]

hi everyone,

I've got one ticket for tomorrow and was so excited but now I have serious doubts in its genuineness.
there is no price on it...i tried to verify the barcode ( ends with ...06200) at eventim hotline service but they just politely refused.
the ticket looks genuine except the missing price mark...does anyone have this too?
in the right corner below there is a number 1808 F but the tickets I've seen so far had 1808 N...
now I don't know what to do....
any feedback / suggestions would be appreciated

aviya

I bought mine online with the forum pre´sale and it was mailed to me.
There is a price printed on the ticket EUR 68,30. I have the code 1808S on the bottom right.
The bar code ends in a different number than yours but that might be because each ticket is unique.
I hope this helps

[Maulwurf]

aviya,

bridger15(arlene) has a photograph of her ticket on her website
http://onboogiestreet.blogspot.com/.

just click on the link and scroll down to the photograph!
then compare the elements of your ticket to those of arlene's to assure yourself!
where did you buy the ticket?

greetings

[aviya]

i guess my ticket looks a bit different. hmmm
i got it yesterday on ebay, and I know it's not safe but i did the same last year and everything went fine...

[Mabeanie1]

aviya

I am not going to the Berlin concert but my ticket for Dortmund has an "Eventim" hologram at the top on the blue strip, right hand side. If your ticket has this (and it looks from the photo as if it does) then I would assume that you have a genuine ticket issued by Eventim and so do not need to worry whatever the codes and layout of the ticket.

Wendy

[aviya]

aviya

I am not going to the Berlin concert but my ticket for Dortmund has an "Eventim" hologram at the top on the blue strip, right hand side. If your ticket has this (and it looks from the photo as if it does) then I would assume that you have a genuine ticket issued by Eventim and so do not need to worry whatever the codes and layout of the ticket.

Wendy

hi Wendy,

from what i hear and see all tickets vary in their layouts. the only thing that worries me, is that there is no price mark but hey...
maybe its ok and the only way to find out is to go to the concert and hope not to be kicked out:))) because that'd be very embarrassing.

best,
aviya

[MrCohenInBerlin]

Hi there,

we have eventim tickets and on ours the hologram is on the top left side and the price is printed under "Platzwahl frei". Apart from that it looks the same. Hmmm... I hope yours isn't a fake and you get in tomorrow...

[Mabeanie1]

Hi there,

we have eventim tickets and on ours the hologram is on the top left side and the price is printed under "Platzwahl frei". Apart from that it looks the same. Hmmm... I hope yours isn't a fake and you get in tomorrow...

All sorts of people get free tickets for all sorts of reasons. For example, promoters have free tickets to hand out as do sponsors, local radio stations and local organisations. It is quite likely that those tickets do not have any price printed on them and it certainly would not be the first time that the recipient of one of the freebies decided to sell it on eBay. Their loss .... money isn't everything!

Wendy

[bridger15]

At 845 am local time - It is pouring rain in Berlin

btw. Over the past several days I have travelled around by taxi to a lot of places but have never seen any posters/bills advertising the LC concert.

[douglas07]

09:07 Uhr


Radiofeuilleton


In the meantime -n the rain- you can right now liaten to "deutschlandradio kultur" a good song has doors and windows where you can get in&out; the poetry of LC on behalf of his Berlin concert
Thema
09:07 Uhr
"Ein guter Song hat Fenster
und Türen, durch die man
hinein- und herausgehen kann"
Zur Poesie Leonard Cohens
aus Anlass seines Konzerts
in Berlin

09:20 Uhr
Musik
Leonard Cohen

[bridger15]

09:07 Uhr


Radiofeuilleton


In the meantime -n the rain- you can right now liaten to "deutschlandradio kultur" a good song has doors and windows where you can get in&out; the poetry of LC on behalf of his Berlin concert
Thema
09:07 Uhr
"Ein guter Song hat Fenster
und Türen, durch die man
hinein- und herausgehen kann"
Zur Poesie Leonard Cohens
aus Anlass seines Konzerts
in Berlin

09:20 Uhr
Musik
Leonard Cohen

Thanks for the tip. My hotel has 4 radio choices, Berliner Rdf, 94.3 RS2, Radio Classic and Radio BBC. Is your suggested program on one of these?

[douglas07]

sorry, no "dradio-kultur " is a nation-wide public radio pragramm; which sometimes offers podcasts; Interview-partner just now is LC´ german book-editor