Paul McCartney @ QCO (10/30/05)
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Paul McCartney @ QCO (10/30/05)
According to TicketExpress.com, Paul McCartney is slated to play an end stage concert at Qwest Center Omaha on Sunday 10/30/05..
Because this has not been officially announced, I place this in the rumors section..Although it looks like the REAL DEAL..
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Because this has not been officially announced, I place this in the rumors section..Although it looks like the REAL DEAL..
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McCartney has long been rumoured to be the opening act for the Wells Fargo Arena at about the same time so it would make sense. Hit DM one night than Omaha the next. Both should be sell outs in minutes. Of course no one associated with WFA is confirming this but it is listed on Paul McCartney's fall tour schedule.
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I don't know about the validity of a Des Moines, Ia concert..But the McCartney date for Omaha looks to be a done deal..
I have a friend who went through Ticketmaster and forked out $265 for 1 U2 ticket for the Omaha concert..FYI..(Interesting as U2 sold out in 30 minutes)..
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I have a friend who went through Ticketmaster and forked out $265 for 1 U2 ticket for the Omaha concert..FYI..(Interesting as U2 sold out in 30 minutes)..
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Omaha Cowboy wrote:
I have a friend who went through Ticketmaster and forked out $265 for 1 U2 ticket for the Omaha concert..FYI..(Interesting as U2 sold out in 30 minutes)..
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Did they fork over that amount via Ticketmaster or with TicketExpress. I did not know that the face value was that high for any of the U2 tickets and if that was a Scalper price then it might have been TicketExpress.
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Rosenblatt? Hmm....that'd be sweet but I honestly don't see the Stones playing there - too small. I'm old enough to remember the last really major concert at Rosenblatt which was The Police back in 82. It was on the Ghost in the Machine tour. Some idiot threw a bottle and hit Stewart Copeland in the head thereby cutting the concert short by at least 45 minutes and making them swear they would never play Omaha again. Way to go dude! Anyway, Lincoln needs to get with the likes of Iowa State and start getting some shows down there in Memorial during the off weeks. Seriously, Ames gets all the bigest gigs in their stadium (Stones, McCartney, Pink Floyd, etc). The only thing I think Memorial Stadium ever put on was a Farmaid show back in the 80's and it was like an act of Congress to get the administration to go for it. It was like "Oh no!, they're going to hurt our precious playing field..blah, blah, blah". Honestly, I don't think it hurts it that much. You put some plywood and a cover over the turf and then set up on top of that. I don't know. I think it more or less goes back to the conservative nature of this state that we're not seeing shows like that down there. Too bad, its a loss of some nice revenue. You never know though, maybe by some stroke of outrageous luck we could see the Stones at the Qwest in the future. Athough, I've also heard from various sources that back when the Stones played the Civic in the 60's they had some kind of bad experience here too with the local law. Supposedly they were like practicaly run out town on a rail and Mick vowed they would never play here again. But you never know, it was so long ago theres probably a good chance hes forgotten. I know they have been known to include some arena dates on their tours so keep your fingers crossed.
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I think part of the reason there are not concerts is that there is no good truck access into Memorial stadium in Lincoln. I have had talks with some people that are pretty close to the situation a few years back and that was what was talked about. For a stadium show there is a need for good truck access for setup and tear down. That is available at I St and most NFL stadium but not in Lincoln. Much has to do with it beingbuilt in stages and never getting taken into account.
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An interesting story on what it takes to put on a Paul McCartney show in your city..Plus a confirmation the McCartney will have a fall tour that begins in Miami in Mid-September and ends in Los Angeles in late Novemeber..Consistent with the tour date of October 30th at Qwest Center Omaha released by TicketExpress.com..
From the article:
'Getting the concert venue set up for a Paul McCartney concert is a major undertaking. Bill said that in Paul's last US concert tour, 12 semi trucks were used to transport the stage and all the equipment and props for the concert.' ..
Here is the link:
http://www.whatgoeson.com/story.20050412.html
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From the article:
'Getting the concert venue set up for a Paul McCartney concert is a major undertaking. Bill said that in Paul's last US concert tour, 12 semi trucks were used to transport the stage and all the equipment and props for the concert.' ..
Here is the link:
http://www.whatgoeson.com/story.20050412.html
..Ciao..LiO....Peace
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It's now official..Paul McCartney to play Omaha/Des Moines..
I't's now official..
Paul McCartney will play at Qwest Center Omaha on Sunday 10/30/05..He will also play at the new Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA on Thursday 10/27/05..Curiously no St Louis or Kansas City, MO concert dates are scheduled..
The tour dates from pollstar.com:
http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall. ... ULMC&Key=Y
Great for both Omaha and Des Moines ..
..Ciao..LiO....Peace
Paul McCartney will play at Qwest Center Omaha on Sunday 10/30/05..He will also play at the new Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA on Thursday 10/27/05..Curiously no St Louis or Kansas City, MO concert dates are scheduled..
The tour dates from pollstar.com:
http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall. ... ULMC&Key=Y
Great for both Omaha and Des Moines ..
..Ciao..LiO....Peace
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Well, tickets sold out in 14 minutes, a record for the Q. I had my mom in line in Omaha, my fiance online, my dad online, and me on the phone and in line in Lincoln.....the only one to get tickets......my fiance and she only got two over the computer!! She only got two. I feel real lucky today. How about the rest of you..how did you all fair?
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Well, tickets sold out in 14 minutes, a record for the Q. I had my mom in line in Omaha, my fiance online, my dad online, and me on the phone and in line in Lincoln.....the only one to get tickets......my fiance and she only got two over the computer!! She only got two. I feel real lucky today. How about the rest of you..how did you all fair?
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From wowt.com
The story on the 10pm wowt news is saying how people are upset that the QCO heald back 4,000 for the fan clubs and how Ticket Express and other scalpers are buying large blocks of tickets and selling them on Ebay.Omaha's Qwest Center was blitzed by ticket-hungry Paul McCartney fans Monday morning. The show sold out in 14 minutes.
Tickets for the Omaha stop of the "US" tour on October 30th vanished in a flash.
This will be the first time McCartney has ever played Omaha.
The first person to buy tickets at the Qwest box office was a woman who got second row seats.
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There's no limit on how many tickets a person could buy?
DesMoines Forum: https://urbandsm.com/forum/
There was a limit of 8.
Right now on ebay there are 2 tickets for $650.00 and 4 tickets for $1425.00
Right now on ebay there are 2 tickets for $650.00 and 4 tickets for $1425.00
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