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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Comedy Conan's Coming to Town

Posted by Lindy West on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:43 AM

April 18 at McCaw Hall. You should probably buy your tickets yesterday.

Conan O'Brien will headline a live comedy/music review that begins a two-month, 30-city tour on April 12th. The aptly titled "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour kicks off in Eugene, Oregon, and will take Conan and a cast that will include longtime sidekick Andy Richter and the former Tonight Show band to theaters in at least 20 states and two Canadian provinces.

"It was either a massive 30-city tour or start helping out around the house" says O'Brien.

American Express is sponsoring the tour and ticket prices will start at $39.50. It promises to be a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence.

More info HERE.

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I hear he's going to be in Boulder too. I know what I'm getting my sister in law for her birthday now.

Posted by Matt from Denver on March 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM

So, since they're selling them through Ticketmaster ticket prices will actually start at $51.56, for shitty upper balcony seats, where no one is excited be.

Posted by funkathrusta on March 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM

Um, maybe they should've lightened that unfortunately deep-shadowed philtrum just a bit - or was the resemblance to Hitler supposed to be intentional?

Posted by COMTE

on March 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM

OK I got my tickets...Ticketmaster stopped just shy of asking me for a blood test and my first born child. I also spent approximately $4,000 in convenience charges.

Coco, this one's for you.

Posted by Meags on March 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM

I just dropped $102 for two nosebleeds. That's really frustrating. Ticketmaster's monopoly continues to piss me off.

Posted by aaaaaaaaangry on March 11, 2010 at 1:36 PM

looks like both shows are sold out!

Posted by taint on March 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM

What always kills me is Ticketmaster charging an additional "processing" fee, which only shows up at check out, in addition to the "convenience" fee. That particular insult got my ass down to the Showbox in person to pay cash for a ticket.

Fuck Ticketmaster.

Posted by keshmeshi on March 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM

@ 6 - Oh poo. That was fast.

Whelp, I guess I'll be cruising craigslist as the date nears... Gotta see Team Coco!!

@ 7 - I couldn't agree more. When I buy through Ticketfuckingmaster, I just have to bite the bullet and do it, those bastards. Didn't Pearl Jam try to take them down a peg or two a few years back?

Posted by merry on March 11, 2010 at 5:12 PM

Yeah, @8, but their efforts pretty much went nowhere. Ticket Monster (or alternately Ticket Tzar or Ticket Mizar as we used to call it when I worked there back in the late '80's) has almost a literal monopoly on the arena concert biz, so basically, they don't give a shit. They'll charge whatever they think the market will bear, which in this case is quite a bit, because none of the other online ticketing agencies have anywhere near their segment of the market.

Posted by COMTE

on March 11, 2010 at 9:50 PM