Hors d’Oeuvres: $100 Dead and ABB Tickets

The era of the $100 ticket started many years ago, but for the most part jamband ticket prices have remained in the double digits. The surviving members of The Dead recently announced their first tour in five years and the ticket prices listed at GDTSTOO range from $45 to $105. Most top tier tickets are $99 or more and most lower tier tickets are in the $60s. Are you willing to pay $58.50 to sit in the 400 level at Madison Square Garden?

Tickets for the Allman Brothers Band’s 40th Anniversary run at the newly renovated Beacon Theatre range from $60.99 for upper balcony seats to $100.99 for lower balcony seats to $150.99 for orchestra ducats. Imagine how pissed Dickey Betts must be not to get a taste of that kind of money.

Here’s a stack of links to keep you busy this afternoon…

• My Morning Jacket to release an iTunes only live EP
• Our pal Nazz Nomad won’t be seeing Phish anytime soon
• Look for the Mountain Jam V lineup sometime next week
• Check out the track listing and artwork for Incredibad
• Ryan Adams plays Sink Ships for the Black Cab Sessions
• SXSW releases their initial list of festival participants

Finally, U2 singer and philanthropist Bono wrote an Op/Ed piece for Sunday’s New York Times. Instead of discussing AIDS or African debt relief – two issues close to the performer’s heart – he penned an ode to Frank Sinatra.