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Today, pre-sale tickets for the U2 tour were available to members of U2.com. This is a $40 yearly membership which was to grant members first rights to the the wave of U2 shows announced.

And, according to just about every website and message board that follows the band, things went terribly wrong.

More sadness here.

I was one of the people trying to get tickets, too, so I share in the pain.

When you’re trying to do something this large of scale on the internet, you really do need to plan better. Naughty!

The fifth Donewaiting.com Disposable Radio Show is live and can be downloaded and heard here! In this edition, Columbus Alive editor Stephen Slaybaugh is guest co-host and we play new music from The Wedding Present, The Fiery Furnaces, Tiara, Bassholes, Laurie and John and Pernice Brothers. It’s a good one.

As a reminder, these are longform mp3s that can be played on any computer, or downloaded to your favorite mp3 player.

From More Cowbell:

March 28th San Diego, CA – Sports Arena
April 1st Anaheim, CA – Arrowhead Pond
April 5th Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
April 9th San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
April 14th Phoenix, AZ – Glendale Arena
April 20th Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
April 24th Seattle, WA – Key Arena
April 28th Vancouver, BC – General Motors Place
May 7th & May 9th Chicago, IL – United Center
May 14 Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
May 17 & May 18 East Rutherford, NJ – Continental Airlines Arena
May 21 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
May 24 & May 26 Boston, MA – Fleet Center

More info from Interference.com:

Tickets for performances in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia and San Diego will go on sale this Saturday, January 29th.

Tickets for performances in Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose go on sale this Sunday, January 30th and tickets for New York and East Rutherford go on sale next Monday, January 31st. (All additional on sale dates will be announced in the next few weeks.)

Once again, U2 will offer General Admission floor tickets giving fans the best view in the house for the lowest ticket price. Reserved seat tickets in the stands will also be available. In North America, general admission floor tickets will be $49.50 (plus applicable service fees). Additional ticket prices will vary per market. There will be an 8 ticket limit per person with a maximum purchase of 2 general admission floor tickets.

Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant are currently locked in a studio in Liverpool recording the new Echo & The Bunnymen album. It has a provisional release date of late Spring 2005. No title has been finalized.

More information on the Bunnymen can be found on the band’s website.

Their new album, “The Great Destroyer”, is released here on the 25th, but you can get it here right now via streaming audio.

I heart the Eels.

The EELS have been missing all this time for a reason: they’ve been working on the new album, and it’s a doozy! A 33 track DOUBLE album!

BLINKING LIGHTS AND OTHER REVELATIONS will be released worldwide April 26. Please mark your calendars and stay tuned to EELStheband.com for news and updates.

Product Shop posts a confirmation that Coachella is on this year, happening April 30 and May 1.

It’s okay, nothing to go nutty about. Watch it here.

Napolean Dynamite director Jared Hess also directed this video.

[credz chromewaves]

Portishead is one of those bands I don’t think about too much. When I do think about them, I often wonder when their new album might come out. Looks like we have answers:

Geoff Barrow of Portishead revealed to BBC 6 Music that the band is in the process of writing a third album, their first in eight years. Barrow denies rumors the band split up and claims, “even though we haven’t played for years, we still see each other and write – we just haven’t released a record for a long time.” (full story)

No Wave Nightmare informed me of a pretty cool idea. Juliana Hatfield is offering up previously unreleased downloadable MP3s on her site. Here?s the (very reasonable) catch:

When a song is downloaded, you will have an option. You can decide that ownership of this song is your right and freely distribute the files to your friends and to the people who also think it’s their right, without payment. Or, you can support the artist who wrote and recorded this song and click the PAYPAL button to the right of the download link and send Juliana a contribution. The iTunes standard of $.99 may seem too high for you, in which case you can send $.50 – though there is virtually nothing else you can buy legally for $.50. Alternatively, you can think of the number of people with whom you might share this file and give a multiple of $.99.

If you don’t have a means by which you can use Paypal or if you’re opposed to the burgeoning online drain of your credt, feel free to send a dollar in the mail to Juliana at Fort Apache, 51 Village Square Bellows Falls, VT 05101

Will it work?

The response to this honor system download concept is inspiring. While we’re not tracking, specifically, all the people who just grabbed the files and ran, those of you who have pushed the Paypal button or mailed in payments have won our respect. You should be proud to be you and to have taken the time to support the arts in this little way. Every single payment means something – not out of desperation but because it demonstrates a kind of honesty and sense of integrity that all of us have probably come to question. That said, here are the next two songs from Juliana, Break Your Heart and Number One. We’ve learned now that purchasing the two songs with one payment directs more of the payment to Juliana and less to the company of Paypal. So now there’s one button but the same suggested price of $1.00 per song is appropriate. Those of you who sent more than a dollar are heroes and we’ll try to find some way to say thank you. Gratitude to everyone, regardless of contribution. If you have just stumbled upon this link, read on to learn about this experiment. Enjoy the music.

There are rumored to be about 50 unreleased songs that Juliana will make available. If this is a success it will be interesting to see if other artists follow suit.