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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.

Saturday's Jimmy Buffett on-sale -- don't try it online

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Word to the wise: If you're planning on buying tickets for Jimmy Buffett's April 23 Raleigh date, which go on sale Saturday, don't try to do it online at LiveNation.com. A number of Phish reunion tour dates went on sale today and the debut of Live Nation's online ticket-vending system did not go well, with widespread reports of malfunctions and delays. Since Live Nation's outlets in Blockbuster stores won't start up until next month, your best bet will be to go directly to the Walnut Creek box office.

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Continued Live Nation Site Failure

Tried to purchase 2 tickets to Raleigh, NC April 23rd concert from Live Nation. Impossible to purchase as site kept crashing with messages of:

There was a problem.
An error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again

Sorry!
You are not authorized to view this page.
Please check the URL and try again. You may be able to find what you’re looking for by visiting our LiveNation.com home page.

This site has been disabled for the time being.

I have purchased concert tickets before and know that the computer system is difficult. But never had a problem with the entire site crashing and being disabled.
Very frustrating and disappointing.

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About the blogger

David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.

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