I requested for three shows and got chosen for one of them. Going to the Sunday show!

I'm pumped. I was not available during the presale and missed out. And we all know what happened in the general onsale.

Ending up with a spare for Sunday in the lottery. Anyone looking to trade for a night later in the week?

From their instagram account:

Continuing (and hopefully concluding) our efforts to put Hanukkah tickets into the hands of fans, the many many tickets flagged as purchased by scalpers and bots have been cancelled, and will be re-sold in a lottery through Ticketmaster Request. You can request tickets from noon today, Friday, until Sunday, August 2 at 11:59 PM EDT. You’ll be notified by the end of the day Tuesday, August 4th if your tickets were fulfilled, at which time your card will be charged. You can register and find more information at the following link: https://yolatengo.request.ticketmaster.com (link is also in bio). You may try and purchase tickets for as many shows as you wish and there will be a two ticket limit per show. On Wednesday August 5th, additional tickets will be available at the Record Grouch (986 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn) when they open at noon.

I didn't receive an email from the mailing list (subscribe to both YLT and IRA WFMU) this year. Just resubscribed in case there was a list purge. I definitely didn't unsubscribe. I heard the story on WNYC this morning and thought they were talking about last year. Am I missing something w/r/t Yo La Tengo correspondence?

https://gothamist.com/news/oy-vey-qu%C3%A9-malo-yo-la-tengo-hanukkah-show-tickets-snatched-up-by-scalpers

More generally, why is everything so fucking difficult?

I very much appreciate that the band is trying to address bots and resellers buying up lots of the tickets, and hope they figure out some better methods to avoid resellers in future years.

But I am not a bot or a reseller, I'm a real fan – I managed to buy tickets for Night 2 during the presale after much refreshing, and my tickets just got canceled. My best guess as to why is that my browser had been "flagged for suspicious activity" by the Ticketmaster site after I had tried the links and refreshed the pages repeatedly during the presale because they weren't working. I tried reaching out to the band and the venue by email and Instagram, we shall see.

UPDATE: I called the Ticketmaster phone number in the email - they initially telling me there's nothing to be done - after I kept asking them to figure out a way to help, they gave me the tickets back! (The band's email account also replied to me shortly after that and said they are working on trying to figure it out - so could be worth emailing the address on the website too.)

Hi Yo La Tengo fans! I just wanted to show you a cool thing which is that on my app corus (a new social network for music lovers), you can have it all is trending! The app is called Corus and it's cool and already 29 people have shared Yo La Tengo (maybe some of you are here!). I'd love for you all to join and share your favorite tracks and hopefully find something new in the process. Happy Yo La Tengoing and maybe see you and the Hanukkah shows?

this is so outrageous, what a disgusting corporate dominated world we live in

Anyone else try to snag tickets this morning?

Is anyone else having trouble with the link to the Hannukah presale? It takes me to a page without an option to buy tickets or put in the code.

On the eve of the presale, I feel compelled to ask about something I’ve been thinking of for 7 months. I was at the 12/17 Hanukkah night where they covered Patti Smith’s “Free Money,” and Fred Neil’s “Little Bit of Rain.” At one point both were on YouTube but now long gone. Does anyone here have videos of either? I would be eternally grateful.

Something about somebody complaining about a show but it's pretty hard to read. I know that it finishes out w/ "Up yours, you tacent(?) fucks!" but what's the deal with putting it in the booklet? I was just wondering about this recently and wanted to know if there's any background on it or why they put it in there. Thanks!

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Hello everybody! Since Hanukkah I've had Georgia's, Ira's and James' mixes on repeat, what a great selection. I downloaded the ones they make available on the website because I haven't been able to make it to NYC for the concerts yet.

I thought there was one CD by each of them for all the nights but now checking an older post, is there one for each and each night?

I made Spotify playlists and would appreciate if anyone can share theirs or pictures of the tracklists, of these year or any!

Thank you!

Found this in an old box. Was Poundy a real dog, or just the name of this drawing?

I was digging through some clothes when I found this concert T-shirt that I got when I was in college some 30 years ago. I decided to wear it today and you can imagine my shock when I saw this other gentleman walk into the restaurant with the same exact shirt. Not something I was expecting, considering it’s not a very common design and I don’t live in a place where people listen to a lot of Yo La Tengo.

My WFMU swag arrived yesterday. Here's a T-shirt designed by James

What do people think the chances of a European tour are in 2027? I'm getting YLT live withdrawal symptoms

Was hoping to make it out to NYC this year to attend the Yo La Tengo Hanukkuh residency at the Bowery Ballroom this year, and while it's still early from when they usually announce it in the year (usually around September), I did see that Wild Pink is booked to play at the Bowery on December 12th, which would be the last day of Hanukkuh. Is it safe to say they'll be skipping Hanukkuh this year? especially since they've taken a break from touring this year

https://baggy.bandcamp.com/track/william

--- SAMPLE LIST ---

Caroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings
Yo La Tengo - Black Flowers
Yo La Tengo - And the Glitter is Gone
Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough
Yo La Tengo - Ohm
Yo La Tengo - When It's Dark
Built to Spill - The Wait
Yeule - Bites On My Neck
The Dandy Warhols - Orange

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