UPDATE - 1/22@8:47M: Below is the official pre-sale information from Music Today along with details about the Snakes & Arrows Live pre-order promotion, and a t-shirt giveaway contest specifically for RUSH is a Band readers:
New RUSH Tour Dates and Ticket Presales!
RUSH have just announced a second round of North American tour dates and the pre-order for the new Double Live CD, Snakes & Arrows Live. Head to www.rush.com to check the new tour dates and ticket Pre-Sales out!!!
RUSH is bringing fans the opportunity to win cool RUSH prizes when you buy RUSH Pre-Sale concert tix or pre-order the new RUSH Live album!
Buy RUSH Pre-Sale Tickets
Tickets for the following RUSH concerts are going on sale through the RUSH ticket Pre-Sale on Tuesday, January 22nd:
4/19 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena - Pre-Sale tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 22nd at 10AM Central Time - Click Here to Buy Pre-Sale Tickets
5/1 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion - Pre-Sale tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 22nd at 10AM Mountain Time - Click Here to Buy Pre-Sale Tickets
5/3 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center - Pre-Sale tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 22nd at 10AM Pacific Time - Click Here to Buy Pre-Sale Tickets
5/10 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center - Pre-Sale tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 22nd at 10AM Pacific Time - Click Here to Buy Pre-Sale Tickets
6/5 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Pre-Sale tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 22nd at 10AM Mountain Time - Click Here to Buy Pre-Sale Tickets
6/10 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena - Pre-Sale tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 22nd at 10AM Mountain Time - Click Here to Buy Pre-Sale Tickets
Don't fret if your city's ticket Pre-Sale is not listed above - please stay tuned to "RUSH Is A Band" for additional RUSH Pre-Sale ticket announcements!!! More ticket Pre-Sales will be announced for RUSH's 2008 tour over the next few weeks - please keep checking "RUSH Is A Band" frequently for the latest Pre-Sale ticket information!!!
Direct Link to the current RUSH Pre-Sale Tour Itinerary - please click here
RUSH Presale Registration Instructions
1. Visit the RUSH Presale Website and enter your email address in the box where it says "Enter Email Address"
2. You will receive an e-mail from Tix@musictoday.com entitled "Rush Fan Community Email Validation." Open this e-mail and visit the validation link included in the e-mail.
3. You will then be redirected from the validation e-mail link back to the RUSH Presale Website. The registration for presale tickets is now complete (Note: You will have to enter your e-mail address again during a later step in the process to purchase tickets.)
All fans who purchase RUSH pre-sale TICKETS in addition to pre-ordering the CD OR t-shirt combo will be entered into the RUSH Snakes & Arrows Contest!!!
* Grand prize winners will receive a Meet-and-Greet opportunity for the winner and one guest in the city where tickets were purchased. Every city will have one meet and greet winner!
* 5 First Prize winners will receive a HARD COVER TOUR BOOK, comprising of every RUSH tour program from 1977-2004. The book will be personally autographed to the winners by the band. In addition, each of these 5 winners will receive a Meet-and-Greet opportunity for the winner and one guest in the city where tickets were purchased.
More Prizes
Three lucky "RUSH Is A Band" fans will be randomly picked to receive a Limited-Edition RUSH T Shirt. To enter the "RUSH Is A Band" T Shirt Giveaway, email the following information to riabbiggestfanzz@aol.com:
* First and Last Name
* T Shirt Size
* Age
* Mailing Address
* Phone NumberEmail entries will be accepted until Friday, February 29th. Winners will be picked and notified by Musictoday the week of March 4th - March 8th.
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The Music Today fan pre-sale begins tomorrow at 10AM local venue time for the following 6 dates:
Sat, Apr 19 - New Orleans Arena - New Orleans, LA
Thu, May 1 - Cricket Wireless Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
Sat, May 3 - Reno Events Center - Reno, NV
Sat, May 10 - Mandalay Bay Resort - Las Vegas, NV
Thu, Jun 5 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
Tue, Jun 10 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI
Here are the steps you need to take to have access to the pre-sale. No special pre-sale password or additional fees are required; just registration.
1) Register your email address with Music Today
The first step is to confirm your email address through Music Today via this page. Simply enter your email address and click Sign Me Up. Assuming your email is not already registered, you will then be sent an email to the address you entered where you will be given a link that you need to click on to confirm. Your email address may already be registered and confirmed if you had registered on the 2007 leg. If it is then the next page you'll see after clicking sign me up is the Fan Community page.
2) Set up your account
Once your email is registered and confirmed you can set up your account (assuming you don't already have one) at this link.
3) View tickets
Once you are registered and your account is set up you can go to the Music Today fan community calendar page to view dates for which a pre-sale is offered. Tickets will become available tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan. 22) at 10AM local venue time and a link will appear next to the date to view/purchase tickets. You'll then be asked about how many tickets you want and where you'd like to sit. The system will then find some tickets for you.
4) Purchase tickets or try again
If the tickets you are offered are to your liking you may then purchase them. If not, release the tickets and keep trying. The presale will run through 12PM (again - local venue time) on Thursday.
Along with the pre-sale, you can pre-order the new Snakes & Arrows Live CD and a new exclusive t-shirt. When you order tickets and the CD or t-shirt you will be automatically entered to win a meet and greet with the band at your show (one winner plus guest per city).
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