At 12:51 PM 2/28/2004, Soleil Lapierre wrote:

I've largely been ignoring the discussion of the current KW tour because I figured they wouldn't come over here. But now I see people mentioning Montreal dates, so I went and checked and surprise! I might finally get to see them live either in Seattle or Toronto, depending on fares.

My question is: what's the most respectable/reliable way to get the tickets over the Web? I see a lot of places claiming to sell tickets, but some of them look like hucksters and seem to offer dates that don't exist.

When Kraftwerk played Chicago in '98 I was living in St. Louis, MO at the time, and therefore elected to buy my tickets from Ticketmaster since TM was selling tickets to that concert, and they seemed to be reputable. If they were to do it again (i.e., KW play Chicago or another venue reasonably close to me and TM carry tickets for it), I'd buy from the same source, as I've bought tickets for a couple other events through TM and had no significant problems with them (your--or your friends, relatives, etc.--mileage may vary). Best, Len "dammit, no dates anywhere close to me" Cleavelin -- The film opens with a narration informing us that there are parallel universes, and that "a force exists who seeks to destroy the balance so that he can become--The One!" Apparently every time one of your other selves dies, his power is distributed among the survivors. If Yulaw kills 123 selves, he has the power of 124. Follow this logic far enough, and retirement homes would be filled with elderly geezers who have outlived their others and now have the strength of 124, meaning they can bend canes with their bare hands and produce mighty bowel movements with scornful ease. --Roger Ebert [on the film "The One"]