What is NotPaul?

NotPaul was created to get Boards of Canada to play live in LA. Pretty simple goal except that BOC still need convincing of how much a great show might mean to fans. But then there's also the idea of a Faith No More reunion with the whole crew, a FSOL show (not via ISDN), an Orbital reunion with new GT visual designs, a Grigori Perelman lecture about whatever he wants, a Neutral Milk Hotel gig, Rage playing in their old HB stomping grounds... so it made sense to leave NotPaul as open as possible so we can all help define what we want to happen and work together to make it a reality.

NP events are events created by admirers of a certain performer. A major part of the magic in any performance is the audience and NotPaul is where the audience work together to make the show happen.

Fans bid for tickets for unscheduled concerts at the prices they want to pay. While NP requires you use a valid credit card, we don't take your money unless the concert gets scheduled and we can get you tickets. If the concert can happen and if the artist/promoter settle through NotPaul, we use our own variety of a Vickrey auction to settle any bids that can be settled - that just means that your bid amount is actually the maximum amount you could pay but if you bid more than everyone else you'll end up paying just what everyone else did for a ticket of the same quality as the one you get.

You can read more about Vickrey auctions here.

Yes. You can cancel or change your bid at any time before the concert is scheduled (AND up to 2 days after it is scheduled). After that, the cancellation and refund policies will be subject to the ticketing agents or promoters policies since they will be handling the event itself.

More details are available in the NotPaul Bidding Policy.