Looks like the never-ending saga of the Rachid Taha concert may have finally actually reached an endpoint. Altho there's still over a month until showtime so perhaps I'm speaking too soon. To recap... Last summer, Duke Performances announced its 08/09 schedule and the first thing that jumped out at me was Rachid Taha and Tinariwen. Maybe by the time I ordered tix, but definitely by the time I rec'd my order, Tinariwen had been removed from the bill. Visa problems? Can't say, as Duke Performances never (to my knowledge) acknowledged that there'd been any kind of change. So that was last September and no changes until today when they sent out an email announcing that the show was now Rachid Taha and Richie Havens. Seems like an odd combo to me but whatever. Shortly after that I get another email announcing that the balcony in Page will be closed for this concert and since the tix I bought last fall were in the balcony, they're going to have to move me to seats in the orchestra. And the fact that they're closing off part of the theater and I still got decent seats makes me think that tix aren't selling very well. Not enough rai fans in the Triangle? Dunno. But even w/ all the confusion and such, I'm still seriously psyched for this show.