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pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
edited August 2009 in The Porch
SO ANNOYING!!!!
Announce a tour like a normal band, wtf? This is AWFUL! I need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now...
Anyone book a flight to Philly before they announced these shows?
After this year, I may not renew my membership, and I highly doubt I'll bother seeing my favorite band anymore, it's just too frustrating!

I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!
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  • QuadrupleDekeQuadrupleDeke Boston Posts: 168
    Hopefully your number is lower than mine.

    Bon voyage, good sir.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    pjtaper wrote:
    SO ANNOYING!!!!
    Announce a tour like a normal band, wtf? This is AWFUL! I need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now...
    Anyone book a flight to Philly before they announced these shows?
    After this year, I may not renew my membership, and I highly doubt I'll bother seeing my favorite band anymore, it's just too frustrating!

    I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!


    Good riddance!
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  • SolarWorldSolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Something else comes to mind that is annoying as well.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    pjtaper wrote:

    I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!

    seriously....
    when you hit "submit" did you feel good about your post? please say some more bs about the South. i'm glad that you're selling your ACL ticket.
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  • OceansJennyOceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,398
    Um... just go to the show you paid for? You still have a ticket to a show. If you want to be picky about what show you want to go to, then thats your problem.
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  • pjhawkpjhawk Posts: 20
    pjtaper wrote:
    SO ANNOYING!!!!
    Announce a tour like a normal band, wtf? This is AWFUL! I need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now...
    Anyone book a flight to Philly before they announced these shows?
    After this year, I may not renew my membership, and I highly doubt I'll bother seeing my favorite band anymore, it's just too frustrating!

    I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!


    I really don't understand exactly what you are complaining about, or why what has just been announced would mean you need to sell your ACL tickets.
  • DollarDollar Posts: 244
    pjtaper, Unfortunately this IS the normal way that bands announce shows now. I went through this with Springsteen both in NJ & Philly. For those coming from out of state,I can understand the frustration that you are venting. And for those ragging on pjtaper,get a grip, let the guy vent a little bit....we're all PJ fans here & we all want to see them as much as we possibly can!
  • ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,917
    we didn't want you here anyway! why would you come to an amazing festival for one band?
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I just don't want to see Pearl Jam fans go to the south and get the same treatment as I did in Nashville for Bonnaroo...


    STAY AWAY FROM THE SOUTH!!!! ESPECIALLY Murfreesboro!!!
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    Can we go ahead and lock yet another pointless thread from you know who?
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    They played Deep in Champaign for you, and early in the set, so don't give up on them too fast.

    I sort of have mixed feelings. On one side, I get a chuckle like I did when they accidently reversed the seating in that show in the North East somewhere. Was it Grand Rapids? I forgot. Here is where all of these people who have practically guaranteed seats in the front, ended up not in the front for one night. And the "How dare they..." posts that ensued. And all of the younger fans got something they'll probably never see again.

    So here is a case where people booked flights to attend what supposedly would be the last ever show at the Spectrum. And it's now not the last. Sort of like achieving Gold status and at the same time you hear Platnum status gets announced.

    It has to be frustrating. At the same time, it favors locals seating as people get locked into their flights. Just an observation. For me, personally, I have a 251XXX number which is not great but better in a relative sense than my position for the 2003 tour. For selfish reasons, anything that deters some fly-ins is great because I get to sit nearer. I think most of the fly-ins are lower numbers than mine. I'm glad they are playing the Gibson in LA which is 6000 seats. That should make my position closer. LA 3 may not be as important of a show as Philly 4 (Last Spectrum/Haloween/PJ's love for Philly vs. LA), but I at least hope, for once, to sit where I can see them.
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,225
    Seriously, people? You're saying this guy's annoying because of a completely legitimate argument such as this? Give it a break, and stop drinking the Kool-Aid! I'm usually pretty quick to come to the band's defense, but unless they come out and give a great reason on why the announcements for these shows were held for so long, it's shocking to me that the band (company) can give the fans (customers) such a low level of service as this, when it's quite evident that people are ready to drop large amounts of money for them, and simply ask for KNOWLEDGE, for planning's sake, in advance! I can think of very few bands besides Pearl Jam who announce their tours in the absurd fashion that this one was announced in.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    pjtaper wrote:
    I just don't want to see Pearl Jam fans go to the south and get the same treatment as I did in Nashville for Bonnaroo...


    STAY AWAY FROM THE SOUTH!!!! ESPECIALLY Murfreesboro!!!

    for some crazy reason, i get the feeling that your attitude may have had something to do with how you were treated.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    Flagg wrote:
    Can we go ahead and lock yet another pointless thread from you know who?

    sounds like a good idea to me.
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  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    LSDemon wrote:
    Hopefully your number is lower than mine.

    Bon voyage, good sir.
    How selfish...
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I had to go back to Nashville due to the shady police, I waited until LAST minute to book the flight, everyone thought I was insane...
    I just can't plan trips in advance, and I think it is due to PJ's way of announcing show the last couple tours...

    FUCK THIS!!!!!!
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i don't get why people book flights so early. I new i was going to Alaska for over a year and didn't book the flight until about 6 weeks out.

    If I make it to Philly, i'll be driving, so not a biggie. :lol:
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  • ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,917
    pjtaper wrote:
    I just don't want to see Pearl Jam fans go to the south and get the same treatment as I did in Nashville for Bonnaroo...


    STAY AWAY FROM THE SOUTH!!!! ESPECIALLY Murfreesboro!!!

    with this logic i will now judge the entire north east by my experience in camden.
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    edited August 2009
    benjs wrote:
    Seriously, people? You're saying this guy's annoying because of a completely legitimate argument such as this? Give it a break, and stop drinking the Kool-Aid! I'm usually pretty quick to come to the band's defense, but unless they come out and give a great reason on why the announcements for these shows were held for so long, it's shocking to me that the band (company) can give the fans (customers) such a low level of service as this, when it's quite evident that people are ready to drop large amounts of money for them, and simply ask for KNOWLEDGE, for planning's sake, in advance! I can think of very few bands besides Pearl Jam who announce their tours in the absurd fashion that this one was announced in.

    Its not that. Its that he never completes a thought or a sentence without posting some bullshit and insulting half the people on here like he is doing on multiple threads today.
    Post edited by Flagg on
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    pjtaper wrote:
    SO ANNOYING!!!!
    Announce a tour like a normal band, wtf? This is AWFUL! I need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now...
    Anyone book a flight to Philly before they announced these shows?
    After this year, I may not renew my membership, and I highly doubt I'll bother seeing my favorite band anymore, it's just too frustrating!

    I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!

    Trust me, No one cares.
    NERDS!
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    pjtaper wrote:
    SO ANNOYING!!!!
    Announce a tour like a normal band, wtf? This is AWFUL! I need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now...
    Anyone book a flight to Philly before they announced these shows?
    After this year, I may not renew my membership, and I highly doubt I'll bother seeing my favorite band anymore, it's just too frustrating!

    I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!


    Dont sell your ACL tkts :(
    I was hoping I was gonna see u there, Im still seeing you in Chicago right?
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    mfc2006 wrote:
    pjtaper wrote:
    I just don't want to see Pearl Jam fans go to the south and get the same treatment as I did in Nashville for Bonnaroo...


    STAY AWAY FROM THE SOUTH!!!! ESPECIALLY Murfreesboro!!!

    for some crazy reason, i get the feeling that your attitude may have had something to do with how you were treated.
    Yep, in the south, they can search your car for absolutely NO reason... they can insist you spend thousands of dollars to come back for a simple ticket... had we been black, I don't think we would have even made it out without a beating...

    I'd prefer they announced shows the day before, one at a time, as long as they don't tour the south... I wasn't aware it was actually so corrupt down there, I'd hate to see other fans go through my troubles...
  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,225
    Flagg wrote:
    benjs wrote:
    Seriously, people? You're saying this guy's annoying because of a completely legitimate argument such as this? Give it a break, and stop drinking the Kool-Aid! I'm usually pretty quick to come to the band's defense, but unless they come out and give a great reason on why the announcements for these shows were held for so long, it's shocking to me that the band (company) can give the fans (customers) such a low level of service as this, when it's quite evident that people are ready to drop large amounts of money for them, and simply ask for KNOWLEDGE, for planning's sake, in advance! I can think of very few bands besides Pearl Jam who announce their tours in the absurd fashion that this one was announced in.

    Its not that. Its that never completes a thought or a sentence without posting some bullshit and insulting half the people on here.
    Fair enough - I lose track of people's posting histories. I think in this case, his feelings are fair, but you're right, the way he wrote what he did makes little to no sense.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
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  • OceansJennyOceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,398
    benjs wrote:
    Seriously, people? You're saying this guy's annoying because of a completely legitimate argument such as this? Give it a break, and stop drinking the Kool-Aid! I'm usually pretty quick to come to the band's defense, but unless they come out and give a great reason on why the announcements for these shows were held for so long, it's shocking to me that the band (company) can give the fans (customers) such a low level of service as this, when it's quite evident that people are ready to drop large amounts of money for them, and simply ask for KNOWLEDGE, for planning's sake, in advance! I can think of very few bands besides Pearl Jam who announce their tours in the absurd fashion that this one was announced in.

    Blah blah blah I'm sure you know TONS about scheduling a tour. Ever think the band wants to have a date set in STONE before they announce it? What if they announced the 10/31 show before everything was set in stone and then had to cancel it for one reason or another? OH THE BITCHING AND MOANING I can hear it now...
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    benjs wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    benjs wrote:
    Seriously, people? You're saying this guy's annoying because of a completely legitimate argument such as this? Give it a break, and stop drinking the Kool-Aid! I'm usually pretty quick to come to the band's defense, but unless they come out and give a great reason on why the announcements for these shows were held for so long, it's shocking to me that the band (company) can give the fans (customers) such a low level of service as this, when it's quite evident that people are ready to drop large amounts of money for them, and simply ask for KNOWLEDGE, for planning's sake, in advance! I can think of very few bands besides Pearl Jam who announce their tours in the absurd fashion that this one was announced in.

    Its not that. Its that never completes a thought or a sentence without posting some bullshit and insulting half the people on here.
    Fair enough - I lose track of people's posting histories. I think in this case, his feelings are fair, but you're right, the way he wrote what he did makes little to no sense.

    I agree on the argument about the way the band releases dates. I've had that argument for years.

    But you make it without insulting people and calling people names and rejoicing in their misery.

    He doesn't understand that.
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,225
    pjtaper wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    pjtaper wrote:
    I just don't want to see Pearl Jam fans go to the south and get the same treatment as I did in Nashville for Bonnaroo...


    STAY AWAY FROM THE SOUTH!!!! ESPECIALLY Murfreesboro!!!

    for some crazy reason, i get the feeling that your attitude may have had something to do with how you were treated.
    Yep, in the south, they can search your car for absolutely NO reason... they can insist you spend thousands of dollars to come back for a simple ticket... had we been black, I don't think we would have even made it out without a beating...

    I'd prefer they announced shows the day before, one at a time, as long as they don't tour the south... I wasn't aware it was actually so corrupt down there, I'd hate to see other fans go through my troubles...
    I just defended you moments ago, but now, looking at this, I have to ask...

    I'm sorry, WHAT? :shock:
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    EV
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  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    Mrs.Vedder78 wrote:
    pjtaper wrote:
    SO ANNOYING!!!!
    Announce a tour like a normal band, wtf? This is AWFUL! I need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now...
    Anyone book a flight to Philly before they announced these shows?
    After this year, I may not renew my membership, and I highly doubt I'll bother seeing my favorite band anymore, it's just too frustrating!

    I'm just glad they still aren't hitting the south!


    Dont sell your ACL tkts :(
    I was hoping I was gonna see u there, Im still seeing you in Chicago right?
    Yeah, I'm locked into Chicago, have 10C tix... Although I would be doing the entire West Coast tour if they wouldn't have FUCKED US ALL and announced the tour dates like this...
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,717
    Well, since you know that PJ doesn't announce all of their shows at once, perhaps it would have been a good idea to wait before you booked a flight.

    It ain't as if there isn't a precident.

    Fool you once, shame on them, fool you twice, shame on PJTAPER!
  • ParksyParksy Posts: 1,784
    this struck me...

    "i need to sell my Austin City Limit ticket now.."

    I'm pretty sure you don't NEED to do anything.

    I changed my flight and vacation time through work to accommodate these additions. I didn't HAVE to...
    I chose to. Pearl Jam are the best band on the planet. We should be happy they still play shows and still make music.

    Sweet, Sweet music :)
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    pjtaper wrote:
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    Yep, in the south, they can search your car for absolutely NO reason... they can insist you spend thousands of dollars to come back for a simple ticket... had we been black, I don't think we would have even made it out without a beating...

    I'd prefer they announced shows the day before, one at a time, as long as they don't tour the south... I wasn't aware it was actually so corrupt down there, I'd hate to see other fans go through my troubles...

    your broad generalizations are disgusting in my opinion. i'm sure you had nothing to do with what happened to you...it was the police's fault, right? and somehow...all Southern cops/people are jerks, right? and your racial profiling is spot on. police brutality only happens in the South, right?
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