Show Announcement Method: It is what it is

pjtaper
pjtaper 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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  • QuadrupleDeke
    QuadrupleDeke Boston Posts: 168
    Hopefully your number is lower than mine.

    Bon voyage, good sir.
    7/1/03 ... 9/28/04 ... 5/30/06 ... 6/3/06 ... 6/30/08 ... 8/2/08 (ev solo) ... 10/30/09 ... 10/31/09 ... 5/17/10 ... 5/21/10 ... 3/27/11 (tres mts) ... 6/16/11 (ev solo) ... 10/19/13 ... 8/5/16 ... 8/7/16 ... 9/2/18 ... 9/4/18 ... 9/15/24 ... 9/17/24
  • Flagg
    Flagg 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!
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • SolarWorld
    SolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Something else comes to mind that is annoying as well.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    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.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,410
    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.
    DC '03 - Reading '04 - Philly '05 - Camden 1 '06 - DC '06 - E. Rutherford '06 - The Vic '07 - Lollapalooza '07 - DC '08 - EV DC 1 & 2 '08 (Met Ed!!) - EV Baltimore 1 & 2 '09 - EV NYC 1 '11 (Met Ed!) - Hartford '13 - GCF '15 - MSG 2 '16 - TOTD MSG '16 - Boston 1 & 2 '18 - SHN '21 - EV NYC 1 & 2 '22 - MSG '22
  • pjhawk
    pjhawk 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.
  • Dollar
    Dollar 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!
  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,073
    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.
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper 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!!!
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Can we go ahead and lock yet another pointless thread from you know who?
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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    TUL-10/8/14
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian 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.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,397
    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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    EV
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    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.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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    www.cluthe.com
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Flagg wrote:
    Can we go ahead and lock yet another pointless thread from you know who?

    sounds like a good idea to me.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
    www.cluthelee.com
    www.cluthe.com
  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    LSDemon wrote:
    Hopefully your number is lower than mine.

    Bon voyage, good sir.
    How selfish...
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
    "Vinyl or not, you will need to pay someone to take RA of your hands" - Smile05
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  • pjtaper
    pjtaper 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!!!!!!
  • 81
    81 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:
    81 is now off the air

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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,073
    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.
  • Flagg
    Flagg 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.
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    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • South of Seattle
    South 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!

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