Ten club tickets...aren't they supposed to be good?

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  • touringfantouringfan Posts: 568
    my friend on 89xxx pulled row 12 floor mike side. Waiting to hear from my other friends.
    baby boomers selling you rumors of their history, forcing youth away from the truth of what's real today.
  • realisthisrealisthis Posts: 136
    Doh! Let my membership lapse as well and got sec. 313 for a 422 membership number.. Montreal I was middle arena first couple of rows lodge. Chicago must be popular and have a lot of us in the building tonight!
  • norm wrote:
    Mudfest wrote:
    ummmm...is the box office staff pulling some fast ones? :? 10c doesnt allocate seats behind the stage.
    I would call 10c and ask...seems very very strange to me

    M


    until someone with a low 10c # then there may be something to be concerned about..so far the people that have been complaining have high #'s

    yeah, it looks like the 400 plus people are in the 300s. there are people with lower numbers that have good seats.
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  • I got section 306. Flew in from Cali and it's my birthday. Wouldve liked to have been closer but am looking forward to celebrating with all the hardcore PJ family.
  • sairbearsairbear Posts: 20
    to all those people who are saying people are whining, i thought we were free to state our opinions about what was going on. there ARE issues with the way the tix are distributed, there ARE better ways to do things. I love PJ but that doesn't mean that the ten club is infalible, people should give feedback and constuctive criticism if they are not happy with things, how else can things improve?
  • AirickAirick Posts: 10
    At some point between the 2006 tour and 2009 my membership number was popped up from 26XXXX to 40XXXX. I'm section 317, row 2 when I was on the floor in 2006. So I at least a view of the stage with evidently a higher membership number than those of you behind the stage.

    This is coming from someone who saw them from 5 feet away at the HOB in 2005. I got dumped for spending the $1000 on that ticket. I'd hope that after all of that I could get my # corrected.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    I didn't read every post thuroughly, but, has anyone noticed on Touring Fans how many 10c people are in attandance for tonight???

    While it's not 100% accurate, the Chicago shows have FAR more folks in attendance ....

    8/21/2009 / Toronto 180
    8/23/2009 / Chicago, IL 375
    8/24/2009 / Chicago, IL 257
    9/21/2009 / Seattle, WA 143
    9/22/2009 / Seattle, WA 137
    9/25/2009 / Vancouver, BC 57
    9/26/2009 / Portland, OR 68
    9/28/2009 / Salt Lake, UT 19

    Rest of the shows here ... http://www.touringfans.net/seatTracker.php
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  • JoWesleyJoWesley Posts: 109
    My number is 205,xxx and I am in sec 4 on the floor, row 17. When I went to Tampa, I was in the wings...which is kind of where I thought I would be tonight..but I am still excited. I am taking my sister for her first ever show. Super excited!! See you all tonight. :D
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  • Hey Buddy I'm there with you section 334! Eddie I followed you to Hawaii all three shows not "lucky" enough to get tenclub tickets but callled the theatres directly got 6th row, 1st row, and 10th row. I am so disappointed in these tenclub tickets. Why be a member for years when I could have purchased from ticketmaster and got the same seat? Who knows maybe Eddie will pull us nosebleed seaters backstage like Dave Matthews did with his warehouse club members here last summer. Now that would be cool. Tomorrow night I paid a ticketbroker so I know I have a great seat. But I paid big because I'm a loyal fan!!! Tell me why I should join the tenclub again???
  • touringfantouringfan Posts: 568
    my two friends at show

    89xxx - 12'th row floor
    128xxx - 20'th row floor

    both are further back than usual, neither is complaining one bit but it does seem there are a lot of members at these shows so not the typical seat locations most are used to. My buddies quote.......

    "bitching is for women Im getting stoned and im gonna rock the fuck out old school"

    HAHA now thats the spirit.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    I have a friend at the show with a 36XXX and she got 3rd row
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  • sairbearsairbear Posts: 20
    JG217510 wrote:
    Hey Buddy I'm there with you section 334! Eddie I followed you to Hawaii all three shows not "lucky" enough to get tenclub tickets but callled the theatres directly got 6th row, 1st row, and 10th row. I am so disappointed in these tenclub tickets. Why be a member for years when I could have purchased from ticketmaster and got the same seat? Who knows maybe Eddie will pull us nosebleed seaters backstage like Dave Matthews did with his warehouse club members here last summer. Now that would be cool. Tomorrow night I paid a ticketbroker so I know I have a great seat. But I paid big because I'm a loyal fan!!! Tell me why I should join the tenclub again???


    thanx, i wish it wasn't true, but if you want good seat you can't get them through 10c.
  • touringfantouringfan Posts: 568
    LukinFan wrote:
    I have a friend at the show with a 36XXX and she got 3rd row

    1-2 are lottery so thats the right spot for her. 36xxx will never get worse than 3rd row MAYBE fourth but doubtful.
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  • JG217510 wrote:
    Hey Buddy I'm there with you section 334! Eddie I followed you to Hawaii all three shows not "lucky" enough to get tenclub tickets but callled the theatres directly got 6th row, 1st row, and 10th row. I am so disappointed in these tenclub tickets. Why be a member for years when I could have purchased from ticketmaster and got the same seat? Who knows maybe Eddie will pull us nosebleed seaters backstage like Dave Matthews did with his warehouse club members here last summer. Now that would be cool. Tomorrow night I paid a ticketbroker so I know I have a great seat. But I paid big because I'm a loyal fan!!! Tell me why I should join the tenclub again???


    I'm with you on this one. I know the history and understand why Pearl Jam formed the 10 club for their loyal fans. This is what is posted under ten club tickets:
    Seat location is not revealed until tickets are collected on the day of the show.
    We reserve the best seats in the house for fan club tickets, starting from the first rows on the floor and extending back. We also reserve the side sections closest to the stage when necessary. All Ten Club tickets are for reserved seating unless otherwise announced.
    Ten Club tickets are for reserved seating and allocated by membership seniority, with the exception of rows 1-2 and rows 9-10 which will be used for random allocation./quote]

    This is my issue: section 317 is the best seat in the house? I am a new member, 412xxx FC#, and if these are the tickets I deserve for being a new member, so be it. However, I would have loved to have known that when my credit card was charged on May 4th that my 2 x $66 plus fee pre-sale ten club tickets, were in section 317. I would have said, fine, but no thanks, I will go the general sale route on Saturday. I know I would have gotten better tixs for the same price, plus I would not have been so deluded for 3 months in thinking I had decent tickets.

    I'm on Wilco worlds email list and get the pre-sale emails from them. While they aren't playing the UC, I LOVE how they handle their pre-sale. Even though it is only UIC pavillion, they still sell it out quickly, with dibs on the good seats to their fans. And I know where I am sitting in October.
  • ParksyParksy Posts: 1,784
    ummmm...is the box office staff pulling some fast ones? :? 10c doesnt allocate seats behind the stage.

    i went to Boston 2004 and had 10C seats behind the stage... 14 rows from the stage...

    it was pretty decent actually!!!


    My thoughts on this whole thread are as follows:

    I do hear ya on this one. That doesn't seem normal. The ONLY explanation I can think of is that they had a lot of 10C seats. And these were the first US shows announced, so I would think that alot of 10C members would have wanted to go to this show.

    Hopefully, we'll find out after/during the show if any non-10C members got better seats.

    In Toronto on Friday, a girl and some deuchbag had better seats than me... they got it through his company. I've been member since 2002... wasn't thrilled about that.. but what can ya do.

    My only hope for you is that the show is just fuckin' awesome and it doesn't matter where you're sitting...

    better in the arena than in the parking lot.... or on the thread watching the setlist come in :lol: as I will be doing.
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  • ParksyParksy Posts: 1,784
    touringfan wrote:
    my friend on 89xxx pulled row 12 floor mike side. Waiting to hear from my other friends.


    if 89000 got 12th row.... there are a LOT of 10 clubbers at the show right now.
    Toronto 2000
    Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
    Boston I&II 2004
    Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
    Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
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    Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
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    10C: 220xxx
  • ParksyParksy Posts: 1,784
    You know, I just noticed something...


    all of these people who picked up their tickets....

    What are you doing on a computer??!?!??! shouldn't you be partying with other fans???
    Toronto 2000
    Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
    Boston I&II 2004
    Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
    Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
    Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
    Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
    Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
    Toronto I&II 2011
    Buffalo 2013
    Toronto I&II 2016
    10C: 220xxx
  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    As I posted in the other thread ...

    My girlfriend is a VERY HIGH 10C number - 412XXX and is up in the 300s.

    I am 178XXX and I am section 112, row 16

    My friend is 140XXX and is section 121, row 20.

    Must be FULL OF 10C tonight...
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  • sairbearsairbear Posts: 20
    JF268706 wrote:
    JG217510 wrote:
    Hey Buddy I'm there with you section 334! Eddie I followed you to Hawaii all three shows not "lucky" enough to get tenclub tickets but callled the theatres directly got 6th row, 1st row, and 10th row. I am so disappointed in these tenclub tickets. Why be a member for years when I could have purchased from ticketmaster and got the same seat? Who knows maybe Eddie will pull us nosebleed seaters backstage like Dave Matthews did with his warehouse club members here last summer. Now that would be cool. Tomorrow night I paid a ticketbroker so I know I have a great seat. But I paid big because I'm a loyal fan!!! Tell me why I should join the tenclub again???


    I'm with you on this one. I know the history and understand why Pearl Jam formed the 10 club for their loyal fans. This is what is posted under ten club tickets:
    Seat location is not revealed until tickets are collected on the day of the show.
    We reserve the best seats in the house for fan club tickets, starting from the first rows on the floor and extending back. We also reserve the side sections closest to the stage when necessary. All Ten Club tickets are for reserved seating unless otherwise announced.
    Ten Club tickets are for reserved seating and allocated by membership seniority, with the exception of rows 1-2 and rows 9-10 which will be used for random allocation./quote]

    This is my issue: section 317 is the best seat in the house? I am a new member, 412xxx FC#, and if these are the tickets I deserve for being a new member, so be it. However, I would have loved to have known that when my credit card was charged on May 4th that my 2 x $66 plus fee pre-sale ten club tickets, were in section 317. I would have said, fine, but no thanks, I will go the general sale route on Saturday. I know I would have gotten better tixs for the same price, plus I would not have been so deluded for 3 months in thinking I had decent tickets.

    I'm on Wilco worlds email list and get the pre-sale emails from them. While they aren't playing the UC, I LOVE how they handle their pre-sale. Even though it is only UIC pavillion, they still sell it out quickly, with dibs on the good seats to their fans. And I know where I am sitting in October.

    THANK YOU!!!!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    JF268706 wrote:
    JG217510 wrote:
    Hey Buddy I'm there with you section 334! Eddie I followed you to Hawaii all three shows not "lucky" enough to get tenclub tickets but callled the theatres directly got 6th row, 1st row, and 10th row. I am so disappointed in these tenclub tickets. Why be a member for years when I could have purchased from ticketmaster and got the same seat? Who knows maybe Eddie will pull us nosebleed seaters backstage like Dave Matthews did with his warehouse club members here last summer. Now that would be cool. Tomorrow night I paid a ticketbroker so I know I have a great seat. But I paid big because I'm a loyal fan!!! Tell me why I should join the tenclub again???


    I'm with you on this one. I know the history and understand why Pearl Jam formed the 10 club for their loyal fans. This is what is posted under ten club tickets:
    Seat location is not revealed until tickets are collected on the day of the show.
    We reserve the best seats in the house for fan club tickets, starting from the first rows on the floor and extending back. We also reserve the side sections closest to the stage when necessary. All Ten Club tickets are for reserved seating unless otherwise announced.
    Ten Club tickets are for reserved seating and allocated by membership seniority, with the exception of rows 1-2 and rows 9-10 which will be used for random allocation./quote]

    This is my issue: section 317 is the best seat in the house? I am a new member, 412xxx FC#, and if these are the tickets I deserve for being a new member, so be it. However, I would have loved to have known that when my credit card was charged on May 4th that my 2 x $66 plus fee pre-sale ten club tickets, were in section 317. I would have said, fine, but no thanks, I will go the general sale route on Saturday. I know I would have gotten better tixs for the same price, plus I would not have been so deluded for 3 months in thinking I had decent tickets.

    I'm on Wilco worlds email list and get the pre-sale emails from them. While they aren't playing the UC, I LOVE how they handle their pre-sale. Even though it is only UIC pavillion, they still sell it out quickly, with dibs on the good seats to their fans. And I know where I am sitting in October.



    so it's 10c's fault you didn't bother to read the terms and agreement and the 10c policies?
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    touringfan wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    I have a friend at the show with a 36XXX and she got 3rd row

    1-2 are lottery so thats the right spot for her. 36xxx will never get worse than 3rd row MAYBE fourth but doubtful.
    exactly- she's always gotten 1st row until last year
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  • wigoutdcpwigoutdcp Posts: 273
    get over it...there was a crap load of 10C requests to see the greatest rock band in the world play their first US show in over a year....
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Parksy wrote:
    You know, I just noticed something...


    all of these people who picked up their tickets....

    What are you doing on a computer??!?!??! shouldn't you be partying with other fans???
    ummm most cell phones have internet access these days and alota people have a blackberry's.
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  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,006
    This is my perspective as someone with a 400xxx+ number (I know, not that anyone asked):

    I buy 10 Club tickets for the shot at winning the lottery. I know that, otherwise, I will not have great seats. While I did not get great seats through Comcast for the 10/31 show, I figure odds are that those seats will be about equivalent to the 10 Club tickets I get for 10/31 (four of us are going, in case you were wondering).

    But, here's the thing: I got public sale tickets to last year's shows, well after the tickets went on sale. The seats were not "great" -- in Camden, we were in the last row of the pavilion. And you know what? -- We had a freaking amazing time.

    Maybe it's just me, but I don't need to be close enough for Ed to sweat on me to enjoy myself. :) As long as my number does not mean that we spend 10/31 sitting out by the box office with headphones, I'll be happy.
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  • so it's 10c's fault you didn't bother to read the terms and agreement and the 10c policies?/quote]

    Norm, I'm not following you on this one. I previewed my posts before I submitted them. I am savvy on the terms and agreement and the 10c policies and don't blame anyone. I guess my interpretation doesn't jive with yours.
    I am 42 years old with a bunch of kids and love to go to shows. I've no pblm paying the $ and have had good experiences in the past with 10c tickets and pearl jam shows, especially the HOB benefit. This was not good and I am voicing that. I've found the tone of all these posts to be mellow, with most people passing on their experiences and opinions. No laying of blame, at least in the posts I've read.

    Reason I am still on the computer? My husband is the 10c member, I signed him up and take care of all the arrangements. Couldn't find a sitter so he is with a buddy having a blast, listening to Bad Religion (who I love)- regardless of the seat location. He was the one who couldn't believe I paid that much money for those seats and is why I came to this forum to get some insight.

    Enjoy the show Norm!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    JF268706 wrote:

    Norm, I'm not following you on this one. I previewed my posts before I submitted them. I am savvy on the terms and agreement and the 10c policies and don't blame anyone. I guess my interpretation doesn't jive with yours.
    I am 42 years old with a bunch of kids and love to go to shows. I've no pblm paying the $ and have had good experiences in the past with 10c tickets and pearl jam shows, especially the HOB benefit. This was not good and I am voicing that. I've found the tone of all these posts to be mellow, with most people passing on their experiences and opinions. No laying of blame, at least in the posts I've read.

    Reason I am still on the computer? My husband is the 10c member, I signed him up and take care of all the arrangements. Couldn't find a sitter so he is with a buddy having a blast, listening to Bad Religion (who I love)- regardless of the seat location. He was the one who couldn't believe I paid that much money for those seats and is why I came to this forum to get some insight.

    Enjoy the show Norm!


    i guess i'm a little confused...you are upset with your seats yet your 10c # is very high...were you expecting better? this show has alot of 10c members with very low numbers so recent members unfortunately are getting not so great seats...sucks i know but that's the chance you take when buying tix from 10c

    sorry you couldn't find a sitter....i would love to be at the show regardless of where i would be sitting...bad religion and pj..that's a win-win!! :D
  • my deal is that I went on after my husband picked up the tixs and could have gotten better seats via ticketmaster this afternoon. (and would have bought them for myself and a friend if I could have found the sitter!)

    Oh well. It's been a great concert season in Chicago, elton john at Wrigley, followed by 3 days of Pitchfork Fest-the National and Flaming Lips!- guess I have already spent too much $$ for babysitters! But its been worth it

    and Dave Grohl at the Metro!

    PS Have you been to the UC? 317 are my great blackhawk tixs-great for hockey, good for a show, but not when you think being a 10cc would get you in the 200 level. live and learn
  • High Fidelity 2000High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,439
    I think the people who are complaining are doing so because they figured even though they might be far away with a high number, they would be able to see the show. Being behind the stage in the 300 level no less, you're not gonna see much. Those are like the seats they sell on Ticketmaster, when all the other seats have sold out and they squeeze in more people by "opening up the back" if I recall. Wouldn't most people be in the 200 or 300 level somewhere in FRONT of the stage?

    I sat behind the stage once at MSG 2003, think it was 2nd level, and it was actually kind of cool...to do once. You get to see the crowd react, and get to see Matt playing, get to see the setlist spoilers (if you have binoculars), get to see the celebs on the side-stage. It was kind of cool. But like one poster said, those were ticketmaster tickets. I wouldn't expect to be behind the stage with ten club tickets, no matter how bad my number. They could have easily said "we have way too many people going to this show, and have reserved tickets behind the stage; there is a chance you may be seated behind the stage with a partial view" and offered voluntary refunds (kind of like San Francisco 2006 when it went GA after the original sale).
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  • given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,940
    THERE WERE NO SEATS BEHIND THE STAGE AT THE UNITED CENTER.

    none. there was a big backdrop, and the seats behind the stage were closed off.

    side stage, yes. behind stage, no.

    now that that's settled, I'm off to bed. 30th bday tomorrow, gotta get to work early, and seeing some band tomorrow night. hope theyre decent.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,399
    Parksy wrote:
    ummmm...is the box office staff pulling some fast ones? :? 10c doesnt allocate seats behind the stage.

    i went to Boston 2004 and had 10C seats behind the stage... 14 rows from the stage...

    it was pretty decent actually!!!
    Boston 2004 didn't have 10c seats, just a Ticketmaster presale for members, very different situation from the norm.
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