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ScottandPearlJamScottandPearlJam Posts: 1,126
edited February 2010 in The Porch
For these reasons, we have attempted to keep the ticket prices to our concerts to a maximum of $18. We have also tried to limit any service charges that may be imposed on the sale of those tickets to 10 percent of the ticket price, and to ensure that any service charge will be separately identified from the price of the ticket itself so that fans know how much is being charged for the ticket and how much is being added on by the company selling the ticket. As a result, even where a service charge is imposed, our goal is to make it so that no one will pay more than $20 to see a Pearl Jam concert.

Its an article from 5H if anyone was wondering

Scott
10/01/96 9/08/98 9/10/98 9/11/98 8/23/00 8/24/00
8/25/00 8/27/00 8/29/00 8/30/00 9/01/00 9/02/00
4/28/03 4/29/03 4/30/03 5/02/03 7/05/03 7/06/03
7/08/03 7/09/03 7/14/03 <---front row shook hands with ed.
10/3/05 5/13/06 5/27/06 5/28/06 6/01/06 6/3/06
6/24/06 6/19/08 6/20/08 6/24/08 6/25/08 10/27/09
10/28/09 10/30/09 10/31/09 5/15/10 5/18/10 5/20/10
5/21/10 9/7/11
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    It would be interesting to see the breakdown now on a ticket.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • High Fidelity 2000High Fidelity 2000 Posts: 4,435
    Hey times have changed... everything has gone up in price... the guys have families to feed...

    (sorry, I just wanted to be first to get those cliches into this thread) ;)
    ABQ 93, Las Cruces 95, ABQ 98, Bridge School 10/30/99, Lubbock 00, ABQ 00, Denver 03, State College 03, San Diego 03, Vegas 03, PHX 03, D.C. 03, Camden 7/5/03, NYC 7/8/03 + 7/9/03, Vegas 06, San Francisco 7/15/06 + 7/16/06 + 7/18/06, Kansas City 10, EV:ABQ 11/6/12, Chicago 13, PHX 13, Denver 14--PJ24!, Telluride 16, Chicago 8/20/16, Chicago 8/18/18, Denver 20, Phoenix 20

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  • High Fidelity 2000High Fidelity 2000 Posts: 4,435
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It would be interesting to see the breakdown now on a ticket.

    There was a Rolling Stone article a few months ago that showed a breakdown of a typical arena rock show. I think it was Green Day. Those promoters, venues, etc definitely get a SHITLOAD of the money from each ticket sold. But Green Day has a lot more production put into their shows (I think...never actually seen them), and their ticket was a lot cheaper than any Pearl Jam tickets the past couple years...
    ABQ 93, Las Cruces 95, ABQ 98, Bridge School 10/30/99, Lubbock 00, ABQ 00, Denver 03, State College 03, San Diego 03, Vegas 03, PHX 03, D.C. 03, Camden 7/5/03, NYC 7/8/03 + 7/9/03, Vegas 06, San Francisco 7/15/06 + 7/16/06 + 7/18/06, Kansas City 10, EV:ABQ 11/6/12, Chicago 13, PHX 13, Denver 14--PJ24!, Telluride 16, Chicago 8/20/16, Chicago 8/18/18, Denver 20, Phoenix 20

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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    High Fidelity 2000 wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It would be interesting to see the breakdown now on a ticket.
    Green Day ...and their ticket was a lot cheaper than any Pearl Jam tickets the past couple years...

    Really? Hmm...
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    High Fidelity 2000 wrote:
    Hey times have changed... everything has gone up in price... the guys have families to feed...

    (sorry, I just wanted to be first to get those cliches into this thread) ;)

    and let me be the first to add:

    "They need to charge more because the price of gas has gone up so much"
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Actually, I think they guys have justified it to themselves because record sales have gone down from torrenting/copying. I think that's their take because of Ed making a comment about how he bought a plate of eggs that morning for $10 and why wouldn't someone pay $2 more for an album they'll love and cherish forever or something. I can't blame them too much, but for those of us who do pay for everything they release, it just makes it all that much more expensive.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • High Fidelity 2000High Fidelity 2000 Posts: 4,435
    Can't find the Rolling Stone article... but on Pollstar, the average Green Day ticket is $44.86, Pearl Jam is $59.34. By no means a rip off compared to most tours... but I wonder if Green Day can charge less because they go on real tours... if you have to sink all the money into a tour that is only a few cities long, yet still all over the country, I wonder if that actually costs Pearl Jam more than just going out and playing a long tour all over the place?

    You're right about the gas too... Gas WAS much more a couple years ago. It has not been that price since, yet notice prices didn't go down anywhere. That was the excuse for EVERYTHING when gas hit $4 a gallon everywhere... everyone rose their prices. Now, it's NOT $4 a gallon, but everything is still expensive! :roll:
    ABQ 93, Las Cruces 95, ABQ 98, Bridge School 10/30/99, Lubbock 00, ABQ 00, Denver 03, State College 03, San Diego 03, Vegas 03, PHX 03, D.C. 03, Camden 7/5/03, NYC 7/8/03 + 7/9/03, Vegas 06, San Francisco 7/15/06 + 7/16/06 + 7/18/06, Kansas City 10, EV:ABQ 11/6/12, Chicago 13, PHX 13, Denver 14--PJ24!, Telluride 16, Chicago 8/20/16, Chicago 8/18/18, Denver 20, Phoenix 20

    New Mexico Pearl Jam Fans (New Mexico, USA) on Facebook!
  • gndcd402gndcd402 Posts: 2,562
    High Fidelity 2000 wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It would be interesting to see the breakdown now on a ticket.

    There was a Rolling Stone article a few months ago that showed a breakdown of a typical arena rock show. I think it was Green Day. Those promoters, venues, etc definitely get a SHITLOAD of the money from each ticket sold. But Green Day has a lot more production put into their shows (I think...never actually seen them), and their ticket was a lot cheaper than any Pearl Jam tickets the past couple years...
    :thumbup:

    muse also has a HUGE amount of production placed into their shows (it rivals u2 actually) and their ticket prices are cheaper than pj's.
  • elevation622elevation622 Posts: 926
    I remember having to walk to school in the snow, uphill, both ways!
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    all is different now ... :?
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Posts: 4,509
    yeah i got that rolling stone article scanned in my blog. take a gander: http://ivys2cents.blogspot.com/2009/08/ ... ckets.html
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I paid $18 bucks to see my first Pearl Jam show in September of 1996. The ticket was awesome. Two faces on an old style map. Awesome. Now all we get is that stupid generic Live Nation ticket.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • lockedlocked Posts: 4,038
    I hope the intention of the original poster was not to criticize PJ's ticket prices...

    but instead the overall industry...

    Can you clarify?
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    10/25/13 Hartford
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    locked wrote:
    I hope the intention of the original poster was not to criticize PJ's ticket prices...

    but instead the overall industry...

    Can you clarify?

    What's the difference? They go hand in hand.
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    elevation622 wrote:
    I remember having to walk to school in the snow, uphill, both ways!

    me too

    that is soooo weird
  • starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    olololololololololololololo :lol:
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    High Fidelity 2000 wrote:
    Hey times have changed... everything has gone up in price... the guys have families to feed...

    (sorry, I just wanted to be first to get those cliches into this thread) ;)

    I recently ran across my ticket from the ABQ 93 show that you and I both attended. $18.50, I believe! I had been wondering how in hell I could have afforded to see them back then... but it's all making sense to me now. ;) Those were the days! :)
  • ScottBravesFanScottBravesFan Posts: 141
    locked wrote:
    I hope the intention of the original poster was not to criticize PJ's ticket prices...

    but instead the overall industry...

    Can you clarify?




    Why can't he do both? Pearl Jam's ticket prices are very expensive. They are higher than other rock bands and are really high compared to what I paid back in 2000 and 2003. The last few years the prices have really gone up. I'll still go to see them but the days of going to four shows on a single tour are over, at least for me.
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I paid $18 bucks to see my first Pearl Jam show in September of 1996. The ticket was awesome. Two faces on an old style map. Awesome. Now all we get is that stupid generic Live Nation ticket.
    i have the same ticket except its from Oct in Ft Laudie...one of my fave keepsakes
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • san pedrosan pedro Posts: 169
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Actually, I think they guys have justified it to themselves because record sales have gone down from torrenting/copying. I think that's their take because of Ed making a comment about how he bought a plate of eggs that morning for $10 and why wouldn't someone pay $2 more for an album they'll love and cherish forever or something. I can't blame them too much, but for those of us who do pay for everything they release, it just makes it all that much more expensive.


    i'll make eddie breakfast (in bed) for a ticket (front row of course). :lol:
    "DON'T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME"
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I think it's realllly cool how a PJ ticket is arond $70 regardless of the seat. It's bad for some by overall it's for the better. Just my opinion.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    I think it's realllly cool how a PJ ticket is arond $70 regardless of the seat. It's bad for some by overall it's for the better. Just my opinion.


    So it's cool that a behind the stage nosebleed seat is still $70?
  • jordan kjordan k Posts: 196
    Maybe its cause of where I live but their ticket prices are very comparable to most of the bands I have seen. The biggest difference is that I get almost two times the show at a PJ concert for roughly the same price.
    Key Arena - Nov 05 2000, General Motors Place - May 30 2003, General Motors Place - Sep 02 2005, Canada Olympic Park - Aug 08 2009,Key Arena - Sep 22 2009, GM Place - Sep 25 2009, The O2 - Jun 22 2010, Odyssey Arena - Jun 23 2010, Hyde Park - Jun 25 2010, Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sep 03, 2011, Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sep 04, 2011, Scotiabank Saddledome - Sep 21, 2011, Rexall Place - Sep 23, 2011, Pacific Coliseum - Sep 25, 2011, Portland OR 11-29-2013, Spokane WA 11-30-2013, Vancouver BC 12-04-2013, Seattle WA 12-06-2013, Toronto ON 05-10-2016, Toronto ON 05-12-2016, Seattle WA 08-08-2018, Seattle 08-10-2018

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  • satansbedsatansbed Posts: 2,139
    gndcd402 wrote:
    High Fidelity 2000 wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It would be interesting to see the breakdown now on a ticket.

    There was a Rolling Stone article a few months ago that showed a breakdown of a typical arena rock show. I think it was Green Day. Those promoters, venues, etc definitely get a SHITLOAD of the money from each ticket sold. But Green Day has a lot more production put into their shows (I think...never actually seen them), and their ticket was a lot cheaper than any Pearl Jam tickets the past couple years...
    :thumbup:

    muse also has a HUGE amount of production placed into their shows (it rivals u2 actually) and their ticket prices are cheaper than pj's.
    supply meet demand, demand meet supply
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    satansbed wrote:
    supply meet demand, demand meet supply

    True enough, they could ask for more, and their tickets really are "worth" more, because market would bid the tickets higher: Eg Just look at what scalper websites get people to pay for a ticket.

    I think Trent Reznor had it right when he said something to the effect of Artists "don't want to come off like a bunch of greedy pricks" so they don't do a bidding system when selling tickets, which could yield even $1,000 per ticket for some of the best seats. Though scalping websites make money on this difference.

    Comparing this issue to pressed-music (illegally downloading and copying aside) PJ's music is probably "worth" $100 per CD to me... but I'm grateful they don't ask for that.

    I think their higher tickets go against what they've said in the past, but with the financials of the music industry changing so dramatically over the last 10 years, I understand it.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,961
    Yep, sure enough...18 bucks. But the service charge pushed it to $21.75. I thought Pearl Jam had our backs, but I guess not. ;)

    PJ93.jpg
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I paid $18 bucks to see my first Pearl Jam show in September of 1996. The ticket was awesome. Two faces on an old style map. Awesome. Now all we get is that stupid generic Live Nation ticket.

    same here. what show btw ? Mine was Toledo OH. same ticket as you described.

    got the tickets from the window about 4 hours before the show ! awesome night. changed my life.
    Peace, Love.

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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I paid $18 bucks to see my first Pearl Jam show in September of 1996. The ticket was awesome. Two faces on an old style map. Awesome. Now all we get is that stupid generic Live Nation ticket.

    I recently found my Randall's Island ticket. Big map. The best were the Grateful Dead tickets, with colorful raised printing... so easily forgeable... though I was the only one not to get in, yet I was the artist. :?

    Anywho... it's now 2010 and the service fees seem to be about $18.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    I think it's realllly cool how a PJ ticket is arond $70 regardless of the seat. It's bad for some by overall it's for the better. Just my opinion.


    So it's cool that a behind the stage nosebleed seat is still $70?

    is it super cool when the rich people get to sit up front and the poor people get to sit at the back cause that's all they can afford?

    tierd pricing SUCKS
  • lockedlocked Posts: 4,038
    crticizing Pearl Jam for high ticket prices?

    Wow.. I'm just not seeing them as the focus of your venom.. hardly in the same spectrum.

    Have you seen what U2, DMB, Springsteen and most top acts charge?

    and factor in that 10C seniority applies to the best seats... not available to the scalpers

    :|
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
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