$10 ticket tour. PJ mentioned.
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Good read. However it doesn't say what venues this band played, but wherever it was they were able to get 10,000 fans. The tour got Eddie's thumbs up "right on"
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Yeah, thought the same thing.
$92.05 Hmmm...
just paid $171 for a pair in boston...first time by the way...quite excited. but i digress. how much did tickets used to be?
i got 10 bucks a week for cleaning the house....
thankfully i make more than that now
Point being?
The point is that unless you walk into your boss' office every year and demand that he not give you a raise because you work there simply because of the love for your occupation then you are a huge hypocrite.
In fact by your logic - it makes you greedy and a sell out.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
according to that a $75 dollar ticket today would cost about $50 in 1991...still pretty freaking outrageous
I really don't think anyone was suggesting that Ed and Pearl Jam tickets should be $10. But $90 is excessive.
Inflation, less revenue from music and merch sales plus the need to pay the wages of all members of the Pearl Jam organisation are the reason for higher ticket prices - not greed.
A Pearl Jam ticket is still much cheaper than comparable bands and much better bang for your buck.
Again... have you ever turned down a raise at work?
Did you ever say to your boss that $15 an hour is pretty good money, but I can't accept $20 an hour because that would be excessive?
My point (I have several actually) is why are you holding a rock band to a higher standard than you hold to yourself?
Verizon Center-Washington, DC--June 22, 2008
Lyric Opera House-Baltimore, MD--June 14, 2009(Eddie Vedder Solo)
Wachovia Spectrum-Philadelphia, PA--Oct 31, 2009
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Bingo....well said
oh, please. don't blame people that download music for the decline of record sales. hollywood just had a record box-office year last year and people download movies just as much as music. it's the music industry that's to blame.
chill!!!...................i'm just kidding!!!......................he probably wouldn't realize anything but the bump on his head and that his tickets are missing.
Yes I am if that person is calling the band a sell out and greedy for raising their tickets over the years to a very reasonable level when compared to the rest of the industry.
Seriously... if this integrity thing over earning money is so important to some of you guys then why aren't you backing up all of your talk with actions.
Next time you are offered a raise at work - turn it down. That way your boss can lower his prices and the average consumer can buy your service or item at a lower price.
WE are the common folk. We bust our ass for our money to squeak by on the bills. They have millions in their bank accounts...they don't need the money to survive. Hell they could probably do a world tour for free and still retire as very rich men.
You are calling out the band based on some principle that they should be this noble and altruistic group of guys and they shouldn't care about money because they already have plenty of it.
But principles don't work that way. They don't change based on the size of your bank account. You don't get to apply principles subjectively.
You either believe in them and live it or you're just talking out of your ass.
you sound like ayn rand. haha - it's a joke.
this has to be the single greatest point in a long time about the ticket price issue ........BRAVO MY FRIEND!!!
i cant stop my self from laughing about the ticket price argument people have these days ...its like we live in 1994 still ....
Maybe instead of recipes and interviews with members from other bands, even just one of the band members could say something about it in their own fan club magazine.
There are very, very, very few bands that are willing to deal with what surrounds them, while also doing their best in favor of, and for, fans. We are lucky.
People bitch and moan about TenClub sales, but instances like night 2 MSG (where the band secured a second round of tickets - don't for a second think that was TM's idea) and Philly 1 and 4 (similar situations) show such a compromise by institutions like TM, that, although the band may not have won, they drew some national attention to the situation.
In a land of capitalism, that is no small feat.
No. Not well said. They are by far more expensive than other comparable bands. The only bands that charge like Pearl Jam are classic rock acts from yesteryear whose touring days are numbered and were not as well financed back in the day.
A comparable band = a peer to Pearl Jam, not someone Ed listened to growing up. Bands like Radiohead, Phish, Green Day, Dave Matthews, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. I've seen all of these bands on their most recent tours and every single one of them cost significantly less to see. "Right on."
I hear your point but I must disagree,a compromise with TM isn't selling tickets at the same high price to different groups of people. What the hell does TM care who is paying their surcharges and fees? A compromise for us "lucky fans" would be reasonable ticket prices. So clearly the band is charging these high rates TM or not.
Also it should be noted that when they did release the second round of tickets they were not the best seats available and some 10c members got screwed because they bought worse seats through the presale then they would have through the regular TM thinking the band was hooking them up.
I may accept a raise, but I didn't preach for 15 years about how noble I am for doing my job for less than what I could ask for. If I stood on my boss's desk and said "look at me, I do my job for minimum wage, so that everyone can enjoy my services" then turned around and doubled my salary in less than 5 years, then you can call me a hypocrite.
By the way, this:
"But principles don't work that way. They don't change based on the size of your bank account. You don't get to apply principles subjectively."
is shooting yourself in the foot. I think many of the "gripers" complaints is that it seems the band's principles do change with their bank account.
I don't see a damn thing wrong with getting paid if you can. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth that they seem to have done a 180 on a lot of the things they said in the past.
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
You aren't allowed to feel that way around here. It gets you attacked, even when you have a direct quote as a statement of fact.
...oh. I mean, I love pearl jam....
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark