Do PJ have the Green disease as they are getting older?

fyreguy73
fyreguy73 Posts: 168
edited July 2008 in The Porch
As they guys are getting older do you think they are getting a little greedy in their old age? Look at the prices for Ed's shows, and the boots.

Does this look like the Green disease.
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  • samnation
    samnation Los Angeles, CA Posts: 277
    More like the kids and wives disease. Plus the inevitability of them no longer touring/releasing new music at all but still wanting to support the kids and wives in the future.

    P.S. if you need a candidate for the "green disease", look no further than Ms. "$350 face value per ticket + I love Stub Hub" Madonna.
    Sam
  • InMyTree4
    InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    for as incredible as a band they are i think all there prices are perfectly resonable!
    PJ:7/2/03.9/28/04.5/25/06.8/5/07.6/14/08.6/27/08.6/28/08.6/30/08.
    10/30/09.10/31/09.5/17/10.9/7/11
    EV:boston 1+2.albnay 1.boston 2010
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    pweafer4 wrote:
    for as incredible as a band they are i think all there prices are perfectly resonable!

    Agreed. They could charge a lot more and still get great draws.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • SuzieM
    SuzieM Posts: 113
    pweafer4 wrote:
    for as incredible as a band they are i think all there prices are perfectly resonable!

    Yup. I used to be a Bon Jovi fan (please don't shoot me!!) but when I saw how much floor tickets at MSG were going for, it was a turn off for me. I'd probably still see them if they were under $100 a pop but for whatever they were selling them up? No effing way! Maybe because I'm in NYC and can just take the subway and don't have to worry about gas and parking it makes it less of an issue.
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    the bootlegs??? $10-15 for a 2.5-3 hours show is expensive? come on.

    everything has gone up in price beyond the standard 3% in inflation. thank the weak dollar and the price of oil.

    in regards to the EV tour, these are small venues with only 5% of the capacity of the arenas PJ plays. they still have to hire a crew, haul gear, and pay rent to the venues.

    i'm not saying its not expensive. $75 a ticket will make any person who has to work for a living pause and think. in the case of EV, I dont mind paying more if it keeps the annoying casual fan who is just there to get drunk out.

    PS: Coldplay is charging $125 + fees for their arena tour. how does that grab ya?
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  • moho
    moho Posts: 541
    Well the boots are cheap, 6 quid for us europeans to download a show is great! But as for tickets, prices are going up everywhere across the globe for every band, its just the way it is. Bands are making little profit in record sales so they have to keep up their presumably comfortable lifestyle by rising the price of tickets to gigs, otherwise they wouldn't make any new cash.
    JUST PLAY THE F***ING NOTE!!!
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Very reasonable prices in my opinion.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    let me ask you this

    would you work at the same job for 18 years and never get a raise?
  • 5882300
    5882300 Posts: 813
    yep, lots of cash but our choices are put up or shut up (and stay home) :(
  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    You can't talk about this here. Too many people are blind to the truth and should you disagree, you will be attacked.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,004
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    You can't talk about this here. Too many people are blind to the truth and should you disagree, you will be attacked.

    no, he put a green smiley face so people won't care.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    You can't talk about this here. Too many people are blind to the truth and should you disagree, you will be attacked.

    I agree, thats usually the case. Ignore the people that have no basis but slam you just for having an opinion. but listen to the points that other people make. if you just write them off, you're no better than the "how dare you question Pearl Jam!" people.
    -


    "In your case, I'll check my brain at the door and we'll start even, okay?"

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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    cutback wrote:
    let me ask you this

    would you work at the same job for 18 years and never get a raise?

    you call what they do "work"???!!! :p:D
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,004
    cutback wrote:
    let me ask you this

    would you work at the same job for 18 years and never get a raise?

    the reason that ticket prices keep going up is because album sales keep going down. they know they'll always sell out arenas so they're going to milk it because that's they're money maker. In 1995, their money maker was album royalties. not anymore. That's why they were able to charge such low prices in the mid to late '90s.

    But I don't know what the original poster is talking about with the bootlegs prices. I think they're more than reasonable.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • Darius
    Darius Posts: 89
    moho wrote:
    Well the boots are cheap, 6 quid for us europeans to download a show is great! But as for tickets, prices are going up everywhere across the globe for every band, its just the way it is. Bands are making little profit in record sales so they have to keep up their presumably comfortable lifestyle by rising the price of tickets to gigs, otherwise they wouldn't make any new cash.

    The boots are totally well priced. how many cds can you buy with 30 plus tracks, priced between 10-17 bucks? as for ticket sales, PJ was really great for many years keeping their prices down. the fact that they've jumped so much this year...well, i guess you can say that inflation plays a part...but i'm sure all the fees are up on their end...plus, it's gotta be nice to get paid. don't forget, a few dollars end up being donated, right?

    besides, i'd f*ckin pay double to see the MSG shows again, but everyone has their limits. good thing is i haven't reached mine yet
    After several hundred concerts spanning nearly twenty years of my life, I've finally been to the best shows of my life. PJ at the Garden 6/24-25/08
  • nuzzer1
    nuzzer1 New Jersey Posts: 1,437
    totally agree - the price is totally fair! think about all the revenue they lose because of piracy alone! Then look at what other legendary bands are charging for a ticket! Its more than half the price of a freaking U2 show.
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    i know i got the green disease... im fn' broke!
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    dude, fucking coldplay tickets face value are $125.

    COLDPLAY!!!!!!
  • TheJUGGERNAUT29
    TheJUGGERNAUT29 Posts: 160
    Rising oil prices = Everything going up in price
    6/14/08 - Bonnaroo
    6/19/08 - Camden 1
    6/24/08 - MSG 1
    8/07/08 - Newark, EV Solo
    6/11/09 - Upper Darby, EV Solo
    10/28/09 - Spectrum 2
    10/30/09 - Spectrum 3
    10/31/09 - Spectrum 4
  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I agree with the prices to see Pearl Jam, full band... but I have to admit the price to see Ed solo is a bit steep, I'm willing to pay it, but I am saying it's a bit steep.

    It's virtually the same price to see him solo as it is to see the full band... It's not 6 guys on the road, it's really just him and some instruments and a bus... I'm assuming all these little theaters have their own lighting... again, I'm willing to pay and this is just an observation.

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