i don't think $75 is a lot for a show at a lot of these more intimate, special venues. i think what we should be looking at is what we're getting for the $75.
apologies in advance to those who will surely freak about this.
i don't think $75 is a lot for a show at a lot of these more intimate, special venues. i think what we should be looking at is what we're getting for the $75.
apologies in advance to those who will surely freak about this.
$75 isn't enough for a Jamily Poster on ebay or expressobeans.com!!!!
It was $65 only a few months ago in April, but I guess Ed struggled to make ends meet and had to bump it up ..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
$150 plus add-ons for two tickets to a solo, intimate E.V. show is fair given Vedder's fame and the high ticket demand in major cities.
But, most longtime Vedder and Pearl Jam fans recall the days of reasonable ticket prices and the band's heroic effort to battle T. Master. That battle and the former reasonable Pearl Jam ticket prices were pretty sweet. Felt like the band cared about the average middle-class fan.
Take that feeling and add in the staggering inflation of the prices for basic goods and you've got a recipe for fan anger. I think that anger is fair too.
Thirdly, the $75-plus price sort of undercuts Vedder's authenticity on songs like "Millworker."
My point: I can accept the price but it is a serious buzz kill and diminishes Vedder a bit.
I'd gladly pay $75 bucks to see ed solo or Pearl jam but I live in Texas which they haven't played a show in in 5 years. :(
Texas has tons of small venues Ed could play at.
Verizon wireless in Houston
The Ridglea in Ft worth would be another great place
not too familiar with small venues in Austin or San Antone but I know there are some just don't know the names of some smaller ones.
But, Ed does not do any George Strait covers does he?
But, most longtime Vedder and Pearl Jam fans recall the days of reasonable ticket prices and the band's heroic effort to battle T. Master. That battle and the former reasonable Pearl Jam ticket prices were pretty sweet. Felt like the band cared about the average middle-class fan.
You are right! That EV of 1994 is gone, dead, RIP. I find it hilarious when Vedder lectures us in concert about "Green Disease" etc etc when he's after a buck just as much as anybody. I'm not saying that'd good or bad, it just is what it is. It's even more hilarious when Jamily try to wrap today's Ed in 1994 clothing, saying he's still that way when he's clearly not.
Vedder is not some hippie, "above" the whole making shitloads of green thing. They are closer to U2 at this point and people need to accept that.
As far as this tour's prices, EV is a legend, and apparently he knows it and is charging this because he can. And like someone else said, this will justify the $90 tickets for the next PJ tour.
this is such a ridiculous debate. it's 2008. he is a huge fucking star. he is not playing for college kids.
is it worth $75 to you?
that is the *real* question here.
Personally, I'm okay with it, just interesting how 'leg 2' a couple of months later all of a sudden costs $10 more..perhaps due to the addition of backup singers?
Eddie Vedder April Fools Tour
Eddie Vedder will embark on a small, west coast, solo tour beginning April 2nd in Vancouver, BC and ending April 15th in San Diego, CA (full list of tour dates below).
Ten Club pre-sale tickets will go up for purchase on http://www.tenclub.net/goods/ beginning at 10am PST on Monday, February 18,
2008. There are a very limited amount of tickets, so once sold out through
the Ten Club, your next available chance to purchase tickets will be during
the public on-sale.
Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at
10am* PST through http://www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. (*Note:
Santa Barbara goes on sale Friday, February 29th at 10am PST).
Fan Club members active as of Feb. 14th will qualify for the 10c pre-sale.
Due to the limited amount of fan club tickets available only US and Canadian
members will qualify for the pre-sale. We apologize to our overseas members!
Two (2) tickets per member only. No single tickets. Ten Club tickets for the
EV tour will NOT be seniority based. Tickets will be held in priority
locations, but seat allocation will be chosen at random. The base ticket
price for all shows is $65 per ticket, plus additional venue and handling
fees.
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Personally, I'm okay with it, just interesting how 'leg 2' a couple of months later all of a sudden costs $10 more..perhaps due to the addition of backup singers?
Eddie Vedder April Fools Tour
Eddie Vedder will embark on a small, west coast, solo tour beginning April 2nd in Vancouver, BC and ending April 15th in San Diego, CA (full list of tour dates below).
Ten Club pre-sale tickets will go up for purchase on http://www.tenclub.net/goods/ beginning at 10am PST on Monday, February 18,
2008. There are a very limited amount of tickets, so once sold out through
the Ten Club, your next available chance to purchase tickets will be during
the public on-sale.
Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at
10am* PST through http://www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. (*Note:
Santa Barbara goes on sale Friday, February 29th at 10am PST).
Fan Club members active as of Feb. 14th will qualify for the 10c pre-sale.
Due to the limited amount of fan club tickets available only US and Canadian
members will qualify for the pre-sale. We apologize to our overseas members!
Two (2) tickets per member only. No single tickets. Ten Club tickets for the
EV tour will NOT be seniority based. Tickets will be held in priority
locations, but seat allocation will be chosen at random. The base ticket
price for all shows is $65 per ticket, plus additional venue and handling
fees.
i think that 1) ten dollars is not a big deal, certainly not enough money to warrant the suspicion of some sort of scheme and 2) everything on the east coast costs more.
i think that 1) ten dollars is not a big deal, certainly not enough money to warrant the suspicion of some sort of scheme and 2) everything on the east coast costs more.
Thank you for the clarification ..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
It feels very uncomfortable to pay close to $100 to stand in a room full of drunk middle-class white people and sing along to EV's protest songs about war and poverty.
"We hate the war! We hate it so much, we're giving our money to... the beer vendors and EV's retirement fund!"
It feels very uncomfortable to pay close to $100 to stand in a room full of drunk middle-class white people and sing along to EV's protest songs about war and poverty.
"We hate the war! We hate it so much, we're giving our money to... the beer vendors and EV's retirement fund!"
Berkeley II was incredible!!! I'd snap that 180gram vinyl up in a minute if it was offered (wishful thinking). What's goin' on mR. 'Dweller?? Did you hit up any of the East coast shows by chance??
Hoping for a West coast announcement in a month or two...!!
Hope all is goin' well bro!
Gonna be movin' to the south, south side of SJ in about 3 weeks so we should try and hook up one evening soon.
Peace,
RM
I went to the DC show, and my companies IR conference is in Boston, I get in town at 3pm Friday, AUG 1st. So I'm going to see Ed again, lol. I few of my peers from work are going also.
Yeah, give me a ring, I'm in Campbell, a block off of San Thomas and Hamilton.
"Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)
I changed my mind, YES, $75 is too much, everyone stay home, I'll go and take the $75 hit for all of us. Just Ed singing "No More" and me in the audience blaring the chorus back to him
your friend,
beachdweller
"Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)
It feels very uncomfortable to pay close to $100 to stand in a room full of drunk middle-class white people and sing along to EV's protest songs about war and poverty.
"We hate the war! We hate it so much, we're giving our money to... the beer vendors and EV's retirement fund!"
Awesome, don't go. More tickets for me to chant antiwar songs to piss you off
It feels very uncomfortable to pay close to $100 to stand in a room full of drunk middle-class white people and sing along to EV's protest songs about war and poverty.
"We hate the war! We hate it so much, we're giving our money to... the beer vendors and EV's retirement fund!"
If you didn't go to the shows out West you may THINK this is the truth. But I will add some Facts.
He only played No More and said very little else about the war in SB which is a very ANTI War/Bush crowd.
The setlist is great, the whole night was memorable and plus look up how much concert tickets are for other acts at the same venue and compare.
Tom Petty played the Arlington a week later with his old band Mudcrutch and the tickets were around the same price. And they didn't even play Tom Petty songs.
If you don't want to pay then don't go but its not a sign of Eddie trying to take all of your money. If that was the case the tickets would be $150 and they would still sell out with ease.
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6/7/2003 (***1/2)
7/9/2006 (****1/2)
7/13/2006 (**** )
4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
10/1/2009 LA II (****)
10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
I'm sure they will be nice shows but $75 is waaaay too expensive for me. With fees, we're talkin $170 per pair. If I hadn't just seen 4 amazing PJ shows (and paid well over $1000 for tickets, lodging, gas, posters, shirt, etc etc etc), I'd probably go.
But I'm sure every show will be sold out and Ebay will have tickets for double face, so they are probably priced about right.
I'm glad I got to see Ed sing Guaranteed in VA Beach, that was definitely a highlight.
If people didn't start stealing so much music, bands could still make money selling records, and ticket prices would have stayed a bit lower.
I think the 16.99 and 17.99 prices on cd's at places like HMV definitely played a part into people stealing music. FYE is a total joke and rip-off too. Thankfully HMV is out of business here, and smaller indie record joints like Newbury Comics sell cds at relatively affordable prices, and not 18 dollars for a new cd.
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It feels very uncomfortable to pay close to $100 to stand in a room full of drunk middle-class white people and sing along to EV's protest songs about war and poverty.
"We hate the war! We hate it so much, we're giving our money to... the beer vendors and EV's retirement fund!"
So Ed should play for free? For $10? What is a fair price?
Also, I don't know if you checked the setlists from the West Coast tour, but I wouldn't exactly call it chock full of war protest songs ...
everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
I think the 16.99 and 17.99 prices on cd's at places like HMV definitely played a part into people stealing music. FYE is a total joke and rip-off too. Thankfully HMV is out of business here, and smaller indie record joints like Newbury Comics sell cds at relatively affordable prices, and not 18 dollars for a new cd.
Seems like all of the good record shops are going out of business. People need to realize that when they go to Bestbuy, they get a good deal, but they also weaken the future of indie record shops. Eventually, we will have fewer choices.
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apologies in advance to those who will surely freak about this.
Rogaine! ha ha ha ha
$75 isn't enough for a Jamily Poster on ebay or expressobeans.com!!!!
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
But, most longtime Vedder and Pearl Jam fans recall the days of reasonable ticket prices and the band's heroic effort to battle T. Master. That battle and the former reasonable Pearl Jam ticket prices were pretty sweet. Felt like the band cared about the average middle-class fan.
Take that feeling and add in the staggering inflation of the prices for basic goods and you've got a recipe for fan anger. I think that anger is fair too.
Thirdly, the $75-plus price sort of undercuts Vedder's authenticity on songs like "Millworker."
My point: I can accept the price but it is a serious buzz kill and diminishes Vedder a bit.
True dat, sister!
is it worth $75 to you?
that is the *real* question here.
But, Ed does not do any George Strait covers does he?
You are right! That EV of 1994 is gone, dead, RIP. I find it hilarious when Vedder lectures us in concert about "Green Disease" etc etc when he's after a buck just as much as anybody. I'm not saying that'd good or bad, it just is what it is. It's even more hilarious when Jamily try to wrap today's Ed in 1994 clothing, saying he's still that way when he's clearly not.
Vedder is not some hippie, "above" the whole making shitloads of green thing. They are closer to U2 at this point and people need to accept that.
As far as this tour's prices, EV is a legend, and apparently he knows it and is charging this because he can. And like someone else said, this will justify the $90 tickets for the next PJ tour.
Personally, I'm okay with it, just interesting how 'leg 2' a couple of months later all of a sudden costs $10 more..perhaps due to the addition of backup singers?
Eddie Vedder April Fools Tour
Eddie Vedder will embark on a small, west coast, solo tour beginning April 2nd in Vancouver, BC and ending April 15th in San Diego, CA (full list of tour dates below).
Ten Club pre-sale tickets will go up for purchase on
http://www.tenclub.net/goods/ beginning at 10am PST on Monday, February 18,
2008. There are a very limited amount of tickets, so once sold out through
the Ten Club, your next available chance to purchase tickets will be during
the public on-sale.
Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at
10am* PST through http://www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. (*Note:
Santa Barbara goes on sale Friday, February 29th at 10am PST).
Fan Club members active as of Feb. 14th will qualify for the 10c pre-sale.
Due to the limited amount of fan club tickets available only US and Canadian
members will qualify for the pre-sale. We apologize to our overseas members!
Two (2) tickets per member only. No single tickets. Ten Club tickets for the
EV tour will NOT be seniority based. Tickets will be held in priority
locations, but seat allocation will be chosen at random. The base ticket
price for all shows is $65 per ticket, plus additional venue and handling
fees.
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
i think that 1) ten dollars is not a big deal, certainly not enough money to warrant the suspicion of some sort of scheme and 2) everything on the east coast costs more.
Thank you for the clarification
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
"We hate the war! We hate it so much, we're giving our money to... the beer vendors and EV's retirement fund!"
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I went to the DC show, and my companies IR conference is in Boston, I get in town at 3pm Friday, AUG 1st. So I'm going to see Ed again, lol. I few of my peers from work are going also.
Yeah, give me a ring, I'm in Campbell, a block off of San Thomas and Hamilton.
Stop by:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14678777351&ref=mf
your friend,
beachdweller
Stop by:
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That said, I'm not in school and have a job, so I will see you at the Chicago shows.
Why is it only about those people?
Awesome, don't go. More tickets for me to chant antiwar songs to piss you off
Seriously though - if he brings the backup singers I'm going to combust. No joke - I've sat through enough of them for 10 lifetimes!
There's alot of Truth to this statement.
If you didn't go to the shows out West you may THINK this is the truth. But I will add some Facts.
He only played No More and said very little else about the war in SB which is a very ANTI War/Bush crowd.
The setlist is great, the whole night was memorable and plus look up how much concert tickets are for other acts at the same venue and compare.
Tom Petty played the Arlington a week later with his old band Mudcrutch and the tickets were around the same price. And they didn't even play Tom Petty songs.
If you don't want to pay then don't go but its not a sign of Eddie trying to take all of your money. If that was the case the tickets would be $150 and they would still sell out with ease.
6/7/2003 (***1/2)
7/9/2006 (****1/2)
7/13/2006 (**** )
4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
10/1/2009 LA II (****)
10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
But I'm sure every show will be sold out and Ebay will have tickets for double face, so they are probably priced about right.
I'm glad I got to see Ed sing Guaranteed in VA Beach, that was definitely a highlight.
I think the 16.99 and 17.99 prices on cd's at places like HMV definitely played a part into people stealing music. FYE is a total joke and rip-off too. Thankfully HMV is out of business here, and smaller indie record joints like Newbury Comics sell cds at relatively affordable prices, and not 18 dollars for a new cd.
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2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford
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2018 Fenway I, Fenway II
2021 Sea.Hear.Now
2022 Camden
2024 MSG I, Fenway I, Fenway II
So Ed should play for free? For $10? What is a fair price?
Also, I don't know if you checked the setlists from the West Coast tour, but I wouldn't exactly call it chock full of war protest songs ...
for the least they could possibly do
Seems like all of the good record shops are going out of business. People need to realize that when they go to Bestbuy, they get a good deal, but they also weaken the future of indie record shops. Eventually, we will have fewer choices.