I'm under 100k member and I don't argue either way. I'm not more of a fan than any other in the club. The seniority is something pearl jam lends to me, whichever way they deem appropriate.
Amy The Great #74594
New Orleans LA 7/4/95 reschedule 9/17/95
Chicago IL 1998, 10/9/00, 06/18/03, 05/16/06, 05/17/06
08/23/09, 08/24/09, Lolla 08/05/07
Champaign IL 4/23/03
Grand Rapids MI VFC 10/03/04
Grand Rapids MI 19May06
Noblesville IN 05/07/10 Cleveland OH 05/09/10
PJ 20 2011
Baltimore MD, Charlottesville VA, Seattle WA 2013
St. Louis MO, Milwaukee WI 2014
Tampa FL, Chicago IL, Lexington KY 2016 Missoula MT 2018
Just got the dreaded email - Lost :( Fenway1 was 1st choice / Fenway2 was 2nd choice
Chicago 7/19/13
Boston 9/28/04, 5/24 & 5/25/06, 6/28 & 6/30/08, 5/17/10
Ottawa 9/16/05
Austin ACL 10/4/09
Vedder Boston Opera House 8/1 & 8/2/08
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PJfanJen
Florence, SC formerly East Peoria, IL Posts: 58
Finally got my email at 7 PM. I won both Wrigley assigned seats.
1998--Alpine Valley, WI
2000--Deer Creek Music Theater, Indianapolis, IN
2003--U of I Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL 2003--Alpine Valley, WI
2006--United Center, Chicago
2014--Moline, IL 2016--Wrigley Show # 1 2016--Wrigley Show # 2 2020--Baltimore--Didn't happen 2023--Chicago United Center Night 2 2024--Chicago Wrigley Field Night 1 2024--Chicago Wrigley Field Night 2
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
So my entry still says charged ant the $188, but I haven't gotten an email yet and it does not say won. I am still assuming I did though. Am I wrong? This is oddly taking longer than before.
Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue!
I agree 100%, however my opinion is that the people who have been around the longest should have first shot on the tickets. I am sure most with a 10c number of say under 300xxx would agree and anyone over 500xxx that would argue for a lotto system. I think the lotto system started when people with high 10c numbers were not getting any tickets and were questioning why should they be members. i just think that somebody who joined 2 weeks ago should not have the same chance as somebody who joined the club in the early 90's and maintained it.
I'm below 200000, and I don't think they should do that. They've never done that. Seats have never been sold on seniority, only the locations have been assigned based on seniority. That's why everyone used to crash the website with F5, because it was a free for all. Before F5 it was first come first serve with the card system (and we all paid couriers so our cards would get back to 10c ASAP). They ran out of tickets back then too (but not nearly as bad as today). If they did do it on seniority I think you'd have to go back further than you think. For mega popular shows like NorthEast US arena shows I wouldn't be surprised if you would of had to been in the fan club as far back as the Binaural tour.
That being said the way U2 does it isn't horrible. If you were a member before the last tour (the tour before the one they announced) you go first. If you joined between the start of the last tour and the new tour you go 2nd, and anyone who joined up after the announcement goes 3rd. It doesn't completely screw over new members, but it gives a little advantage to people who have been around for a few years. I would never want to see anything beyond that and I'm dubious of using it in the first place.
So my entry still says charged ant the $188, but I haven't gotten an email yet and it does not say won. I am still assuming I did though. Am I wrong? This is oddly taking longer than before.
Same boat here. I have my fingers crossed for us. I'm hoping it means we are good to go--just need an email and the WON to confirm!
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
1995 - Auckland, New Zealand
1998 - Wellington + Auckland, New Zealand
2000 - London, UK x 2
2006 - Melbourne, Australia x 3
2009 - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland
2010 - Newark, MSG x 2
2011 - PJ20 & EV Brisbane 2, Canberra, Melbourne x 2, Adelaide 1, Perth 2
2013 - San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle
2014 - Auckland, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney & EV - Sydney x 2
2015 - Mexico City
2016 - Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Greenville, Hampton, Fenway x 2 2023 - Fort Worth x 2, Austin x 2
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korn-1
Los Angeles, transplanted from Chicago Posts: 929
Finally got notification, 7:45central, won my first choice. Wrigley reserved night 2, lost the rest... res night 1, then Ga 1 and 2. Ill be flying in from Los Angeles hoping to catch both shows so if anyone wants to swap their +1 for saturday fo my +1 monday shoot me a PM
Fenway 1- Won, Fenway 2- Lost. Live 5 miles from Fenway and over 20 years in the 10c for what its worth anymore
You got tickets to a show, are you seriously complaining right now?
Not complaining but membership is not what it used to be. I want season tickets at the 50 yard line to the Patriots, or half court for the Celtics. You know why I cannot have them? Because the people with those seats have been season ticket holders for 20 or 30 years. That's how seniority works in 99% of life. I understand people who joined the club late think they should have a fair shot, and they did once the 10c put in the 2 random rows up front. Now it is 100% random, which I do not think is fair to people with low numbers/long standing memberships
Your membership is $40 per year. The cost of those season tickets is in the thousands to ten thousands per year, (as a Cubs season ticket holder, I know) and inevitably those people lost thousands of dollars per year while having those tickets in lean years. So not a good comparison.
Yeah the membership pays for a presale, not an actual ticket.
That was not always the case. I never got shut out of any show until the lotto system started. My 10c number is low enough that I would always get seats. Back before the online days you filled out a form with what tickets you wanted in the mail and then they started with the lowest member numbers and rewarded tickets until they ran out.
There are more members now. They play less shows now. They announce tours is smaller legs now. They play smaller venues now, for the most part. There is aimply more demand for tickets now. Back in 2003, the fan club was still relativelg small. Its massive now.
I agree 100%, however my opinion is that the people who have been around the longest should have first shot on the tickets. I am sure most with a 10c number of say under 300xxx would agree and anyone over 500xxx that would argue for a lotto system. I think the lotto system started when people with high 10c numbers were not getting any tickets and were questioning why should they be members. i just think that somebody who joined 2 weeks ago should not have the same chance as somebody who joined the club in the early 90's and maintained it.
It is what it is, man. This is my 21st year and you just have to accept that this isn't the same benefit that it was 10-15 years ago. It does the band no good to just hand the best seats to longtime members show after show. Tickets are the biggest fan club perk and you're not getting new members if they're never going to get a decent ticket. They're capitalizing on increased demand. Which is impressive 25 years into the game.
Just be happy that we could basically print tickets for ourselves during the band's peak. How many bands that size before and since have gone out of their way to organize a system like this for as long as they have? Demand has just changed the playing field. Get used to it because the old days are loooooong gone.
Just got my email! I only entered for Boston 1 and got it! Just waiting on my bf now, who put Boston 2 as choice 1, and Boston 1 as choice 2.
I'm so stokeddddd!
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
So my entry still says charged ant the $188, but I haven't gotten an email yet and it does not say won. I am still assuming I did though. Am I wrong? This is oddly taking longer than before.
Same boat here. I have my fingers crossed for us. I'm hoping it means we are good to go--just need an email and the WON to confirm!
Phew, just got my confirmation email :
Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue!
I can't believe I'm planning a vacation 6 months from now. I never do that.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Congratulations! I went the other way and only won Wrigley 2. It sounds like picking Wrigley 1 first was the way to go if you wanted to get both shows.
I agree 100%, however my opinion is that the people who have been around the longest should have first shot on the tickets. I am sure most with a 10c number of say under 300xxx would agree and anyone over 500xxx that would argue for a lotto system. I think the lotto system started when people with high 10c numbers were not getting any tickets and were questioning why should they be members. i just think that somebody who joined 2 weeks ago should not have the same chance as somebody who joined the club in the early 90's and maintained it.
I'm below 200000, and I don't think they should do that. They've never done that. Seats have never been sold on seniority, only the locations have been assigned based on seniority. That's why everyone used to crash the website with F5, because it was a free for all. Before F5 it was first come first serve with the card system (and we all paid couriers so our cards would get back to 10c ASAP). They ran out of tickets back then too (but not nearly as bad as today). If they did do it on seniority I think you'd have to go back further than you think. For mega popular shows like NorthEast US arena shows I wouldn't be surprised if you would of had to been in the fan club as far back as the Binaural tour.
That being said the way U2 does it isn't horrible. If you were a member before the last tour (the tour before the one they announced) you go first. If you joined between the start of the last tour and the new tour you go 2nd, and anyone who joined up after the announcement goes 3rd. It doesn't completely screw over new members, but it gives a little advantage to people who have been around for a few years. I would never want to see anything beyond that and I'm dubious of using it in the first place.
I joined in early 1996, Binaural was my first 10c tour. I sat second row center in Mansfield in 98. In 2000 I was around 12th row, 2003- 14 or 15. At the end of the pre GA era I was in the 16th- 18th row at any New England show. As the New England shows became more of a destination I would get bumped back. I never was shut out of a show until 2013 lotto
Hartford 96
Mansfield 98 x 2
Mansfield 00 x2
Mansfield 03 x 3
Boston 04 VFC x 2
Hartford 06
Boston 06 x 2
Hartford 08
Mansfield 08 x 2
EV Boston 08 x 2
Hartford 10
Boston 10
EV Providence 11
EV Boston 11
EV Hartford 11
Worcester 13 x 2
Hartford 13
Buffalo 13
Baltimore 13
Fenway 2016 x 2
Hot Stove 2017 Fenway 2018 x 2
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New Orleans LA 7/4/95 reschedule 9/17/95
Chicago IL 1998, 10/9/00, 06/18/03, 05/16/06, 05/17/06
08/23/09, 08/24/09, Lolla 08/05/07
Champaign IL 4/23/03
Grand Rapids MI VFC 10/03/04
Grand Rapids MI 19May06
Noblesville IN 05/07/10 Cleveland OH 05/09/10
PJ 20 2011
Baltimore MD, Charlottesville VA, Seattle WA 2013
St. Louis MO, Milwaukee WI 2014
Tampa FL, Chicago IL, Lexington KY 2016
Missoula MT 2018
1st choice 08/07/2016 Boston, MA- Reserved Seating $188.00
WON
2nd choice 08/05/2016 Boston, MA- Reserved Seating $188.00
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San Diego & LA 2X, PHX, MSG, Camden, Nashville, 50th SHOW STL 22, CHI(n2), INDY, FTW(n2), Austin 2X 23......
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Priority 2 - 4 = Boston 1, Chi 1, Chi 2 = Lost
Boston 9/28/04, 5/24 & 5/25/06, 6/28 & 6/30/08, 5/17/10
Ottawa 9/16/05
Austin ACL 10/4/09
Vedder Boston Opera House 8/1 & 8/2/08
2000--Deer Creek Music Theater, Indianapolis, IN
2003--U of I Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
2003--Alpine Valley, WI
2006--United Center, Chicago
2014--Moline, IL
2016--Wrigley Show # 1
2016--Wrigley Show # 2
2020--Baltimore--Didn't happen
2023--Chicago United Center Night 2
2024--Chicago Wrigley Field Night 1
2024--Chicago Wrigley Field Night 2
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
That being said the way U2 does it isn't horrible. If you were a member before the last tour (the tour before the one they announced) you go first. If you joined between the start of the last tour and the new tour you go 2nd, and anyone who joined up after the announcement goes 3rd. It doesn't completely screw over new members, but it gives a little advantage to people who have been around for a few years. I would never want to see anything beyond that and I'm dubious of using it in the first place.
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
2000: 8/29 Mansfield MA
2004: 9/28+29 Boston MA, 10/1 Reading PA, 10/6 Asheville NC, 10/8 Kissimmee FL
2005: 9/15 Montreal, 9/16 Ottawa,ON 9/22 Halifax Nova Scotia, p9/24+25 St Johns, Newfoundland
2006: 5/12 Albany NY, 5/13 Hartford CT, 5/24+ 25 Boston MA, 5/27+28 Camden NJ
2008: 6/28+30 Mansfield MA, 8/2 EV Boston MA
2009: 10/30+ 31 Philly
2010: 5/15 Hartford CT, 5/17 Boston MA
2011: 9/3+4 PJ20, Alpine Valley WI, 6/15 EV Providence RI, 6/16 EV Boston MA
2013: 7/19 Chicago, 10/15+16 Worcester MA, 10/25 Hartford CT
2014: 10/19 St Paul MN
2016: (5/1+2 MSG, 8/5+7 Fenway)
Picks were
Fenway 2 - 1st Choice
Fenway 1 - 2nd Choice
Won Fenway 2, Lost 1.
1998 - Wellington + Auckland, New Zealand
2000 - London, UK x 2
2006 - Melbourne, Australia x 3
2009 - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland
2010 - Newark, MSG x 2
2011 - PJ20 & EV Brisbane 2, Canberra, Melbourne x 2, Adelaide 1, Perth 2
2013 - San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle
2014 - Auckland, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney & EV - Sydney x 2
2015 - Mexico City
2016 - Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Greenville, Hampton, Fenway x 2
2023 - Fort Worth x 2, Austin x 2
Ill be flying in from Los Angeles hoping to catch both shows so if anyone wants to swap their +1 for saturday fo my +1 monday shoot me a PM
Just be happy that we could basically print tickets for ourselves during the band's peak. How many bands that size before and since have gone out of their way to organize a system like this for as long as they have? Demand has just changed the playing field. Get used to it because the old days are loooooong gone.
I'm so stokeddddd!
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
1st Pick. Wrigley 1 reserved- Won
2nd Pick Wrigley 2 reserved- Won. !!!
07.08.03 MSG 07.09.03 MSG 7.12.03 Hershey 7.14.03 Holmdel 6.12.08 Tampa 10.19.13 Brooklyn 4.11.16 Tampa
5.1.16 MSG 5.2.16 MSG 8.7.16 Fenway 9.2.18 Fenway 9.4.18 Fenway 9.11.22 MSG 9.16.22 Nashville 9.18.23 Austin 9.19.23 Austin
Mansfield 98 x 2
Mansfield 00 x2
Mansfield 03 x 3
Boston 04 VFC x 2
Hartford 06
Boston 06 x 2
Hartford 08
Mansfield 08 x 2
EV Boston 08 x 2
Hartford 10
Boston 10
EV Providence 11
EV Boston 11
EV Hartford 11
Worcester 13 x 2
Hartford 13
Buffalo 13
Baltimore 13
Fenway 2016 x 2
Hot Stove 2017
Fenway 2018 x 2