Ticket prices

Zod

RobbyD462 said:

A pair of GA in Vancouver was $165 Canadian in 2014 now its $260 usd for a way bigger venue.
$260 is like $320 Canadian what the fuck happened!

To be fair, at most concerts I've been too, Canadian tickets are sold at a discount compared to their US counterparts (when you factor in the FX rate).  Comparing tickets from a Canadian show to a US isn't an entirely fair comparison.

I agree on the sentiment though.  They already make more by playing venues twice (or more) as big as the usual venues, so the price increase at the same time really seems to generate a lot more revenue. 

At the same time all of their competitors are pretty much doing the same thing, so it's not like they're worst offenders of expensive tickets.

Lerxst1992

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Lerxst1992

JimmyV said:

It's a cool kid thing to shit on Even Flow. If you are in the pisser when it gets played you are missing one of the great Mike McCready solos. Your loss.

It's actually funny all the ragging it gets to me because when Even Flow hit the radio back in the day, I was very impressed with that solo, considering we just had to suffer a decade of hair bands and new wave garbage. 

Now when Jeremy followed EF as a single, damn that was the worst song on ten. And MTV was playing it non stop. Why?

buck502000

$245 /2 = $122.50 / 30 = $4.08 per song or over $8.00 per song per pair of tickets

mace1229

buck502000 said:

$245 /2 = $122.50 / 30 = $4.08 per song or over $8.00 per song per pair of tickets

But not all songs are the same length. You can;t give an 8 minute version of Porch the same cost of a 3-minute MFC. Will someone please break it down for me by song length so I really know what I am paying for.

tbergs

mace1229 said:

buck502000 said:

$245 /2 = $122.50 / 30 = $4.08 per song or over $8.00 per song per pair of tickets

But not all songs are the same length. You can;t give an 8 minute version of Porch the same cost of a 3-minute MFC. Will someone please break it down for me by song length so I really know what I am paying for.

Well, if they play a 3 hour show then it's around .68 cents per concert minute (including talking and encore breaks). Let's assume around 15 minutes for Ed banter and breaks and that gives us a rough estimate of .74 cents per minute. So that's about $7.50 to hear RVM and .74 cents to hear fast Lukin (triple that for slow Lukin)

mace1229

I never cared for Lukin before, but now that you put it that way, its kind of a bargain of a song.

tbergs

mace1229 said:

I never cared for Lukin before, but now that you put it that way, its kind of a bargain of a song.

Haha! I can't wait for the fan signs that say, "I'll give you 3 quarters for Lukin!" Maybe we could bring back the quarter rant in a friendlier way...

iOnlyownMymind

tbergs said:

mace1229 said:

buck502000 said:

$245 /2 = $122.50 / 30 = $4.08 per song or over $8.00 per song per pair of tickets

But not all songs are the same length. You can;t give an 8 minute version of Porch the same cost of a 3-minute MFC. Will someone please break it down for me by song length so I really know what I am paying for.

Well, if they play a 3 hour show then it's around .68 cents per concert minute (including talking and encore breaks). Let's assume around 15 minutes for Ed banter and breaks and that gives us a rough estimate of .74 cents per minute. So that's about $7.50 to hear RVM and .74 cents to hear fast Lukin (triple that for slow Lukin)

Now factor in the cost of travel and hotels to be able to see the shows! Now that's scary.

buck502000

tbergs said:

mace1229 said:

buck502000 said:

$245 /2 = $122.50 / 30 = $4.08 per song or over $8.00 per song per pair of tickets

But not all songs are the same length. You can;t give an 8 minute version of Porch the same cost of a 3-minute MFC. Will someone please break it down for me by song length so I really know what I am paying for.

Well, if they play a 3 hour show then it's around .68 cents per concert minute (including talking and encore breaks). Let's assume around 15 minutes for Ed banter and breaks and that gives us a rough estimate of .74 cents per minute. So that's about $7.50 to hear RVM and .74 cents to hear fast Lukin (triple that for slow Lukin)

Kinda fun to think about this when they play repeats over a 2-night stand.

Poncier

JimmyV said:

It's a cool kid thing to shit on Even Flow. If you are in the pisser when it gets played you are missing one of the great Mike McCready solos. Your loss.

Agreed

Tickler08

sheri zona said:

Y'all, I'm on my fourth, yes fourth, round of battling cancer.  I put in my two choices and I'm hoping I get one.  I wouldn't care if the tickets were $400 each....at this point I'm happy I have something to look forward to, and if I actually make it all the way to August, I'll be there with a big ass smile on my face.  To each his own.  Can't we just be happy our favorite band on earth is still touring?

It is all about perspective. I wish you all the best and hope you get front row and enjoy every show this tour!! I hope you are able to beat cancer's ass!! 

Tickler08

kaw753 said:

Now that I am in my early 40's, I have less of an issue with the ticket price and more of an issue with them being non-refundable. It is hard to know I can be in Chicago on a specific night 8 months from now. I would love to have the option to bail out and transfer to another 10C member at face value or have them go back into the pool and given to the next person on the lottery list.

Bingo!! This exactly is how I feel. I can't commit to a long weekend in September now with two kids, a profession that thrives on weekends and a wife that may kaibosh my plans at any given moment!! 
Would love an option to get the 10club tickets and be able to sell them to fellow members or something. 

Lerxst1992

tbergs said: lol

mace1229 said:

buck502000 said:

$245 /2 = $122.50 / 30 = $4.08 per song or over $8.00 per song per pair of tickets

But not all songs are the same length. You can;t give an 8 minute version of Porch the same cost of a 3-minute MFC. Will someone please break it down for me by song length so I really know what I am paying for.

Well, if they play a 3 hour show then it's around .68 cents per concert minute (including talking and encore breaks). Let's assume around 15 minutes for Ed banter and breaks and that gives us a rough estimate of .74 cents per minute. So that's about $7.50 to hear RVM and .74 cents to hear fast Lukin (triple that for slow Lukin)

To be fair, we need to include feet from stage in cost.

Since the reserveds all cost the same, yet the seniority policy demonstrates they are far from equal in value, let's add a nickel per foot from stage, and find out how much of the "value" is subsidized by us fans from day -1 but didn't want to join a club ;-)

danny

expensive in my opinion why not do tickets at about 60 quid each im sure pj can afford it i think they will make plenty of cash on there tours 

1STmammal2wearPants

Poncier said:

JimmyV said:

It's a cool kid thing to shit on Even Flow. If you are in the pisser when it gets played you are missing one of the great Mike McCready solos. Your loss.

Agreed

Double agreed. 

tbergs

1STmammal2wearPants said:

Poncier said:

JimmyV said:

It's a cool kid thing to shit on Even Flow. If you are in the pisser when it gets played you are missing one of the great Mike McCready solos. Your loss.

Agreed

Double agreed. 

Even Flow live is still the shit. Now, if I hear it on a bootleg of a show I didn't attend, yeah, likely to skip it unless it's one of the epic versions.

rey

Poncier said:

JimmyV said:

It's a cool kid thing to shit on Even Flow. If you are in the pisser when it gets played you are missing one of the great Mike McCready solos. Your loss.

Agreed

I totally agree.  Still love hearing Even Flow live.  I usually choose to step out during Elderly.

rey

mace1229 said:

kaw753 said:

Now that I am in my early 40's, I have less of an issue with the ticket price and more of an issue with them being non-refundable. It is hard to know I can be in Chicago on a specific night 8 months from now. I would love to have the option to bail out and transfer to another 10C member at face value or have them go back into the pool and given to the next person on the lottery list.

I wouldn't even feel that bad about losing out on my money if they at least let me donate them back to the 10c and were resold for charity. I'd know they didn't go to waste and my money didn't just go to waste either. How is that not a win-win?

I thought they did do something like this with unused Ten Club tix?  I know someone who wasn't able to use tix to a show in 2013 due to a serious medical issue so he contacted Ten Club to see if there was anything they would do for him.  They wouldn't budge on the refund, but if I remember correctly I thought they told him the tix would be donated somewhere or used to upgrade fans that were at the show.

IamTom

CantKeepmedown said:

I wouldn't pay $500 if Jesus Christ himself was doing a sunset acoustic show.

$300 for PJ in a small intimate, setting?  Maybe.  Not in a ballpark 

If $500 includes a meet & greet package and JC covers I Believe In Miracles I'm calling it a bargain.