Sept. 20, 1996 -- Already back on tour is Pearl Jam, for the first time since its aborted, anti-Ticketmaster jaunt last year. The band launched a short American tour Monday night in its Seattle hometown, with a benefit gig for several local schools, including one attended by guitarist Stone Gossard and his sister. Once again, Pearl Jam is avoiding Ticketmaster, and using alternative agency FT&T, which worked on last year's tour, and is again using an intricate system of local phone numbers in each tour city. We were at Monday night's show -- which ran 2 1/2 hours -- and spoke with fans afterwards.
Right. I am sure I had to hit redial a million times. But the whole show was GA so any ticket was great. It was packed on the field. If I remember correctly people were pushing up front and Eddie told everyone to take a step back or they would stop playing. At least I think it was at that show. At this point some of the older shows I have seen are blurring together a bit.
I guess this makes sense if you use play money to buy it
It really isn't more arbitrary than buying a poster or a physical CD that hold digital music. Physical tickets designated to a show can be meaningful to those who dig having a tangible representation
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PEARL JAM TOURS WITHOUT TICKETMASTER
Sept. 20, 1996 -- Already back on tour is Pearl Jam, for the first time since its aborted, anti-Ticketmaster jaunt last year. The band launched a short American tour Monday night in its Seattle hometown, with a benefit gig for several local schools, including one attended by guitarist Stone Gossard and his sister. Once again, Pearl Jam is avoiding Ticketmaster, and using alternative agency FT&T, which worked on last year's tour, and is again using an intricate system of local phone numbers in each tour city. We were at Monday night's show -- which ran 2 1/2 hours -- and spoke with fans afterwards.I guess this makes sense if you use play money to buy it
First PJ Show: March 20, 1994 | Ann Arbor | Crisler Arena