I'm quickly giving up on getting tickets. I've been checking at a fairly obsessed level but nothing like you guys. You definitely deserve them more than me.
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I got so tired of not getting tickets here, I just splurged on Guns n Roses tickets at Wash Nationals Stadium. Still tons of really good seats for that one (with Smashing Pumpkins), albeit for a pretty hefty price...
I feel Guns n' Roses kind of nailed down how to do it. They seem to have enough popularity that in most small-medium sized markets they're demand falls somewhere between an arena and full stadium. They've been going for the bigger venues which creates more tickets than they need. They also charge closer to market value for their tickets, so you pay a bunch to be up front, but can get cheaper seats further away. It doesn't leave a lot of room for scalping
I really think more and more tickets will become available as we get closer to show dates. People who realize can't use all 4 tickets, people whose plans change, people who realize they can't flip them, etc. Ticketmaster will also have some batches they release days before the events. Happens every time. May be wishful thinking, but I really think most of us, especially if you are willing to travel last minute, will be ok.
What they REALLY need to do is add another Baltimore show!
I got so tired of not getting tickets here, I just splurged on Guns n Roses tickets at Wash Nationals Stadium. Still tons of really good seats for that one (with Smashing Pumpkins), albeit for a pretty hefty price...
I feel Guns n' Roses kind of nailed down how to do it. They seem to have enough popularity that in most small-medium sized markets they're demand falls somewhere between an arena and full stadium. They've been going for the bigger venues which creates more tickets than they need. They also charge closer to market value for their tickets, so you pay a bunch to be up front, but can get cheaper seats further away. It doesn't leave a lot of room for scalping
Yeah, they definitely priced them high enough that they are not selling out instantly. I got 8th row (behind the GA pit), center stage today, and these went on sale a few weeks ago. Im not a fan of stadium shows for anyone, but Im taking my son and he's never seen them before. Im a dinosaur, I saw them back in 1990 and 1992 (with Metallica and Faith No More). I missed seeing them when they played the original Hammerjacks and the old Bayou in DC back in 87. Mostly I just love Slash, saw him last fall in a small club - awesome.
I got so tired of not getting tickets here, I just splurged on Guns n Roses tickets at Wash Nationals Stadium. Still tons of really good seats for that one (with Smashing Pumpkins), albeit for a pretty hefty price...
I feel Guns n' Roses kind of nailed down how to do it. They seem to have enough popularity that in most small-medium sized markets they're demand falls somewhere between an arena and full stadium. They've been going for the bigger venues which creates more tickets than they need. They also charge closer to market value for their tickets, so you pay a bunch to be up front, but can get cheaper seats further away. It doesn't leave a lot of room for scalping
GNR is my 2nd favorite band ever (music wise) and it pains me to say it....but FUUUUUCK GNR.
All their real fans have had it at this point.
They are a novelty act of who they used to be. The whole thing is nothing more than a cash cow, squeeze them for every dime, same show over and over, get em in/get em out shitfest at this point.
If you have never seen them, go see them once because it really is a hellava show. If you have seen them before, unless you have a hard on to see it again, there really is no point.
'I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine.'
I saw GNR in Caesar's Palace in Vegas last November. $300 ea for the absolute worst shit seats in the house. It was supposed to be the end of the tour and it was at a 3,000 person venue Vegas, so the thought was that maybe they would finally do something different or special to close it out. They charged $1,500 ea for VIP where you DIDN'T EVEN GET TO MEET THE BAND. You got to take some lame picture in front of one of those signs that celebs usually stop for photos for before big events, a piece of garbage swag bag, and a pit ticket.
It was the same fucking show I've seen like 15 times before, and like 2 months later they announced they were gonna play like 40 more shows this year. They give less than a fuck about their fans, and I'm sick of being a sucker giving them my money anymore.
'I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine.'
I saw GNR in Caesar's Palace in Vegas last November. $300 ea for the absolute worst shit seats in the house. It was supposed to be the end of the tour and it was at a 3,000 person venue Vegas, so the thought was that maybe they would finally do something different or special to close it out. They charged $1,500 ea for VIP where you DIDN'T EVEN GET TO MEET THE BAND. You got to take some lame picture in front of one of those signs that celebs usually stop for photos for before big events, a piece of garbage swag bag, and a pit ticket.
It was the same fucking show I've seen like 15 times before, and like 2 months later they announced they were gonna play like 40 more shows this year. They give less than a fuck about their fans, and I'm sick of being a sucker giving them my money anymore.
This will be my last GnR show, I really mean it this time...
I got so tired of not getting tickets here, I just splurged on Guns n Roses tickets at Wash Nationals Stadium. Still tons of really good seats for that one (with Smashing Pumpkins), albeit for a pretty hefty price...
I feel Guns n' Roses kind of nailed down how to do it. They seem to have enough popularity that in most small-medium sized markets they're demand falls somewhere between an arena and full stadium. They've been going for the bigger venues which creates more tickets than they need. They also charge closer to market value for their tickets, so you pay a bunch to be up front, but can get cheaper seats further away. It doesn't leave a lot of room for scalping
GNR is my 2nd favorite band ever (music wise) and it pains me to say it....but FUUUUUCK GNR.
All their real fans have had it at this point.
They are a novelty act of who they used to be. The whole thing is nothing more than a cash cow, squeeze them for every dime, same show over and over, get em in/get em out shitfest at this point.
If you have never seen them, go see them once because it really is a hellava show. If you have seen them before, unless you have a hard on to see it again, there really is no point.
Yah, that's how I feel too. I think this is the 3rd time the reunion tour has come to seattle. I won't travel to be in nosebleeds, and I won't pay 250usd again to be in the pit. I got to see it once. I'm happy. Maybe if they somehow put out a great new album. That might get me back again.
As much as I liked the Seattle '16 show I saw. It seemed very polished. Like they signed a contract of how much time they would spend on the right/centre/middle part of the stage, when they would spend it there, and when they would interact with the other band members. My cynical mind picked up on all of that. The wierd part is my favroute GNR show I saw was a Guns N' Replacements show in Edmonton. Might of been '06. That was back in the days where Axl showed up super late to things... Still it was an amazingly good time. They did another show in Edmonton a few years later but it wasn't the same. That '06 show was magic and I feel it was better than the reunion show I saw in 2016 (which was pretty good on it's own merits),
This will be my last GnR show, I really mean it this time...
I was at the Metallica / GNR riot show in Montreal, that was insane. I'm prob done with GNR, and I've seen Pumpkins recently also.
Has this been asked already regarding ticket prices for Rage Against the Machine? You can get GA and other good seats for around $400 (charity tickets). Would you pay that for PJ instead of refreshing for days? Like if Vitalogy tickets were that amount... I kind of like their approach, they are trying to undercut the scalping prices. I'm away for when they are in my area, but I would have gone, although they'll be playing the same 17 song set every night probably...imagine PJ did that?
I was at the GNR show at the Philly Spectrum where Axl was at the Knicks game in MSG and never showed up so people started tearing the place apart and then they canceled the rest of the tour the day after.
We swore we would never go see them again and then when they said Slash was touring with them we went to see them in the Meadowlands (couldn't get Philly tickets) and then again at the Wells Fargo Center. There were maybe 4 or 5 songs different between the 2 shows, so it was enough for me. We also got tickets for this tour in Philly. I am there to see the hits, so I am OK if they play those and mix up a couple of others, And the seats were not horrible. I am 100 level and it was not bad.
.....I dont know how much more I can do this. I'm ready to throw in the towel, another near miss today. Im already heading to MSG, Hyde Park and Zurich...but damn it I want these bad!
This will be my last GnR show, I really mean it this time...
I was at the Metallica / GNR riot show in Montreal, that was insane. I'm prob done with GNR, and I've seen Pumpkins recently also.
Has this been asked already regarding ticket prices for Rage Against the Machine? You can get GA and other good seats for around $400 (charity tickets). Would you pay that for PJ instead of refreshing for days? Like if Vitalogy tickets were that amount... I kind of like their approach, they are trying to undercut the scalping prices. I'm away for when they are in my area, but I would have gone, although they'll be playing the same 17 song set every night probably...imagine PJ did that?
Yes, I would gladly pay more for these tickets rather than have to go through this. How much more, I dont know, but probably a couple of hundred easily. I wouldn't give pause until it got over 400 each, then I might think for a couple of seconds before hitting the button.
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I saw them in Philly the other month, and yes they were amazing!
What they REALLY need to do is add another Baltimore show!
All their real fans have had it at this point.
They are a novelty act of who they used to be. The whole thing is nothing more than a cash cow, squeeze them for every dime, same show over and over, get em in/get em out shitfest at this point.
If you have never seen them, go see them once because it really is a hellava show. If you have seen them before, unless you have a hard on to see it again, there really is no point.
San Diego & LA 2X, PHX, MSG, Camden, Nashville, 50th SHOW STL 22, CHI(n2), INDY, FTW(n2), Austin 2X 23......
It was the same fucking show I've seen like 15 times before, and like 2 months later they announced they were gonna play like 40 more shows this year. They give less than a fuck about their fans, and I'm sick of being a sucker giving them my money anymore.
1) Obtain Baltimore Ticket(s)
2) Beers (many, many beers) pre-show with the F5ers
3) DROP THE FUCKING LEASH!!!!
As much as I liked the Seattle '16 show I saw. It seemed very polished. Like they signed a contract of how much time they would spend on the right/centre/middle part of the stage, when they would spend it there, and when they would interact with the other band members. My cynical mind picked up on all of that. The wierd part is my favroute GNR show I saw was a Guns N' Replacements show in Edmonton. Might of been '06. That was back in the days where Axl showed up super late to things... Still it was an amazingly good time. They did another show in Edmonton a few years later but it wasn't the same. That '06 show was magic and I feel it was better than the reunion show I saw in 2016 (which was pretty good on it's own merits),
San Diego & LA 2X, PHX, MSG, Camden, Nashville, 50th SHOW STL 22, CHI(n2), INDY, FTW(n2), Austin 2X 23......
I was at the Metallica / GNR riot show in Montreal, that was insane. I'm prob done with GNR, and I've seen Pumpkins recently also.
Has this been asked already regarding ticket prices for Rage Against the Machine? You can get GA and other good seats for around $400 (charity tickets). Would you pay that for PJ instead of refreshing for days? Like if Vitalogy tickets were that amount...
I kind of like their approach, they are trying to undercut the scalping prices. I'm away for when they are in my area, but I would have gone, although they'll be playing the same 17 song set every night probably...imagine PJ did that?
We swore we would never go see them again and then when they said Slash was touring with them we went to see them in the Meadowlands (couldn't get Philly tickets) and then again at the Wells Fargo Center. There were maybe 4 or 5 songs different between the 2 shows, so it was enough for me.
We also got tickets for this tour in Philly. I am there to see the hits, so I am OK if they play those and mix up a couple of others, And the seats were not horrible. I am 100 level and it was not bad.