2022 North American rumour thread take 2

PJNB

bbiggs said:

I mean the last two shows that I attended (Ohana and EV Chi), which were the first two shows I had gone to since Covid began, I literally could have gotten a free ticket from several people giving them away the day of the show.  That is pretty telling.

Face to fan changes that for sure though. Hard to predict how things play out with some of the cities this spring. All of them were sellouts in 2020 and it will be interesting to see how it goes this time. 

Weston1283

PJNB said:

bbiggs said:

I mean the last two shows that I attended (Ohana and EV Chi), which were the first two shows I had gone to since Covid began, I literally could have gotten a free ticket from several people giving them away the day of the show.  That is pretty telling.

Face to fan changes that for sure though. Hard to predict how things play out with some of the cities this spring. All of them were sellouts in 2020 and it will be interesting to see how it goes this time. 

I completely believe that for every show besides MSG, you will be able to get tickets very easily, and most people will even be able to land good seats, not just in the door seats.  This belief also gets stronger with every day they hold off on announcing the dates.

Weston1283

josevolution said:

Not buying any tickets when they go on sale is the new way! And just wait till day of show walk up buy at face..

This has been my plan for every show since the pandemic and I have a 100% success rate

PJNB

Does not really feel like today is the day again does it… Would be nice to maybe get a keep your membership up to date announcement or something to get the ball rolling!

lmckenney24

PJNB said:

Does not really feel like today is the day again does it… Would be nice to maybe get a keep your membership up to date announcement or something to get the ball rolling!

It doesn't feel like the day, which is why it would be great if they just drop the hammer. Let the chaos begin.

RatherStarved

No way it will be today.  Hoping for Feb 28 week.  

D-Rod

Someone said Feb 30th.   Makes sense to me . 

Noload

Weston1283 said:

josevolution said:

Not buying any tickets when they go on sale is the new way! And just wait till day of show walk up buy at face..

This has been my plan for every show since the pandemic and I have a 100% success rate

As seniority becomes less and less of a factor and if Platinum TM is the way of the future, this may be correct.

PJNB

D-Rod said:

Someone said Feb 30th.   Makes sense to me . 

That would fall under the week of Feb 28th so maybe you are on to something. 

JimmyV

Not new in any way, but I've always found it interesting that Fenway kept this link active all this time. 

https://www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/concerts/pearl-jam

mpedone

Go Animal said:

mpedone said:

PJNB said:

Falling Down said:

PJNB said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

I agree, seems pretty grueling for them these days, but then again if they play shorter setlists, maybe. 

Gotta think the shorter sets are coming sadly. 

Shorter sets in terms of total time, yes, but not necessarily less songs. Just less extending into jams (sorry Boom), like they did in Ohana. Closer to studio versions. Let’s say 4 minutes on average per song. Fits easily 12 of them per hour with some time and chatter in between songs. If lucky between 25-27 songs. 

 

Extension of songs helps give Ed’s voice a break though and 25-27 songs a night for any other band would be great. For these guys that is a short set. 

At one of the Fenway shows (I think night 2 in 2016) he mentioned that his crowd chatter is to help him catch his breath, so fewer songs, but more Ed chatter. If that means more tales like the one from Tampa 2016 about joyriding in the cars he was supposed to be valet parking, I'm okay with it.

ALL-TIME great story, and another reason why you can't sleep on Tampa shows. They're 4 for 4, as a far as arenas go.

Yeah, we got lucky in that we happened to be in town the weekend leading up to that show, and figured, "Why not?" Such a great night.

joseph33

NJ,DC,Charlottesville,Raleigh.

iOnlyownMymind

Noload said:

Weston1283 said:

josevolution said:

Not buying any tickets when they go on sale is the new way! And just wait till day of show walk up buy at face..

This has been my plan for every show since the pandemic and I have a 100% success rate

As seniority becomes less and less of a factor and if Platinum TM is the way of the future, this may be correct.

So bye bye 10c or will there be enough people that stick around because of the limited merch? There isn't any other reason that I can think of. 10c tickets is why most people are members.

uglybabo

iOnlyownMymind said:

Noload said:

Weston1283 said:

josevolution said:

Not buying any tickets when they go on sale is the new way! And just wait till day of show walk up buy at face..

This has been my plan for every show since the pandemic and I have a 100% success rate

As seniority becomes less and less of a factor and if Platinum TM is the way of the future, this may be correct.

So bye bye 10c or will there be enough people that stick around because of the limited merch? There isn't any other reason that I can think of. 10c tickets is why most people are members.

If anything 10 club will be more important if they do platinum/dynamic pricing. 

Win the lottery, ticket is $100. Lose and the same quality ticket from Ticketmaster $500+

bbiggs

uglybabo said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

Noload said:

Weston1283 said:

josevolution said:

Not buying any tickets when they go on sale is the new way! And just wait till day of show walk up buy at face..

This has been my plan for every show since the pandemic and I have a 100% success rate

As seniority becomes less and less of a factor and if Platinum TM is the way of the future, this may be correct.

So bye bye 10c or will there be enough people that stick around because of the limited merch? There isn't any other reason that I can think of. 10c tickets is why most people are members.

If anything 10 club will be more important if they do platinum/dynamic pricing. 

Win the lottery, ticket is $100. Lose and the same quality ticket from Ticketmaster $500+

Not necessarily.  That $500+ ticket that doesn't end up selling becomes a $100 ticket closer to show time and potentially in a better seat than some of the 10C seating. 

patkelly12

What happened to EV Platinum tickets is not going to translate to PJ tickets if they decided to do Platinum. The demand is there. They will sell out in seconds. Not even a question.

bbiggs

patkelly12 said:

What happened to EV Platinum tickets is not going to translate to PJ tickets if they decided to do Platinum. The demand is there. They will sell out in seconds. Not even a question.

Not for all venues.  Some markets will have far less demand, especially in this new Covid live music world we now live in.

Go Beavers

bbiggs said:

uglybabo said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

Noload said:

Weston1283 said:

josevolution said:

Not buying any tickets when they go on sale is the new way! And just wait till day of show walk up buy at face..

This has been my plan for every show since the pandemic and I have a 100% success rate

As seniority becomes less and less of a factor and if Platinum TM is the way of the future, this may be correct.

So bye bye 10c or will there be enough people that stick around because of the limited merch? There isn't any other reason that I can think of. 10c tickets is why most people are members.

If anything 10 club will be more important if they do platinum/dynamic pricing. 

Win the lottery, ticket is $100. Lose and the same quality ticket from Ticketmaster $500+

Not necessarily.  That $500+ ticket that doesn't end up selling becomes a $100 ticket closer to show time and potentially in a better seat than some of the 10C seating. 

What are seats?

Go Beavers

bbiggs said:

patkelly12 said:

What happened to EV Platinum tickets is not going to translate to PJ tickets if they decided to do Platinum. The demand is there. They will sell out in seconds. Not even a question.

Not for all venues.  Some markets will have far less demand, especially in this new Covid live music world we now live in.

Not a chance this current situation is permanent.

PJNB

patkelly12 said:

What happened to EV Platinum tickets is not going to translate to PJ tickets if they decided to do Platinum. The demand is there. They will sell out in seconds. Not even a question.

Agreed. Look at how the charity tickets sold too. Ya they are for charity but they mimic how platinum sales will go with the dynamic pricing they used. Some took awhile and had some price drops but all charity tickets sold as far as I remember. Some even sold for more than the previous price point too moving that price up and up. 

Then again covid has messed with the formula and what happened before might not happen now.