2022 North American rumour thread take 2

ComeToTX

elvistheking44 said:

Black keys announced today…..it’s time PJ.

For a tour in July too. 

JeBurkhardt

ComeToTX said:

elvistheking44 said:

Black keys announced today…..it’s time PJ.

For a tour in July too. 

Cincinnati in September on a Saturday!

JBob87

3days said:

Just noticed that Pearl Jam tweeted United Center earlier today. It could be! It might be!... 

Oh man. Would be the best news in the world.

DEGBTI

hihobibo said:

DEGBTI said:

vedpunk said:

Game over folks. 

well, good thing I have my Platinum seats for $1k that are now 250 bucks for the ev show!

You thought that $1000 was a good price when you bought them, so you can't complain that they are now selling for less. No one forced you to buy them at $1000.

oh, ok 

OceansJenny

Luckytwn1 said:

OceansJenny said:

Weston1283 said:

Admittedly, I tend to take a “don’t count your eggs before they hatch” mentality to most things.  There’s a completely reasonable, and probably more likely answer for all of the above

- EV shows placed on hold due to the first round not having great ticket sales.
- We all expected Baltimore to be cancelled so it’s not really a huge surprise
- “Game over folks” plus the fact that Baltimore is starting to refund could simply mean that an announcement is imminent and that the waiting game is over 
- Plus, they’re working on a new album with Andrew Watt.  That’s not a band that’s about to break up.
- Communication still leaves a lot to be desired though, as cancellations should be announced by the band first, not people getting phone calls from an arena

Where is there indication that the first round of EV tickets sold poorly? The presale sold out in minutes. It’s the bullshit ticketing they’re doing as to why there are still seats available. If they sold all tickets for let’s say $150 it would be an easy sell out. But they’re playing this “maximize the value”, dynamic pricing bullshit game and that’s why there are tickets left.

(ps any anger is not directed at you )

This is correct. Live Nation has been clear on this point. The goal is no longer to sell tickets as fast as possible. The days of 5 minute sell outs is long gone. With the platinum/VIP ticketing, it is normal for many tickets to remain on sale for long periods of time with the goal as you mention of maximizing the total revenue. Before the pandemic, I saw The Who at MSG and barely 50 percent of the tickets were sold about a month before the show. By showtime, the place was packed.

Oh that’s interesting, I didn’t know they formally changed their mission statement so to speak. “Poor ticket sales” can’t be a complaint then anymore since they are holding out for higher buyers.

demetrios

NewfieintheUSA said:

Today will be the day!

I hope so.

JojoRice

Guess today is not the day.  Perhaps we get some news after Ed's tour. 

Gibson

I'm too lazy to dig up the last PJ communication about tour announcement. I remember that they said the tour would begin in May, but did they specifically mention that the announcement would come in January? Or did they simply say something to the effect of "early in the new year.."

tdawe

Gibson said:

I'm too lazy to dig up the last PJ communication about tour announcement. I remember that they said the tour would begin in May, but did they specifically mention that the announcement would come in January? Or did they simply say something to the effect of "early in the new year.."

“We are confirming that the previously scheduled shows in North America will start in May 2022. We are working to finalize the details of the new tour schedule and will announce the dates early next year.”

PJNB

iOnlyownMymind

So is the March 3rd or whatever it was for the Ticketmaster refund deadline still in place? If they wait until after the EV tour that would leave about a week. Would they wait that long? This is getting beyond frustrating. 

RatherStarved

Refunding my Ottawa ticket tomorrow.  

given2fly23

@LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan ...any rumblings?

PJNB

RatherStarved said:

Refunding my Ottawa ticket tomorrow.  

Announcement after this refund is completed tomorrow confirmed. 

on2legs

Lol

mattl8787

RatherStarved said:

Refunding my Ottawa ticket tomorrow.  

Funny, I was gonna do the same thing. I probably wasn't gonna make the show anymore regardless of when it's rescheduled. Had great seats too, one row behind the Vitalogy seats. Hope someone on here enjoys them when it's finally show time!

Gibson

tdawe said:

Gibson said:

I'm too lazy to dig up the last PJ communication about tour announcement. I remember that they said the tour would begin in May, but did they specifically mention that the announcement would come in January? Or did they simply say something to the effect of "early in the new year.."

“We are confirming that the previously scheduled shows in North America will start in May 2022. We are working to finalize the details of the new tour schedule and will announce the dates early next year.”

Gracias.

Ryan

For people concerned about the March 1st refund window, I’d guess that once the rescheduled dates are announced that there will be another 14 or 30 day window to request refunds.  Unless I was in desperate need for cash, I’d continue to wait it out. 

Sticking with my guess of an announcement between Feb 28 and Mar 14 if in fact dates are starting May 2022.

jimjam1982

Ryan said:

For people concerned about the March 1st refund window, I’d guess that once the rescheduled dates are announced that there will be another 14 or 30 day window to request refunds.  Unless I was in desperate need for cash, I’d continue to wait it out. 

Sticking with my guess of an announcement between Feb 28 and Mar 14 if in fact dates are starting May 2022.

This was my thought process but then I saw the F2F debacle on the EV tour.  If I can't resell and F2F is disabled it becomes a huge gamble on thousands of dollars (if you have multiple shows of course.)

If 10C chose to waive the resale rules for this tour alone I would gladly just hang on to them and StubHub what I can't use, but they won't do that so refunds or gambling are the options.

bbiggs

They're not going to announce rescheduled dates and not give a refund option and/or the ability to resell the tickets to other fans via F2F.  Far too many people have had far too much money tied up for 2+ years for that to happen.  They'd experience a major shit storm if they handled it any other way.

afgpj

The fall tour in 2013 began on Oct 11.  It was announced on July 8.  There's still time.

RatherStarved

PJNB said:

RatherStarved said:

Refunding my Ottawa ticket tomorrow.  

Announcement after this refund is completed tomorrow confirmed. 

I could live with that.  

YourDirtisMyfood

are we thinking paper tickets with a fee or just digital tickets going forward?

YourDirtisMyfood

not sure how I managed that formatting above, but anyway the question stands.

Patrick_Sea3

AFI just announced they are delaying their tour until the fall.

tschav

Refund window has been historically 30 days from the announcement of new dates, at least for multiple other announcements of postponed shows over the past 2 years. Should still be enough time for those looking to make travel plans and see what they are able to manage fitting into their schedule, request refunds from shows they will not attend, with F2F being the contingency for those who didn't refund within 30 days and need to sell their tickets.

uglybabo

Patrick_Sea3 said:

AFI just announced they are delaying their tour until the fall.

And Shawn Mendes moved his European tour to 2023. 

I think at this point they’re using Eddie’s tour as a dry run. It is a bit weird that his tour is full speed ahead, they’re tweeting about tickets for the bands European tour in June/July and we still don’t have a hint of dates for May in the US/Canada; not even rumors from people who work at the arenas. 

Zod

I think the announcement they put out in the fall was before omicron or just as omicron started making the news.  My guess is with so many months passed, things might of changed.

It's all over the place with other bands.  Some are going full speed ahead, some are delaying, some do small/tight tours, etc..

I'm guessing it could either be they are testing the water's with the EV tour in smaller venues, or waiting for the omicron wave to calm down before anouncing anything.

I does feel weird the EV tour is going full steam ahead.  Maybe he's not the dissenting opinion in the band?

RatherStarved

Ottawa refund requested.  Will think about my next refund request if no news in Feb.  Very disappointed with the lack of communication.  Can only vote with my feet.  

YourDirtisMyfood

RatherStarved said:

Ottawa refund requested.  Will think about my next refund request if no news in Feb.  Very disappointed with the lack of communication.  Can only vote with my feet.  

you sound rather starved for some touring news.