2022 North American rumour thread take 2

JeBurkhardt

Sorry for you guys that fought furiously on F2F to get those Baltimore tickets. Watching the triumphs and close calls was pretty exciting stuff. Hopefully they can take care of you somehow with a different venue or something else to make sure you get a show.

Gibson

OceansJenny said:

Gibson said:

They should just give Baltimore ticket holders a presale code to which they can select tickets to any show with availability. 48-72 hours to pick, one time code, which happens before the public re-onsale.

I like this, but what about GA. Assuming that’s all filled up.

That's for Pearl Jam to figure out
No system will ever be perfect - but if there's GA available, then have at it! If no GA available for a show that someone wants, then people still get a shot at their pick of seats before the frenzy. It's still better than what any other band would do. Any other band would cancel the show and call it a day.

Plus, that doesn't even account for all of the people who held onto their tickets that could end up with worse seats than people who buy from the new onsale...

OceansJenny

JeBurkhardt said:

Sorry for you guys that fought furiously on F2F to get those Baltimore tickets. Watching the triumphs and close calls was pretty exciting stuff. Hopefully they can take care of you somehow with a different venue or something else to make sure you get a show.

Thinking of @Saltzy23 - moment of silence for those who fought hard during the F2F battle.

tdawe

Gibson said:

They should just give Baltimore ticket holders a presale code to which they can select tickets to any show with availability. 48-72 hours to pick, one time code, which happens before the public re-onsale.

I’m a huge advocate for traveling for PJ shows, but it’s definitely the case that most people don’t want to do that, and would not consider the opportunity to buy tickets for shows in other markets to be a palatable remedy here. 

SH211703

Just add a local date near Bmore as a replacement and give Bmore ticket holders first grabs at seats.  (DC, Eaglebank at George Mason, Merriweather in MD or Philly)  None of these are Baltimore but I would still go. 

iOnlyownMymind

Still pretty crazy that it took that long to officially announce the Baltimore cancelation.  

bbiggs

I still firmly believe PJ will not announce anything until EV's tour is done.  And I still hope to be proven wrong.

OceansJenny

SH211703 said:

Just add a local date near Bmore as a replacement and give Bmore ticket holders first grabs at seats.  (DC, Eaglebank at George Mason, Merriweather in MD or Philly)  None of these are Baltimore but I would still go. 

Agree here. Plenty of good venues in the bmore/DC area.

NewfieintheUSA

bbiggs said:

I still firmly believe PJ will not announce anything until EV's tour is done.  And I still hope to be proven wrong.

Agreed, maybe we get a small tease in this week's email 

Weston1283

Makes you think that the Apollo show is still on, though.  Have to believe that all shows that couldn't be rescheduled would have been deemed "canceled" at the same time.

Also, they'll be back to Baltimore soon enough after the renovation.  They play enough shows on the east coast that it shouldn't be too hard to make this one up in 2023, 2024, whenever it is.

JimmyV

Weston1283 said:

Makes you think that the Apollo show is still on, though.  Have to believe that all shows that couldn't be rescheduled would have been deemed "canceled" at the same time.

Agreed

Gibson

tdawe said:

Gibson said:

They should just give Baltimore ticket holders a presale code to which they can select tickets to any show with availability. 48-72 hours to pick, one time code, which happens before the public re-onsale.

I’m a huge advocate for traveling for PJ shows, but it’s definitely the case that most people don’t want to do that, and would not consider the opportunity to buy tickets for shows in other markets to be a palatable remedy here. 

I agree with all of that as well. If people don't want to travel, then they still get their money back. As much as cancelling a show sucks, I think it should be noted that the band has no obligation to make up a cancelled date (as nice as it would be for something to happen for the lovely folks of Baltimore and surrounding area.)

NewfieintheUSA

Weston1283 said:

Makes you think that the Apollo show is still on, though.  Have to believe that all shows that couldn't be rescheduled would have been deemed "canceled" at the same time.

Also, they'll be back to Baltimore soon enough after the renovation.  They play enough shows on the east coast that it shouldn't be too hard to make this one up in 2023, 2024, whenever it is.

Brings back bad memories, was one caller away from winning a set of Apollo tickets 

Weston1283

Gibson said:

tdawe said:

Gibson said:

They should just give Baltimore ticket holders a presale code to which they can select tickets to any show with availability. 48-72 hours to pick, one time code, which happens before the public re-onsale.

I’m a huge advocate for traveling for PJ shows, but it’s definitely the case that most people don’t want to do that, and would not consider the opportunity to buy tickets for shows in other markets to be a palatable remedy here. 

I agree with all of that as well. If people don't want to travel, then they still get their money back. As much as cancelling a show sucks, I think it should be noted that the band has no obligation to make up a cancelled date (as nice as it would be for something to happen for the lovely folks of Baltimore and surrounding area.)

Yeah.  I don't know if we will ever see a Raleigh show at this rate.  Fortunately, I think Baltimore has a much better shot just due to the proximity of locations they have played pretty heavily in the past.

EF11

Just got the email from Ticketmaster (since I lost out via Ten Club and had to splurge on a Vitalogy Foundation ticket through Ticketmaster). It included the same blurb from the site news above, plus a note about automatic refunds: "The good news is that no action is required to obtain a refund. It will be processed to the original method of payment used at time of purchase, in as soon as 30 days."

Leezestarr313

Baltimore was the only one we had tickets for. We kept hanging onto them and looking forward to hear the new stuff live eventually. Sigh. I think my f5 finger is rusty after such a long time of no ticket buying. Hopefully another date and city will work for us.

lmckenney24

On the positive side to this, the refund pays for my (or anyone else who has/is attending EV shows) ticket and leaves $10 left over for beer. Not really a consolation prize, but i'll spin it that way. 

JimmyV

Bring on the Fenway announcement. 

mfc2006

Leezestarr313 said:

Baltimore was the only one we had tickets for. We kept hanging onto them and looking forward to hear the new stuff live eventually. Sigh. I think my f5 finger is rusty after such a long time of no ticket buying. Hopefully another date and city will work for us.

Sorry to hear this! Bummer for everyone that was planning on going to this show. Hope they make it up or you're all able to go to a different show.

Weston1283

JimmyV said:

Bring on the Fenway announcement. 

^

Saltzy23

OceansJenny said:

JeBurkhardt said:

Sorry for you guys that fought furiously on F2F to get those Baltimore tickets. Watching the triumphs and close calls was pretty exciting stuff. Hopefully they can take care of you somehow with a different venue or something else to make sure you get a show.

Thinking of @Saltzy23 - moment of silence for those who fought hard during the F2F battle.

The dream is dead.

bbiggs

lmckenney24 said:

On the positive side to this, the refund pays for my (or anyone else who has/is attending EV shows) ticket and leaves $10 left over for beer. Not really a consolation prize, but i'll spin it that way. 

You mean half a beer.

lmckenney24

bbiggs said:

lmckenney24 said:

On the positive side to this, the refund pays for my (or anyone else who has/is attending EV shows) ticket and leaves $10 left over for beer. Not really a consolation prize, but i'll spin it that way. 

You mean half a beer.

Good point. Thanks for bringing my spirits back to planet earth bro haha

tdawe

SH211703 said:

Just add a local date near Bmore as a replacement and give Bmore ticket holders first grabs at seats.  (DC, Eaglebank at George Mason, Merriweather in MD or Philly)  None of these are Baltimore but I would still go. 

Something like this is probably what they have in mind, so the fact that all they’ll say now is “we hope we can figure something out” can be read to mean that there are currently no plans to add any more US legs any time soon. I take this to be an indication that we’re going to see all of the spring 2020 dates rescheduled for May/early June, and nothing for the fall. 

Jadler

JimmyV said:

Bring on the Fenway announcement. 

!! Still recovering from my Carpal Tunnel surgery after the F2F for the Baltimore show. Definitely a bummer, but I’ll take a Fenway announcement any day now! 

Crew

Baltimore is the only show we had tickets for.. and finding out thru a link on this forum, not directly from the band (either by email, social media, etc), is what's most frustrating.

Totally understandable to need to reschedule or cancel, but I'd rather hear it straight from the source.  

Also, the wording, "[..] hope to be able to take care of fans impacted by this cancellation in the future." is very specific to not promise ANYTHING for sure.. I don't see Baltimore ticket holders getting anything special except a refund... just ask Raleigh.

stanudes

It totally does read as if us whom held onto tickets the past 2 years will probably get taken care of if they play the new venue down the road. 

BM114737

Weston1283 said:

Gibson said:

tdawe said:

Gibson said:

They should just give Baltimore ticket holders a presale code to which they can select tickets to any show with availability. 48-72 hours to pick, one time code, which happens before the public re-onsale.

I’m a huge advocate for traveling for PJ shows, but it’s definitely the case that most people don’t want to do that, and would not consider the opportunity to buy tickets for shows in other markets to be a palatable remedy here. 

I agree with all of that as well. If people don't want to travel, then they still get their money back. As much as cancelling a show sucks, I think it should be noted that the band has no obligation to make up a cancelled date (as nice as it would be for something to happen for the lovely folks of Baltimore and surrounding area.)

Yeah.  I don't know if we will ever see a Raleigh show at this rate.  Fortunately, I think Baltimore has a much better shot just due to the proximity of locations they have played pretty heavily in the past.

Some of us had tickets to both and have had friends that aren't hardcore PJ fans doubt whether to make any plans again to see them.  Hoping they can find some way to make it back to both areas and recognize the prior postponements and ticketholders impacted.  

Ultimately, it's not going to slow me down for going to see a 2022 show, but it definitely has left a mark on Raleigh-area fans that like the band but don't plan travel around them.

mpedone

Weston1283 said:

Makes you think that the Apollo show is still on, though.  Have to believe that all shows that couldn't be rescheduled would have been deemed "canceled" at the same time.

Not necessarily. This show was obviously in jeopardy because of the renovations. Maybe you're right, and they were holding off on announcing this until they were more sure it was the only one they'd need to cancel, but I wouldn't bank on that.

GlowGirl

OceansJenny said:

JeBurkhardt said:

Sorry for you guys that fought furiously on F2F to get those Baltimore tickets. Watching the triumphs and close calls was pretty exciting stuff. Hopefully they can take care of you somehow with a different venue or something else to make sure you get a show.

Thinking of @Saltzy23 - moment of silence for those who fought hard during the F2F battle.

Thoughts and prayers for all of us F2F veterans. That is time I will never get back.