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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,054
    I know in my household, expenses rarely go down from year to year.  They usually go up.  So we need to earn the same or hopefully more than previous years.  

    The band is no different.  They are all accustomed to a certain amount of revenue coming in each year and I imagine they want to meet or exceed that each year without being hoggish about it. So they either have to play more shows at the same prices or play fewer shows but increase prices.  

    If the cost of making huge amount of tickets available to the fan club at below market rates is to allow the promoter to sell select seats at premium then I’m ok with it.  I wish tickets were still $19 each but it is what it is. 
    1996: Randall's Island 2  1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2  2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel  2005: Atlantic City 1  2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 (#25) | Newark (EV)  2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4  2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2  2011: Toronto 1  2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2015: Central Park  2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD)  2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF)  2020: MSG | Asbury Park  2021: Asbury Park  2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville  2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2025: Raleigh 2


  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,406
    on2legs said:
    I know in my household, expenses rarely go down from year to year.  They usually go up.  So we need to earn the same or hopefully more than previous years.  

    The band is no different.  They are all accustomed to a certain amount of revenue coming in each year and I imagine they want to meet or exceed that each year without being hoggish about it. So they either have to play more shows at the same prices or play fewer shows but increase prices.  

    If the cost of making huge amount of tickets available to the fan club at below market rates is to allow the promoter to sell select seats at premium then I’m ok with it.  I wish tickets were still $19 each but it is what it is. 
    All of that. And hell, the lawn tix for Camden were super cheap. Take what ya can get, folks.
    35 years, 35 shows.

    Song Wishlist: Alone, Let Me Sleep, Brother, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, and the Mamasan Trilogy.

    Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08

    ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!