Dark Matter World Tour 2024

Abe Froman

kmcmanus said:

Abe Froman said:

RyGuy said:

Abe Froman said:

This is it. I’ve hit my breaking point. I’m only gonna go to the makeup Indy show. First time I will miss Wrigley but I just can’t justify spending this kind of money to travel to see PJ anymore. I have never even hesitated before. 

$200 tickets and $50 single vinyl records. Boy has this band changed. 

Good luck to everyone who is trying for tickets. 

Abe, just out of curiosity, how much was the pair for Indy? I'm sure it's been stated elsewhere but I'm too lazy to search for it

$151 each total with all fees

And knowing that, I was expecting $175 this year and was thus not stunned when they were $180.
Is $29 a dealbreaker? Totally legit if it is, no judgement. But a $29 increase isn’t gonna stop me from seeing them again if I can. Someday there will be no more shows and I’ll wish for the chance to drop $180.

I guess it is for me. For many other reasons than just the $29 increase 

troubledsoulsuniteblog

runstaples said:

I was gonna go for just MSG and Philly, but those are obviously going to be tough to get. For those who have been, would you recommend Fenway/Boston? I've only been to arenas, etc. 

I've seen PJ 3x at Fenway. Lots of fun - great stadium. The sound is meh - was good when I was on the field a few rows back. Less good in the stands. But definitely a great show and usually great setlist.

romannosaint

matt84 said:

Does anyone know when the general sale is for the UK dates (assuming you are successful)?

Friday 23rd. You will receive an email next Thursday advising if you have been selected to purchase or on the waitlist 

Force Of Nature

So many posts here it’s hard to keep up, but a few questions if anyone can clarify:

- I’ve entered 10C ticket request, this gets drawn sometime next week? Before the other ticketmaster registration?

- the ticketmaster registration - is this for public sale or still a ‘pearl jam fan but not 10c’ presale? When is public sale?

- if I get seated tickets, I could sell them on (providing I have bank account from same country). It sounds like 10c seats won’t be great this tour.

- could buy standing tickets in public sale if I don’t like my 10c seats?

- is the number of standing tickets 10c get allocated less this tour or they just expect a much higher demand?

Force Of Nature

romannosaint said:

matt84 said:

Does anyone know when the general sale is for the UK dates (assuming you are successful)?

Friday 23rd. You will receive an email next Thursday advising if you have been selected to purchase or on the waitlist 

Ah this answers one of my questions. So is there no public general sale like normal, you can only buy them via the registration and then wait for ticketmaster to email you?  So even if I don’t get standing via 10c even ticketmaster might be hard to get?

GlowGirl

Zen23 said:

What actually happens if you don't get tickets at the Ten Club presale and then aren't one of those selected for the general presale? Will it be possible for a mere mortal to buy tickets at some point in the future? Without a registered presale code?

Most likely F2F.

JojoRice

You won't be able to get standing/pit tickets during the regular public sale.  You could get lucky on F2F though if you stay persistent enough. 

mpedone

I know that historically, the pit has been 10C only, but do we know that's still true? Seems ripe for premium pricing.

il vecchio

JojoRice said:

You won't be able to get standing/pit tickets during the regular public sale.  You could get lucky on F2F though if you stay persistent enough. 

i don't think it's entirely true... i never saw Standing goes all sold out within the fan window, usually, they release tickets progressively and always keep a quote for general sale

matt84

Force Of Nature said:

So many posts here it’s hard to keep up, but a few questions if anyone can clarify:

- I’ve entered 10C ticket request, this gets drawn sometime next week? Before the other ticketmaster registration?

- the ticketmaster registration - is this for public sale or still a ‘pearl jam fan but not 10c’ presale? When is public sale?

- if I get seated tickets, I could sell them on (providing I have bank account from same country). It sounds like 10c seats won’t be great this tour.

- could buy standing tickets in public sale if I don’t like my 10c seats?

- is the number of standing tickets 10c get allocated less this tour or they just expect a much higher demand?

Manchester for example, the entire floor is GA, and you still get the warning ‘GA Pit inventory is extremely limited’. So yes, if it’s standing or nothing you’re best waiting for the general sale.  That’s what I’m doing. 

on2legs

I get the ten club bashing, but I think people are undervaluing the fan to fan perk arranged for us.  We don't have to pay additional fees to Ticketmaster to use it and tickets are limited to face value.  That's a huge benefit.  If you're persistent you can score tickets on F2F and they won't be above face value.

BloodMeridian80

il vecchio said:

JojoRice said:

You won't be able to get standing/pit tickets during the regular public sale.  You could get lucky on F2F though if you stay persistent enough. 

i don't think it's entirely true... i never saw Standing goes all sold out within the fan window, usually, they release tickets progressively and always keep a quote for general sale

Differences between the States and Europe, I think.

Zod

baccola said:

The more I think about these ticket prices the sadder it makes me. It also occured to me that when so many people on this forum post about the ticket prices being too high, there is a huge problem. People on this forum are the hardcore fans and right now, for posts, at least half of the hardcore fans seem to be disappointed and in shock.

I'll add that I see the band is still giving a charitable donation for every ticket sold, at this point, with the economy being what it is, many of the fans are almost charities. Give the money back to the fans and let them decide what to do with it.


"Tell the captain
'This boats not safe
And we're drowning'
Turns out 
He's the one making waves."

When I see those posts, the first thing I think of is, have these people gone to any concerts in the past few years?   Escalation in concert prices has been rough since covid (and already sucked before covid).   

Pearl Jam is still the cheapest tickets I'm buying this year.   U2 was 275usd for floor (would of been even more if we sat in the 100 or 200 level, those were $500usd or $400usd).  Springsteen is 500cdn for pit tickets (which we upgraded from $300cdn side stage tickets when it got rescheduled).

I feel like in the context of what's going on in the concert industry, especially with veteran artists that can fill arenas/stadiums, that the tickets aren't crazy overpriced compared to peers.   

It's just the whole industry has gone crazy.  I imagine it's a number of things, a lot to due with the pandemic, inflation, and insurance.  Those cost over everything has gone up substantially:

1)  To pay their crew a living wage, I imagine they raises the wages of the crew.
2) I imagine all the costs with touring, transportation, gear, fuel, etc.. have all gone up.
3) Venue costs have most likely gone up (more goes to the venue)
4) Venues keep taking a larger cut of merch sales.
5) I imagine insurance costs have skyrocketed to.  Look at how many veteran acts have to cancel/postpone dates due to illness now.  It can't easy or cheap to buy tour insurance any more.

I also imagine it's not all costs.  You're seeing more veteran artists adopt PJ's approach and touring less, so I think they're trying to find ways to earn their $$'s with less dates.   TM developing platinum ticketing to capture revenues that used to go scalpers was clever, but super annoying for fans.

Where I end up with all of this is.  I guess I'm lucky.  As I get older less and less of my favourite bands tour.  So while concert and hotel prices have skyrocketed, because I go to fewer shows, it doesn't have a big impact.  Whereas in the early 2000's I might of gone to Vancouver/Seattle once a month for a bigger concert, now I go to Vancouver/Seattle maybe 1-3 times a year.    I'm glad there's still things I want to go to, and dread the day I spend 0 dollars on tickets because they aren't touring anymore.

lastexitlondon

on2legs said:

I get the ten club bashing, but I think people are undervaluing the fan to fan perk arranged for us.  We don't have to pay additional fees to Ticketmaster to use it and tickets are limited to face value.  That's a huge benefit.  If you're persistent you can score tickets on F2F and they won't be above face value.

But honestly why should 10c members have to go through all that. It's meant to be a privilege of membership . Not to spend months scanning for better then swapping 3 or 4 times to get better. 

PJ_Soul

demetrios said:

Weird. I called my credit card company. They said there was a $0 charge from Ticketmaster. Then removed. 

Anyone else? 

I never got any charge at all. I've been expecting the $1 ones, but nothing so far. I'm not going to worry about it.

RW8297

My Ten Club number is 134xxx. What are my chances for Golden Circle tickets in Berlin?

JackD.

RW8297 said:

My Ten Club number is 134xxx. What are my chances for Golden Circle tickets in Berlin?

Same as mine with 6xxxxx.

Zod

Zen23 said:

What actually happens if you don't get tickets at the Ten Club presale and then aren't one of those selected for the general presale? Will it be possible for a mere mortal to buy tickets at some point in the future? Without a registered presale code?

In my experience very few if any tickets make it past verified fan anymore.   The upside is fan2fan.   10c'ers not happy with seat location, people can't make it, tickets get put up for sale you snag them. It's created a sport out of upgrading seats

Gravey1975

yorkshirestone said:

Gravey1975 said:

matt84 said:

Does anyone know when the general sale is for the UK dates (assuming you are successful)?

General sale or the verified fan sale? You don't need to be lucky to get access to the public sale!

Based on the dates for the ballot etc, I would say the general public sale will be 23rd and the verified fan presale on 21/22.

The general sale (which you need to be verified for) is 23rd feb for uk - there is no further sale after that by the looks unless tickets leftover when they go to verified waitlist I assume 

Except there will be a general sale at some point (UK at least) cos there simply isn't enough Ten Club and verified fans to sell out, for instance, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and especially not at 160 bucks a ticket.

Planet of Sound

RW8297 said:

My Ten Club number is 134xxx. What are my chances for Golden Circle tickets in Berlin?

The same as anyone else in 10C.  Seniority is for seating only.