Ticket prices. This is not for you (the fans).

Jason727

Ledbetterman10 said:

I was shut out of the tenclub sale and didn't register for today's sale, so I just went to ticketmaster to see if there's any shows where they're just selling tickets (no registered presales, etc.). All I could find are the PJ Premium tickets for the 8/26 show in Noblesville, IN. Check out the prices, and where you'll be sitting if you were crazy enough to buy them...

I saw these too. I wonder if this was due in part to this show being sold prior to the Dark Matter tour being announced and therefore had a much higher demand?

PJNB

This is late in the VF sale 2 years ago for MSG. 

PJNB

PJNB

Jason727 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

I was shut out of the tenclub sale and didn't register for today's sale, so I just went to ticketmaster to see if there's any shows where they're just selling tickets (no registered presales, etc.). All I could find are the PJ Premium tickets for the 8/26 show in Noblesville, IN. Check out the prices, and where you'll be sitting if you were crazy enough to buy them...

I saw these too. I wonder if this was due in part to this show being sold prior to the Dark Matter tour being announced and therefore had a much higher demand?

This only 6K that fit under the roof there I believe. The 10% premium is likely of that 6K too but hard to prove. 

CantKeepmedown

It comes down to what things are worth to you? You can always make the choice to not go. ACDC is charging a lot less? You can go see them.  

I've given up a bunch of things over years because prices have gone way up. Whether it's going out to eat, travel, concerts or whatever. Some things you just have to decide to pass on.  Maybe if at the end of this tour, they see a lot of unsold tickets, it'll make them change things. We shall see. 

mace1229

False_Belief said:

mace1229 said:

guypjfreak said:

As a disabled person I've had to pay for 2 tickets as Ticketmaster doesn't seem to recognise the disabled button.. Incase you didn't know if I are disabled...walking.....you can email the ticket companies and they should automatically let me buy 2 tickets and one free for my career..as it is I'm up a bit but got tickets so hey ho . lolol
Tried to get Barcelona tickets but that was Fubar 

A free ticket for your career?

They obviously meant ‘carer’.   Stop being weird.  

I'm not being weird. I didn't know they meant carer. It took me  a couple seconds to figure out what you meant, because I've never heard it called carer before, only caregiver.
And that still doesn't make sense, why would they give a free ticket to a caregiver?
Caregivers don't get a free ticket when you book a flight. Why would they get a free ticket to a concert?

JimmyV

The registered-only sale bothers me more than the ticket prices this time around. 

jimjam1982

I'm going to guess Europeans just mostly make far less money then USA?

If you stop looking at the premium pricing - I feel this tour was really fair for modern day standards and incomes here in the USA. 

Noblesville is that way because it was a postponed show and has very limited seating left to start with. Most of the venue was already sold in 2023 and held on to.

Loujoe

Sorry op.
I know me and a friend are not going to pj shows. Room for more who can. It does stink though. 
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Ledbetterman10

JimmyV said:

The registered-only sale bothers me more than the ticket prices this time around. 

Same here. 

LiveAtLeeds

jimjam1982 said:

I'm going to guess Europeans just mostly make far less money then USA?

If you stop looking at the premium pricing - I feel this tour was really fair for modern day standards and incomes here in the USA. 

Noblesville is that way because it was a postponed show and has very limited seating left to start with. Most of the venue was already sold in 2023 and held on to.

$200 is normal for a US show? Wow. 

JBob87

Jason727 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

I was shut out of the tenclub sale and didn't register for today's sale, so I just went to ticketmaster to see if there's any shows where they're just selling tickets (no registered presales, etc.). All I could find are the PJ Premium tickets for the 8/26 show in Noblesville, IN. Check out the prices, and where you'll be sitting if you were crazy enough to buy them...

I saw these too. I wonder if this was due in part to this show being sold prior to the Dark Matter tour being announced and therefore had a much higher demand?

Nah it's just PJ Premium. These are around the same prices as they were listed at most of last year. Some must be selling or else they would have dropped the price. It's just a lot of demand to get under the shed and not that much capacity. 

just_one

im going to london, berlin x2 and barcelona x2 and i´ll be the first one to say this.

The european tickets are VERY expensive indeed. Maybe in the US these prices are normal but not in europe and hate to say this but u are seeing it today in the sales , specifically in london and berlin. 

Jason727

Supply and demand at the end of the day...If they really wanted to and didn't care instead of selling 10C tickets for $175 they could just put everything on TM and have it be a free for all and get $300+ per ticket (or much, much more) and they'll still sell out the shows.

jimjam1982

LiveAtLeeds said:

jimjam1982 said:

I'm going to guess Europeans just mostly make far less money then USA?

If you stop looking at the premium pricing - I feel this tour was really fair for modern day standards and incomes here in the USA. 

Noblesville is that way because it was a postponed show and has very limited seating left to start with. Most of the venue was already sold in 2023 and held on to.

$200 is normal for a US show? Wow. 

For any good band in a decent seat yeah.

If you are cool with sitting on the roof then probably get in for $75 most bands.

mookieblalock

LiveAtLeeds said:

jimjam1982 said:

I'm going to guess Europeans just mostly make far less money then USA?

If you stop looking at the premium pricing - I feel this tour was really fair for modern day standards and incomes here in the USA. 

Noblesville is that way because it was a postponed show and has very limited seating left to start with. Most of the venue was already sold in 2023 and held on to.

$200 is normal for a US show? Wow. 

Yes. Yes it is.

Ledbetterman10

mookieblalock said:

LiveAtLeeds said:

jimjam1982 said:

I'm going to guess Europeans just mostly make far less money then USA?

If you stop looking at the premium pricing - I feel this tour was really fair for modern day standards and incomes here in the USA. 

Noblesville is that way because it was a postponed show and has very limited seating left to start with. Most of the venue was already sold in 2023 and held on to.

$200 is normal for a US show? Wow. 

Yes. Yes it is.

Depends on the band. I got a lawn ticket to Queens of the Stone Age last year for $50 including fees. 

mookieblalock

Ledbetterman10 said:

mookieblalock said:

LiveAtLeeds said:

jimjam1982 said:

I'm going to guess Europeans just mostly make far less money then USA?

If you stop looking at the premium pricing - I feel this tour was really fair for modern day standards and incomes here in the USA. 

Noblesville is that way because it was a postponed show and has very limited seating left to start with. Most of the venue was already sold in 2023 and held on to.

$200 is normal for a US show? Wow. 

Yes. Yes it is.

Depends on the band. I got a lawn ticket to Queens of the Stone Age last year for $50 including fees. 

Lawn can always be had significantly cheaper than a seat from my experience. Apples to oranges.

Hankj25

I think what’s being missed in all of this discourse is that the costs to put a concert on our massive.  Back in 1995, there were no metal detectors, security was a quarter of what it is today, the building rents were likely 30% of what it costs now to rent out an arena.  The insurance costs for venues, logistics companies, etc have all skyrocketed.  I’m sure someone from the industry could tell you the costs to book Climate Pledge for 2 shows, and I guarantee you, $70 a ticket won’t cover those costs.

You also have to factor in the new world we live in.  For 2 years, the world was shut down, and all people bought was stuff for their house.  We’re still emerging back to an “experiences” culture.  People want to be entertained and travel again, and the costs associated with doing that are high. Airfare is ridiculous right now.  Hotels are more expensive than ever.  So these costs also wind up on the tour expense ledger.

As someone who dropped $3k to fly my family to Indy, to have the show canceled at 2:00pm, I understand how everyone feels when it comes to costs and expenses.  But when you step back and realize that in 2024, crap is expensive..and there isn’t anything you can do about it.  Doesn’t matter what continent you live on, inflation is global and the expense to hold concerts is massive.

mcgruff10

I paid $70 to sit 15 rows from the stage to see Bush, Candlebox and Jerry Cantrell this summer.