That guy has a lot of half-baked opinions. I read the Timberlake piece before the one that's ostensibly about Pearl Jam. Both articles had me scratching my head quite a bit. Anyway, his line about "running on fumes, out playing your greatest hits"-- was that supposed to be referring back to Pearl Jam? He uses this line after a paragraph about Noah Kahan, but that's obviously not referring to Kahan. It's certainly not a fair description of Pearl Jam's live performances in 2024. I don't think many people who attended shows on the first leg of the tour felt like they saw a band running on fumes, and fully a third of the material was brand-new from a just-released album, and another third or so were album tracks that no one could describe as greatest hits.
Ten Club membership is only $35 who cares. People need to reset their expectations.
If I win TC lotto once every six years, that’s $210 added to a ticket cost.
If that’s nothing to you, please Venmo it to me.
Cancel your membership and stop whinging on here. Nobody cares
Was this really necessary? This thread is 33 pages long and the dominant discussion is ticket costs. Clearly some care.
I forgot that 10 club membership s only about obtaining tickets for some people
Get off your high horse and ask anyone outside of the US about the non-ticket 'benefits' we get - even those of us just north of the border. After years of spending as much on shipping from 10C as the products themselves, and being offered every piece of merchandise under the sun, I'm glad my addiction is over. I wouldn't be surprised if EV's hair plugs are on sale shortly.
As for dynamic pricing - it's in effect because the band okay'ed it. Sturgill Simpson is an example of actually giving a shit about this. His tour opted out of dynamic pricing, and only allows face-value resale.
What's nice to see, is that Europeans have a 'sanity ceiling' clearly. The more fans excuse the high prices rather than opting out with their wallets, the more the band/business knows they can go higher.
Imagine being in a forum of a band you clearly hate
Imagine being in a forum of a band you clearly let get away with everything blindly.
What exactly are these rogues "get[ting] away with"?
Ten Club membership is only $35 who cares. People need to reset their expectations.
If I win TC lotto once every six years, that’s $210 added to a ticket cost.
If that’s nothing to you, please Venmo it to me.
Cancel your membership and stop whinging on here. Nobody cares
Was this really necessary? This thread is 33 pages long and the dominant discussion is ticket costs. Clearly some care.
I forgot that 10 club membership s only about obtaining tickets for some people
Get off your high horse and ask anyone outside of the US about the non-ticket 'benefits' we get - even those of us just north of the border. After years of spending as much on shipping from 10C as the products themselves, and being offered every piece of merchandise under the sun, I'm glad my addiction is over. I wouldn't be surprised if EV's hair plugs are on sale shortly.
As for dynamic pricing - it's in effect because the band okay'ed it. Sturgill Simpson is an example of actually giving a shit about this. His tour opted out of dynamic pricing, and only allows face-value resale.
What's nice to see, is that Europeans have a 'sanity ceiling' clearly. The more fans excuse the high prices rather than opting out with their wallets, the more the band/business knows they can go higher.
Imagine being in a forum of a band you clearly hate
I make very few posts in Porch or Given to Fly. I enjoy talking politics with the fine folks in A Moving Train. I agree with you - each year that goes by, I ask myself whether the membership fee is worth it for forum access essentially.
You must have a different kind of membership than mine. My membership allowed me to participate in a lottery that gave me the opportunity to get fantastic seats to a bunch of shows. It was a really great benefit.
That guy has a lot of half-baked opinions. I read the Timberlake piece before the one that's ostensibly about Pearl Jam. Both articles had me scratching my head quite a bit. Anyway, his line about "running on fumes, out playing your greatest hits"-- was that supposed to be referring back to Pearl Jam? He uses this line after a paragraph about Noah Kahan, but that's obviously not referring to Kahan. It's certainly not a fair description of Pearl Jam's live performances in 2024. I don't think many people who attended shows on the first leg of the tour felt like they saw a band running on fumes, and fully a third of the material was brand-new from a just-released album, and another third or so were album tracks that no one could describe as greatest hits.
I wasn't familiar with this guy. His prose is all over the place.
That guy has a lot of half-baked opinions. I read the Timberlake piece before the one that's ostensibly about Pearl Jam. Both articles had me scratching my head quite a bit. Anyway, his line about "running on fumes, out playing your greatest hits"-- was that supposed to be referring back to Pearl Jam? He uses this line after a paragraph about Noah Kahan, but that's obviously not referring to Kahan. It's certainly not a fair description of Pearl Jam's live performances in 2024. I don't think many people who attended shows on the first leg of the tour felt like they saw a band running on fumes, and fully a third of the material was brand-new from a just-released album, and another third or so were album tracks that no one could describe as greatest hits.
I wasn't familiar with this guy. His prose is all over the place.
That guy has a lot of half-baked opinions. I read the Timberlake piece before the one that's ostensibly about Pearl Jam. Both articles had me scratching my head quite a bit. Anyway, his line about "running on fumes, out playing your greatest hits"-- was that supposed to be referring back to Pearl Jam? He uses this line after a paragraph about Noah Kahan, but that's obviously not referring to Kahan. It's certainly not a fair description of Pearl Jam's live performances in 2024. I don't think many people who attended shows on the first leg of the tour felt like they saw a band running on fumes, and fully a third of the material was brand-new from a just-released album, and another third or so were album tracks that no one could describe as greatest hits.
I wasn't familiar with this guy. His prose is all over the place.
That's a good way of putting it.
When I was reading it I kept hearing the voice of Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes.
Ten Club membership is only $35 who cares. People need to reset their expectations.
If I win TC lotto once every six years, that’s $210 added to a ticket cost.
If that’s nothing to you, please Venmo it to me.
Cancel your membership and stop whinging on here. Nobody cares
Was this really necessary? This thread is 33 pages long and the dominant discussion is ticket costs. Clearly some care.
I forgot that 10 club membership s only about obtaining tickets for some people
Get off your high horse and ask anyone outside of the US about the non-ticket 'benefits' we get - even those of us just north of the border. After years of spending as much on shipping from 10C as the products themselves, and being offered every piece of merchandise under the sun, I'm glad my addiction is over. I wouldn't be surprised if EV's hair plugs are on sale shortly.
As for dynamic pricing - it's in effect because the band okay'ed it. Sturgill Simpson is an example of actually giving a shit about this. His tour opted out of dynamic pricing, and only allows face-value resale.
What's nice to see, is that Europeans have a 'sanity ceiling' clearly. The more fans excuse the high prices rather than opting out with their wallets, the more the band/business knows they can go higher.
Imagine being in a forum of a band you clearly hate
Imagine being in a forum of a band you clearly let get away with everything blindly.
What exactly are these rogues "get[ting] away with"?
I was just trying to find a harsh contrast to his original "hate" formulation. It was less about the content and more about hitting him over the head with his wording. I didn't succeed so well.
My wife and I just paid $75 for fish and chips (and sodas) in London. Perhaps that helps explain why some people don't seem to want to pay for concert tickets in this area.
My wife and I just paid $75 for fish and chips (and sodas) in London. Perhaps that helps explain why some people don't seem to want to pay for concert tickets in this area.
Where on earth was that?
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Ten Club membership is only $35 who cares. People need to reset their expectations.
If I win TC lotto once every six years, that’s $210 added to a ticket cost.
If that’s nothing to you, please Venmo it to me.
Cancel your membership and stop whinging on here. Nobody cares
Was this really necessary? This thread is 33 pages long and the dominant discussion is ticket costs. Clearly some care.
I forgot that 10 club membership s only about obtaining tickets for some people
Get off your high horse and ask anyone outside of the US about the non-ticket 'benefits' we get - even those of us just north of the border. After years of spending as much on shipping from 10C as the products themselves, and being offered every piece of merchandise under the sun, I'm glad my addiction is over. I wouldn't be surprised if EV's hair plugs are on sale shortly.
As for dynamic pricing - it's in effect because the band okay'ed it. Sturgill Simpson is an example of actually giving a shit about this. His tour opted out of dynamic pricing, and only allows face-value resale.
What's nice to see, is that Europeans have a 'sanity ceiling' clearly. The more fans excuse the high prices rather than opting out with their wallets, the more the band/business knows they can go higher.
Imagine being in a forum of a band you clearly hate
I make very few posts in Porch or Given to Fly. I enjoy talking politics with the fine folks in A Moving Train. I agree with you - each year that goes by, I ask myself whether the membership fee is worth it for forum access essentially.
You must have a different kind of membership than mine. My membership allowed me to participate in a lottery that gave me the opportunity to get fantastic seats to a bunch of shows. It was a really great benefit.
My membership allows me that too. I was speaking about my personal experience, not the masses. I'm certainly in the minority in that my musical tastes have shifted and I've hardly listened to Pearl Jam in two or three years. No sleight against the band, grunge/rock just stopped doing it for me. Maybe it'll come back, maybe it won't.
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Always thought that in this life pearl jam tickets were always priced too low - it’s only money anyway and what’s that compared to memories? 😊
I could not disagree more. “It’s only money” if you are rich. Right now, most of Europe is going through a cost of living crisis and it was very stupid to charge so much for tickets. Memories are tarnished by people being ripped off and that is what will happen in the future.
Always thought that in this life pearl jam tickets were always priced too low - it’s only money anyway and what’s that compared to memories? 😊
I could not agree more.
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Promoters will be hoping England win their group in the Euros - otherwise it could be England vs Spain 8pm kick off next Saturday..
If England finish second in the group, they will play the winner of Group A on next Saturday. This will most likely be Germany.
Will be 5pm kick off aswell right. That would truly suck If we win the group the group we play Sunday. Then off to bed before an early flight to Berlin the next day.
Always thought that in this life pearl jam tickets were always priced too low - it’s only money anyway and what’s that compared to memories? 😊
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Always thought that in this life pearl jam tickets were always priced too low - it’s only money anyway and what’s that compared to memories? 😊
I could not disagree more. “It’s only money” if you are rich. Right now, most of Europe is going through a cost of living crisis and it was very stupid to charge so much for tickets. Memories are tarnished by people being ripped off and that is what will happen in the future.
How are you being ripped off if you have a choice to buy the tickets or not. Who is forcing you to buy anything?
I totally agree with Belfast1. When I'm 90 years old, I don't want to be thinking about how I should've attended additional concerts, but at least I saved a few hundred dollars instead.
Right now I'm on a double decker bus going from Cork to Dublin to see the Pearl Jam show today, and nobody at all is complaining about the ticket prices. Everybody's just happy to be here.
I totally agree with Belfast1. When I'm 90 years old, I don't want to be thinking about how I should've attended additional concerts, but at least I saved a few hundred dollars instead.
Exactly.
Feck the money, memories are way more important.
Hope everyone going enjoys the day, I am as excited as I was 31 years ago when I first saw them 😃
Always thought that in this life pearl jam tickets were always priced too low - it’s only money anyway and what’s that compared to memories? 😊
I could not disagree more. “It’s only money” if you are rich. Right now, most of Europe is going through a cost of living crisis and it was very stupid to charge so much for tickets. Memories are tarnished by people being ripped off and that is what will happen in the future.
How are you being ripped off if you have a choice to buy the tickets or not. Who is forcing you to buy anything?
Of course you have a choice! All I’m saying is the tickets are way too expensive and that is showing in poor ticket sales for shows.
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Ballot for free London tickets is now up on Concerts for Carers for those eligble.
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hartford 06
reading 06
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That would truly suck
If we win the group the group we play Sunday.
Then off to bed before an early flight to Berlin the next day.
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Feck the money, memories are way more important.
Hope everyone going enjoys the day, I am as excited as I was 31 years ago when I first saw them 😃