MSG behind the stage ??

nicknyr15 · February 26

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

It changes the whole feel of the room. I know it’s nitpicking , I’m just being honest. Seeing fans surrounding the band on all sides, it’s just a certain feel and look of the room.

Lerxst1992 · February 26

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

They do, but their vibe is to be surrounded by fans. They do it well. The garden will not shake with no fans surrounding the stage

Tool does screens well, PJ, Bruce etc do fans 360 better.

I could swear I saw behind stages seats at $600 for one of the west shows. Maybe I dreamt it.

for tickets so difficult to get, it’s surprising they’d cut tickets by 20%.

Hopefully they’ll have a second chance draw for fans unfulfilled from the lottery with rear stage seats

igotid88 · February 27

nicknyr15 said:

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

It changes the whole feel of the room. I know it’s nitpicking , I’m just being honest. Seeing fans surrounding the band on all sides, it’s just a certain feel and look of the room.

I could be wrong but I don't remember behind the stage during the 2013 tour. And I had a great time

nicknyr15 · February 27

igotid88 said:

nicknyr15 said:

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

It changes the whole feel of the room. I know it’s nitpicking , I’m just being honest. Seeing fans surrounding the band on all sides, it’s just a certain feel and look of the room.

I could be wrong but I don't remember behind the stage during the 2013 tour. And I had a great time

Definitely sold all around Barclays and Philly.

BloodMeridian80 · February 27

People care about seating behind the stage... who knew? I never notice the behind the stage people unless and until they do a song for the back. All the amphitheater shows (2 or 3 plus Ohana) I've seen them at had no people behind them, and some of those shows were pretty good.

Kwieneke · February 27

Of course they put on a good show regardless, I just love seeing fans In every section. Plus that’s 2-3k less fans per show if the back is closed.

igotid88 · February 27

nicknyr15 said:

igotid88 said:

nicknyr15 said:

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

It changes the whole feel of the room. I know it’s nitpicking , I’m just being honest. Seeing fans surrounding the band on all sides, it’s just a certain feel and look of the room.

I could be wrong but I don't remember behind the stage during the 2013 tour. And I had a great time

Definitely sold all around Barclays and Philly.

I don't remember seeing people behind in Barclay's for some reason.

CO278952 · February 27

I'm sure they will sell the behind the stage sections, they just haven't dropped yet. The shows are sold out, they will get more people in the door / sell more tix by opening up the sections behind the stage like every other tour.

Haijay · February 27

CO278952 said:

I'm sure they will sell the behind the stage sections, they just haven't dropped yet. The shows are sold out, they will get more people in the door / sell more tix by opening up the sections behind the stage like every other tour.

MAYBE the lower bowl, but nobody is paying $175 for upper bowl back there. Well, maybe Philly and NYC

CC9172 · February 27

Haijay said:

Maybe they will have a cool “dark matter” backdrop. It seems weird there is no behind stage tickets. Although, whos gonna pay $175 for those? Once the price point goes above $125, there are less people going to buy them.

They would sell out as fast as the general sale did. You don't think they would sell when people have spent over $800 for premium?

steven87 · February 27

igotid88 said:

nicknyr15 said:

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

It changes the whole feel of the room. I know it’s nitpicking , I’m just being honest. Seeing fans surrounding the band on all sides, it’s just a certain feel and look of the room.

I could be wrong but I don't remember behind the stage during the 2013 tour. And I had a great time

I was behind the stage for Hartford ‘13. Bought the ticket the day of the show. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

Douglas12373 · February 27

I LOVE behind the stage and hope they get added. That said, it doesn't affect the vibes, as anyone who was in Ft Worth last year knows. Yeah, there is a bar and some standing room (and they got some love from Ed on night 2) but there were no seats surrounding the stage and the shows were just as great.

Go Beavers · February 27

With people accusing the band of a cash grab, why wouldn’t they have seats behind then?

tempo_n_groove · February 27

Go Beavers said:

With people accusing the band of a cash grab, why wouldn’t they have seats behind then?

This is why the tix are more. That's a lotta seats they had to make up costs for.

igotid88 · February 27

CO278952 said:

I'm sure they will sell the behind the stage sections, they just haven't dropped yet. The shows are sold out, they will get more people in the door / sell more tix by opening up the sections behind the stage like every other tour.

It would have been available when the tickets went on sale. As someone mentioned earlier maybe they have a different stage setup with a background?

CO278952 · February 27

igotid88 said:

CO278952 said:

I'm sure they will sell the behind the stage sections, they just haven't dropped yet. The shows are sold out, they will get more people in the door / sell more tix by opening up the sections behind the stage like every other tour.

It would have been available when the tickets went on sale. As someone mentioned earlier maybe they have a different stage setup with a background?

“Have no fear, there will be seats in the rear”

2-feign-reluctance · February 27

yosi said:

I don’t think they always had seats behind the stage, did they? During either the ‘06 (maybe ‘08?) tour, didn’t they have a back drop behind the stage with the Klausen wave?

Yes, but it wasn't tall, so there were people behind the stage still both tours.

yosi · February 27

2-feign-reluctance said:

yosi said:

I don’t think they always had seats behind the stage, did they? During either the ‘06 (maybe ‘08?) tour, didn’t they have a back drop behind the stage with the Klausen wave?

Yes, but it wasn't tall, so there were people behind the stage still both tours.

Got it. Didn’t remember that, just remember the backdrop.

SOLAT7979 · February 27

There weren't behind the stage seats at the Bell Center in Montreal in 2011. I remember it, because I was on the last side section. It's kind of weird when you're at the very end, especially when you start singing along. You realize how horrible you sound.

RatherStarved · February 27

I doubt the ticket sales strategy was to sell all the good seats and then drop behind the stage. If anything I’d expect the opposite. There must be some screens or something this time that you need a front view of. If so that’s too bad because I like the normal PJ show style better.

Sugarloafer04 · February 27

the ticketmaster site is at least showing behind the stage sections for MSG now. Granted everything is grayed out minus some absurdly expensive PJ Premium floor seats. Fingers crossed they release behind the stage the tickets! (it's my only chance of getting into night 1!)

Ryan · February 27

Some PJ shows have had seats behind the stage, other haven’t. Usually depends on ticket sales. May depend this time on stage set up, or a bit of a marketing ploy , “additional seats to our sold out shows have just opened up. Get them now on Ticketmaster!”

Kwieneke · February 27

Ryan said:

Some PJ shows have had seats behind the stage, other haven’t. Usually depends on ticket sales. May depend this time on stage set up, or a bit of a marketing ploy , “additional seats to our sold out shows have just opened up. Get them now on Ticketmaster!”

I do remember seeing that at least a few times for the Chicago shows last year posted on instagram

Sugarloafer04 · February 27

I would be shocked if they didn't sell behind the stage tickets to arguably the most sought after venue location on their whole tour...

curmudgeoness · February 28

steven87 said:

igotid88 said:

nicknyr15 said:

igotid88 said:

Kwieneke said:

nicknyr15 said:

I know it’s minor but not having arenas sold all around the stage is another strike against this bands live shows. It just won’t feel the same.

agreed. curious to see if that is really the case

Why? They still put on a good show

It changes the whole feel of the room. I know it’s nitpicking , I’m just being honest. Seeing fans surrounding the band on all sides, it’s just a certain feel and look of the room.

I could be wrong but I don't remember behind the stage during the 2013 tour. And I had a great time

I was behind the stage for Hartford ‘13. Bought the ticket the day of the show. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

That was a night to remember!

yosi · February 28

Not sure if this affects the possibility if behind the stage seats being sold, but the shows are listed as “sold out” on the Tour page of pearljam.com.

PJ_Soul · February 28

Sugarloafer04 said:

I would be shocked if they didn't sell behind the stage tickets to arguably the most sought after venue location on their whole tour...

I'll be shocked if they do open up behind the stage. Just from the Dark Matter material released so far, it looks to me like they are going for visuals on a screen behind them, plus it would seem insane to me if they were holding back tickets in that way. Sorry to say, but I feel like those hoping for whole sections to open up are suffering from wishful thinking.

KR197919 · February 28

You can talk about Ticketmaster premium etc but not selling behind the stage tickets seems off to me. Why not tell the fans that is the plan? I think it will take away from the feel a little!

Sugarloafer04 · February 28

PJ_Soul said:

Sugarloafer04 said:

I would be shocked if they didn't sell behind the stage tickets to arguably the most sought after venue location on their whole tour...

I'll be shocked if they do open up behind the stage. Just from the Dark Matter material released so far, it looks to me like they are going for visuals on a screen behind them, plus it would seem insane to me if they were holding back tickets in that way. Sorry to say, but I feel like those hoping for whole sections to open up are suffering from wishful thinking.

new conspiracy theory, they raised ticket prices because they aren't selling behind the stage seats on this tour due to whatever visuals they are planning on doing? That being said, I do hope they open behind the stage seats...

CO278952 · February 28

Don’t fear the rear

MSG behind the stage ??

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