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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,300
    PJ_Soul said:
    hihobibo said:
    My son is going to this show tomorrow, and I wanted to check out how well it sold.  Look at this odd seat manipulation.  What do you think is going on here? Promoter/TM taking full rows and not selling them?  All promo tickets for radio? Very odd to have full rows unsold alternate with full rows of unavailable tickets. 

    That's what they did for Pearl Jam's second show in Vancouver.
    As someone who just went to two shows at Forest Hills thanks to radio contests, the last row or rows is likely reserved for promotional tickets or contest winners.
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,564
    edited June 17
    Looks like a way to spread people over a larger area to make it look less empty. 
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  • ZodZod Posts: 10,656
    PJ_Soul said:
    hihobibo said:
    My son is going to this show tomorrow, and I wanted to check out how well it sold.  Look at this odd seat manipulation.  What do you think is going on here? Promoter/TM taking full rows and not selling them?  All promo tickets for radio? Very odd to have full rows unsold alternate with full rows of unavailable tickets. 

    That's what they did for Pearl Jam's second show in Vancouver.
    yah, but I think the question is, were those rows actually seated like that, or were those empty rows given away as promos to put bodies in the seats.

    I tried looking while at the show, and it looks fairly full from what I could see.     I think promoters want shows to look full, so they'll start giving tickets away to fill seats at the end.
  • GB281198GB281198 Virginia Posts: 490
    https://www.npr.org/2024/06/17/nx-s1-5008701/george-strait-concert-attendance-record

    This show sold well 
  • dr122931dr122931 Posts: 461
    Tickets are crazy.  I do fine, and I’ll pay anything for PJ, stones, or MMJ.  But for bands I like, such as black keys and Nathaniel Ratliff, I’m not not shelling out 500 for tickets, 100 on a babysitter, 100 on Uber, and 200-300 on dinner/drinks.  That’s just silly. 
  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,771
    Check out this bullshit:

    April - You buy tickets for a Shakira arena show in November

    October - 6 months later (and 2 weeks before the tour kicks off) they cancel the tour and just refund your money they've been holding. But hey if you want to see her you can repurchase tickets for a stadium tour and wait another 6 months.


  • mikesbrimikesbri Toronto Posts: 993
    Yup my Gf was not happy. 
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  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,500
    edited October 19
    “Now requires stadiums” fuck off. Greeeeeeeed. I hope her fans make it the least demanded tour and get it canceled for good. 
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,771
    And it sounds like the new tour will be announced Monday. So for some period of time they've been holding everyone's money knowing they would cancel on them until they had this new run nailed down. There is no chance I would ever buy another ticket to an artist who pulled something like this.
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,656
    That's cold.  I'm cancelling your tickets, so I do bigger venues and make more money.  That's a pretty big fuck you.
  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,846
    Sure makes it harder and more of a gamble to want to travel for any show. At some point the concert goer has to take a stand to this nonsense and not go when they've been f'd over.  
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,206
    She got that tax bill to pay off. 

  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,358
    drakeheuer14 said:
    “Now requires stadiums” fuck off. Greeeeeeeed. I hope her fans make it the least demanded tour and get it canceled for good. 
    Can she really headline stadiums on her own here in the states?  Seems like this might be turning into some kind of co-headlining tour? Or, multi act show?
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,206
    edited October 21
    It’s possible. She is probably a bigger draw for Latinos in America but she does have a passionate fanbase
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