Pittsburgh Show Thread

Ryan

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Chrrie

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

HailHailVitalogy

Ryan said:

gotthebottle said:

JimmyV said:

Hanging onto hope that these shows will follow the usual pattern and seats will be plentiful in the days before. Otherwise...ISO 2 N1. 

Plentiful? Unlikely... but hoping some pop up

Philly 1 and 2 had a massive face value drop on the afternoon of Philly 1.  Side stage tickets sat for hours.  

They were premiums though at $287 eventually down to $225. I bought a $225 for Philly 2 at 3pm.

i have a gut feeling it might be different this year, and not for the better

JimmyV

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

We're not all trying for GA. I'm looking for a solid pair of aisle seats.

Chrrie

JimmyV said:

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

We're not all trying for GA. I'm looking for a solid pair of aisle seats.

I mean a solid pair of aisle seats will have just as much competition as GA, GA people will even buy those for trade bait 

DR108002

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SVRDhand13

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

I've been desperately seeking any tix which don't have a limited view, nevermind GA. 

Leezestarr313

Still trying to find two for PITT 1. We are coming for that weekend and will be happy to just be in the building.

given2flym

SVRDhand13 said:

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

I've been desperately seeking any tix which don't have a limited view, nevermind GA. 

I think that’s the point trying to be made here: GA, good aisle seats, bad middle seats, uppers…all tickets, are harder to get now because of these seemingly arbitrary restrictions and hoops and hurdles that are being put in place by Ticketmaster et al. 

Hurls15

given2flym said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

I've been desperately seeking any tix which don't have a limited view, nevermind GA. 

I think that’s the point trying to be made here: GA, good aisle seats, bad middle seats, uppers…all tickets, are harder to get now because of these seemingly arbitrary restrictions and hoops and hurdles that are being put in place by Ticketmaster et al. 

It also seems like more 10C members put in for more /all of the shows on this mini tour (compared to the 2022 /2024 tours) knowing that they could either sell to friends/use as trade bait or (more nefariously) to sell on the secondary market now that this is widespread after 2024.  It really is disheartening to see fan club tix being resold on the secondary market.  Too many people just looking to make $$$ for being lucky enough to have won tix in the lottery or through verified fan (or whatever it is now).  Society, you're a crazy breed.

I love how StubHub adds the little disclaimer that in purchasing tickets you have to enter with the ticket purchaser.  Taking steps to limit its liability should the tickets be cancelled.  While I know that it won't happen, I would love for the band to cancel all 10C tickets being resold on a third party site.  Just once.  It would send a message. Couple that with cancellation of 10C membership for those that sold their tickets on these third party sites for $$$$ at the expense of others.  Again, just once.

While I am supportive of third party resale sites and think they provide a service to those looking for tickets, selling fan club tix there is where the line is crossed IMO. 

Anyway, really looking forward to the Pittsburgh shows (Friday tix in hand, on the hunt for Sunday)! 

Ryan

HailHailVitalogy said:

Ryan said:

gotthebottle said:

JimmyV said:

Hanging onto hope that these shows will follow the usual pattern and seats will be plentiful in the days before. Otherwise...ISO 2 N1. 

Plentiful? Unlikely... but hoping some pop up

Philly 1 and 2 had a massive face value drop on the afternoon of Philly 1.  Side stage tickets sat for hours.  

They were premiums though at $287 eventually down to $225. I bought a $225 for Philly 2 at 3pm.

i have a gut feeling it might be different this year, and not for the better

Not true.  Philly had tons of face value right beside the stage for $185 or whatever it was. Both shows dropped on the Saturday afternoon.  These were “obstructed view” but side stage.  Perhaps the wing sections in front of the stage were premiums. 

Chrrie

Hurls15 said:

given2flym said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

I've been desperately seeking any tix which don't have a limited view, nevermind GA. 

I think that’s the point trying to be made here: GA, good aisle seats, bad middle seats, uppers…all tickets, are harder to get now because of these seemingly arbitrary restrictions and hoops and hurdles that are being put in place by Ticketmaster et al. 

It also seems like more 10C members put in for more /all of the shows on this mini tour (compared to the 2022 /2024 tours) knowing that they could either sell to friends/use as trade bait or (more nefariously) to sell on the secondary market now that this is widespread after 2024.  It really is disheartening to see fan club tix being resold on the secondary market.  Too many people just looking to make $$$ for being lucky enough to have won tix in the lottery or through verified fan (or whatever it is now).  Society, you're a crazy breed.

I love how StubHub adds the little disclaimer that in purchasing tickets you have to enter with the ticket purchaser.  Taking steps to limit its liability should the tickets be cancelled.  While I know that it won't happen, I would love for the band to cancel all 10C tickets being resold on a third party site.  Just once.  It would send a message. Couple that with cancellation of 10C membership for those that sold their tickets on these third party sites for $$$$ at the expense of others.  Again, just once.

While I am supportive of third party resale sites and think they provide a service to those looking for tickets, selling fan club tix there is where the line is crossed IMO. 

Anyway, really looking forward to the Pittsburgh shows (Friday tix in hand, on the hunt for Sunday)! 

People will keep putting in for everything as long as there is a limited amount of shows or until the 10c limits how many shows you can request, or brings back priority and just awards you your top X choices where X is determined by demand. But something tells me they want people to request everything because they sell more tickets to those who use GA for trading. I’m honestly (pleasantly) surprised they limited us to one MSG show last year. 

I wish they would cancel or will call tickets on third party sites too. I have been sending them screenshots of scalped ten club tickets with exact seat numbers, so I can only assume they don’t care or their scope to do that is limited. But I think if we could unravel things you will see that the vast majority of the 10c tickets on those third party sites are tickets gotten the old fashioned way with ticket bots by professional scalpers through fan to fan which is why when people buy those tickets they’re getting a link sent to them, not walking in with someone or getting account credentials. Obviously there are most likely scalpers with ten club memberships too but they don’t even need to be with how easy it is for them to buy literally anything they want from fan to fan. 

I don’t know what the solution should be at this point but almost anything is better than what they’re doing now which is nothing. 

kmcmanus

Ryan said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

Ryan said:

gotthebottle said:

JimmyV said:

Hanging onto hope that these shows will follow the usual pattern and seats will be plentiful in the days before. Otherwise...ISO 2 N1. 

Plentiful? Unlikely... but hoping some pop up

Philly 1 and 2 had a massive face value drop on the afternoon of Philly 1.  Side stage tickets sat for hours.  

They were premiums though at $287 eventually down to $225. I bought a $225 for Philly 2 at 3pm.

i have a gut feeling it might be different this year, and not for the better

Not true.  Philly had tons of face value right beside the stage for $185 or whatever it was. Both shows dropped on the Saturday afternoon.  These were “obstructed view” but side stage.  Perhaps the wing sections in front of the stage were premiums. 

Philly was surrounded by Chicago, Indy, MSG, Baltimore & Boston (2 nights each for 4 of the 5 cities) while Pitt is the only action this year for the entire Northeast, Rust Belt, Midwest & Canada. I’m not sure the demand is comparable.

SVRDhand13

kmcmanus said:

Ryan said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

Ryan said:

gotthebottle said:

JimmyV said:

Hanging onto hope that these shows will follow the usual pattern and seats will be plentiful in the days before. Otherwise...ISO 2 N1. 

Plentiful? Unlikely... but hoping some pop up

Philly 1 and 2 had a massive face value drop on the afternoon of Philly 1.  Side stage tickets sat for hours.  

They were premiums though at $287 eventually down to $225. I bought a $225 for Philly 2 at 3pm.

i have a gut feeling it might be different this year, and not for the better

Not true.  Philly had tons of face value right beside the stage for $185 or whatever it was. Both shows dropped on the Saturday afternoon.  These were “obstructed view” but side stage.  Perhaps the wing sections in front of the stage were premiums. 

Philly was surrounded by Chicago, Indy, MSG, Baltimore & Boston (2 nights each for 4 of the 5 cities) while Pitt is the only action this year for the entire Northeast, Rust Belt, Midwest & Canada. I’m not sure the demand is comparable.

Ugh I'm going to be sick lol

gotthebottle

kmcmanus said:

Ryan said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

Ryan said:

gotthebottle said:

JimmyV said:

Hanging onto hope that these shows will follow the usual pattern and seats will be plentiful in the days before. Otherwise...ISO 2 N1. 

Plentiful? Unlikely... but hoping some pop up

Philly 1 and 2 had a massive face value drop on the afternoon of Philly 1.  Side stage tickets sat for hours.  

They were premiums though at $287 eventually down to $225. I bought a $225 for Philly 2 at 3pm.

i have a gut feeling it might be different this year, and not for the better

Not true.  Philly had tons of face value right beside the stage for $185 or whatever it was. Both shows dropped on the Saturday afternoon.  These were “obstructed view” but side stage.  Perhaps the wing sections in front of the stage were premiums. 

Philly was surrounded by Chicago, Indy, MSG, Baltimore & Boston (2 nights each for 4 of the 5 cities) while Pitt is the only action this year for the entire Northeast, Rust Belt, Midwest & Canada. I’m not sure the demand is comparable.

This is true

jimjam1982

ISO 1 each night. F2F is wearing me out. Seat is irrelevant at this point. 

jimjam1982

Chrrie said:

Hurls15 said:

given2flym said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Chrrie said:

Ryan said:

Bots aren’t snapping up tickets that are released the afternoon of the show.  Especially when TM drops hundreds of “obstructed view” or friends + family unused. 

Right but there are people who are really really fast and now if I have to leave the show page and come back in to reset the map every 3 minutes, or whatever, I’m not consistently beating those people anymore especially when you’re all vying for a limited amount of GA tickets. 

I've been desperately seeking any tix which don't have a limited view, nevermind GA. 

I think that’s the point trying to be made here: GA, good aisle seats, bad middle seats, uppers…all tickets, are harder to get now because of these seemingly arbitrary restrictions and hoops and hurdles that are being put in place by Ticketmaster et al. 

It also seems like more 10C members put in for more /all of the shows on this mini tour (compared to the 2022 /2024 tours) knowing that they could either sell to friends/use as trade bait or (more nefariously) to sell on the secondary market now that this is widespread after 2024.  It really is disheartening to see fan club tix being resold on the secondary market.  Too many people just looking to make $$$ for being lucky enough to have won tix in the lottery or through verified fan (or whatever it is now).  Society, you're a crazy breed.

I love how StubHub adds the little disclaimer that in purchasing tickets you have to enter with the ticket purchaser.  Taking steps to limit its liability should the tickets be cancelled.  While I know that it won't happen, I would love for the band to cancel all 10C tickets being resold on a third party site.  Just once.  It would send a message. Couple that with cancellation of 10C membership for those that sold their tickets on these third party sites for $$$$ at the expense of others.  Again, just once.

While I am supportive of third party resale sites and think they provide a service to those looking for tickets, selling fan club tix there is where the line is crossed IMO. 

Anyway, really looking forward to the Pittsburgh shows (Friday tix in hand, on the hunt for Sunday)! 

People will keep putting in for everything as long as there is a limited amount of shows or until the 10c limits how many shows you can request, or brings back priority and just awards you your top X choices where X is determined by demand. But something tells me they want people to request everything because they sell more tickets to those who use GA for trading. I’m honestly (pleasantly) surprised they limited us to one MSG show last year. 

I wish they would cancel or will call tickets on third party sites too. I have been sending them screenshots of scalped ten club tickets with exact seat numbers, so I can only assume they don’t care or their scope to do that is limited. But I think if we could unravel things you will see that the vast majority of the 10c tickets on those third party sites are tickets gotten the old fashioned way with ticket bots by professional scalpers through fan to fan which is why when people buy those tickets they’re getting a link sent to them, not walking in with someone or getting account credentials. Obviously there are most likely scalpers with ten club memberships too but they don’t even need to be with how easy it is for them to buy literally anything they want from fan to fan. 

I don’t know what the solution should be at this point but almost anything is better than what they’re doing now which is nothing. 

Other bands cancel tickets sold on third party sites. They should be doing this and giving everyone who lost out on 10c lottery another Crack at it with new codes. Frustrating they aren't managing it at all.

julieooliern

jimjam1982 said:

ISO 1 each night. F2F is wearing me out. Seat is irrelevant at this point. 

+1

gotthebottle

jimjam1982 said:

ISO 1 each night. F2F is wearing me out. Seat is irrelevant at this point. 

Just stop going to TM so often as there is no reason to check 10x day until closer to show. Will save you some stress

Ryan

gotthebottle said:

kmcmanus said:

Ryan said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

Ryan said:

gotthebottle said:

JimmyV said:

Hanging onto hope that these shows will follow the usual pattern and seats will be plentiful in the days before. Otherwise...ISO 2 N1. 

Plentiful? Unlikely... but hoping some pop up

Philly 1 and 2 had a massive face value drop on the afternoon of Philly 1.  Side stage tickets sat for hours.  

They were premiums though at $287 eventually down to $225. I bought a $225 for Philly 2 at 3pm.

i have a gut feeling it might be different this year, and not for the better

Not true.  Philly had tons of face value right beside the stage for $185 or whatever it was. Both shows dropped on the Saturday afternoon.  These were “obstructed view” but side stage.  Perhaps the wing sections in front of the stage were premiums. 

Philly was surrounded by Chicago, Indy, MSG, Baltimore & Boston (2 nights each for 4 of the 5 cities) while Pitt is the only action this year for the entire Northeast, Rust Belt, Midwest & Canada. I’m not sure the demand is comparable.

This is true

Counter - many people were “touring” and doing a bunch of shows last year and Philly and the cities around it on the tour (New York, Chicago) are more popular tourist destinations than Pittsburgh.  

Additionally, if TM drops tickets at 2 pm the day of Pitt 1, not sure how many people are hopping in their car and driving to Pittsburgh.