Miss the Old Days of $38 Tickets

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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I still remember $23 tickets in 1998. So if Pearl Jam keeps tripling prices every ten years, are we looking forward to a Rolling Stones like $240 a ticket per show for their 25th anniversary tour. ;)
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • emperor penguin
    emperor penguin Posts: 197
    in my profile it says i paid 233.00 two pair of tix, one to toronto and one to hamilton. i can live with 150.00, I'm only going to 3 shows this spring/summer PJ, REM and Bruce, so I can splurge.
    I like bands.
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    Jesika537 wrote:
    I'm ok with paing $148 to see my 2 favorite bands together... If it weren't for KOL I might say this was a little high.
    are you fucking high? what acts are worth seeing under 70 a ticket?
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    whoYOUare wrote:
    who cares?
    $150 for two tickets to sit in the top 30 rows for one of the best live acts going?
    c'mon you'll pay $150 (or more) per ticket for the same seats to see most bands in PJ's class
    be thankful we're getting a pre-sale at all

    who cares... ill tell you who..Me! Considering they gave us four days notice (i get paid first of the month, like most people) So i had to do some wheeling and dealing..... I knew that msg was gonna be pricey ... Just didnt think that the florida shows would be 75 a pop


    I would never spend 150 a pair to see ANY other band other than pearl jam, Its silly...... Had pearl jam not roped me in in early years with decent concert prices and awesome music.. i wouldnt be in this situation :P
  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,778
    Would people prefer they try and get corporate sponsership for their tours and thus reduce the ticket cost?

    SHOW COUNT: (170) 1990's=3, 2000's=53, 2010/20's=114, US=124, CAN=15, Europe=20 ,New Zealand=4, Australia=5
    Mexico=1, Colombia=1 



  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Last month I paid $77 for a ticket to see Radiohead in May and I'm not in RH's fan club.

    I'm sure PJ/10c is doing what they can but I'm just sayin...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • behindtheeyes
    behindtheeyes Posts: 158
    Game Show Host wrote:
    In other news, I miss my high school libido and Mike Schmidt.

    Ahhhh....the home run king. I miss him too.

    And I bet he would pay $150 for PJ tickets.
    We're all different behind the eyes.

    You are U, who you are.
  • fugawzi
    fugawzi Posts: 891
    I miss the old days when a coke cost a nickel and a dimebag cost a dime. You know how much condoms used to cost? I don't know we never used them.
    West Palm 2000 I & II/West Palm '03/Tampa '03/Kissimmee '04/Vic Theater '07/West Palm '08/Tampa '08/NYC MSG I & II '08/Philly Spectrum III & IV '09/Cleveland '10/Bristow '10/PJ20 I & II 2011/Pensacola '12/Pittsburgh '13/Denver '14
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    LeatherMandi wrote:
    Im sorry pearl jam shows are great but this is bullshit..
    Four days notice and then no ticket prices... Kind of takes the fun out of it
    Not all of us have mastcards that we can max out!!!! Im not bitching about the price, but they could have least told us ahead of time..


    dude if you cant pull 150 dollars Without a credit card in 4 days notice

    you need serious financial help!
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • TooMuchBlood
    TooMuchBlood Posts: 312
    edvedder913 wrote:
    whatever formula you are using is not accurate. my home has doubled in price in 8 years. had i sold it 2 years ago, it would have been more than doubled. you cannot base price increases on inflation alone.

    their tickets are still much less than most other bands.

    *however* I am still trying to figure out how the Foo Fighters pulled off $59 per ticket at Madison Square Garden just last month.....

    That your home doubled in value has more to do with the housing market, not inflation. My formula is correct. Money today is about twice what it was in 1985.
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    dude if you cant pull 150 dollars Without a credit card in 4 days notice

    you need serious financial help!



    i was trying to do 5 shows.... but thanks

    btw, fuck who ever moved my thread.. now im all confused....
  • emperor penguin
    emperor penguin Posts: 197
    75.00 a ticket is better than going to bonaroo.
    I like bands.
  • TooMuchBlood
    TooMuchBlood Posts: 312
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    are you fucking high? what acts are worth seeing under 70 a ticket?

    Um, a ton of bands in clubs.
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    TooMuchBlood wrote:
    Um, a ton of bands in clubs.
    in clubs? there's your problem
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    emperor penguin wrote:
    75.00 a ticket is better than going to bonaroo.

    now that is a way to look at it positively!

    seriously i would be more pissed if i forked out the money for Bonnaroo and then these east coast opportunities came up
  • TooMuchBlood
    TooMuchBlood Posts: 312
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    in clubs? there's your problem

    Hey, bud, that's where PJ got its start. There's a band called mewithoutYou that plays clubs and small theaters and is probably the second best live band out there, now that Sleater-Kinney's hanged it up.
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    LeatherMandi wrote:
    i was trying to do 5 shows.... but thanks
    .

    5 shows and your surprised it's expensive,? :rolleyes:

    to quote Jack White
    "Well are you sayin' I'm innocent?
    In fact the reverse
    But if you're headin' to the grave
    You don't blame the hearse "
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • Momadance
    Momadance Posts: 52
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    are you fucking high? what acts are worth seeing under 70 a ticket?


    Are you fucking high? There are tons of acts worth seeing under $70. Maybe one day you leave your little secluded world of mainstream music and open your ears to bands not named "Pearl Jam". Sorry you never saw PJ in a club.
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Momadance wrote:
    Are you fucking high? There are tons of acts worth seeing under $70. Maybe one day you leave your little secluded world of mainstream music and open your ears to bands not named "Pearl Jam".

    I got to agree here ... I'd say >95% of all shows I go to are in clubs / smaller venues. There is so much good music out there. You're missing a lot if you don't check it out.

    PJ is special, one of the (VERY) few acts I'd actually brave an arena to see in that type of venue ...
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  • Momadance
    Momadance Posts: 52
    jimed14 wrote:
    I got to agree here ... I'd say >95% of all shows I go to are in clubs / smaller venues. There is so much good music out there. You're missing a lot if you don't check it out.

    PJ is special, one of the (VERY) few acts I'd actually brave an arena to see in that type of venue ...


    There are really only a few bands that I'll see in an arena. Phish, Pearl Jam, and Tom Petty, and Clapton ... maybe a few more, but not many. There is so much better music out there than most of the crap that plays large venues.

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