A little comparison...
merlin2600
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Just thought I'd post these, as there have been the usual "ticket prices are great!" and "ticket prices are wayy tooo highhhhh" threads...
I'm planning on Mansfield, and here are some other ticket costs (via ticketmaster) for shows there this summer:
Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton are charging the same for their tours, as follows:
Base: $125.00
Convenience Fee: 16.15
Facility Charge: 7.00
Total: $148.15
That's for a single ticket, row W section 2 (front center section of the venue).
Tom Petty
Base: $75.00
Convenience Fee: 12.35
Facility Charge: 7.00
Total: $94.35
That's for a single ticket in the BACK of the pavillion, but still reserved seats.
For further reference, The Police are charging $225 base for their seats, I don't remember where exactly, but under the pavillion.
Of course, we don't know how much Mansfield will be, but I would urge anyone to compare that price to these (The Police notwithstanding) before jumping all over how expensive it is.
I'm planning on Mansfield, and here are some other ticket costs (via ticketmaster) for shows there this summer:
Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton are charging the same for their tours, as follows:
Base: $125.00
Convenience Fee: 16.15
Facility Charge: 7.00
Total: $148.15
That's for a single ticket, row W section 2 (front center section of the venue).
Tom Petty
Base: $75.00
Convenience Fee: 12.35
Facility Charge: 7.00
Total: $94.35
That's for a single ticket in the BACK of the pavillion, but still reserved seats.
For further reference, The Police are charging $225 base for their seats, I don't remember where exactly, but under the pavillion.
Of course, we don't know how much Mansfield will be, but I would urge anyone to compare that price to these (The Police notwithstanding) before jumping all over how expensive it is.
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Mansfield is $60 before fees and $40 for lawn.
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INDEED:D 75 is not cheap but it certainly is a little lower than what the market is demanding currently, which is what this band fought for: control of prices so that they had control over how much fans would pay to see a show, the fought for $20 tix when the going rate was 40 ish, now that the going rate can be as high as illustrated above 75 is IS the band and 10C looking out for us;)
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if pearl jam even thought of charging $100-$200 a ticket.....they would be playing in front of 2000-3000 people....
just a fact.....this band isnt anywhere near as popular as they were 10-12 years ago....
and their album sales prove it....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
no if they raised prices to that level they'd just make more money. they'd still sell out their shows and people would bitch about it even more, perhaps even feeling entitled to do so because they paid that much for their seat
Come off your battlefield."
but they make up for it by selling comic books for $200...or coloring books... or whatever the fuck that book was....
hehehehehehe
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I do not think Tom Petty or Rod Stewart are more popular than Pearl Jam and they get more for their tickets.......
I would say that both of those performers appeal to a wider audience.
There is no way they sell out shows at $200 per ticket. Probably not even $100 per ticket. There would be empty seats a plenty at certain shows. This isn't 1992 and Ten isn't still number 2 on the charts. They haven't had a platinum album in 10 years.
i know you're being sarcastic but Rod Stewart appeals to a much wider audience...
People who go and see Rod Stewart will be of a wider range of people and go and see 1 show and that'll be it.
People who go and see Pearl Jam will be of a smaller group of people and see multiple shows (well more willing to at least)... hence wanting to spend less on each show.
Are you kidding me? They have been around forever and have huge fan bases. Tom Petty could sell out almost anywhere and it's mostly because his fan base has a huge range of age. I know people 15 who like Petty and I know people 65 who like Petty. And I think Rod had a number 1 album last year that sold millions of copies.
Exactly, in the Ten era they were playing small arenas, now large ones, their fan base has grown AND solidified, next tour Pearl Jam should try it out, $100 tix and they WILL sell out, lol i said Pearl Jam will sell-out,lol
Come off your battlefield."
boy do i look foward to reading your post...im serious...your right on alot of the time
another good post!!!
people dont get that all the artist they keep bringing up who charge more than PJ keep putting out #1 Albums or are legends who have a HUGE fan base and the tickets are in high demand
seriously what kept PJ having such a good fan base was their loyalty to their fans and putting on a good live show...the minute the fans start feeling slighted things will change
Pearl Jam didn't even sell out night 2 at Camden or Night 2 at the Gorge in 06 and tickets were like like $62 and that was in support of a new album. And Philly and Washington State are two of their big fanbases so I find it hard to imagine that they would sell out at $100 a ticket unless they play much smaller venues.
- 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
maybe they played the market too much(Camden) and the Gorge was too fuckin hot for human beings, lol
Come off your battlefield."
True this
Another thing to remember is that they played 2 nights in East Rutherford within a few days of the Camden shows. Only about an hour to an hour and a half from Camden. (CAMDEN, I ENJOY POINTING OUT, IS NEW JERSEY, NOT PHILADELPHIA AS MANY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE!
Well considering Cinnci 06 wasn't sold out....I would think again.
the pearl jam coloring book....$200
multi-millionaires singing a song telling me...
the gas in their tanks...is like money in the bank
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I would probably put Tom Petty on the same plane as PJ, popularity-wise.
Just sayin is all.
PS I'm going to see one of my favorite touring bands, The Hold Steady, Thursday night for $16, fees and all. Again, just sayin is all.
While we are hardly a teenaged fan base anymore, i don't believe PJ would sell nearly as many tix if they were priced comparatively to those mentioned above.
My parents are going to see the Police (again) and are psyched about it, and I'd love to go with them, but not for those prices!
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Most shows were not sold out in 2006. Grand Rapids, Cleveland & Detroit all had curtains in the back. Face it they are nowhere near what they once were. I dont care they are still my favorite band, I dont need tickets to be as hard to get as they were in the early nineties to validate my favorite band.
If they charged $100/ticket i would go to my hometown show but the traveling to other shows would be out. There are other things I would rather spend that money on.
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i know, i was just kidding. you know who holds the record for biggest concert ever attended??
yup, ROD efffin STEWART. a beach in brazil 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE. the sound at the back mustve sucked hahahah.
from wiki:"On 31st December on the same year he played in front on 3.5 million people on Copacabana Beach in Rio. This became and still is the largest audience for a gig ever. It has been noted, however, that it was also New Year's Eve."
what does pearl jam charge for a coloring book with a picture of that poster?????? $200
and dont ask me what my point is....
because i dont have one....hahahahahaha
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....