A PLEA TO 10c: tell us about all the touring regions at once

jwhite173 · April 2009

bump, bump!

Let's keep this going until the "tweet" finally gets here!

Rossum20 · April 2009

Yes please, please!

The info can be very general...

For example:

The US: the Fall 09'

South America: Winter 09'/'10

Europe: Winter/Spring 10'

Such a basic amount of info but I hope 10c realizes how incredibly helpful this info can be!!

weenie · April 2009

You're not paying attention....
We want all the states/cities listed at one time so we're not flying all over the country when they might be playing in our backyard..... :roll:

PissBottleMan · April 2009

SOLAT319 wrote:

PissBottleMan wrote:

If the relationship isn't nurtured, that dedicated buyer may choose another seller.

PBM

thing is, that other seller doesn't rock as hard as Pearl Jam

I found one.

PBM

Flagg · April 2009

weenie wrote:

You're not paying attention....
We want all the states/cities listed at one time so we're not flying all over the country when they might be playing in our backyard..... :roll:

Yeah, you know, kind of like they used to do in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and every other tour up to 2006.

And kind of like EVERY OTHER MAJOR TOURING BAND does.

chromiam · April 2009

Flagg wrote:

weenie wrote:

You're not paying attention....
We want all the states/cities listed at one time so we're not flying all over the country when they might be playing in our backyard..... :roll:

Yeah, you know, kind of like they used to do in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and every other tour up to 2006.

And kind of like EVERY OTHER MAJOR TOURING BAND does.

wait.. you mean other bands don't do this "tweet tweet" stuff????

weenie · April 2009

Nope, their "little birdies" are Magpies.....

redrock · April 2009

High Fidelity 2000 wrote:

I agree.

If they could go so far as to tell us which US states are being played, like all at one time, that would be helpful. I'm not going to buy tickets to a Cali show if they're playing in Colorado or Arizona. Or...gasp....New Mexico. (ha ha, good one)

So if they do announce they are working on confirming dates in Europe/various US States, what happens if, for example, they are planning dates in New York and the UK. New Yorkers are cool - they will have a date. UK people are cool too - they will have a date, so no plans to travel made. BUT as these dates would only have been 'planned', things can still fall through. Say UK falls through once dates are confirmed (usually tix go on sale quite quickly after that).... can you imagine the mayhem on this board? There would be no end to complaints....

Flagg · April 2009

chromiam wrote:

Flagg wrote:

weenie wrote:

You're not paying attention....
We want all the states/cities listed at one time so we're not flying all over the country when they might be playing in our backyard..... :roll:

Yeah, you know, kind of like they used to do in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and every other tour up to 2006.

And kind of like EVERY OTHER MAJOR TOURING BAND does.

wait.. you mean other bands don't do this "tweet tweet" stuff????

Ha! No, they aren't that lame.

Actualy I don't have a problem with the "tweet" thing. I just don't like "Tweet - Here are the tour dates!!" and then 2 months later "Tweet - Here is the next leg!" with no mention of whether or not there will be any more tweets.

Tweet and then release all of them at once. If there are 75 shows, just put them all out there. Its not that hard and they used to do for every tour.

weenie · April 2009

I'm not "in the business"... but I would think that the chances of a show falling through are fairly low-especially if they're playing large venues or venues they've played before. Venues are basically owned/managed by the same groups of folks like everything else in the US.

I'd be willing to take the risk of a show falling through in order to have all the information on all the cities in the US at one time. I would think that Euros, S Americans, Australians etc would feel the same about their own geographical areas. And most folks will want to go to at least 2 or 3 shows in their geographical regions. If one falls through, at least there are 1 or 2 sure things.

Just my own feelings about what you've said. I know there are lots of differing opinions on this board.

finnannie · April 2009

Tell us PEARL JAM!

We need to know!
We won't give up!!!

EDDIE: ..what was it that you said in your letter...: “constant pressure, endlessly applied!”

PissBottleMan · April 2009

Flagg wrote:

chromiam wrote:

Tweet and then release all of them at once. If there are 75 shows, just put them all out there. Its not that hard and they used to do for every tour.

They wised up and figured out how to effectively sell more tickets to their rabid fan base.

They were King County "business of the month" in March '06.

PBM

High Fidelity 2000 · April 2009

Flagg wrote:

weenie wrote:

You're not paying attention....
We want all the states/cities listed at one time so we're not flying all over the country when they might be playing in our backyard..... :roll:

Yeah, you know, kind of like they used to do in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and every other tour up to 2006.

And kind of like EVERY OTHER MAJOR TOURING BAND does.

That's true! Some of the dates were like 6 months ahead of time, but they all came out at once. '98 & 2000 & 2003 were planned out way ahead....and then they told us and you planned what to do.

It's like I don't want to buy tickets for ACL or Outside Lands and cram into a park with 80,000 people and drive for many, many extra hours to get there if I can see them in a closer city for less money, less people, and ten club seats in the first 10 or 15 rows....instead of the back of a park watching a big screen. That's just me.

pjsteelerfan · April 2009

Well, ACl is announced Tuesday. I fugure we will find out tour dates maybe 2 or 3 weeks after that. I am curious if they have a deal with these festivals not to announce dates for a few weeks until after the lineups are announced and if they can only play cities with in certain limits of them, sort of like Bonnaroo.

decides2dream · April 2009

Rossum20 wrote:

Yes please, please!

The info can be very general...

For example:

The US: the Fall 09'

South America: Winter 09'/'10

Europe: Winter/Spring 10'

Such a basic amount of info but I hope 10c realizes how incredibly helpful this info can be!!

Flagg wrote:

weenie wrote:

You're not paying attention....
We want all the states/cities listed at one time so we're not flying all over the country when they might be playing in our backyard..... :roll:

Yeah, you know, kind of like they used to do in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and every other tour up to 2006.

And kind of like EVERY OTHER MAJOR TOURING BAND does.

yes, yes and yes!

weenie · April 2009

This is a real stretch, and I know I'm thinking emotionally, but I'm hoping that PJ playing ACL in very first part of October also means that they'll be playing Houston or Dallas or BOTH either end of Sept. or following ACL. That would be so AWESOME.....but I NEED TO KNOW for economic reasons!!!

PLEASE 10C, TWEET IT ALL AT ONCE

PBM makes an excellent point and deep down I know he's right. But, I can always hope.

ms. goldenwords · April 2009

I agree to this idea. Not that I can afford or intend to really travel, but it just makes sense to announce a tour all at once... I thought this was how it was always done. Also, I hate the whole marketing to sell tickets theory, especially for a band like Pearl Jam, who will definitely sell plenty of tickets. I'm not saying that the theory is wrong, I just find it disappointing when fans/customers are treated in sneaky ways.