Membership #184*** Seniority question

I'D RATHER BE

Only going to west coast shows. When do I get my turn in the front row or even the first 5 rows? I've been to 15 Pearl Jam shows and haven't had my turn yet.

bruce

I doubt you ever will.

I'm 176^^^

I've been to 7 PJ shows and the closest I ever sat was row 12 at the gorge night 2... gorge night one I sat in row 20... vancouver bc i sat in row 20... seattle key arena 2002... row 22....in LA my seats weren't even on the floor for either show.....but those are all pretty decent seats so i wasn't too upset.

PearlJamPatriot

I'D RATHER BE wrote:

Only going to west coast shows. When do I get my turn in the front row or even the first 5 rows? I've been to 15 Pearl Jam shows and haven't had my turn yet.

Yea, you probably never will. Anytime soon at least. Unless they do another lottery.

I'D RATHER BE

I'll find a way someday. If the fan club allocates the best seats in the house to the fan club members, that's better than letting ticketmaster have them and the scalpers getting them. I'll just have to find someone in the fan club that has an extra ticket.

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

I'm # 1898xx and I have never had floor seats...

Never closer than 300 feet away from the stage

bruce

I'D RATHER BE wrote:

I'll find a way someday. If the fan club allocates the best seats in the house to the fan club members, that's better than letting ticketmaster have them and the scalpers getting them. I'll just have to find someone in the fan club that has an extra ticket.

That's the best way to go... I gave my Ten Club tickets to my brother and dad and then I paid this lovely person for her extra ticket and I sat a little closer...

I word of caution though, it is extremely hard to find someone who has an extra Ten Club ticket, especially if they are really close... and some people get irritated if you ask for a ticket and turn them down because they are not close enough...i don't see why.. but that's the vibe i caught.

I'D RATHER BE

I've had about

20 rows back on the floor in St. Paul 03
7 or 8 rows back on the floor in North Dakota 03

I mostly get 2nd row off the floor on Stone's side of the stage

I guess that is better than being 20 rows back.

I'D RATHER BE

If I wanted to get front row at outside lands, how early would I have to line up to wait?

apsuhead42

I've been a member since 1997, but I think I let my membership expire (a few years back, just forgot to renew before it was too late) and now my number is 409*** - I guess I am way down the food chain these days? What are the brand new numbers for new members?

DarkStar

36 year old PJ addict wrote:

I'm # 1898xx and I have never had floor seats...

Never closer than 300 feet away from the stage

really? I'm 192xxx and I've had as close as 12th row or so. I guess it depends on what shows you go to. I don't think I've ever not been on the floor (30+ shows)...which isn't always so great.

ds

givenfliers

when i went to lolla 07 i ran to front soon as they let people in and only moved when bthrm or drink but had bout 7th row inside of the fence area

mysameoldfriend

The city makes a huge difference I think.


My number is 219xxx and in 2003 in Nashville I was about 20 rows back just slight right of center and in Little Rock I was 7th row dead center on the isle. Tons of room and a great view.

The seats in Nashville weren't bad. I'm guessing there were fewer 10c members at the Little Rock show than Nashville.

callmedaughter

I'D RATHER BE wrote:

Only going to west coast shows. When do I get my turn in the front row or even the first 5 rows? I've been to 15 Pearl Jam shows and haven't had my turn yet.

you have to wait until the other 183000 people who have better numbers than you die... hopefully you'll outlive them.

spryguy09

I'm 191***. In the 2001 tour you were only able to get tickets to one show. I went to Toronto and was fourth row centre. That's the closest I've been/ Since then I've always been within 15 rows though. Can't complain at all!

Child Of The 90s

Never say never. I think that your chances with ten club are way better than any other band whose tickets all get scooped up by scalpers.

justam

You'll just have to wait for the members with lower numbers to die. :geek:



(Or, go to a show that doesn't draw so many fanclub members.)

In My Dreams

bruce wrote:

I doubt you ever will.

I'm 176^^^

I've been to 7 PJ shows and the closest I ever sat was row 12 at the gorge night 2... gorge night one I sat in row 20... vancouver bc i sat in row 20... seattle key arena 2002... row 22....in LA my seats weren't even on the floor for either show.....but those are all pretty decent seats so i wasn't too upset.

Are there that many members that even those of you with lower numbers can't get close? Or does TM get half of the first few rows? It seems to me you should have closer seats, but then as you said you did get decent seats. My number is 325xxx would that put me in the 40th row? Sheesh.

monkeyderfen

In My Dreams wrote:

bruce wrote:

I doubt you ever will.

I'm 176^^^

I've been to 7 PJ shows and the closest I ever sat was row 12 at the gorge night 2... gorge night one I sat in row 20... vancouver bc i sat in row 20... seattle key arena 2002... row 22....in LA my seats weren't even on the floor for either show.....but those are all pretty decent seats so i wasn't too upset.

Are there that many members that even those of you with lower numbers can't get close? Or does TM get half of the first few rows? It seems to me you should have closer seats, but then as you said you did get decent seats. My number is 325xxx would that put me in the 40th row? Sheesh.

I have seen Pearl Jam I think ten times since 1998, and from the shows I have been to, I only remember one where non-fan-club members were at all close, and in that situation, I believe the ones up there were season ticketholders to a particular venue (or at least that was the rumor).

I don't know how many members there are total now, but if you figure there are 20-30 people per row, it wouldn't take that many people to push you back a few rows.

Either way, it's great to be surrounded by fan club members. I remember being on the lawn at a PJ show and it wasn't the view that was the worst part, it was being around drunks who didn't like PJ nearly as much as I did!!

justam

In My Dreams wrote:

bruce wrote:

I doubt you ever will.

I'm 176^^^

I've been to 7 PJ shows and the closest I ever sat was row 12 at the gorge night 2... gorge night one I sat in row 20... vancouver bc i sat in row 20... seattle key arena 2002... row 22....in LA my seats weren't even on the floor for either show.....but those are all pretty decent seats so i wasn't too upset.

Are there that many members that even those of you with lower numbers can't get close? Or does TM get half of the first few rows? It seems to me you should have closer seats, but then as you said you did get decent seats. My number is 325xxx would that put me in the 40th row? Sheesh.

Yes, there are that many members.

My number is 187,xxx and I was far, far away in Hartford last June. I almost couldn't believe it but I was surrounded by similarly confused members with numbers like mine. The East Coast shows are like that. :?

TQ8541

Whoopee, my first post! Long time lurker, first time poster. My number is 135XXX and I've been to 8 shows. The only time I've had GREAT seats was in Charlotte, 2000. Picked up my tickets at the Ten Club window, showed them to the usher and was lead to the first row. Nowhere near that close at any of my Chicago/Alpine Valley shows.

From what I've read here on the message board it seems that your best chance for close seats is to see a show in the southeast region of the country. Anybody else agree?

satanman

I've seen PJ 4 times from the front row. All in 2006 my # is 185XXX and was hooked up by a very generous guy for both toronto shows. Both times I was in front of Stone. The other 2 were in San Fran and they were general admission which was amazing, twice infront of Mike who is completely insane. He handed me his setlist after san fran II

WildEyedMary

In My Dreams wrote:

bruce wrote:

I doubt you ever will.

I'm 176^^^

I've been to 7 PJ shows and the closest I ever sat was row 12 at the gorge night 2... gorge night one I sat in row 20... vancouver bc i sat in row 20... seattle key arena 2002... row 22....in LA my seats weren't even on the floor for either show.....but those are all pretty decent seats so i wasn't too upset.

Are there that many members that even those of you with lower numbers can't get close? Or does TM get half of the first few rows? It seems to me you should have closer seats, but then as you said you did get decent seats. My number is 325xxx would that put me in the 40th row? Sheesh.

I think tm gets good tix at a lot of shows. In Denver 2006 I went with my mom who has a really really low number and we were in the front row in between Jeff and Mike. There were 2 guys a few seats down from us, center, in front of Ed and they said they bought their tix on tm at noon that day! For the second night we were in the second row in front of Stone and the couple next to us also bought their tix from tm that morning.

nthngsms2fly

Been a member since 1998 and have only been in the front row one time, Lubbock, TX in 2000. It was easily the best show i've seen them. We were right in front of Mike and he interacted with us a few times during the show. Nothing compares to being on the front lines. I wish they'd play there again just so I could get that close one more time.

ajedigecko

I'D RATHER BE wrote:

Only going to west coast shows. When do I get my turn in the front row or even the first 5 rows? I've been to 15 Pearl Jam shows and haven't had my turn yet.

depends on......................who you know.

BLT975

The city and popularity of the show makes a huge difference. For example, my number is 132xxx. In 2003, I had front row in Little Rock, 6th row in Nashville, and 7th row in Atlanta. In Chicago 2006, I had row 20 center. Obviously you are gonna have better seats at shows with lower 10c attendance regardless of your member number.

Brez

mysameoldfriend wrote:

The city makes a huge difference I think.

So true.

I'm 369^^^ (I'm only 18, not my fault) and live on Cape Cod, meaning I go primarily to Boston/Mansfield shows. My number might as well be 500^^^ for those shows.

I went to the D.C show in '08 though, and instead of being preetttyy far back in the Tweeter Center, or 3 sections back on the side of the Fleetcenter, I had some pretty good seats not too far from Mike on the side.

I guess my number is worth more there.

Smarter_Than_U

never say never. i had front row in Reading PA in 04 when the fan club sold through ticketmaster. Just goes to show you I would smoke most of these fools in a street fight. Yeah--I said it.

fragileblake

That 2001 tour was sick. So underrated.

mrvedderson

apsuhead42 wrote:

I've been a member since 1997, but I think I let my membership expire (a few years back, just forgot to renew before it was too late) and now my number is 409*** - I guess I am way down the food chain these days? What are the brand new numbers for new members?

i joined in march of this year and i have 428xxx

I'D RATHER BE

428,000 members = a lot of money.

average fan club price = $22.50 (20 + 25)/2

$22.50 X 428,000 = $9,630,000

mrvedderson wrote:

apsuhead42 wrote:

I've been a member since 1997, but I think I let my membership expire (a few years back, just forgot to renew before it was too late) and now my number is 409*** - I guess I am way down the food chain these days? What are the brand new numbers for new members?

i joined in march of this year and i have 428xxx

tarotvixen

I'm a 290XXX and yet I got centre row, 15 rows back in Melbourne (home city) and 7 rows back in the Gorge 2006. Just keep turning up. One of the best shows ever was Sydney - when they announced the show by the time I got thru I was going to be in the nose bleeds. The ticket operator advised me to wait a few minutes as they were sure to announce a second show. "Cool, " I replied "I'll get tickets for that as well. Just get me in the building the first night - I'm sure they'll play loud enough for me to hear."
So now I'm at the concert in the absolute last row on the left side of the stage. Before the concert starts, a couple of arena officials come up and ask us how many in our group. "Just the one" I put my hand up fast. They lead us down the stairs to a big row of (I'm guessing corporate?) empty seatss - 6 rows from the front on the side. The side the Band used to enter and exit. I was so close that when I flashed my boobs I got a head nod from Jeff and Stone. One of the greatest nights ever!!!!!
So don't despair - you will have a phenominal experience at a Pearl Jam show, it's just how fab they are.