Membership #184*** Seniority question

I'D RATHER BE
I'D RATHER BE Posts: 551
edited May 2009 in The Porch
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.
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  • bruce
    bruce Posts: 384
    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.
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  • PearlJamPatriot
    PearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    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.
    Pearl Jam Shows: 1998 - 9/11 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 9/13 Hartford, CT || 2000 - 8/24 Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach 2); 8/27 Saratoga Springs; 8/29 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 8/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2) || 2003 - 4/29 Albany, NY; 5/3 State College, PA; 7/2 Mansfield (night 1); 7/6 Camden, NJ (night 2); 7/8 New York, NY (MSG night 1) || 2004 - 9/28 Boston, MA (night 1); 9/29 Boston, MA (night 2) || 2005 - 10/3 Philadelphia, PA || 2006 - 5/12 Albany, NY; 5/13 Hartford, CT; 5/24 Boston, MA (night 1); 5/25 Boston, MA (night 2); 5/27 Camden, NJ (night 1); 5/28 Camden, NJ (night 2)|| 2008 - 6/19 Camden, NJ (night 1); 6/24 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 6/25 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 6/27 Hartford, CT; 6/28 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 6/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2); 7/1 New York, NY (Beacon Theater)|| 2009 - 9/21 Seattle, WA (night 1); 9/22 Seattle, WA (night 2); 10/27 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 1); 10/28 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 2); 10/30 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 3); 10/31 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 4)|| 2010 - 5/15 Hartford, CT; 5/17 Boston, MA; 5/20 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 5/21 New York, NY (MSG night 2)|| 2011 - 9/3 East Troy, WI (PJ20); 9/4 East Troy, WI (PJ20) || 2012 - 9/2 Philadelphia, PA, 9/30 Missoula, MT || 2013 - 7/19 Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), 10/12 Buffalo, NY, 10/15 Worcester, MA (night 1), 10/16 Worcester, MA (night 2), 10/18 Brooklyn, NY (night 1), 10/19 Brooklyn, NY (night 2), 10/25 Hartford, CT || 2014 - 10/22 Denver, CO || 2015 -  9/26 New York, NY (Global Citizen Festival) || 2016 - 5/1 New York, NY (night 1), 5/2 New York, NY (night 2), 8/5 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1), 8/7 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 2) || 2018 - 9/2 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1) || 2020 - 3/30 New York, NY
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  • I'D RATHER BE
    I'D RATHER BE Posts: 551
    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
    Snoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    I'm # 1898xx and I have never had floor seats...

    Never closer than 300 feet away from the stage
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  • bruce
    bruce Posts: 384
    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.
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  • I'D RATHER BE
    I'D RATHER BE Posts: 551
    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
    I'D RATHER BE Posts: 551
    If I wanted to get front row at outside lands, how early would I have to line up to wait?
  • apsuhead42
    apsuhead42 Clarksville, TN Posts: 73
    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
    DarkStar Posts: 734
    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.

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  • givenfliers
    givenfliers Posts: 144
    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
    mysameoldfriend Tennessee Posts: 227
    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
    callmedaughter IL Posts: 38
    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. :lol:
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  • spryguy09
    spryguy09 Posts: 446
    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!
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  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    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
    justam Posts: 21,415
    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.)
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  • In My Dreams
    In My Dreams Posts: 299
    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.
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  • monkeyderfen
    monkeyderfen Posts: 76
    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!!
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    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. :?
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  • TQ8541
    TQ8541 Posts: 32
    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
    satanman Posts: 295
    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

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