Is it worth losing a friend over a Pearl Jam ticket???

jonbond1779
jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,642
edited September 2016 in The Porch
?
"Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

28/09/04 - Boston, 20/04/06 - London [\\mm//Astoria\\mm//] - 18/06/07 - Wembley Arena, 11/08/09 -  London [\\mm//Shepherds Bush Empire\\mm//],18/08/09 - 02 Arena, 25/06/10 - Hyde Park, 26/06/12 - Amsterdam, 27/06/12 - Amsterdam, 08/07/14 - Leeds,11/07/14 - Milton Keynes, 13/06/18 - Amsterdam, 18/06/18 - London 02 Arena, 17/07/18 - London 02 Arena, 08/08/22 - Hyde Park, 9/08/22 - Hyde Park - 25/08/22 - Amsterdam.
Post edited by jonbond1779 on
«134

Comments

  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Just because he has a VIP box does not mean that he is going to meet the band, also I wouldn't want to watch the show from one of those boxes as I think I would feel a little disconnected from the show.

    Keep your standing ticket and rock out with the rest of the crowd.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • BlackThirteen
    BlackThirteen Posts: 423
    That really is quite an odd situation. I don't think it's worth getting all worked up about and losing a friendship that is over 10 years old. I can understand taking his girlfriend maybe he's trying to get her into the band and honestly a concert is way better than just burning her a CD. As for the flatmate maybe the guy's got something over him like he owes him money or something and this is a way of repaying. Seriously I don't think it's worth losing a friendship over meeting a band in person. I can see how you're hurt and it's understandable. But I guess it really comes down to what's more important to you? Your friend or a band that you will probably never meet again outside of this one time. Anyway you could always hope that someone gets sick and can't make it :twisted: That's my two cents. Either way I'm sure you'll enjoy the show!
  • Staffan
    Staffan Posts: 606
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Just because he has a VIP box does not mean that he is going to meet the band, also I wouldn't want to watch the show from one of those boxes as I think I would feel a little disconnected from the show.

    Keep your standing ticket and rock out with the rest of the crowd.

    agree ! stay on the floor, the box is no fun at all.....
    Everyday................is Pearl Jam Day.

    Except Sundays, that's Ed day.

    The mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work unless it's open. FZ

  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Just because he has a VIP box does not mean that he is going to meet the band, also I wouldn't want to watch the show from one of those boxes as I think I would feel a little disconnected from the show.

    Keep your standing ticket and rock out with the rest of the crowd.

    I'd agree with this. There will be hundreds of people in VIP boxes at the O2 (think they each hold 18-24 people) and so I don't think being in a VIP box equates with meeting the band. The boxes are also between lower and upper tier so you're further away from the action than a lot of the regular seating folks (and who knows where in the arena his box is) ... enjoy your standing ticket and all the 10c people around you who will be really into the show ... rather than in a box with people who aren't really into the music and may be chatting through half the gig.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,640
    as in all situations like this my advice stays the same... punch him in the fudd™
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    Hey all,

    Im gutted over what happened to me yesterday and I really need your thoughts on this!- here's the background:

    I have been a die hard PJ fan for like 15 years. I have a friend who I have known since I was 14 - 29 now(who also likes PJ but not a die hard fan or 10c member) who I gave my spare ticket to for the London, Wembley gig in 2007 - I should have given the ticket to my brother as he managed to get 2 tix to the London Astoria gig but I felt bad for my friend and gave him the other Wemblet ticket.

    I recently scored 2 tix to the London O2 gig (10c - standing) and promised my brother the other ticket. I told my friend that if my bro goes away in August he can have it. So last night I went to my friends house and said that my brother IS going away in august and he can have his ticket - well my mate said - 'thats ok, I managed to get a VIP box at the O2 and will probably meet the band' I was like - well can I come? He said probably not cause he only has 4 seated tickets and he's going to go with his girlfriend (Who is not a PJ fan at all) and his flatmate and his girlfriend.

    Well, needless to say I am devestated. Im almost 30 years old but on the verge of tears. I know there are more important things in life than a PJ gig but feel absolutley gutted about it. I dont wanna say to my friend to take me and not his girlfriend and i dont wanna lose a 15 year friendship over this but I am just gutted...

    This is not a rant - I really appreciate your thoughts and opinions on how to deal with this!

    Cheers for listening guys.

    You've been a fan for how long? 99% of "meeting PJ" stories around here seem pretty spontaneous. PJ don't seem like the pre planned VIP meet and greet type of band.

    Stay in the pit. Your friend is fulla shit. And he seems like a spiteful douche.
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,920
    DewieCox wrote:

    You've been a fan for how long? 99% of "meeting PJ" stories around here seem pretty spontaneous. PJ don't seem like the pre planned VIP meet and greet type of band.

    Stay in the pit. Your friend is fulla shit. And he seems like a spiteful douche.

    I agree, stay in the pit!

    a- you'll have a much better time on the floor with the rest of us!
    b- you'll be nowhere near this guy at the show (if it's pissed you of this much, would you actually want to go to a show with him anyway?)
    c- you've got a better chance of catching a pick or a drumstick than he has of meeting the band!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Mrs.Vedder78
    Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    edited May 2009
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    Hey all,

    Im gutted over what happened to me yesterday and I really need your thoughts on this!- here's the background:

    I have been a die hard PJ fan for like 15 years. I have a friend who I have known since I was 14 - 29 now(who also likes PJ but not a die hard fan or 10c member) who I gave my spare ticket to for the London, Wembley gig in 2007 - I should have given the ticket to my brother as he managed to get 2 tix to the London Astoria gig but I felt bad for my friend and gave him the other Wemblet ticket.

    I recently scored 2 tix to the London O2 gig (10c - standing) and promised my brother the other ticket. I told my friend that if my bro goes away in August he can have it. So last night I went to my friends house and said that my brother IS going away in august and he can have his ticket - well my mate said - 'thats ok, I managed to get a VIP box at the O2 and will probably meet the band' I was like - well can I come? He said probably not cause he only has 4 seated tickets and he's going to go with his girlfriend (Who is not a PJ fan at all) and his flatmate and his girlfriend.

    Well, needless to say I am devestated. Im almost 30 years old but on the verge of tears. I know there are more important things in life than a PJ gig but feel absolutley gutted about it. I dont wanna say to my friend to take me and not his girlfriend and i dont wanna lose a 15 year friendship over this but I am just gutted...

    This is not a rant - I really appreciate your thoughts and opinions on how to deal with this!

    Cheers for listening guys.

    This is my opinion on this.
    1st off: having a VIP box at any concert doesnt guarantee you anything! you are just one more concert goer that gets drinks and food brought to your seats, I think VIP boxes suck, they are always to far away from the stage.

    Playing Devil's Advocate here...
    Second: Why are you gutted? If the GF really wants to go to the show, she takes place #1, if my husband or when we were dating had given away a tkt to something I wanted to go to believe me he would have been in the doghouse for sometime.

    You already had 2 tkts for the show and he obviously knew that, so why offer you sitting in the box as oppose to 10 tix rather than inviting another friend? I think he wishes he was meeting the band, and I guess it would help for us to be able to judge his character if you told us how this happened? like was he excited like telling a friend OMG!!! ima meet the band and maybe the poor guy is just clueless? or was he like ... Well Ima meet the band :roll: being a dick about it.
    Post edited by Mrs.Vedder78 on
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,339
    Sorry to say this but your friend seems to be a bit of a tit. It sounds like hes trying to get back at you by talking bollocks (meeting the band) because you didntgive him your spare straight away.

    standin tickets are way better than posh box seats, I wouldnt swap if someone offered me moeny too. Your in the right place trust me. Meeting the band would be cool, but let me ask you this.

    If you get a one off chance in a non touring year to have 2 mins with the band in person or a 2 and a half hour show what would you pick? I'm guessing the show, which emphasises that you are gonna be in the right bit of the crowd
  • solace23
    solace23 Posts: 705
    The last place i would want to be in is a vip corporate box to see pearl jam. I highly doubt he will get to meet the band. Pretty shitty thing to do but I would much rather be standing Mike Side
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    dunkman wrote:
    as in all situations like this my advice stays the same... punch him in the fudd™

    +1
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,344
    Enjoy your 10 Club floor ticket! You'll have a better time at the show. It is not worth losing a friend over this. I'm sure he is talking out of his ass when he says that he is going to meet the band.
    8/29/00, 7/3/03, 5/24/06,6/28/08 & 6/30/08, 10/9/09,10/28/09, 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, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 9/23/11, 9/22/12, 9/30/12, 7/16/13, 7/19/13
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    I think I'd prefer to be surrounded by people who know the words to SOLAT if/when they play it, instead of being surrounded by people who think they may have heard Even Flow this one time at band camp whilst chomping on a soggy sammich.
    This is me:
    http://www.facebook.com/jennytree

    SMELL YER MA!
  • satansbed
    satansbed Posts: 2,139
    id say murder the friend and his girlfriend, or just the girlfriend and get her ticket,


    but on reflection the floor would be better
  • peacegirl
    peacegirl Posts: 841
    I agree with what everyone's said..have fun on the floor with your 10C ticket
    Not worth losing a longtime friend
  • Murderers.
    Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    Sucks man. He's just being selfish and he'll probably come round and realise how much of an idiot he was eventually. Stay in the pit man! You'll have a great time. ;)

    And sorry if this is inapropriate, but does that mean you still have a spare ticket?
    What the fuck is this world?
  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,900
    Be grateful that you'll be sitting near fans instead of in a stuffy box filled with people half-assing their enjoyment. Besides, I imagine you'll be closer than the VIPs.

    Be pissed if he actually meets the band (highly unlikely). He sounds like he's bragging because he wasn't the first choice to get your extra.
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Definitely g owith Dunkys advice of the fudd-punching. Then have fun on the floor with the rest of us plebs. It'll be way better. And it's a one in a million shot that he gets to meet the band too.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Its not worth losing a friend over- you will have more fun being in the section with the fan club, and you have just as much a chance as meeting the band as he does.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    i lost a friend over an awful ticket to earthday birthday..dude said meet me at the gate. i did. ticket didnt work cause it was already used. said he threw the wrong one out. i said thats a weird thing to do and left pretty annoyed but didnt really care
    he told everyone i freaked out and made a scene..whatever. and i havent heard from him since.
    this is a dude that i gave a free bonnaroo vip pass and west palm pj ticket to last year and never made a deal about it ..some people suck

    i say f your friend and go in the pit
    hes not meeting the band and karma is on your side

Categories