Sell your spare Shepherd's Bush tickets through a lottery!

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  • Alis Grave Nil
    Alis Grave Nil Posts: 247
    I really do think there must be some way to get a fan club only gig going - other acts do it. My sister went to a (lord knows why) George Michael fan club only event and that was a raging success apparently...!

    I do think though if you are a fan, you are a fan, if you don't have all the albums then that's ok - you might not like one of them. It took me years to like Vs as I was so passionate about Ten :-) BUT I know what you mean - it's hardly fair that people might only go along just on the basis of thinking PJ might a good laugh when there are so many people who love the band and have followed for years. A friend of mine got 02 tickets when I couldn't and said the person going with her 'had never heard of them but thought it would be a laugh'. A laugh?? I can't tell you what I said in return but you can imagine!!

    BUT there is always the possibility that peeps might go along who aren't familiar with the band but who will become fans as a result of the show....obviously on the inside I'm thinking 'sod off and let US have the seats' but on the outside, it's good if they can get new fans - which is not always easy for an established act :)
  • Alis Grave Nil
    Alis Grave Nil Posts: 247
    Oh god me again. Sorry folks, rabbiting away.

    I just chanced to look at Play.com tickets (I forgot about them) and they have O2 and MEN tickets on there plus a box awaiting sellers of SBE - might be worth keeping an eye to see if any come up...
  • ML157918
    ML157918 Posts: 2
    I'm still in need of a ticket.
  • mrs_vedder
    mrs_vedder Posts: 131
    You can take my name off the list now......I've just bought a ticket from getmein, I didn't like doing it and it cost me £237.50 but I just can't miss the gig.
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,234
    goddess wrote:
    I caught this a bit too late as I was going to say, as ex/semi industry myself I have been trying to find out about missing tickets :-) Anyhoo I have mailed someone there who will be in the know, but I do not know what kind of response I am going to get! :-) Probably the same as you received pdlowsky above I expect :-)

    I was told yesterday by a friend in the industry that industry often have to pay for these things now. Even when I was still getting guest list etc I had to make a contribution. However it could be that for promotional reasons, many seats are for industry - this happens for a showcase if a band need new publishing, new label or new booking - or indeed anything. If seats have been reserved for that purpose, then that is fair enough as a band needs to work and earn money and showcasing is actually how they attract / decide upon new industry deals and colleagues. Also, as someone who worked very hard in the industry on my acts, it was also nice to get a seat at their shows occasionally so it is fair that industry who have worked on Pearl Jam's records, promo etc get to see the band too. Oh - and dont forget - most industry are massive music heads, bigger than you can imagine. PJ have plenty of fans in the industry - often more passionate than you would expect. When I first worked for Epic / CBS who they were on over in the 90's, the place was filled with die-hard PJ fans. It's kind of why you work in the industry in the first place. I'm not sticking up for giving out a whole balcony to industry, for free, believe me, but industry are not *all* bad :-) Having been on both sides of the arguement, I can tell you that most people think industry peeps have a ball - free records, free gigs etc - it's really not as much like that as people think. It's long hours, and you work with ALOT of assholes, believe me! Most people do it for their love of music, in my case I did it because I loved certain acts and bands and that was the perk. You can't always get free tickets or CDs - I was often told "no" when certain acts toured or albums came out - and unless you are up at the top of the ladder, it's hard work, crap pay and very, very cut throat :) Hence why I left :-)

    I'm 100% against it if they HAVE allocated so many tickets to freeloaders and hangers on (which does happen) but I can also understand why industry will have got tickets for this, if they actually have. It's probably one of the few perks that the people who do marketing / press / sales for the band in the UK actually get :)

    this is quite insightful, I dont mind industry getting them, hell thats their job, they work hard like you say.

    Its the touts that really get me, and more than anything how they get their filthy little retched hands on them
  • Yeti Champion
    Yeti Champion Posts: 19
    Could you take me off the list please. Managed to get one level 3 ticket yesterday.
  • OffRamp
    OffRamp Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 76
    OffRamp wrote:
    Yes. Confirming I still need a ticket. Note original thread for my username change back to Offramp from MM85206.

    cheers

    Sorry to be a pain, but can you make sure my name is bolded? Whether that's my old name on the original lottery thread MM85206, or change it to my new (old) name, OffRamp.

    Yours,
    scared of missing out over a technicality ;)

    1996 London Wembley Arena
    2000 Glasgow
    2003 Irvine 2, San Diego
    2006 London Astoria, Verona, Milan
    2009 London Shepherds Bush, Manchester, London O2
    2010 Belfast
    2012 Manchester 1, Oslo, Copenhagen

    2014 Amsterdam 1, Amsterdam 2, Leeds

  • Alis Grave Nil
    Alis Grave Nil Posts: 247
    pdalowsky wrote:
    this is quite insightful, I dont mind industry getting them, hell thats their job, they work hard like you say.

    Its the touts that really get me, and more than anything how they get their filthy little retched hands on them

    Me too - drives you mental doesn't it? I am convinced some sort of backhand deal goes on where the relevant party hands them over early and gets a cut of the final sale price...
  • InsideJob75
    InsideJob75 Posts: 126
    Would still like to be in the lottery as had no joy whatsoever.
    Dublin '06, Lisbon 1 '06, Lisbon 2 '06, London '07, Manchester '09, London '09, Dublin '10, Belfast '10, London '10, Manchester 1 '12, Manchester 2 '12, Berlin 1 '12, Berlin 2 '12, Amsterdam 1 '14, Amsterdam 2 '14, Berlin '14, Leeds '14, London 1 '18, Prague '18, Krakow '18, Berlin '18, London 2 '18, London 1 '22, London 2 '22, Budapest '22, Amsterdam 2 '22
  • wishchris
    wishchris Posts: 70
    Hi,

    You can take me off the list-I've managed to get a ticket (Hmmmm not cheap!!)

    Good luck everyone
    i had it all once i gave it back

    can you all feel the light.........shinin'

    Cardiff 2000, San Antonio 2003, Houston 2003, New Orleans 2003, Astoria 2006, Jools Holland 2006, Reading 2006, Zagreb 2006, London 2007, Sheppards Bush 2009, Manchester 2009, London O2 2009, Hyde Park London 2010, Alpine Valley 2011
  • Mr Whitton
    Mr Whitton Posts: 7
    I just spoke to a woman at Ticket Web and she told me that they are considering keeping a close eye on the people who buy tickets for every event and list them as suspected touts - based on people buying PJ tix one day and some R'n'B rubbish and other acts that are so far from each other.

    Let's hope that stops people paying £250+ for Tickets! I can understand the need to see this gig, but really guys, this is just encouraging the touts to keep going because they know the desperate people will pay for it.

    I saw a pair of tix for SBE on ebay at £580 with an hour to go! That is INSANE!
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Mr Whitton... are you from Whitton?
  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    redrock wrote:
    Mr Whitton... are you from Whitton?

    No, he is not.

    He's a friend of mine and lives in Kent.
    Wembley 2000 • Reading 2006 • Paris 2006 • Wembley 2007 • Shepherds Bush 2009 • Manchester 2009 • O2 Arena 2009 • Hyde Park 2010 • Arras 2010 • Manchester 2012 • Manchester II 2012 • Leeds 2014 • Milton Keynes 2014 • Amsterdam 2018 • Amsterdam II 2018 • London 2018 • London II 2018 • Hyde Park II 2022

    http://www.last.fm/user/olivavu


  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    Briano wrote:
    Olivavu wrote:
    My friend, a Mr James Whitton, is a member of Ten Club.

    He didn't get any success with any of the three sales and would like to be added to the list.

    This is him: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=522320799&ref=ts

    Cheers.


    eh...say what now?

    He wants to be on the spares list.
    Wembley 2000 • Reading 2006 • Paris 2006 • Wembley 2007 • Shepherds Bush 2009 • Manchester 2009 • O2 Arena 2009 • Hyde Park 2010 • Arras 2010 • Manchester 2012 • Manchester II 2012 • Leeds 2014 • Milton Keynes 2014 • Amsterdam 2018 • Amsterdam II 2018 • London 2018 • London II 2018 • Hyde Park II 2022

    http://www.last.fm/user/olivavu


  • Alis Grave Nil
    Alis Grave Nil Posts: 247
    Really sorry guys, but we already advised a few times that the spares list closed at 9am yesterday....
  • Ames_downstroke
    Ames_downstroke Posts: 100
    Hi guys. First post is updated.

    Really sorry to all of those who were not added to the list. We really did try to make this as fair as possible for all those involved. Unfortunately that means some fans were going to end up disappointed, I really am sorry and hope you get tickets through other means.
  • nigthor
    nigthor Posts: 5
    Confirming again that I still need a ticket.

    Cheers
  • musiclikedirt
    musiclikedirt Posts: 3
    Someone said I should post this in this thread:

    "This is bizarre! I just got home and opened firefox which still had the hmv ticket window open as a tab. Up popped window to buy two level 3 tickets. Clicked 2, put in cc details and all went through fine.
    Just received email confirming ticket sale:

    2 tickets @ £40.00 + £4.00 Payment Processing Fee - Standard
    Level 3 Unreserved Seats

    So HMV are still selling tickets at 9.20 PM on Friday. What is going on!?"

    Maybe everyone should retry their HMV presale link??? Maybe I havent got a ticket at all but it does seem to be a proper email from HMV. Makes no sense!
  • Ames_downstroke
    Ames_downstroke Posts: 100
    musiclikedirt wrote:
    Someone said I should post this in this thread:

    "This is bizarre! I just got home and opened firefox which still had the hmv ticket window open as a tab. Up popped window to buy two level 3 tickets. Clicked 2, put in cc details and all went through fine.
    Just received email confirming ticket sale:

    2 tickets @ £40.00 + £4.00 Payment Processing Fee - Standard
    Level 3 Unreserved Seats

    So HMV are still selling tickets at 9.20 PM on Friday. What is going on!?"

    Maybe everyone should retry their HMV presale link??? Maybe I havent got a ticket at all but it does seem to be a proper email from HMV. Makes no sense!

    Stranggeee. I just tried my old link out of curiosity but to no avail.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    If more spares come up, I think its only fair to exclude those people whose names are already in the lottery....start a new one for those who missed the 9am deadline, I say!

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