eddie vedder tix $94.50!

81 · March 2011

i paid 60 for lower bowl ticket at the UC for The Wall tour. only suckers paid 250, and face wasn't 250 for all of them.

and that 86.50 could be front row or last row.

Bentleyspop · March 2011

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

MFCarissa · March 2011

Just playing devil's advocate... $86.50 is the Ten Club price. What is the general public pricing for a PJ show? And I'd honestly like to know too. I've never tried to buy them.

RedMosquito22 · March 2011

MFCarissa wrote:

Just playing devil's advocate... $86.50 is the Ten Club price. What is the general public pricing for a PJ show? And I'd honestly like to know too. I've never tried to buy them.

Usually the same without the ticketmaster fees, right?

Kanye East · March 2011

Dude, I'm not an idiot and I know it ain't all going to Eddie so you could've saved the condescending "jeeez and crap" y,know?.

Anyway I was comparing Eddie Vedder with Robert Plant and his band and it just doesn't add up for me. I love the band as much as the next guy and Ed Ved is the face of the band, but he's got 2 albums of solo stuff and is going to play the ukelele on like half the songs, which gets pretty old, pretty fast. As I said in another post, $95 a ticket adds up pretty quickly if you're making a night of it in NYC or a comparative place. Maybe he should bring back the tiered ticketing.

My point is this - when I can take 4 people (including myself) to see Robert Plant and it only costs aprox $75 more that 2 people to see Eddie Vedder at the same place, there's a problem. Agree or don't, I don't care. And yes I can afford it, but its not worth it to me. I'll just try to go see PJ20

Dude, Robert Plant was cool like 25 years ago. Not so much nowadays.

RedMosquito22 · March 2011

Bubbles wrote:

i paid 60 for lower bowl ticket at the UC for The Wall tour. only suckers paid 250, and face wasn't 250 for all of them.

and that 86.50 could be front row or last row.

All I said was these were the top prices. Not the average or where you sat. Pearl Jams top price was $86.50

Jim Tressel · March 2011

If they sell out are they really charging too much or just too much for some?[/quote]

They are charging to much based on their early beliefs of keeping prices down I am sure are most people's points of view in this thread. Didn't they worry about having this exact problem at one time? Where some fans would be priced out? [/quote]

Here are top ticket prices for some bands and you tell me if PJ's 2010 top ticket price of $86.50 is fair.

U2 $250
Roger Waters $250
Eagles $250
Neil Young $250
Jimmy Buffet $128
Tom Petty $105
Crosby, Stills, Nash $99
Rush $97
Robert Plant $95
Dave Matthews $75
Heart $75
ZZ Top $69
Steve Miller $69
Lynyrd Skynyrd $64[/quote]

I actually agree with you and think they should charge as much as the market will bear. Simple Econ 101. I am saying the reason some people are probably pissed is because of the PJ and Eddie used to present themselves as a band for the common people. Now they have changed that to some degree and seem to be "cashing in". If they didn't try to paint themselves in that light in the beginining, I don't think people would mind as much.

81 · March 2011

RedMosquito22 wrote:

Bubbles wrote:

i paid 60 for lower bowl ticket at the UC for The Wall tour. only suckers paid 250, and face wasn't 250 for all of them.

and that 86.50 could be front row or last row.

All I said was these were the top prices. Not the average or where you sat. Pearl Jams top price was $86.50

if you want to make a fair comparison, you really should compare apples to apples

i could have sat last row at the wall for 55 face vs. 86.50 for pj.

of course, none of this takes into account the seconday market, which, like i said for the wall, i picked up a lower ticket for 60 (face of 125), which tells me, face was over priced

elevation622 · March 2011

Kanye East wrote:

Dude, Robert Plant was cool like 25 years ago. Not so much nowadays.

be sure to tell Eddie that when you see him, they played together like 5 years ago. I thought he was great.

Jim Tressel » I am saying the reason some people are probably pissed is because of the PJ and Eddie used to present themselves as a band for the common people. Now they have changed that to some degree and seem to be "cashing in". If they didn't try to paint themselves in that light in the beginining, I don't think people would mind as much.

Exactly. I honestly was looking forward to going until I saw this thread, I didn't know the price. And I defended the band about ticket prices a year ago. I agreed that $100+ was easily worth a PJ concert. But at the same time, I think $95 for Eddie Vedder solo for one ticket is shocking and although I love PJ, I have every right to say that.

On some other thread somewhere, somebody said "what would 28 year old Eddie say to the one who's putting out a uke album?" and someone responded he'd punch him in the face. How would he feel about $95 tickets? I think he'd throw up and I'm starting to agree. I get inflation, things change and all that stuff, but this is shocking to me.

pdalowsky · March 2011

Or you could have sat front row for $250 as opposed to $85 for pj. Same apples right?

Bubbles wrote:

RedMosquito22 wrote:

Bubbles wrote:

i paid 60 for lower bowl ticket at the UC for The Wall tour. only suckers paid 250, and face wasn't 250 for all of them.

and that 86.50 could be front row or last row.

All I said was these were the top prices. Not the average or where you sat. Pearl Jams top price was $86.50

if you want to make a fair comparison, you really should compare apples to apples

i could have sat last row at the wall for 55 face vs. 86.50 for pj.

of course, none of this takes into account the seconday market, which, like i said for the wall, i picked up a lower ticket for 60 (face of 125), which tells me, face was over priced

blondieblue227 · March 2011

aw damn this makes me sad. i really thought prices would start due to go down to the bad economy.

i saw gavin rossdale for $40 a few years ago. i know he's no eddie vedder but gesh.

http://ivys2cents.blogspot.com/2009/08/ ... ckets.html

teeman · March 2011

Recently on Howard Stern, they referenced something about keeping ticket prices low for some event, and referred to Pearl Jam as doing that. They still have that reputation in the media. So, there's where the argument comes from, band who used to keep ticket prices low and was fan friendly seems to be cashing in.

I didn't go to the last Eddie tour, may or may not go to this one, but surely not spending tons of cash on box sets, socks, trapper keepers or whatever's next.

What would a young Eddie think of high prices or a uke album? No idea, I don't know him personally. But I would take an educated guess that neither of those Ed's would say "If you can't afford the prices, stop bitching and don't buy tickets." If he did, you can be sure not to see me at any shows.

eldarion75 · March 2011

so are these people that are complaining about the prices actually going to see ed play? or are they abstaining owing to price and/or moral grounds?

that'd be an interesting poll..

Get_Right · March 2011

eldarion75 wrote:

so are these people that are complaining about the prices actually going to see ed play? or are they abstaining owing to price and/or moral grounds?

that'd be an interesting poll..

Did you read the posts?
Many people have said that they dont mind paying to see Ed at this price, including myself. Just that it is expensive to do so. There are a few that cant afford it and at least one that is giving it a second thought given the prices.

nuclear ukuleles · March 2011

elevation622 wrote:

Exactly. I honestly was looking forward to going until I saw this thread, I didn't know the price. And I defended the band about ticket prices a year ago. I agreed that $100+ was easily worth a PJ concert. But at the same time, I think $95 for Eddie Vedder solo for one ticket is shocking and although I love PJ, I have every right to say that.
On some other thread somewhere, somebody said "what would 28 year old Eddie say to the one who's putting out a uke album?" and someone responded he'd punch him in the face. How would he feel about $95 tickets? I think he'd throw up and I'm starting to agree. I get inflation, things change and all that stuff, but this is shocking to me.

Yep, pretty much. It's not really about "bitching," either. I'm so tired of hearing that word. And it doesn't matter in the end if we're going to buy tickets or not. It doesn't erase the fact that some of us (and yes, it's only a matter of opinion) believe them to be overpriced.

nuclear ukuleles · March 2011

RedMosquito22 wrote:

Same here. I'm actually taking my nephew to see American Idiot on Broadway when Billie Joe performs as St. Jimmy. I think it is April 16th. He is 11 and has never seen Green Day or NYC. He has no idea and is going to be so surprised!!!!

That's awesome, man! I actually contemplated going myself but musicals really aren't my thing. Your nephew should have fun though!

eldarion75 · March 2011

Get_Right wrote:

eldarion75 wrote:

so are these people that are complaining about the prices actually going to see ed play? or are they abstaining owing to price and/or moral grounds?

that'd be an interesting poll..

Did you read the posts?
Many people have said that they dont mind paying to see Ed at this price, including myself. Just that it is expensive to do so. There are a few that cant afford it and at least one that is giving it a second thought given the prices.

so really all you guys are doing is whining for the sake of it?

seriously. grow up.
are you earning the same money as you were when Pj made that stand about ticket prices? more?

Are your gas and travel expenses the same as they are back then? no? really??

in that case...

McNairn · March 2011

brandon10 wrote:

There are a lot of cheap PJ fans.

So what if the tix were 65 bucks? Wow, you'd save 30$. Even at 4 shows, that's only 120$ savings. 120$ doesn't even buy a half a cart of groceries.

Get over it you cheap bastards.

Oh and I am far from wealthy. But I have my priorities. And since I realize that I will be spending lots on PJ later this summer, I have not been going out at all. Just work and March Madness.

Well put

E.K · March 2011

It's $109 Australian dollars a ticket for his current tour and I would've paid more.

Spend less on junk food, cigarettes, booze etc and you'll be fine.

PushinPaint · March 2011

For me, $100 a ticket is well worth it and I'm happy to pay it. Seriously, I get a chance to go to maybe 1 show a year to see my absolute 100% favorite band, and $100 is not a lot of money. We're talking once a year.

I look at the rising prices like this. Costs are just going up. They don't sell a bunch of physical CD's. Monkeywrench records is their own right? As in they are responsible for the overhead? They're not just getting studio time leased by Sony.

Also, It costs a lot of money to travel with that full crew and pay all those expenses. I also firmly believe that PJ takes really good care of their crew. Those guys have been with PJ for a long time and have families at home - there is no doubt in my mind PJ is taking care of them.

But really, it is a result of higher commodity prices, supply/demand, higher venue fees, higher ticketing fees, less income generated from other arms of their business (CD's). PJ tickets are inelastic when talking about demand, i.e. an increase in price does not cause a larger decrease in demand. If prices go up, they will continue to sell out pretty much every venue. You can bet they have people involved with revenue management who are looking for that supply/demand equilibrium.

Long winded, but I just look at the rising prices as a sign of the times. Everything is more expensive. Touring is how they really earn their living. And it is how they make sure all their employees make a good living. Those employees deserve steady pay grade increases just as we do. Couple that with the fact that they play less shows with fixed costs remaining the same, it is important to maintain higher margins.

eddie vedder tix $94.50!

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