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How do you afford to follow a tour ?
My girlfriend is amazed at the people who follow this band around on tours / solo shows.In Philadelphia we met a woman from Denver who had seen the band 57 times since 2003. She wants to know how is this possible.What about family,jobs, other commitments ? 
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i bought 100 shares of apple stock long ago at $20 a piece...i sell back 4-5 per tour
just kidding....would be nice though
PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014
EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014
EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
Finaly....i thought i was the only who did it that way...
h8 2 w8 for concerts
Prostitution is always a last option. Selling a body part or organ on the other hand, well, that is something for a last resort...
I like to keep all options open...
"I'm not about to give thanks or appologize"
"Caught a bolt of lighting, cursed the day he let it go"
PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014
EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
Im trying!! Worked at my old job for a minute today an my old boss told me he might pay for my flight...might being the key word there, lol! Either way i made a little extra cash and I'm setting it aside for gas $$ :-) Still beyond exited!!
"I'm not about to give thanks or appologize"
"Caught a bolt of lighting, cursed the day he let it go"
PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014
EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
this card has more than 60 plane trip shows on it :?
many great nights and cities
but those days are over ....card was used from 96 - 2009 on tour vacations
worth owing the money
I am a single guy which helps - +1
I have a crappy paying job (typically) - -1
I don't save much - -1
No credit card debt +1
On the LA 09 trip (including SD), I was living in PHX at the time and drove and then after each show stayed in a pilot truck stop
For the Philly night 4 I did a one day trip, flew in and flew out the next morning - slept in the airport! (BEST trip I've ever taken) +1
In 2010 I did Hartford through NYC. My parents lived in Albany so that was my main springboard area. +1
Used their car which saved rental and then took a train to NYC. +1
Stayed in a motel on night in Providence between Boston and Newark on parents dime I might add. - 0
Payed for a fairly cheap still $85 at the Jane Hotel in between MSG 1 and 2 - -1
Lastly for Alpine last year, I happened to move to Milwaukee and was able to stay with someone I worked with in the area for free - +2
And was able to park my car at the resort each day since my ticket buddy stayed there so got easy access back to the highway after each show. No traffic!! +1
So my grand total is:+7
I'd say that's a pretty frugal 11 shows!! Except for all the merch and tickets I spent loot on, but I am still alive and not on welfare, so I guess I done good! :corn:
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
Same thing!
Becki
same here...I'm doing my PhD at the moment, so I work meeting deadlines, presenting at conferences and writing papers, and when and where I work is up to me. In Vienna, I live in the cheapest possible tiny room (9m²) in a rather shabby flat, but the price can't be beat, and most of my things are at my parents' place, where I have an actually nice room lol. I have them covering my living expenses, only paying for gas, electricity, internet & food myself, so everything that's left of my scholarship after that and books, conference fees etc is free to be spent on what I want to spend it on. Which is probably 90% music, PJ and others. I don't have a partner, no kids, and am not planning to in the next ten years at least, if at all. That's basically it...nobody to spend money on but myself, and generous parents.
It also helps that I live in the best state to be a PJ fan... Pennsylvania. Lots of opportunities to see them live.