Would you Rather?

LloydXmas
LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
edited May 2013 in The Porch
Have the band announce tour dates 5 months on advance and painfully wait with your tickets in hand

Or

Have the band announce a tour 2 and a half months in advance and have the show come much quicker.
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  • Bird889
    Bird889 Posts: 423
    5 months in advance is better for me. My wife and I need time to make arrangements with our work. Since PJ has never played closer than three hours away, we usually plan a vacation around the tour.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,442
    Happy with whatever they do that results in a show in addition to Wrigley for me this year but if I had a choice:

    Advance - I love planning shit out and there aren't a ton of things that would make me really look forward to a specific date like seeing a kick ass concert.
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  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    Yeah I'm a planner too.
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  • PJU2
    PJU2 Sacramento Posts: 34
    I would like to open my present now.....in the present tense
  • kasedoug
    kasedoug The Golden State Posts: 3,063
    This would never happen, but I'd love them to announce shows the day of in smaller venues or a week in advance since I don't plan on traveling much this time around.

    ex: Recently in LA, The Rolling Stones did a warm-up gig for their tour at the Echoplex, which is a small 700 capacity club. People were tipped off but the ticket sales lottery and show were all in the same day. Similarly, when Foo Fighters were debuting Wasting Light by playing small clubs in LA, they'd drop hints on twitter before a final reveal of the venue details in the late afternoon, then it was a mad dash to the venue. Both the Stones and Foos shows were only $20. Also, QOTSA is playing a show at the Wiltern this week (~2200 capacity) after just announcing it last week.

    I know that this is harder for people in smaller markets, but I really liked the thrill of the chase with some of those shows.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    LloydXmas wrote:
    Have the band announce tour dates 5 months on advance and painfully wait with your tickets in hand

    Or

    Have the band announce a tour 2 and a half months in advance and have the show come much quicker.

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  • mans_a
    mans_a Posts: 16
    I'd say 5 months in advance, for logistical and planning purposes. Plus I enjoy being excited for a long time for these kind of events, especially if it's PJ 8-)
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    5 months...planning things like a 'Packing List' for PJ20 was so awesome, planning an awesome Steak Night dinner with 30+ other awesome PJ friends was really fun.
    Hilarity ensued when a certain notice was posted at the KOA in Missoula... ;)

    Some magical things happen when we get a chance to plan other activities around a PJ show.
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  • DubG
    DubG Posts: 127
    Advance. It is just easier than scrambling I feel to put something together. It can be a lot to juggle in a short amount of time. Plus all our employers can't really say no to us if we put in for these dates 5 months in advance right? Haha
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 11,116
    Advance. I have to plan out Vacation days in advance. The longer I have to wait, the higher the odds someone else books those days off in the calendar.

    I generally go to Vancouver and Seattle shows (I live in Victoria). It takes about 4 hours to get to Vancouver when you add up the driving, waiting, ferry, and more driving, and 5-6 to seattle. I'd need to book at least one day off if it were a weekend. Sat/Sun would require me to take monday off to get home. Fri/Sat, I'd need the Friday off to get there. If its mid week I'd need more days. Especially if Vancouver got a date as well.
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    I like a quick turn around, I just start losing interest as time goes on
  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    Now. I want it NOW.

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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    I think I'd be ok with a 30 day notice.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,496
    The sooner, the better. I'd like to have a little vacation left. But, I can't change when they announce it, so I'll be patient.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,671
    The sooner the better here too. Flights, hotels, vacation time...all these things are easier to set up when you have plenty of notice.
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  • jason_94
    jason_94 Toledo, OH Posts: 1,872
    I would definitely prefer the earlier notice, be able to make my plans for the event & then count down to the event itself.
    kasedoug wrote:
    This would never happen, but I'd love them to announce shows the day of in smaller venues or a week in advance since I don't plan on traveling much this time around.

    ex: Recently in LA, The Rolling Stones did a warm-up gig for their tour at the Echoplex, which is a small 700 capacity club. People were tipped off but the ticket sales lottery and show were all in the same day. Similarly, when Foo Fighters were debuting Wasting Light by playing small clubs in LA, they'd drop hints on twitter before a final reveal of the venue details in the late afternoon, then it was a mad dash to the venue. Both the Stones and Foos shows were only $20. Also, QOTSA is playing a show at the Wiltern this week (~2200 capacity) after just announcing it last week.

    I know that this is harder for people in smaller markets, but I really liked the thrill of the chase with some of those shows.


    However, I really liked what Foo Fighters did to start their Wasting Light tour and the same ideas that some other bands are doing that were mentioned in the above post. I think it would be completely incredible to have a few of these small, last minute shows sprinkled throughout a tour. Maybe announce a full tour (ya, I know) several months out with some open days strung between some of the announced shows. Then, as the tour kicks off, about 1 week out from some of the various open dates, announce a show at small intimate venue. It could be in the city they just played or are about to play or it could be in a nearby city 70-100 miles away in between 2 announced cities. I, personally think that would be really cool to see and to follow. It would be a planned tour with a bunch of unknown surprises along the way.
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    jason_94 wrote:
    I would definitely prefer the earlier notice, be able to make my plans for the event & then count down to the event itself.
    kasedoug wrote:
    This would never happen, but I'd love them to announce shows the day of in smaller venues or a week in advance since I don't plan on traveling much this time around.

    ex: Recently in LA, The Rolling Stones did a warm-up gig for their tour at the Echoplex, which is a small 700 capacity club. People were tipped off but the ticket sales lottery and show were all in the same day. Similarly, when Foo Fighters were debuting Wasting Light by playing small clubs in LA, they'd drop hints on twitter before a final reveal of the venue details in the late afternoon, then it was a mad dash to the venue. Both the Stones and Foos shows were only $20. Also, QOTSA is playing a show at the Wiltern this week (~2200 capacity) after just announcing it last week.

    I know that this is harder for people in smaller markets, but I really liked the thrill of the chase with some of those shows.

    However, I really liked what Foo Fighters did to start their Wasting Light tour and the same ideas that some other bands are doing that were mentioned in the above post. I think it would be completely incredible to have a few of these small, last minute shows sprinkled throughout a tour. Maybe announce a full tour (ya, I know) several months out with some open days strung between some of the announced shows. Then, as the tour kicks off, about 1 week out from some of the various open dates, announce a show at small intimate venue. It could be in the city they just played or are about to play or it could be in a nearby city 70-100 miles away in between 2 announced cities. I, personally think that would be really cool to see and to follow. It would be a planned tour with a bunch of unknown surprises along the way.

    I like this idea. I don't like this whole having to be connected to some form of social media/twitter/facebook 24 hours a day, just to have a snowball's chance in hell at seeing a frickin' rock show. Everything is becoming too damn fast paced for me, it seems. I know - I sound like an old fart, but I'm only 39!!!
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    Happy with whatever they do that results in a show in addition to Wrigley for me this year but if I had a choice:

    Advance - I love planning shit out and there aren't a ton of things that would make me really look forward to a specific date like seeing a kick ass concert.
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  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    Definitely as much advance notice as possible required from here. Some hell long flights required for me generally that are always going to be cheaper the further in advance you can book them.
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    morello wrote:
    Definitely as much advance notice as possible required from here. Some hell long flights required for me generally that are always going to be cheaper the further in advance you can book them.
    Amen!! I generally live good driven road trips, which in themselves take hella planning and saving, but when I finally do my Euro- Aussie tour..., gonna need time for planning and booking cheap flights and stays!!!!

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