the demise of hard tickets….

Wobbie
Wobbie Posts: 31,328
in Other Music
I recently saw the Rival Sons. The only way I could get a hard ticket was from a nice usher on my way out….she gave me a comp ticket. That night, I bought Big Head Todd tickets at the box office….they sent a link to my phone :angry: I recently ordered War on Drugs tix online….no option for a hard ticket. The only recent exception was Brian Fallon….he had the option of a hard tickets  for a $2.50 mailing fee. I hate that hard tickets are going away. It’s the same bummer if you want to collect “significant” sports tickets….the hard tickets basically don’t exist.
If I had known then what I know now...

Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Philly I & II, 16
Denver 22
Missoula 24
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  • petted101
    petted101 Posts: 190
    Dinosaur Jr, next year, allowed me to purchase a souvenir ticket that will be posted after the show.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,328
    glad to hear.

    don’t forget your earplugs! J plays LOUD!
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    edited November 2021
    Yeah, I have pretty much every ticket stub for the concerts I've been to. 
    I went to a Black Pumas show that was digital tickets, so I made a ticket on the computer and used my work printer. Came out really good, you wouldn't notice the difference. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited November 2021
    I'm all for cutting back on paper waste but this is ridiculous!  Is this a way for them to save paper or just another way for promoters and venues to add a few more cents to their profits?  Or another way to make a buck selling "souvenir tickets"?  Not the biggest reason, but this is another reason I'm glad I don't go to shows anymore.
    Post edited by brianlux on
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    Ive been saving the wristbands from shows. Writing the perform name, venue name, and date. Not as cool as a ticket stub, but better than nothing.
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    brianlux said:
    I'm all for cutting back on paper waste but this is ridiculous!  Is this a way for them to save paper or just another way for promoters and venues to add a few more cents to their profits?  Or another way to make a buck selling "souvenir tickets"?  Not the biggest reason, but this is another reason I'm glad I don't go to shows anymore.
    I think it cuts down on scalping as well.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,125
    eddiec said:
    Yeah, I have pretty much every ticket stub for the concerts I've been to. 
    I went to a Black Pumas show that was digital tickets, so I made a ticket on the computer and used my work printer. Came out really good, you wouldn't notice the difference. 
    I have been doing the same thing. I have hundreds of tickets stubs dating back to high school. I keep them all in a ticket album. The last few shows I bought tickets for didn’t even give me the option to have them mailed to me. So, I have been creating my own and printing them out. It is not the same though. I would pay extra for a commemorative ticket, but they are not offered at every show. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    Same same, have a bag full of tickets 
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  • BR2428
    BR2428 Posts: 138
    I scanned all my ticket stubs into my computer for safe keeping. If these new tickets were digital facsimiles of old school tickets, I’d be good with having that for my “collection” if I can’t get the real thing anymore. 
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,907
    I have photo albums of all my stubs going back to about '92.  There's some missing because I didn't get OCD about it until later the 90s.   I'm really going to miss them.

    Even before Covid it was getting super hard to get hard copies.    Most of the time there was a way, but there were a few I couldn't and just printed a screenshot of what I had or the digital ticket to put in the album.

    We just bought ZZ Top/Cheap Trick tickets and usually the local venue has a will option, but not this time.   Could of gotten a digital ticket or print at home ticket.  Opted for print at home so I could put a copy in the album.

    I appreciate the ease of digital tickets.  I use them to see movies all the time now.  It works pretty good, but for collecting and reliving your memories, it's a shame they're fading away.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,500
    Flaming Lips actually had paper tix.  I was shocked.
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,110
    I miss hard tix for sure.  I also don't have a smart phone so that means printing out my barcodes on a full 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper..kind of wasteful
    Scio me nihil scire

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Thankfully, I kept many of mine:
    IMG

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,328
    brianlux said:
    Thankfully, I kept many of mine:
    IMG

    is that a book you wrote?
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,482
    Smaller ticket vendors, like AXS, still allow for will call tickets. Just got a real ticket at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta for Drive-by Truckers.
  • ST66483
    ST66483 Posts: 891
    Highly recommend Brian’s book above - a good read.
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    i'm ancient and have over 45 years of concert stubs. stored in collectible hockey card sheets, in 3 ring binders. 3 binders worth.
    i am not happy with this new paperless ticket trend.
    having my show ticket, on my phone, is a new low for me at live shows.
    and i've also seen people pay for cigarettes with their f'n wrist watch !!    i hate what we've become    ;)  
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,110
    helplessdancer said:
    i'm ancient and have over 45 years of concert stubs. stored in collectible hockey card sheets, in 3 ring binders. 3 binders worth.
    i am not happy with this new paperless ticket trend.
    having my show ticket, on my phone, is a new low for me at live shows.
    and i've also seen people pay for cigarettes with their f'n wrist watch !!    i hate what we've become    ;)  
    Yeah we are becoming mindless consumers with fewer tangible connections to reality or even our consumption in reality.  It is crazy.
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,695
    I loved the paper tickets collected about 400 of them 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,552
    i've started printing the ones from my apple wallet. they all look the same except for the band name, but it's something. 
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