2022 North American rumour thread take 2

bbiggs said:

Of all the gripes, many of which are legitimate, the interest earned by whoever is holding the money is at the bottom of the list.  That interest is a rounding error.

bootlegger10 said:

given2fly23 said:

bbiggs said:

Of all the gripes, many of which are legitimate, the interest earned by whoever is holding the money is at the bottom of the list.  That interest is a rounding error.

Not to mention that a refund option was offered. It’s hilarious that people think ticket sale money goes straight into PJ’s bank account or that the five of them are sitting around deciding the announcement date. This is all TM/LiveNation holding money and coordinating announcements to maximize sales. 

So TM/Live Nation don't want to maximize money when other bands announce their tours much further in advance than PJ (consistently).  The only time PJ announces shows well in advance are when a festival is involved. 

They are basically going to reward people holding tickets for 2 years with about 6 weeks of planning when they probably had to turn in their vacation schedules for work months ago.  I guess DMB is willing to take less money by announcing earlier for his tours.  

drakeheuer14 said:

There is no legitimate excuse for this delay really. Plenty of excuses, but none good enough. 

bootlegger10 said:

given2fly23 said:

bootlegger10 said:

given2fly23 said:

bbiggs said:

Of all the gripes, many of which are legitimate, the interest earned by whoever is holding the money is at the bottom of the list.  That interest is a rounding error.

Not to mention that a refund option was offered. It’s hilarious that people think ticket sale money goes straight into PJ’s bank account or that the five of them are sitting around deciding the announcement date. This is all TM/LiveNation holding money and coordinating announcements to maximize sales. 

So TM/Live Nation don't want to maximize money when other bands announce their tours much further in advance than PJ (consistently).  The only time PJ announces shows well in advance are when a festival is involved. 

They are basically going to reward people holding tickets for 2 years with about 6 weeks of planning when they probably had to turn in their vacation schedules for work months ago.  I guess DMB is willing to take less money by announcing earlier for his tours.  

This is a unique situation right now, an dof course PJ has to green light a tour first, but once they have, I imagine TM/LN look at all the other bands who have announcements/ticket sales on the calendar and try to stagger them to maximize our spending.  If PJ and Foo are both announcing tours, I'd imagine TM/LN want to stagger them so fans don't have to pick one or the other.  I'm not in the industry, I'm just saying that there are other factors besides just PJ.  Of course they have to choose to tour first, but there are other players/decision-makers involved.

I don't know anything.  It could be all that.  Just think that PJ should be announcing sooner for these reschedules as they have our money and if the new dates don't work for people they can request a refund sooner (versus wait until 6-8 weeks before the show).   Just tired of PJ's tour announcements in the last 10 years or so (one small leg at a time versus multiple legs announced at one time).  

Just look at ComeToTX's post above.  He bought tickets for shows in January of 2020, and has no idea of whether those shows will be in May of 2022 when huge bands' tours have come and gone in between, others announced months ago for tours in spring, and EV announced and did a tour already.   Just silly.