Dark Matter World Tour 2024

The band (or management) make the choices, it's that simple. So, what you see at an onsale is a direct reflection of their goals and feelings on today's live music world. I think PJ does some things right (fan2fan, all in pricing, club lotto vs password general sale), but I also think they miss on some. I am not opposed to the price point for the lower level seats in today's environment, but only $10 cheaper for the upper bowl is not right.

Some performers are even more offbase. Zach Bryan can sell tix anywhere right now. His last tour was reasonably priced and thru AXS after he literally released a live album titled "All My Homie Hate Ticketmaster". Fast forward a year, his tour is thru TM and ticket prices are astronomical ($400 for field level at a stadium). That shows you something.

Got tix for my wife for Hozier recently. He sold out the amphitheater PJ plays in Camden and sold it out in less than 48hr. He used all in pricing, non transferrable/fan2fan, and tix were shockingly low. Pit and 100 sections (closest to stage) were less than $100, lawn was less than $50. That shows you something.

Force Of Nature said:

BF25394 said:

Clare Parsons said:

Here's my thoughts.  Don't @ me!

There's a lot of unhappy people here raging against the ticket cost.  I agree.  They are extortionate and over-priced.  It goes against the values that I thought PJ held dear - times have changed since the '90's!

However, that's where we are.  If people aren't happy the only way to communicate that to the band is to vote with your feet.  Send a message by not buying tickets - granted, that's difficult as we're all fans here.

Anyway, that's my tuppence worth; if you don't like it, don't buy the tickets.  That'd send a pretty clear message to PJ that something ain't right.

People need to stop misusing the word "extortion" or offshoots of it here. This is not extortion. Pearl Jam is not threatening you or using force to make you buy tickets. If the price is too steep, you do not have to buy tickets.

"If the price is too steep" - This is the definition of extortionate. They aren’t saying pearl jam are threatening them.

When did they write the extortion out of extortionate?

ComeToTX said:

perfectlefts14 said:

ComeToTX said:

I paid $263 for a Neil Young ticket yesterday. PJ is not out of line with what their peers are charging. 

You got ripped off. 

i appreciate your insight.

If you don’t have to travel and it’s a good seat that’s kind of a decent deal these days.  

I think a lot of Americans (of which I am) don't realize full that the average wage in UK and much of Europe is oftentimes a lot lower than the USA. The average wage in Britain is around $38,000 give or take. It's a bit higher in Ireland. In the U.S. it's in the mid $50,000. So we're talking around $15,000 difference a year. 

Anyone else having trouble buying tickets for Barcelona - it won't let me chose the number of tickets so I can't confirm my order.  Its the same on both dates in Barcelona -have tried other countries and works fine for me everywhere else.

tylerj said:

I think a lot of Americans (of which I am) don't realize full that the average wage in UK and much of Europe is oftentimes a lot lower than the USA. The average wage in Britain is around $38,000 give or take. It's a bit higher in Ireland. In the U.S. it's in the mid $50,000. So we're talking around $15,000 difference a year. 

devonfz said:

So my question and not sure if I’ve read to any comments about it is the reserved seating the gray areas are I assume premium and the blue areas are fan club seats in New York and LA not gonna be a lot a good fan club seats, but a couple of the other venues like Portland, Sacramento and Seattle. Seems like it’s more of the way it used to be fan club seats on the side anyone else see this? And in someways I’m glad they’re being honest.

But in those venues like Portland, Sacto etc. while there will be some 10C seats in those good sections, you can be sure the better seats in those sections will be PJ Premium and 10C will be higher rows up behind them.

ComeToTX said:

I paid $263 for a Neil Young ticket yesterday. PJ is not out of line with what their peers are charging. 

Don't need no cash
Don't want no money
Ain't got no stash
This note's for you.

I've got the real thing
I got the real thing, baby
I got the real thing
Yeah, alright.

The biggest issue with ticket prices last year was the discovery that our 10c tickets not only were going up in price but they were getting much worse in terms of location due to PJ Premium.

If you can't improve the overall quality of 10c tickets due to PJ Premium, I still think it could be mostly fixed by pricing different levels of seats closer to market.  If you double the best 10c seat prices (think GA and best side stage/floor at $400, then the next best at $300, etc) and cut down bigtime on the cost of the 'bad' 10c seats to $50 or something like that, the take is still the same and at least people with lousy seats feel like the value is there.  You decide what you're willing to pay given the choices.

il vecchio said:

BlueLedbetter said:

Are Barcelona tickets transferable ?

Thinking about applying but wouldn't travel if I only got 1 night 

you need to have a bank account from the country where the gig happens. Unbelievable.

That's for fan to fan via TM but NYC and Chicago shows can be sold/transfered directly I believe I guess that doesn't happen in Spain?