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Price points are real. I look at the $350 price per pair at Fenway differently than the $402 I paid for Baltimore. Most of that difference is tax, but $400 per pair is pushing it.___________________________________________
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jimjam1982 said:chrisdrake88 said:Ledbetterman10 said:chrisdrake88 said:I've been a 10C member off and on for ten years now (I am aware that this is not the longest membership, but this isn't a measuring contest) and I am absolutely appalled by the prices of tickets for this tour. The one thing that always stood PJ apart from all other bands was its connection to the fans, the determination to make it as great an experience as could be and the refusal to let its fans be ripped off and exploited in the name of capitalism (See PJ vs Ticketmaster).
The best example of this has always been the Ten Club, where we get rewarded for our loyalty by being allowed to buy tickets at a reasonable price, right down the front where the proper fans are, without needing to pay an absolute fortune for the privilege. These tickets for the Dark Matters tour UK dates are £160. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS. The cheapest tickets in the house are £120.
Pearl Jam, you have completely lost your way. You are not the band of the people that you once were, you will have lost the respect of thousands of fans with this blatant profiteering and the fact that you are doing this alongside Ticketmaster, of all companies, is frankly insulting.
I for one, will not be renewing my membership next time around and will be interested to see how many others will also leave.
I'm just disappointed.
If you have a $55 Rolling Stones ticket and there’s a $3 to $6 service charge, okay. But ours was an $18.50 ticket, and now all of a sudden it’s a $24.00 ticket. That’s not right. I just want people to be able to see our shows. It’s extremely important that it’s available to everyone, that if they’d like to attend they’re able to. Also, when you start having $50 tickets, all of a sudden you’re changing your audience. And that’s a frightening thought, playing only to people that can afford a $50 ticket.
With inflation, a $50 ticket in 1995 is now $102 in 2024. Tickets to this tour are double that. Not such a "freighting thought" anymore.
The most common answers that I'm getting from people who disagree with me are "Don't buy a ticket then" or "Go watch another band". But that's not the point really, is it? The point is that this is Pearl Jam and Pearl Jam have changed.
1995 pearl jam fans were poor early job stages or teens: minimum wage $4.25 an hour for comparison....
2024 pearl jam fans are in the the peak earning stages of your career between 38 and 55 for the majority of the demographic.
I think the band does their best to control pricing - Fees are like $30 this tour...so ticket price is actually like $145 or $155...then fees, then tax..
You can vote for less taxation and you can vote to control inflation. So you can be disappointed in the band or you can do something about it.
The bottom line: if you vote in November based on the fact that gas and grocery prices are higher than they were four years ago, you're probably not going to get the favorable economic policies you're hoping for from the candidate who was in office four years ago (not to mention that the House has been in Republican control during the Biden presidency).I gather speed from you fucking with me.0 -
Came off the waiting list to get VF tickets to Fenway. Midway in the rear bleachers was about the cheapest available. 2 tickets for $933 total. W.T.F. This is INSANE. Who the fuck are buying these tickets? Who can afford back of the floor seats for $700+ a piece?0
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The face value tickets aren't the problem here. Everything costs more and these tickets are still in line or below most big acts these days. The only thing that's slightly different is uniform ticket prices for every seat in the house. No discounts for upper bowl for ex.
The bigger problem is the Premium/dynamic pricing and that's a corporate problem.Mansfield 6/30/08 - Wrigley Field 7/14/13 - Worcester I 10/15/13 - Global Citizen 9/26/15 - MSG II 5/2/16 - Fenway I 8/5/16 - Fenway II 8/7/16 - Fenway II 9/4/18 - LA I 5/6/22 - LA II 5/7/22 - MSG 9/11/22 - Nashville 9/16/22 - St. Paul I and II 8/31/23-9/2/23 - Napa 5/25/24 - MSG I 9/3/24 - MSG II 9/4/24 - Hollywood FL I 4/24/25 - Hollywood FL II 4/26/250 -
BF25394 said:
The bottom line: if you vote in November based on the fact that gas and grocery prices are higher than they were four years ago, you're probably not going to get the favorable economic policies you're hoping for from the candidate who was in office four years ago (not to mention that the House has been in Republican control during the Biden presidency).Mansfield 6/30/08 - Wrigley Field 7/14/13 - Worcester I 10/15/13 - Global Citizen 9/26/15 - MSG II 5/2/16 - Fenway I 8/5/16 - Fenway II 8/7/16 - Fenway II 9/4/18 - LA I 5/6/22 - LA II 5/7/22 - MSG 9/11/22 - Nashville 9/16/22 - St. Paul I and II 8/31/23-9/2/23 - Napa 5/25/24 - MSG I 9/3/24 - MSG II 9/4/24 - Hollywood FL I 4/24/25 - Hollywood FL II 4/26/250 -
The ticket prices this time around are insane. Jut tried for the Registration sale and the cheapest ticket is $650 for the Baltimore show....was planning on taking my son to see PJ but I guess at these prices that won't be happening....been listening and following these guys since I was a teenager...what the hell happened for the prices to be this outrageous.0
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curtly1978 said:The ticket prices this time around are insane. Jut tried for the Registration sale and the cheapest ticket is $650 for the Baltimore show....was planning on taking my son to see PJ but I guess at these prices that won't be happening....been listening and following these guys since I was a teenager...what the hell happened for the prices to be this outrageous.
But the only reason you are seeing those tickets at all is because of the price they are being sold for. If they were face value you would of had a Sold Out sign on the page when it was your turn to buy.0 -
Corporations rule the day...
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the amount of unsold tickets for barcelona is haunting , never thought that would happen0
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chrisdrake88 said:bootlegger10 said:chrisdrake88 said:I've been a 10C member off and on for ten years now (I am aware that this is not the longest membership, but this isn't a measuring contest) and I am absolutely appalled by the prices of tickets for this tour. The one thing that always stood PJ apart from all other bands was its connection to the fans, the determination to make it as great an experience as could be and the refusal to let its fans be ripped off and exploited in the name of capitalism (See PJ vs Ticketmaster).
The best example of this has always been the Ten Club, where we get rewarded for our loyalty by being allowed to buy tickets at a reasonable price, right down the front where the proper fans are, without needing to pay an absolute fortune for the privilege. These tickets for the Dark Matters tour UK dates are £160. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS. The cheapest tickets in the house are £120.
Pearl Jam, you have completely lost your way. You are not the band of the people that you once were, you will have lost the respect of thousands of fans with this blatant profiteering and the fact that you are doing this alongside Ticketmaster, of all companies, is frankly insulting.
I for one, will not be renewing my membership next time around and will be interested to see how many others will also leave.
I'm just disappointed.
I'm not going to get into a debate about US ticket prices, because I don't live in the US.0 -
The way I'm watching large chunks of tickets become available over time for Fenway has to be Ticketmaster trickling these tickets out to drive these high prices and promote scarcity.0
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kmcmanus said:chrisdrake88 said:bootlegger10 said:chrisdrake88 said:I've been a 10C member off and on for ten years now (I am aware that this is not the longest membership, but this isn't a measuring contest) and I am absolutely appalled by the prices of tickets for this tour. The one thing that always stood PJ apart from all other bands was its connection to the fans, the determination to make it as great an experience as could be and the refusal to let its fans be ripped off and exploited in the name of capitalism (See PJ vs Ticketmaster).
The best example of this has always been the Ten Club, where we get rewarded for our loyalty by being allowed to buy tickets at a reasonable price, right down the front where the proper fans are, without needing to pay an absolute fortune for the privilege. These tickets for the Dark Matters tour UK dates are £160. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS. The cheapest tickets in the house are £120.
Pearl Jam, you have completely lost your way. You are not the band of the people that you once were, you will have lost the respect of thousands of fans with this blatant profiteering and the fact that you are doing this alongside Ticketmaster, of all companies, is frankly insulting.
I for one, will not be renewing my membership next time around and will be interested to see how many others will also leave.
I'm just disappointed.
I'm not going to get into a debate about US ticket prices, because I don't live in the US.0 -
Band members have kids to put through college soon. Anyone looked at THOSE prices, yet?!?!
Best friend who got me into the 10C in the 90's texted me this during the sale this morning (we both got shut out in Philly):
"The Eddie that raised me would be horrified!"0 -
This what a lot of Bruce fans complained about last Winter too. I'm not really sure how much control the band has in this. Would love to learn more about the ticketmaster process.Mansfield 6/30/08 - Wrigley Field 7/14/13 - Worcester I 10/15/13 - Global Citizen 9/26/15 - MSG II 5/2/16 - Fenway I 8/5/16 - Fenway II 8/7/16 - Fenway II 9/4/18 - LA I 5/6/22 - LA II 5/7/22 - MSG 9/11/22 - Nashville 9/16/22 - St. Paul I and II 8/31/23-9/2/23 - Napa 5/25/24 - MSG I 9/3/24 - MSG II 9/4/24 - Hollywood FL I 4/24/25 - Hollywood FL II 4/26/250
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AlaG said:kmcmanus said:chrisdrake88 said:bootlegger10 said:chrisdrake88 said:I've been a 10C member off and on for ten years now (I am aware that this is not the longest membership, but this isn't a measuring contest) and I am absolutely appalled by the prices of tickets for this tour. The one thing that always stood PJ apart from all other bands was its connection to the fans, the determination to make it as great an experience as could be and the refusal to let its fans be ripped off and exploited in the name of capitalism (See PJ vs Ticketmaster).
The best example of this has always been the Ten Club, where we get rewarded for our loyalty by being allowed to buy tickets at a reasonable price, right down the front where the proper fans are, without needing to pay an absolute fortune for the privilege. These tickets for the Dark Matters tour UK dates are £160. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS. The cheapest tickets in the house are £120.
Pearl Jam, you have completely lost your way. You are not the band of the people that you once were, you will have lost the respect of thousands of fans with this blatant profiteering and the fact that you are doing this alongside Ticketmaster, of all companies, is frankly insulting.
I for one, will not be renewing my membership next time around and will be interested to see how many others will also leave.
I'm just disappointed.
I'm not going to get into a debate about US ticket prices, because I don't live in the US.Post edited by SHZA on0 -
I think PJ miscalculated this move for Europe. First that by all means those ticket prices are not the average in europe for a band like PJ, yeah they have fans, but they don't have the size as Taylor swift, ac/dc or other big acts that dare to charge that. It's delutional to think they are.So they don't have that big hardcore fanbase to sellout stadiums with those prices. Given that, only option is casual listeners, yeah no casual listener that is not rich will pay 160€ for a ticket, you will need hell amount of rich people to sell out stadiums.As for me, I was super excited to see them again. I was born the same year that the band got together. I haven't had too many opportunities to see them live, but Barcelona 2018 was the best concert of my life. This time around will only see them on Barcelona N1 and with a bittersweet taste, as my intention was to see them 2 nights but with these prices only have budget for one. This process has been a dissapointment, with 10c lottery new rules (I had to go to GA because I was not going to risk to get bad seats for that price) and complete proof that the band only cares about the money.06/06/17 - Eddie Vedder - Hammersmith Apollo - London ///// 09/06/17 - Eddie Vedder - 3Arena - Dublin ///// 19/06/18 - Pearl Jam - O2 - London ////// 10/07/18 - Pearl Jam - Palau Sant Jordi - Barcelona ////// 12/07/18 - Pearl Jam - Mad Cool Festival - Madrid ////// 14/07/18 -Pearl Jam - NOS Alive Festival - Lisbon0
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After seeing all the seats that were better than I got from Ten Club for between $500-800 per ticket before fees, I canceled my auto renewal for my membership. This will be my 25th and last show unless they swing through Denver on a future tour, but this will be the end for me for traveling and maintaining my FC membership.
I don't begrudge the fan club or the band; they are welcome to do what they want."...what a different life had i not found this love with you..."0 -
AlaG said:I just want to know when concerts became such a rich man's game. Pearl Jam fans always show up but it ruins the entire ####ing vibe at so many shows I've been to lately. People in the lower bowl seated for the whole show. Young adults on IG the entire time taking pictures in front of your line of view. And so on. It just sucks.0
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CaliforniaSun77 said:AlaG said:I just want to know when concerts became such a rich man's game. Pearl Jam fans always show up but it ruins the entire ####ing vibe at so many shows I've been to lately. People in the lower bowl seated for the whole show. Young adults on IG the entire time taking pictures in front of your line of view. And so on. It just sucks.Mansfield 6/30/08 - Wrigley Field 7/14/13 - Worcester I 10/15/13 - Global Citizen 9/26/15 - MSG II 5/2/16 - Fenway I 8/5/16 - Fenway II 8/7/16 - Fenway II 9/4/18 - LA I 5/6/22 - LA II 5/7/22 - MSG 9/11/22 - Nashville 9/16/22 - St. Paul I and II 8/31/23-9/2/23 - Napa 5/25/24 - MSG I 9/3/24 - MSG II 9/4/24 - Hollywood FL I 4/24/25 - Hollywood FL II 4/26/250
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I also think, last year they had so many 10C and there ended up being a lot left or sold on F2F. This time they clearly removed some sections for the dynamic pricing options instead. It hurts but it's a balancing act for mgmt.Mansfield 6/30/08 - Wrigley Field 7/14/13 - Worcester I 10/15/13 - Global Citizen 9/26/15 - MSG II 5/2/16 - Fenway I 8/5/16 - Fenway II 8/7/16 - Fenway II 9/4/18 - LA I 5/6/22 - LA II 5/7/22 - MSG 9/11/22 - Nashville 9/16/22 - St. Paul I and II 8/31/23-9/2/23 - Napa 5/25/24 - MSG I 9/3/24 - MSG II 9/4/24 - Hollywood FL I 4/24/25 - Hollywood FL II 4/26/250
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