European Tour Sales = Desaster
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When your asshole is in such a perpetual pucker over ticket prices that you can't process a joke about the HoffPost edited by pjl44 on0
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I have the feeling that something is going wrong because of the translation. That's why I'm off the subject now.
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Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!0
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Long live travel
Broadens the mindPost edited by lastexitlondon on
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -0 -
Thanks for that take buddy! This thread has made me laugh a few times this weekend.pjl44 said:When your asshole is in such a perpetual pucker over ticket prices that you can't process a joke about the Hoff
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Who knows, perhaps I'm selling David Hasselhoff short. I mean, it's not as if I've heard very many of his songs. He's apparently still making albums too.0
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"I'd rather be...JimFletcherPearlJam said:Based on what I can tell, it seems like the countries where Pearl Jam is currently most popular (on a per capita basis) are Australia and Portugal. Of course, they're still quite popular and influential in the United States and Canada too.
I'd rather be...
I'd rather be in Portugal!"
-- Eddie Vedder, Lisbon, May 2000I gather speed from you fucking with me.0 -
Yeah man, I have to visit Portugal at some point. It seems too great to ignore.0
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Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.Post edited by axeljohan on0 -
i think their approach is the right one (multiple shows on the same city), most big bands nowadays are starting to following that pattern with great sucess (coldplay , metallica , etc), that being said i think what they got wrong at least in Europe was the ticket prices.axeljohan said:
Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.
to start have the same price for all places in a venue is just bad and careless planning. Also the price of the tickets were very high. 175€ for Berlin , 164£ for London and 165€ for Barcelona in ALL the places of the arena/stadium in london´s case is just wrong in every single way and as i said above bad planning.
If the prices were more cheaper and in line with where you sit in the arena/stadium the tickets would sell for sure.
they would sell out Waldbühne if the prices were lets say : GA - 130€/150€ , 1st ring seated - 90€/100€ , 2nd ring - 70€/80€ , 3rd ring - 60€/70€0 -
to be fair: they sold out GA, 1st tier (except for Premium-tickets) and most of 2nd tier for both nights at 175 EUR/ticket. So, they are not that far off for Berlin expect for 3rd tier.
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I still believe timing was a bigger issue than the prices........if it was announced last December/November these shows would have sold much faster. So many bands are touring this summer, I desperately wanted to see Placebo but they announced their halifax show even later and it is the same day as the manchester show......so thats one I have to missjust_one said:
i think their approach is the right one (multiple shows on the same city), most big bands nowadays are starting to following that pattern with great sucess (coldplay , metallica , etc), that being said i think what they got wrong at least in Europe was the ticket prices.axeljohan said:
Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.
to start have the same price for all places in a venue is just bad and careless planning. Also the price of the tickets were very high. 175€ for Berlin , 164£ for London and 165€ for Barcelona in ALL the places of the arena/stadium in london´s case is just wrong in every single way and as i said above bad planning.
If the prices were more cheaper and in line with where you sit in the arena/stadium the tickets would sell for sure.
they would sell out Waldbühne if the prices were lets say : GA - 130€/150€ , 1st ring seated - 90€/100€ , 2nd ring - 70€/80€ , 3rd ring - 60€/70€0 -
yes that also was a huge mistake. announcing so late also didnt help for sure. If they had announced in early december as they usually do the sales would be better aswellpdalowsky said:
I still believe timing was a bigger issue than the prices........if it was announced last December/November these shows would have sold much faster. So many bands are touring this summer, I desperately wanted to see Placebo but they announced their halifax show even later and it is the same day as the manchester show......so thats one I have to missjust_one said:
i think their approach is the right one (multiple shows on the same city), most big bands nowadays are starting to following that pattern with great sucess (coldplay , metallica , etc), that being said i think what they got wrong at least in Europe was the ticket prices.axeljohan said:
Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.
to start have the same price for all places in a venue is just bad and careless planning. Also the price of the tickets were very high. 175€ for Berlin , 164£ for London and 165€ for Barcelona in ALL the places of the arena/stadium in london´s case is just wrong in every single way and as i said above bad planning.
If the prices were more cheaper and in line with where you sit in the arena/stadium the tickets would sell for sure.
they would sell out Waldbühne if the prices were lets say : GA - 130€/150€ , 1st ring seated - 90€/100€ , 2nd ring - 70€/80€ , 3rd ring - 60€/70€0 -
Exactly. I would say the timing is a much bigger factor than the cost. Kings of Leon announced their U.K. arena tour a week after PJ and are playing the same two weeks. They always sell out (and their prices are half of the PJ tickets) but they have standing and seated tickets available still for what looks like every show…..pdalowsky said:
I still believe timing was a bigger issue than the prices........if it was announced last December/November these shows would have sold much faster. So many bands are touring this summer, I desperately wanted to see Placebo but they announced their halifax show even later and it is the same day as the manchester show......so thats one I have to missjust_one said:
i think their approach is the right one (multiple shows on the same city), most big bands nowadays are starting to following that pattern with great sucess (coldplay , metallica , etc), that being said i think what they got wrong at least in Europe was the ticket prices.axeljohan said:
Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.
to start have the same price for all places in a venue is just bad and careless planning. Also the price of the tickets were very high. 175€ for Berlin , 164£ for London and 165€ for Barcelona in ALL the places of the arena/stadium in london´s case is just wrong in every single way and as i said above bad planning.
If the prices were more cheaper and in line with where you sit in the arena/stadium the tickets would sell for sure.
they would sell out Waldbühne if the prices were lets say : GA - 130€/150€ , 1st ring seated - 90€/100€ , 2nd ring - 70€/80€ , 3rd ring - 60€/70€0 -
I am absolutely certain of it too, I know people will point now at the cost as the obvious answer but its an odd one this summer with Green Day, KOL, PJ, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Foo Fighters, the eagles and many more all coming to play huge shows within a month or two.drfox said:
Exactly. I would say the timing is a much bigger factor than the cost. Kings of Leon announced their U.K. arena tour a week after PJ and are playing the same two weeks. They always sell out (and their prices are half of the PJ tickets) but they have standing and seated tickets available still for what looks like every show…..pdalowsky said:
I still believe timing was a bigger issue than the prices........if it was announced last December/November these shows would have sold much faster. So many bands are touring this summer, I desperately wanted to see Placebo but they announced their halifax show even later and it is the same day as the manchester show......so thats one I have to missjust_one said:
i think their approach is the right one (multiple shows on the same city), most big bands nowadays are starting to following that pattern with great sucess (coldplay , metallica , etc), that being said i think what they got wrong at least in Europe was the ticket prices.axeljohan said:
Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.
to start have the same price for all places in a venue is just bad and careless planning. Also the price of the tickets were very high. 175€ for Berlin , 164£ for London and 165€ for Barcelona in ALL the places of the arena/stadium in london´s case is just wrong in every single way and as i said above bad planning.
If the prices were more cheaper and in line with where you sit in the arena/stadium the tickets would sell for sure.
they would sell out Waldbühne if the prices were lets say : GA - 130€/150€ , 1st ring seated - 90€/100€ , 2nd ring - 70€/80€ , 3rd ring - 60€/70€
People cannot be in the same place at the same time. I saw Bruce is playing a huge show on the date of the Manchester gig too, Green Day when PJ are in London. People are fairly strapped for cash recently, so the earlier announcements of tours may well have taken a good deal of disposable income off the table.
Cost likely hasnt helped but i really do not think it is the issue it is being suggested it is.0 -
Plus they’ve sucked ass for 15 years, so there’s that too🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️drfox said:
Exactly. I would say the timing is a much bigger factor than the cost. Kings of Leon announced their U.K. arena tour a week after PJ and are playing the same two weeks. They always sell out (and their prices are half of the PJ tickets) but they have standing and seated tickets available still for what looks like every show…..pdalowsky said:
I still believe timing was a bigger issue than the prices........if it was announced last December/November these shows would have sold much faster. So many bands are touring this summer, I desperately wanted to see Placebo but they announced their halifax show even later and it is the same day as the manchester show......so thats one I have to missjust_one said:
i think their approach is the right one (multiple shows on the same city), most big bands nowadays are starting to following that pattern with great sucess (coldplay , metallica , etc), that being said i think what they got wrong at least in Europe was the ticket prices.axeljohan said:
Well, if your German frieds still listened to the Hoff while you were buying Vitalogy, you definitely knew the "wrong" Germans. Hasselhoff had his biggest hit in 1989, when his singing single-handedly brought down the Berlin wall. But by 1994 he wasn't a star anymore, not even in Germany.JimFletcherPearlJam said:Hey, I realize that our collective sample size of German friends probably only numbered fewer than 100 people, but that Hasselhoff thing was a phenomenon that seemingly existed as far as we could tell. There are definitely plenty of differences between various countries, which makes traveling even more interesting than it might be otherwise. Long live Pearl Jam!
Nevertheless, selling out Waldbühne (22k) twice was always a strech for Pearl Jam. They sold out single night at Waldbühne / Wuhlheide everytime in the past. But failed to sell out two night at the O2-arena (17k) back in 2012.
Their new approach of less travelling for the band and let the fans come to us combined with the ticket prices didn't help selling out this time.
to start have the same price for all places in a venue is just bad and careless planning. Also the price of the tickets were very high. 175€ for Berlin , 164£ for London and 165€ for Barcelona in ALL the places of the arena/stadium in london´s case is just wrong in every single way and as i said above bad planning.
If the prices were more cheaper and in line with where you sit in the arena/stadium the tickets would sell for sure.
they would sell out Waldbühne if the prices were lets say : GA - 130€/150€ , 1st ring seated - 90€/100€ , 2nd ring - 70€/80€ , 3rd ring - 60€/70€0 -
This is one of my favorite threads. 17 pages of outrage over $60.0
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And a hilarious Hoff jokebootlegger10 said:This is one of my favorite threads. 17 pages of outrage over $60.0 -
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