***OFFICIAL FOO FIGHTERS THREAD***

HughFreakingDillon said:

Zod said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

maybe they're pulling a Rush. Wait to see the demand, add as necessary. 

It's cruel, if you're sitting on dates, but don't announce them all at the same time.  People buy tickets and arrange travel to the few shows you did announced, only to find out they didn't have to travel.

We're sitting on some expensive Toronto Rush tickets, but now they're playing Vancouver.  I hope we can sell them.

I could see why Rush did it this way. They likely weren't sitting on those dates per se. They likely had them asd options if there was demand, but they just didn't want to take the financial risk if the demand wasn't there post-Peart. 

Hopefully Foos aren't pulling a fast one, being a current band, knowing their demand, and trying to increase it artificially. But you never know. 

DL136722 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Zod said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

maybe they're pulling a Rush. Wait to see the demand, add as necessary. 

It's cruel, if you're sitting on dates, but don't announce them all at the same time.  People buy tickets and arrange travel to the few shows you did announced, only to find out they didn't have to travel.

We're sitting on some expensive Toronto Rush tickets, but now they're playing Vancouver.  I hope we can sell them.

I could see why Rush did it this way. They likely weren't sitting on those dates per se. They likely had them asd options if there was demand, but they just didn't want to take the financial risk if the demand wasn't there post-Peart. 

Hopefully Foos aren't pulling a fast one, being a current band, knowing their demand, and trying to increase it artificially. But you never know. 

Rush could've done a better job though.  They could've announce 1 date in each city from the start, see the demand then add dates in each city.  I think the Foos situation might be scheduling and they currently don't know the availability of certain venues.  For example, if they play Boston, do they play Fenway, if so, they don't know the Red Sox home schedule yet along with other potential events.  Same can be said about Gillette Stadium, as of right now, they don't know the stadium's availability yet with preseason NFL games, MLS Revs games and they're hosting the inaugural season of the NWSL Boston team, I think all of those schedules are tbd but who really knows. They also need to play around the availability of stadiums in major cities in general next summer due to the World Cup. 

DL136722 said:

pjl44 said:

DL136722 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Zod said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

maybe they're pulling a Rush. Wait to see the demand, add as necessary. 

It's cruel, if you're sitting on dates, but don't announce them all at the same time.  People buy tickets and arrange travel to the few shows you did announced, only to find out they didn't have to travel.

We're sitting on some expensive Toronto Rush tickets, but now they're playing Vancouver.  I hope we can sell them.

I could see why Rush did it this way. They likely weren't sitting on those dates per se. They likely had them asd options if there was demand, but they just didn't want to take the financial risk if the demand wasn't there post-Peart. 

Hopefully Foos aren't pulling a fast one, being a current band, knowing their demand, and trying to increase it artificially. But you never know. 

Rush could've done a better job though.  They could've announce 1 date in each city from the start, see the demand then add dates in each city.  I think the Foos situation might be scheduling and they currently don't know the availability of certain venues.  For example, if they play Boston, do they play Fenway, if so, they don't know the Red Sox home schedule yet along with other potential events.  Same can be said about Gillette Stadium, as of right now, they don't know the stadium's availability yet with preseason NFL games, MLS Revs games and they're hosting the inaugural season of the NWSL Boston team, I think all of those schedules are tbd but who really knows. They also need to play around the availability of stadiums in major cities in general next summer due to the World Cup. 

Sox schedule has been out for a while

The others haven't other than the world cup which was the initial point, not all the schedules have been determined yet but thanks for the update 

pjl44 said:

I would not see this show at Gillette but Fenway would be fantastic 

pjl44 said:

DL136722 said:

pjl44 said:

I would not see this show at Gillette but Fenway would be fantastic 

I'd go to Gillette for QOTSA 

Man I love them but getting in and out of that place drives me insane 

Horse2345 said:

Damn, $300 for pit tix in Vancouver 

Ticket prices be crazy.  At least it's not $500 like it was for ac/dc

Zod said:

Horse2345 said:

Zod said:

Horse2345 said:

Damn, $300 for pit tix in Vancouver 

Seems about right. I paid 220usd for Seattle last year.  That's about $300cdn.

Ticket prices be crazy.  At least it's not $500 like it was for ac/dc

$500, were seats more than pit?

Nope, same thing as Foo.  GA section at the front of the stadium floor, with a plethora of seated rows behind it.  Pit tix are the best, they usually command the highest price.  Especially when it's a limited sized pit at the front of the floor.

Concert tickets really spiked post Covid.  AC/DC is a pretty big rock band, whom a lot of people thought where done.   The tour was a pretty limited amount of cities/dates, which is getting pretty common.  It was the only show in Canada and the Pacific Northwest, so lots of people traveled to it. It sold out like hotcakes.  When the onsale happened I was watching people pick up $800 platinum tickets like they were nothing.  TM would drop another two rows, and gobble gobble gobble.  Maybe I should of mentioned it was $500 CAD.

I don't think Foo Fighters have that demand. Mostly because they've never really stopped touring in 30 years and they've still got some gas in the tank.  These bands 10 to 20 years older... that"s starting to attract you better see them now before you can't prices.

To be fair tickets were also getting expensive before covid.  For the Stones show in Seattle in 2019 GA Pit was $500 USD/ticket, and the seated rows right behind the pit, and closer side sections were $400/tickets.  I saw GNR in Seattle when they first reunited, and it was like $225 USD for pit and that was in 2016. 

Springsteen pit tickets last year were $500 CAD face. Albeit a much smaller venue (Rogers Arena).

The ticket prices are high, but it's not a foo fighters phenomenon.  Stadium/Arena shows are getting expensive.   Even with that, they still aren't commanding the prices of even more veteran acts.

I am curious about the decision to play a Stadium in Vancouver.   I'm not convinced the demand is there for that like it was in Seattle.  Vancouver is much smaller.  Alberta has their own show so Canadians don't need to travel west for it.  Seattle had a show last year.   My gut tells me the demand for FF in Vancouver is going to be soft.  Probably means TM is going to have to drop prices down the road to move tickets.  Which is what they do.  Start high, then lower later on if they don't move.