The LOVE Of The Band RUSH

Gern Blansten said:

I'm seeing them Saturday....can't wait

Today some seats in 120 dropped in price.
Same night, Saturday. $380 all in, each ticket. That was fine by me. I love those side stage seats. Sit there quite often for Pearl Jam. 

I'm all set.
I couldn't wait any longer to purchase. Haha
$380 was fine. If come Saturday they drop even more, oh well, I made my decision. 

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Things sure changed for me since Oct. 2025.
Was pissed at the $1000 ticket prices. 
The platinum bullshit.
The release of concert dates after everyone had panicked. 
Had no intention of going to Chicago. 

Now Im in Chicago
Side stage
For a reasonable price.

Woo hoo!!!!

And the meek shall inherit the Earth.   

Speedy! Have fun.

cutz said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Gern Blansten said:

I'm seeing them Saturday....can't wait

Today some seats in 120 dropped in price.
Same night, Saturday. $380 all in, each ticket. That was fine by me. I love those side stage seats. Sit there quite often for Pearl Jam. 

I'm all set.
I couldn't wait any longer to purchase. Haha
$380 was fine. If come Saturday they drop even more, oh well, I made my decision. 

I'm looking at getting a side stage seat for Philly show. I like side stage as I have sat there for quite a few Pearl Jam shows too. You should have a good view of Annika. Tickets going for $310 in Philly.

Those side stage seats, at most venues, that start the sections that wrap around the stage? Sec. 120 in Chicago? I love those seats. Been grabbing those seats for Pearl Jam concerts for over 10 years. Always get them for face value, they are always available. For some reason people would rather sit 30th row on the floor than in those seats on the side. 
I did Paul McCartney in those seats, in Atlanta, the seats were incredible. I did Pearl Jam in MSG in those seats, again incredible. 
I did a KISS show from those seats about 5 years ago. Insane fun!!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

cutz said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Gern Blansten said:

I'm seeing them Saturday....can't wait

Today some seats in 120 dropped in price.
Same night, Saturday. $380 all in, each ticket. That was fine by me. I love those side stage seats. Sit there quite often for Pearl Jam. 

I'm all set.
I couldn't wait any longer to purchase. Haha
$380 was fine. If come Saturday they drop even more, oh well, I made my decision. 

I'm looking at getting a side stage seat for Philly show. I like side stage as I have sat there for quite a few Pearl Jam shows too. You should have a good view of Annika. Tickets going for $310 in Philly.

Those side stage seats, at most venues, that start the sections that wrap around the stage? Sec. 120 in Chicago? I love those seats. Been grabbing those seats for Pearl Jam concerts for over 10 years. Always get them for face value, they are always available. For some reason people would rather sit 30th row on the floor than in those seats on the side. 
I did Paul McCartney in those seats, in Atlanta, the seats were incredible. I did Pearl Jam in MSG in those seats, again incredible. 
I did a KISS show from those seats about 5 years ago. Insane fun!!!!

I have done side stage seats for decades. A couple of times had seats right on the aisle for U2 (Vertigo tour) that cost half the price of the person 5 feet to my right in the aisle seat of the next section over.
Some folks just don't think a "side view" is good. You're usually right om top of the band; the view is usually fantastic.

Like you I saw McCartney side stage (back in like 2000) again, half the price of the next section over. And I also did Kiss that way on the Psycho Circus tour, and we were looking directly down on where Paul and Ace would go on/off stage. Watched Ace hanging out while Gene was doing his blood spitting bass solo, quite cool

Unfortunately, I've noticed Live Nation/TM has figured out that these seats are good and in recent years they are not always priced lower (or only slightly lower) than the next section over.

But have seen a number of great shows from those sections.

shecky said:

Gern Blansten said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Poncier

Thats the part thats SO COOL.
You are right on top of the stage!
Its an awesome viewpoint. For Pearl Jam I always go for Boom/Stone's side. No particular reason other than I like the view from that side of the stage. 

I've seen folks here, for any given show, over a course of 15 years or so, PASS on those seats when trying to get tix for a show. They just refuse to sit over there, and would rather sit halfway back in the stadium. Never ever ever makes any sense to me. 

maybe because of sound? I tend to try to get in the middle to make sure I get the best audio

I agree with this 100%. I am there to hear the music in it's best possible presentation, and that's as close to dead center as I can get - whether it's in the front rows or the back of the hall.

Hmm. Interesting. 

Poncier said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

cutz said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Gern Blansten said:

I'm seeing them Saturday....can't wait

Today some seats in 120 dropped in price.
Same night, Saturday. $380 all in, each ticket. That was fine by me. I love those side stage seats. Sit there quite often for Pearl Jam. 

I'm all set.
I couldn't wait any longer to purchase. Haha
$380 was fine. If come Saturday they drop even more, oh well, I made my decision. 

I'm looking at getting a side stage seat for Philly show. I like side stage as I have sat there for quite a few Pearl Jam shows too. You should have a good view of Annika. Tickets going for $310 in Philly.

Those side stage seats, at most venues, that start the sections that wrap around the stage? Sec. 120 in Chicago? I love those seats. Been grabbing those seats for Pearl Jam concerts for over 10 years. Always get them for face value, they are always available. For some reason people would rather sit 30th row on the floor than in those seats on the side. 
I did Paul McCartney in those seats, in Atlanta, the seats were incredible. I did Pearl Jam in MSG in those seats, again incredible. 
I did a KISS show from those seats about 5 years ago. Insane fun!!!!

I have done side stage seats for decades. A couple of times had seats right on the aisle for U2 (Vertigo tour) that cost half the price of the person 5 feet to my right in the aisle seat of the next section over.
Some folks just don't think a "side view" is good. You're usually right om top of the band; the view is usually fantastic.

Like you I saw McCartney side stage (back in like 2000) again, half the price of the next section over. And I also did Kiss that way on the Psycho Circus tour, and we were looking directly down on where Paul and Ace would go on/off stage. Watched Ace hanging out while Gene was doing his blood spitting bass solo, quite cool

Unfortunately, I've noticed Live Nation/TM has figured out that these seats are good and in recent years they are not always priced lower (or only slightly lower) than the next section over.

But have seen a number of great shows from those sections.

I too have been grabbing side stage or quite a few years too. Like Speedy said, for some reason a lot of people don't want to sit there and enables us to get pretty close to the stage for some popular shows too. I also saw Paul McCartney from side stage. I got the seat about a week or so before the concert. It was an awesome show too.

Maybe I've been lucky or sound Techs have got it down as I can't remember the last time that I sat Side stage with sound problems. But I could see that happening and people not want to sit side stage.

For the Rush show in Philly the side section is going for $310 and next Section over is going for $413. I'll pay $100 less and be a little closer to the stage and still have a good view, especially getting to see Annika on the Drums.