I was planning to take my wife down to shoreline to see dead co on my birthday. Skunked again, but you can buy section 100 tickets on live nations "resale" section for $750 to $1,740 per ticket. sorry state of affairs
why the fuck are they so expensive? $2-300 for the furthest section back at SPAC, not including the lawn. The way they over sold the lawn there last year, & how lack of volume up there was ridiculous. Hope some of those promo codes pop up again, got decent $70-100 Fenway tix last time for 25 a pop. Overall the Clapton tix for MSG 3/19&20 are cheaper.
In fact it's a totally rockin' band that (mostly) does justice to the GD catalog..
but if you want to know why tickets are so expensive.. it's owed greatly in part to the fact that Mayer is a big star in his own right- so he demands a bigger pay check.
Stubhub day of most shows face or below. Same as it has been since these crazy ass tix prices.
Just checked the other day for a show and they had 7 different presales for various companies before they went on sale to the public. Guessing this might have something to do with ticket availability.
I really don't know. Just guessing.
And it's not just a deadco thing either. Happens for sporting events and a ton of other entertainment.
Sell most of the crappy seats first in the pre sales and regular onsale date.
Whether it is or not, they'll announce the show is 'sold out'. Now prices on the secondary market inflate - even if they're still available on TM or wherever.
A few weeks before the show, release the better seats, then the unsold vip seats. Now the secondary market crashes.
By showtime, secondary market tickets will be 30 - 70% lower.
Yes, this model does seem to give scalpers a bath in the end, nevertheless, it's easy for the band/promoters to make extra money on the secondary market when they control the ebb-and-flow of sales.
Ask Shappy, or Live Nation. Anyone who went through the FTW Santa Clara ticket debalcle will understand. Exact same thing done for McCartney last spring.
Of course, there are exceptions - like The Stones in San Diego last year where they used MLB ticketing with no bot check, and secondary market was flooded, asking triple right up until showtime and folks custied up. When they did release a few hundred 'obstructed view' tickets a day or two before the show, 90% of them were on Stubhub immediately afterwards.
In addition, the creeping effect of putting shows on sale 6+ months ahead of time is getting out of hand and will be hard to stop as these folks (industry) fight for or entertainment dollars.
Dating myself, but grew up in Albany, NY so SPAC was my 25 minute up the road venue. We would eagerly wait for early May when they would announce their entire summer schedule at once.
Today, they probably sold upwards of 10k tickets today for D&C @ SPAC and conservatively took in $1M 6+ months before the show! That money earns somebody interest being in there pocket and not ours. Multiply that times all of these shows.
It pushes the race to announce on others as well. Lockn announces lineup 8+ months out. Wilco's festival in MA went on sale today as well. Draining alot of accounts!
Sidebar: Have seen Dead & Co. 8+ times starting with their very 1st show in Albany where I was not wildly impressed and went in with a poor attitude as well. With complete objectivity, they have gotten better and better with each show. Oteil brings it. Chimenti always brings it as well. Drummers are the drummers, have deep respect, but honestly not as pumped past the first shows "drums" section (gotten used to Phil and Bob's own gigs without as well as Furthurs). Would take Russo or Molo in that spot, especially if they could push Bob on tempo on occasion :). Weir has been playing "claritan clear" ever since his fall down at the Cap. Tempo is what it is. Mayer has my respect for the dedication, effort and talent he's put in and brought. Very strong player, but not necessarily breaking any new ground. Honestly, I don't need new ground broken. I need solid playing surrounded by good friends. Getting that, so all good!
Fools actually paying this kind of geld to see this crap?
When will it all end?
Let's see - no ticket stub but I remember a $17 price for the Kaiser in 86 ....for the REAL DEAL.
f**k!
Less than $10 for me. Today's so called older hippies are much worse than the old folks they put down in the 60's. Much more materialistic and into living the good life. Total hypocrites from their younger selves. I'm sure the would kick their older asses if they knew what they would become in the future.
I watched some Dead on the you tubes and the only person who seems genuinely interested in playing is Mayer. The Dead mates all appear to be half asleep.
I was as big a skeptic as anyone when DeadCo lineup w Mayer was announced last year. I thought wtf Katy Perrys boyfriend are you fucking kidding me! Not to mention not being a phan of his music at all.
Well ll boy was I wrong! This band does justice to the music. Mayer seems to take both the music and more importantly the community very seriously and is quite gracious about it and I like em a lot. I saw Vegas , Irvine and Chula Vista and truly enjoyed all of these shows.
Haters gonna hate and those with an open mind will stop being confused and listen to the music play!!
Due to overwhelming demand they added a 2nd Hollywood bowl show...me thinks a 2nd show was always in da cards but the shock and awe value of overwhelming demand sounds better....Shapiro did the same thing w the Phil Central Park shows a couple years ago..seems to be the way to do bizness these days..
Didn't Shappy only have a big contract with Phil only??? I'm thinking Shappy didn't book most of these shows? I could be wrong. I told you all about the presale too! That was easy breezy, and all of my friends who wanted face value Wrigley Tickets, or Shoreline Tickets got them. Jus' Sayin.....either way just wait it out, and if you need tickets coming up by the show, you'll find some trhrough true friends and true deadheads.....remember if your supposed to be there, you will be (~);-)
Shapiro didn't book any of these shows...Irving Azoff did...but some peeps on the zone believe Shapiro is the devil and good old Irv is bringing da music to the masses in a reasonable and deadhead friendly way...highlarious...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Skitime
fuckin live nation. what a
fuckin live nation. what a joke. how the hell do they sell all tickets in the first 5 seconds. assholes. and I hate the damn captcha pictures
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: W. Claude Dukenfield
Trey solo on sale at The
Trey band on sale at The Capitol. I grabbed 2 for Friday.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Skitime
I was planning to take my
I was planning to take my wife down to shoreline to see dead co on my birthday. Skunked again, but you can buy section 100 tickets on live nations "resale" section for $750 to $1,740 per ticket. sorry state of affairs
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
$379 to stand in the pit in
$379 to stand in the pit in Camden?????
$699 for a seat in the center orchestra????
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
The "Steal Your Money VIP Experience".
Yea, this isn't about the money. Keep telling yourself that.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
But, but, it's Bobby's
But, but, it's Bobby's triumphant redemption or something.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
NICE!!!
NICE!!!
Got 8 tickets for my crew for Vegas just under 1,400! It's gonna rage!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Spidergawd
why the fuck are they so
why the fuck are they so expensive? $2-300 for the furthest section back at SPAC, not including the lawn. The way they over sold the lawn there last year, & how lack of volume up there was ridiculous. Hope some of those promo codes pop up again, got decent $70-100 Fenway tix last time for 25 a pop. Overall the Clapton tix for MSG 3/19&20 are cheaper.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: CT
Why the fuck are they so
Why the fuck are they so expensive>>>>>
mayer
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: JP (J Bomb)
I'm amazed people would pay
I'm amazed people would pay $20 bucks to see John Mayer and Bob Weir mangle the GD songbook.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: CT
They actually don't really
They actually don't really mangle it.
In fact it's a totally rockin' band that (mostly) does justice to the GD catalog..
but if you want to know why tickets are so expensive.. it's owed greatly in part to the fact that Mayer is a big star in his own right- so he demands a bigger pay check.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jelly roll
Shappy....oh wait....
Shappy....oh wait....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Vann Kliburn
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $1,740 per
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $1,740 per ticket
what's wrong with this picture ?
Fools actually paying this kind of geld to see this crap?
When will it all end?
Let's see - no ticket stub but I remember a $17 price for the Kaiser in 86 ....for the REAL DEAL.
f**k!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dirwolf
irving azoff
irving azoff
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: hooper
Stubhub day of most shows
Stubhub day of most shows face or below. Same as it has been since these crazy ass tix prices.
Just checked the other day for a show and they had 7 different presales for various companies before they went on sale to the public. Guessing this might have something to do with ticket availability.
I really don't know. Just guessing.
And it's not just a deadco thing either. Happens for sporting events and a ton of other entertainment.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Keithk1
Only seats that sold out at
Only seats that sold out at Citi were the cheap ones.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: DaBreeze
The new ticket paradigm seems
The new ticket paradigm seems to be:
Sell most of the crappy seats first in the pre sales and regular onsale date.
Whether it is or not, they'll announce the show is 'sold out'. Now prices on the secondary market inflate - even if they're still available on TM or wherever.
A few weeks before the show, release the better seats, then the unsold vip seats. Now the secondary market crashes.
By showtime, secondary market tickets will be 30 - 70% lower.
Yes, this model does seem to give scalpers a bath in the end, nevertheless, it's easy for the band/promoters to make extra money on the secondary market when they control the ebb-and-flow of sales.
Ask Shappy, or Live Nation. Anyone who went through the FTW Santa Clara ticket debalcle will understand. Exact same thing done for McCartney last spring.
Of course, there are exceptions - like The Stones in San Diego last year where they used MLB ticketing with no bot check, and secondary market was flooded, asking triple right up until showtime and folks custied up. When they did release a few hundred 'obstructed view' tickets a day or two before the show, 90% of them were on Stubhub immediately afterwards.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: sunshine
wild horses couldn't drag me
wild horses couldn't drag me in to see mayer
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Markd (not MarkD)
In addition, the creeping
In addition, the creeping effect of putting shows on sale 6+ months ahead of time is getting out of hand and will be hard to stop as these folks (industry) fight for or entertainment dollars.
Dating myself, but grew up in Albany, NY so SPAC was my 25 minute up the road venue. We would eagerly wait for early May when they would announce their entire summer schedule at once.
Today, they probably sold upwards of 10k tickets today for D&C @ SPAC and conservatively took in $1M 6+ months before the show! That money earns somebody interest being in there pocket and not ours. Multiply that times all of these shows.
It pushes the race to announce on others as well. Lockn announces lineup 8+ months out. Wilco's festival in MA went on sale today as well. Draining alot of accounts!
Sidebar: Have seen Dead & Co. 8+ times starting with their very 1st show in Albany where I was not wildly impressed and went in with a poor attitude as well. With complete objectivity, they have gotten better and better with each show. Oteil brings it. Chimenti always brings it as well. Drummers are the drummers, have deep respect, but honestly not as pumped past the first shows "drums" section (gotten used to Phil and Bob's own gigs without as well as Furthurs). Would take Russo or Molo in that spot, especially if they could push Bob on tempo on occasion :). Weir has been playing "claritan clear" ever since his fall down at the Cap. Tempo is what it is. Mayer has my respect for the dedication, effort and talent he's put in and brought. Very strong player, but not necessarily breaking any new ground. Honestly, I don't need new ground broken. I need solid playing surrounded by good friends. Getting that, so all good!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: joe
Full Name:
Klon
Lloyd_Klondike on Friday, December 9, 2016 – 04:40 pm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $1,740 per
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $1,740 per ticket
what's wrong with this picture ?
Fools actually paying this kind of geld to see this crap?
When will it all end?
Let's see - no ticket stub but I remember a $17 price for the Kaiser in 86 ....for the REAL DEAL.
f**k!
Less than $10 for me. Today's so called older hippies are much worse than the old folks they put down in the 60's. Much more materialistic and into living the good life. Total hypocrites from their younger selves. I'm sure the would kick their older asses if they knew what they would become in the future.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: W. Claude Dukenfield
I watched some Dead on the
I watched some Dead on the you tubes and the only person who seems genuinely interested in playing is Mayer. The Dead mates all appear to be half asleep.
Age does catch up with you.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: christulsatime
Mikew if you are lurking WTF
Mikew if you are lurking WTF happened? I thought tickets were going to be fifty bucks, and we could all be at home by midight.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _________
STOP Entertaining ME I Have
STOP Entertaining ME I Have Had Enough HA HA !
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: The Eggman
I was as big a skeptic as
I was as big a skeptic as anyone when DeadCo lineup w Mayer was announced last year. I thought wtf Katy Perrys boyfriend are you fucking kidding me! Not to mention not being a phan of his music at all.
Well ll boy was I wrong! This band does justice to the music. Mayer seems to take both the music and more importantly the community very seriously and is quite gracious about it and I like em a lot. I saw Vegas , Irvine and Chula Vista and truly enjoyed all of these shows.
Haters gonna hate and those with an open mind will stop being confused and listen to the music play!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
It ain't crap, by any stretch
It ain't crap, by any stretch.
But those prices are some sh*t!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Willie McD
Ain't much better that crap
Ain't much better that crap,anyone ever listening to recording's of this stuff? I'll go to citi for $20 .
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: joe
Dead Co tour on sale in 30
Dead Co tour on sale in 30 seconds
????
WTF
How did you know?
FU Bobby, Billy and Mickey and what did the stupid people say all these years that made me cringe (THE BOYS!!!(!!!!!!!!!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote
Believe it if you need it....
Believe it if you need it........
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _________
Not The Music and The Players
Not The Music and The Players the Other BS ! like lockn announcing something 9 months away wtf!
interest collecting on ticket sales thats what they think ?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Yukon Cornelius got,
Dead & Corporation
Dead & Corporation
What else would one expect?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jelly roll
Do to overwhelming demand
Due to overwhelming demand they added a 2nd Hollywood bowl show...me thinks a 2nd show was always in da cards but the shock and awe value of overwhelming demand sounds better....Shapiro did the same thing w the Phil Central Park shows a couple years ago..seems to be the way to do bizness these days..
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Is forgiveness possible?
>>Haters gonna hate and those
>>Haters gonna hate and those with an open mind will stop being confused and listen to the music play!!
Haters? Come on. Not everyone likes them - but not everyone is a hater. Hyperbole much?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Love is Real....
Didn't Shappy only have a big
Didn't Shappy only have a big contract with Phil only??? I'm thinking Shappy didn't book most of these shows? I could be wrong. I told you all about the presale too! That was easy breezy, and all of my friends who wanted face value Wrigley Tickets, or Shoreline Tickets got them. Jus' Sayin.....either way just wait it out, and if you need tickets coming up by the show, you'll find some trhrough true friends and true deadheads.....remember if your supposed to be there, you will be (~);-)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jelly roll
Shapiro didn't book any of
Shapiro didn't book any of these shows...Irving Azoff did...but some peeps on the zone believe Shapiro is the devil and good old Irv is bringing da music to the masses in a reasonable and deadhead friendly way...highlarious...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Is forgiveness possible?
Shapiro has zero connection
Shapiro has zero connection with Dead & Corporation.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smiley
lol. no spot taken.
lol.
no spot taken.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lazyriverbob
Anyone heard from Robin or
Anyone heard from Robin or Bill on viva?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Is forgiveness possible?
They're not here, Bob. Maybe
They're not here, Bob. Maybe some day.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lazyriverbob
Let's hope...glad you're here
Let's hope...glad you're here, Mr. McGoohan!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Is forgiveness possible?
Be seeing you, Bob.
Thank you, and you too. Be seeing you, Bob.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lazyriverbob
Ha...I am a man, not a number
Ha...I am a man, not a number!