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Old 01-16-2018, 11:25 AM   #61
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It's a $30 increase from what DMB was charging last time they toured.
I paid 100 last year for a PIT ticket in Atlanta. Even if thats the case with your particular market, 30 bucks is just 30 bucks.
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    I paid 100 last year for a PIT ticket in Atlanta. Even if thats the case with your particular market, 30 bucks is just 30 bucks.

    DMB didn't tour last year.

    D&T was $95+ fees last year for lowers.

    The last time DMB toured, it was $85+ fees for lowers. Now it's $115+ fees.

    I wasn't making a judgment about those numbers in that post, just pointing out that the numbers in that shitty comment were wrong. It's not a $15 increase.
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    Old 01-16-2018, 11:52 AM   #63
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    This new tier of pricing essentially circumvents that, one of the best features was the possibility of better seats at the same prices as everyone else.
    It's still the same price as everyone else.

    Should a 300 level seat be the same cost as a 100 level seat? That's silliness.

    Do you go to a NHL game and bitch that the seats on the glass aren't in the same price bracket as the nose bleeds?

    Or do you recognize that, hey maybe different seats have different values?
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    Old 01-16-2018, 11:53 AM   #64
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    What should the price be? $20 for pav and $10 for lawn like in 1996?

    Slap in the face

    These threads are the best threads every year.
    If you like that, people in other threads are starting petitions to have the band play different venues.
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    Old 01-16-2018, 11:58 AM   #65
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    My issue is requesting through the WH. I just want the $115 tickets. Don't want to be considered for the $85.
    You can't check pit/lowers or nothing?
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    Old 01-16-2018, 11:58 AM   #66
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    You can't check pit/lowers or nothing?

    No. Haven't been able to do that for years. They have to force paying members to buy shitty uppers.
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    Old 01-16-2018, 12:00 PM   #67
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    DMB didn't tour last year.

    D&T was $95+ fees last year for lowers.

    The last time DMB toured, it was $85+ fees for lowers. Now it's $115+ fees.

    I wasn't making a judgment about those numbers in that post, just pointing out that the numbers in that shitty comment were wrong. It's not a $15 increase.
    So it was a $15 increase each year then, 15 bucks in the year they didn't tour (thank you so much for the correction) and 15 bucks this year. Anyway you want to slice it, its small increase in the big scheme of folks expenses for the year. Jesus people, relax...
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    No. Haven't been able to do that for years. They have to force paying members to buy shitty uppers.
    I quit handing them my money years ago. All I ever got was a warehouse package and lawn seats lol
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    Nobody forces anyone to go
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    I quit handing them my money years ago. All I ever got was a warehouse package and lawn seats lol
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    Nobody forces anyone to go

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    Don't forget, the price also includes a copy of the album!
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    Old 01-16-2018, 12:47 PM   #73
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    Don't forget, the price also includes a copy of the album!
    Just make sure you buy your tickets prior to May 17!
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    Don't forget, the price also includes a copy of the album!
    What a deal!
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    People shut the fuck up. We have been getting cheaper prices for years. These still aren't bad. Go check prices for other artists and get back to me. If you don't want to pay these prices, don't. Someone else will. Move on.
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    I love this place. If you want to see the band you have to pay the price the set. Period.
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    Old 01-16-2018, 12:54 PM   #77
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    People shut the fuck up. We have been getting cheaper prices for years. These still aren't bad. Go check prices for other artists and get back to me. If you don't want to pay these prices, don't. Someone else will. Move on.
    Please point me in the direction of said other artists. In all likeliness, said other artists are probably 1) still relevant and 2) put on a great entertainment spectacle.

    DMB doesn't really do either of those in 2018.
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    Please point me in the direction of said other artists. In all likeliness, said other artists are probably 1) still relevant and 2) put on a great entertainment spectacle.

    DMB doesn't really do either of those in 2018.
    How much do you think a ticket to a James Taylor concert is?

    DMB will still be a top 25 touring band int he world in 2018, got selected for the exclusive Citi Series, and will be playing a huge show the night before the super bowl. They will outsell many bands that you consider much more relevant. Not to mention the album they are promoting will sell incredibly well.

    You really don't need to announce in multiple threads that you don't care about DMB currently, we get it. Move on.
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    I had to pay 150 a ticket for mid-level seats to take my daughter to see Katy Perry.

    So it's not unheard of that artists charge 100+ for a ticket.

    Yes, she's much more relevant than DMB. But as mentioned above, there are artists like James Taylor who aren't "as relevant", and his tickets aren't cheap either.
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    Price increase doesn’t bother me. Having multiple tiers and thus negating seniority does.
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    most old bands tour for a while/long time, go their separate ways, then have a reunion for a nostalgia tour. prices for nostalgia tours are really high but the implicit agreement is that they are gonna play the hits/the good shit

    my pipe dream is that the year off was them "going their separate ways" and they have now accepted their role as a nostalgia act

    not gonna happen, I know--and even if it did, they don't know what the fans want to hear anyway
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    How much do you think a ticket to a James Taylor concert is?

    DMB will still be a top 25 touring band int he world in 2018, got selected for the exclusive Citi Series, and will be playing a huge show the night before the super bowl. They will outsell many bands that you consider much more relevant. Not to mention the album they are promoting will sell incredibly well.

    You really don't need to announce in multiple threads that you don't care about DMB currently, we get it. Move on.
    As far as I'm aware, James Taylor does not tour annually and he's touring with Bonnie Raitt, another pretty world renowned artist. Little different for him to be charging $100.

    I'm happy that you will pay $115 to see DMB 3.0, but I'll also happily state that I think the ticket prices are a joke on a message board where discussion is the point.
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    most old bands tour for a while/long time, go their separate ways, then have a reunion for a nostalgia tour. prices for nostalgia tours are really high but the implicit agreement is that they are gonna play the hits/the good shit

    my pipe dream is that the year off was them "going their separate ways" and they have now accepted their role as a nostalgia act

    not gonna happen, I know--and even if it did, they don't know what the fans want to hear anyway
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    As far as I'm aware, James Taylor does not tour annually and he's touring with Bonnie Raitt, another pretty world renowned artist. Little different for him to be charging $100.

    I'm happy that you will pay $115 to see DMB 3.0, but I'll also happily state that I think the ticket prices are a joke on a message board where discussion is the point.
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    Rod Stewart with special guest Cyndi Lauper start at $52.
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    People shut the fuck up. We have been getting cheaper prices for years. These still aren't bad. Go check prices for other artists and get back to me. If you don't want to pay these prices, don't. Someone else will. Move on.

    It's a discussion board.
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    Almost $150 after fees for 1 reserved ticket for a band I've seen live for 20 years straight? Insanity. I cant justify it, people. To the lawn I go..
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    Almost $150 after fees for 1 reserved ticket for a band I've seen live for 20 years straight? Insanity. I cant justify it, people. To the lawn I go..
    Widespread Panic is still $59 a show
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    Almost $150 after fees for 1 reserved ticket for a band I've seen live for 20 years straight? Insanity. I cant justify it, people. To the lawn I go..
    this is exactly the point of why they're doing this

    before, for most shows, they sold out of their highest price level and had to decline a good amount of people

    however, those declines had opted out of the lawn, figuring they'd get tickets somewhere

    now, there's gonna be a higher number of people who just buy their lawns through the warehouse
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    this is exactly the point of why they're doing this

    before, for most shows, they sold out of their highest price level and had to decline a good amount of people

    however, those declines had opted out of the lawn, figuring they'd get tickets somewhere

    now, there's gonna be a higher number of people who just buy their lawns through the warehouse

    Yea, that's what I was saying on the first page. This will push more people onto the lawn and into the uppers; seats they haven't been selling well for years. Lowers/pit will still sell out.
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    People shut the fuck up. We have been getting cheaper prices for years. These still aren't bad. Go check prices for other artists and get back to me. If you don't want to pay these prices, don't. Someone else will. Move on.
    Many currently better bands I see are far cheaper. Again, the price doesn’t really bother me but it is a drastic increase for a band that many do not consider to be on that level.
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