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It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
Glad you got great seats, bluzdude - yay!
hey, have you heard from Rockman
best
swiss
Glad you enjoyed the show. I really appreciated those rehearsal reports and thanks for being objective about the seating situation
They were stuck in the beer line.
Sir. Your cab has arrived...
Wait - how does this guy get the same title as Mick?
It's important to be polite to those just passing through IORR...bv would want it that way
BD said in another thread be had driven him home after the show and that he got a good 103 seat.
Thanks BD for giving some objective info on the situation inside. 20 empty seats is a lot...did it put a damper at all on the fun as some feared it might?
stop you guys...he's been a great example since 1964
That's what I was thinking mckschix. But as I am going to the last two shows in Philly, I have a feeling that those will be the ones that are sold out.
No, not at all, because most of those seats were behind me, not only that but my section did a lot of sitting....and left before the encore, I guess that's typical of the "beautiful people" who go to a Stones concert just to say that they bought the most expensive seat and saw the Stones. Nobody asked me to sit down, so I was fine!
And yes, Rockman is on the was north. His travel mate boynamedsue69 does have access to the internet, so he should see these threads.
From the videos it feels like Stars On Ice.
You JUST posted that they should drop Miss You from the setlist. >
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Hey, Start Me Up was a No. 1 hit...in Australia.
I know, I was just joking with you. I didn't know it either, I just looked it up because I thought for sure it had been a No. 1 either in the U.S. or U.K. I don't know if going to No. 1 in just any country makes it a "No. 1 Song", I guess it technically does. If they were an Australian band I guess I would consider it that way, I don't really know how that works. Kind of like calling something a "hit", kind of vague.
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Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
EG1964
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Date: May 4, 2013 11:42
Really???? Sorry.... you dicheads that were waiting to hear, how the Stones cant sell tickets.... WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
BluzDude
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Date: May 4, 2013 11:49
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EG1964
GREAT SHOW... PACKED HOUSE!!!!
It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
swiss
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Date: May 4, 2013 13:39
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BluzDudeQuote
EG1964
GREAT SHOW... PACKED HOUSE!!!!
It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
Glad you got great seats, bluzdude - yay!
hey, have you heard from Rockman
best
swiss
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
andrewt
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Date: May 4, 2013 13:51
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BluzDudeQuote
EG1964
GREAT SHOW... PACKED HOUSE!!!!
It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
Glad you enjoyed the show. I really appreciated those rehearsal reports and thanks for being objective about the seating situation
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
uhbuhgullayew
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Date: May 4, 2013 16:20
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BluzDudeQuote
EG1964
GREAT SHOW... PACKED HOUSE!!!!
It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
They were stuck in the beer line.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
Munichhilton
()
Date: May 4, 2013 16:22
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EG1964
Really???? Sorry.... you dicheads that were waiting to hear, how the Stones cant sell tickets.... WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!
Sir. Your cab has arrived...
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
uhbuhgullayew
()
Date: May 4, 2013 16:26
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MunichhiltonQuote
EG1964
Really???? Sorry.... you dicheads that were waiting to hear, how the Stones cant sell tickets.... WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!
Sir. Your cab has arrived...
Wait - how does this guy get the same title as Mick?
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
Munichhilton
()
Date: May 4, 2013 16:29
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uhbuhgullayewQuote
MunichhiltonQuote
EG1964
Really???? Sorry.... you dicheads that were waiting to hear, how the Stones cant sell tickets.... WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!
Sir. Your cab has arrived...
Wait - how does this guy get the same title as Mick?
It's important to be polite to those just passing through IORR...bv would want it that way
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
gotdablouse
()
Date: May 4, 2013 16:52
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swissQuote
BluzDudeQuote
EG1964
GREAT SHOW... PACKED HOUSE!!!!
It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
Glad you got great seats, bluzdude - yay!
hey, have you heard from Rockman
best
swiss
BD said in another thread be had driven him home after the show and that he got a good 103 seat.
Thanks BD for giving some objective info on the situation inside. 20 empty seats is a lot...did it put a damper at all on the fun as some feared it might?
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
treaclefingers
()
Date: May 4, 2013 16:58
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MunichhiltonQuote
uhbuhgullayewQuote
MunichhiltonQuote
EG1964
Really???? Sorry.... you dicheads that were waiting to hear, how the Stones cant sell tickets.... WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!
Sir. Your cab has arrived...
Wait - how does this guy get the same title as Mick?
It's important to be polite to those just passing through IORR...bv would want it that way
stop you guys...he's been a great example since 1964
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
mickschix
()
Date: May 4, 2013 19:10
I am not happy, thinking of a 2 hour wait in line just to get to the WILL CALL for the $85 tix but that might be just the typical L.A fogginess...but I am glad to hear folks got great seats for just $85! If is was not sold out, it might be easier to think about moving closer if I were to end up in a nosebleed.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
latebloomer
()
Date: May 4, 2013 19:39
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mickschix
I am not happy, thinking of a 2 hour wait in line just to get to the WILL CALL for the $85 tix but that might be just the typical L.A fogginess...but I am glad to hear folks got great seats for just $85! If is was not sold out, it might be easier to think about moving closer if I were to end up in a nosebleed.
That's what I was thinking mckschix. But as I am going to the last two shows in Philly, I have a feeling that those will be the ones that are sold out.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
BluzDude
()
Date: May 4, 2013 20:03
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gotdablouseQuote
swissQuote
BluzDudeQuote
EG1964
GREAT SHOW... PACKED HOUSE!!!!
It was a great show!
..but the packed house was an illusion. The empties were spread out (thanks to the last minute 85s) so as you looked out into the crowd, it looked like a full house. In my section of $600+ seats (which I paid $85 for), there were at least 20 empty seats.
Glad you got great seats, bluzdude - yay!
hey, have you heard from Rockman
best
swiss
BD said in another thread be had driven him home after the show and that he got a good 103 seat.
Thanks BD for giving some objective info on the situation inside. 20 empty seats is a lot...did it put a damper at all on the fun as some feared it might?
No, not at all, because most of those seats were behind me, not only that but my section did a lot of sitting....and left before the encore, I guess that's typical of the "beautiful people" who go to a Stones concert just to say that they bought the most expensive seat and saw the Stones. Nobody asked me to sit down, so I was fine!
And yes, Rockman is on the was north. His travel mate boynamedsue69 does have access to the internet, so he should see these threads.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
24FPS
()
Date: May 4, 2013 22:42
As someone who was there last night, I can see it being a complete disaster if they hadn't resorted to the $85 ticket ploy. There would have been a gaping hole in the second $600 section on the floor. Of course they used the $85 gambit against people by opening up terrible sections in the nosebleeds at the last minute. I'm sure this will kill the luster on getting the $85 seats. And no, you can't go back into the crowd and sell them.
As it was, although it was a great concert, it didn't have that packed, sweaty feel. The PIT doesn't look like such a great idea when you see it from above. It looks like a lot of great seating area was taken up by that area.
As it was, although it was a great concert, it didn't have that packed, sweaty feel. The PIT doesn't look like such a great idea when you see it from above. It looks like a lot of great seating area was taken up by that area.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
mnewman505
()
Date: May 4, 2013 22:49
huh? the reason it "sold out" is because they flipped about another two thousand unsold seats to $85 at the last minute.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-05-04 22:53 by mnewman505.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-05-04 22:53 by mnewman505.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
roby
()
Date: May 4, 2013 22:52
Quote
EG1964
Really???? Sorry.... you dicheads that were waiting to hear, how the Stones cant sell tickets.... WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
laertisflash
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:00
OK, they sold more $85 tickets at the last minute and filled the venue. So what? That does mean people were interested in the gig until the last minute, waiting for much better prices. But we have a fact here: some "experts" around, columnists and others, were anticipatating "half empty" venue, "explaining" (among other fooleries) why the Stones could not (!) offer cheaper tickets at the last day(s), as they were in the grip of their own tickets stragedy, blah, blah, blah. I 'm not defending this ticket stragedy, not at all. I 'm just saying that the simple reality made all these tiresom "experts" look like fools. Northing more, nothing less.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
buffalo7478
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:39
If they tour again at these prices, will it depress early ticket sales even more, knowing you can gamble and maybe pay $85 and get a $600 seat at the fraction of the price?
I never thought interest in the Stones would decline enough that they would have to heavily discount tix to fill a 20,000 seat arena. But I also thought they would never be into such a money grab that they would try charging the prices they are.
It sounds like they had to use a lot of $85 tix to make it seem close to full.
I promoted concerts in the early 80s. I had a couple of bands who pushed me to report to the press that the their show was a 'sellout' even though it wasn't. Looks like the practice is still around.
I never thought interest in the Stones would decline enough that they would have to heavily discount tix to fill a 20,000 seat arena. But I also thought they would never be into such a money grab that they would try charging the prices they are.
It sounds like they had to use a lot of $85 tix to make it seem close to full.
I promoted concerts in the early 80s. I had a couple of bands who pushed me to report to the press that the their show was a 'sellout' even though it wasn't. Looks like the practice is still around.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
andrewt
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:45
Quote
24FPS
As it was, although it was a great concert, it didn't have that packed, sweaty feel. The PIT doesn't look like such a great idea when you see it from above. It looks like a lot of great seating area was taken up by that area.
From the videos it feels like Stars On Ice.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
slew
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:46
I love how everyone on this board is an expert about what songs to play, how tickets are sold etc. it goes on and on. I think the Stones know a little more about it than we do!
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
NoCode0680
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:50
Quote
slew
I love how everyone on this board is an expert about what songs to play, how tickets are sold etc. it goes on and on. I think the Stones know a little more about it than we do!
You JUST posted that they should drop Miss You from the setlist. >
<Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
slew
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:52
Yes a personal opinion but a lot of people do like it and it is their last number one hit and a staple on radio. Personally i wish they would drop it but it gives me a chance to go and get rid of some of the beer.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
NoCode0680
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:55
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slew
Yes a personal opinion but a lot of people do like it and it is their last number one hit and a staple on radio. Personally i wish they would drop it but it gives me a chance to go and get rid of some of the beer.
Hey, Start Me Up was a No. 1 hit...in Australia.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
slew
()
Date: May 5, 2013 01:59
Nocode - I was not aware of that. I don't actually know the foreign charts except for the UK. SMU made number two here in the states. I still think that song is Keith's last great riff.
Re: Bad ticket sales
Posted by:
NoCode0680
()
Date: May 5, 2013 02:01
Quote
slew
Nocode - I was not aware of that. I don't actually know the foreign charts except for the UK. SMU made number two here in the states. I still think that song is Keith's last great riff.
I know, I was just joking with you. I didn't know it either, I just looked it up because I thought for sure it had been a No. 1 either in the U.S. or U.K. I don't know if going to No. 1 in just any country makes it a "No. 1 Song", I guess it technically does. If they were an Australian band I guess I would consider it that way, I don't really know how that works. Kind of like calling something a "hit", kind of vague.
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