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Post by rascalmj on Mar 15, 2019 12:01:54 GMT -5
I just saw the AJR show listed on Facebook at Express live. The lasted "premium standing" as a ticket option for $75!!!!!
Whoa. Is that new? Like VIP at festivals?
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Post by whitneyhouston on Mar 15, 2019 13:11:29 GMT -5
I just saw the AJR show listed on Facebook at Express live. The lasted "premium standing" as a ticket option for $75!!!!! Whoa. Is that new? Like VIP at festivals? hmmm....I have never seen this online. It looks like there's gonna be a spot right in front of the full service tables. As someone who goes to this venue all the damn time, I will tell you it's absolutely a waste of money. Unless it's some ridiculously crowded show like the twenty one pilots tour de columbus, if you show up within 45 mins of the doors opening, you can get damn near the very front of the lawn which is 100% better than the pit because you can actually leave for a beer without losing your spot,
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Post by bboy2112 on Mar 20, 2019 11:39:38 GMT -5
On 7/20 at express live there’s this warped tour 2.0 type thing called the Sad summer festival I think. State champs, the Maine, mayday parade and the wonder years are headlining. I grew up with these bands so considering it. I’m gonna really Need those extra shifts!
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Post by whitneyhouston on Mar 20, 2019 12:56:46 GMT -5
On 7/20 at express live there’s this warped tour 2.0 type thing called the Sad summer festival I think. State champs, the Maine, mayday parade and the wonder years are headlining. I grew up with these bands so considering it. I’m gonna really Need those extra shifts! I saw this and we contemplated going. Only thing that turned us away is that The Maine is headlining? I've seen them open for a few bands in the past and with all due respect, don't seem like a band deserving or capable of closing for a 5k people venue
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Post by xublue on Apr 12, 2019 9:56:49 GMT -5
Just scored my Racontuers tickets for September in Columbus!
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Post by whitneyhouston on Apr 12, 2019 10:08:35 GMT -5
Holy Chipotle...this Black Keys & Modest Mouse tour is NOT selling well
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Post by mcnasty on Apr 12, 2019 13:03:15 GMT -5
Holy Chipotle...this Black Keys & Modest Mouse tour is NOT selling well Really?! Are they canceling dates?
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Post by funkymoses17 on Apr 12, 2019 14:36:27 GMT -5
Holy Chipotle...this Black Keys & Modest Mouse tour is NOT selling well Wow you are not kidding. Just checked out the Columbus date and woof that is brutal. Tickets seem reasonably priced too. Maybe waiting all that time to drop an album has cooled off their appeal? I know people who LOVE them but maybe that's a small segment instead of the general masses like I had initially assumed.
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Post by mcnasty on Apr 12, 2019 22:46:18 GMT -5
Holy Chipotle...this Black Keys & Modest Mouse tour is NOT selling well Wow you are not kidding. Just checked out the Columbus date and woof that is brutal. Tickets seem reasonably priced too. Maybe waiting all that time to drop an album has cooled off their appeal? I know people who LOVE them but maybe that's a small segment instead of the general masses like I had initially assumed. I just looked too...damn that looks terrible. I'm as surprised as you tbh, I thought they were well loved and people would be excited for a big return, but apparently people just forgot. Music has shifted a lot since their last releases and perhaps they're just not arena level anymore, which is super sad.
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Post by bboy2112 on Apr 13, 2019 12:10:31 GMT -5
Wow you are not kidding. Just checked out the Columbus date and woof that is brutal. Tickets seem reasonably priced too. Maybe waiting all that time to drop an album has cooled off their appeal? I know people who LOVE them but maybe that's a small segment instead of the general masses like I had initially assumed. I just looked too...damn that looks terrible. I'm as surprised as you tbh, I thought they were well loved and people would be excited for a big return, but apparently people just forgot. Music has shifted a lot since their last releases and perhaps they're just not arena level anymore, which is super sad. Or maybe it’s the fact they chosed MM as a support act
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Post by mcnasty on Apr 13, 2019 18:07:52 GMT -5
I just looked too...damn that looks terrible. I'm as surprised as you tbh, I thought they were well loved and people would be excited for a big return, but apparently people just forgot. Music has shifted a lot since their last releases and perhaps they're just not arena level anymore, which is super sad. Or maybe it’s the fact they chosed MM as a support act Honestly, I'd consider that a plus tbh. They're a prestigious alt rock band despite the very, very hit or miss live performances. As someone who knows they're hit or miss, I could buy a ticket to see The Black Keys knowing I'd get a great show, and have the possibility of the bonus of a good MM show. Who knows. Maybe I'm overanalyzing it
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Post by whitneyhouston on Apr 15, 2019 7:45:19 GMT -5
Or maybe it’s the fact they chosed MM as a support act Honestly, I'd consider that a plus tbh. They're a prestigious alt rock band despite the very, very hit or miss live performances. As someone who knows they're hit or miss, I could buy a ticket to see The Black Keys knowing I'd get a great show, and have the possibility of the bonus of a good MM show. Who knows. Maybe I'm overanalyzing it Yeah my group bought tickets in the first row of the upper deck for $50 which we thought was a good deal. The floor tickets were upper $100's which seemed a little rich to me. My girlfriend is a HUGE black keys fan and we also enjoy Modest Mouse but won't pay for a ticket exclusively to see them because Isaac is all over the place with his alcoholism making or ruining shows. The two of them together really attracted my group. It seems there are a lot of artists doing arena tours recently that haven't been able to put butts in seats. The one's that come to mind right away are: Weezer + Pixies in Columbus a few months ago had the majority of the upper deck blanketed off Kings of Leon in Columbus last year had the entire upper bowl blanketed off Smashing Pumpkins in Columbus in the fall you could buy almost any floor seat the day of the show
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Post by funkymoses17 on Apr 15, 2019 8:08:37 GMT -5
Honestly, I'd consider that a plus tbh. They're a prestigious alt rock band despite the very, very hit or miss live performances. As someone who knows they're hit or miss, I could buy a ticket to see The Black Keys knowing I'd get a great show, and have the possibility of the bonus of a good MM show. Who knows. Maybe I'm overanalyzing it Yeah my group bought tickets in the first row of the upper deck for $50 which we thought was a good deal. The floor tickets were upper $100's which seemed a little rich to me. My girlfriend is a HUGE black keys fan and we also enjoy Modest Mouse but won't pay for a ticket exclusively to see them because Isaac is all over the place with his alcoholism making or ruining shows. The two of them together really attracted my group. It seems there are a lot of artists doing arena tours recently that haven't been able to put butts in seats. The one's that come to mind right away are: Weezer + Pixies in Columbus a few months ago had the majority of the upper deck blanketed off Kings of Leon in Columbus last year had the entire upper bowl blanketed off Smashing Pumpkins in Columbus in the fall you could buy almost any floor seat the day of the show It always amazes me some of these acts think they can sell out these arenas and every time we all sit on here and go "no way are they going to be able to move a heavy amount of tickets". I think a lot of it has to do with pricing too. These people want an arm and a leg to see them play at the Schott or Nationwide. My girlfriend is a huge Pink fan and she wanted like $150 each for seats that were essentially behind the stage practically. Not to mention we've seen her do the acrobatics thing 100 times already on awards show so that price does not line up at all. Why acts wouldn't want to do outside shows at an Express Live or do the festival set up (like The 1975 and Young the Giant are doing) is beyond me.
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Post by whitneyhouston on Apr 15, 2019 9:23:19 GMT -5
Yeah my group bought tickets in the first row of the upper deck for $50 which we thought was a good deal. The floor tickets were upper $100's which seemed a little rich to me. My girlfriend is a HUGE black keys fan and we also enjoy Modest Mouse but won't pay for a ticket exclusively to see them because Isaac is all over the place with his alcoholism making or ruining shows. The two of them together really attracted my group. It seems there are a lot of artists doing arena tours recently that haven't been able to put butts in seats. The one's that come to mind right away are: Weezer + Pixies in Columbus a few months ago had the majority of the upper deck blanketed off Kings of Leon in Columbus last year had the entire upper bowl blanketed off Smashing Pumpkins in Columbus in the fall you could buy almost any floor seat the day of the show It always amazes me some of these acts think they can sell out these arenas and every time we all sit on here and go "no way are they going to be able to move a heavy amount of tickets". I think a lot of it has to do with pricing too. These people want an arm and a leg to see them play at the Schott or Nationwide. My girlfriend is a huge Pink fan and she wanted like $150 each for seats that were essentially behind the stage practically. Not to mention we've seen her do the acrobatics thing 100 times already on awards show so that price does not line up at all. Why acts wouldn't want to do outside shows at an Express Live or do the festival set up (like The 1975 and Young the Giant are doing) is beyond me. I think there is an awkward gap in the Columbus market. Express holds about 5,000 outside and the next step up is the Schott or Nationwide that holds about 16,000ish. We need something around the 10,000 mark to fill the medium. But yeah, some tickets are absolutely insane. I got my girlfriend Justin Timberlake tickets last spring and FACE VALUE for the LAST ROW in upper deck was $135. Tickets were close to $300 for lower bowl.
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Post by mcnasty on Apr 15, 2019 9:45:10 GMT -5
It always amazes me some of these acts think they can sell out these arenas and every time we all sit on here and go "no way are they going to be able to move a heavy amount of tickets". I think a lot of it has to do with pricing too. These people want an arm and a leg to see them play at the Schott or Nationwide. My girlfriend is a huge Pink fan and she wanted like $150 each for seats that were essentially behind the stage practically. Not to mention we've seen her do the acrobatics thing 100 times already on awards show so that price does not line up at all. Why acts wouldn't want to do outside shows at an Express Live or do the festival set up (like The 1975 and Young the Giant are doing) is beyond me. I think there is an awkward gap in the Columbus market. Express holds about 5,000 outside and the next step up is the Schott or Nationwide that holds about 16,000ish. We need something around the 10,000 mark to fill the medium. But yeah, some tickets are absolutely insane. I got my girlfriend Justin Timberlake tickets last spring and FACE VALUE for the LAST ROW in upper deck was $135. Tickets were close to $300 for lower bowl. I agree with that. Some of these arena tours are super ambitious and as you said, are probably best for something closer to 10k. Indianapolis is a little better in that regard in that we have The Lawn which seats 7,500 and LiveNation plans to build a permanent stage and expand its capacity to around 10k after this year. We also have the Fairgrounds Coliseum, which is a small arena that can fill the seasonal void left by the lawn with a capacity of 7,000. I will say, I looked at some other shows on The Black Keys tour and it seems like they are hit or miss. Some shows are selling well and others are struggling. Columbus looks like one of the worst actually.
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Post by whitneyhouston on Apr 15, 2019 10:20:40 GMT -5
I think there is an awkward gap in the Columbus market. Express holds about 5,000 outside and the next step up is the Schott or Nationwide that holds about 16,000ish. We need something around the 10,000 mark to fill the medium. But yeah, some tickets are absolutely insane. I got my girlfriend Justin Timberlake tickets last spring and FACE VALUE for the LAST ROW in upper deck was $135. Tickets were close to $300 for lower bowl. I agree with that. Some of these arena tours are super ambitious and as you said, are probably best for something closer to 10k. Indianapolis is a little better in that regard in that we have The Lawn which seats 7,500 and LiveNation plans to build a permanent stage and expand its capacity to around 10k after this year. We also have the Fairgrounds Coliseum, which is a small arena that can fill the seasonal void left by the lawn with a capacity of 7,000. I will say, I looked at some other shows on The Black Keys tour and it seems like they are hit or miss. Some shows are selling well and others are struggling. Columbus looks like one of the worst actually. Very surprising considering they're from Akron I believe. It's funny how some shows my crew is all lined up on ticketmaster ready to see who gets the best seats and the show is virtually empty. Then on the other hand there are shows where we wait a day or two to get tickets and the damn thing sold out. Maybe we just have a terrible gauge on the general public's music taste?
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Post by funkymoses17 on Apr 15, 2019 11:05:13 GMT -5
I agree with that. Some of these arena tours are super ambitious and as you said, are probably best for something closer to 10k. Indianapolis is a little better in that regard in that we have The Lawn which seats 7,500 and LiveNation plans to build a permanent stage and expand its capacity to around 10k after this year. We also have the Fairgrounds Coliseum, which is a small arena that can fill the seasonal void left by the lawn with a capacity of 7,000. I will say, I looked at some other shows on The Black Keys tour and it seems like they are hit or miss. Some shows are selling well and others are struggling. Columbus looks like one of the worst actually. Very surprising considering they're from Akron I believe. It's funny how some shows my crew is all lined up on ticketmaster ready to see who gets the best seats and the show is virtually empty. Then on the other hand there are shows where we wait a day or two to get tickets and the damn thing sold out. Maybe we just have a terrible gauge on the general public's music taste? Haha it is wild how Columbus is definitely a hot spot for touring acts typically but the market is very hot and cold on acts. I still remember Hall and Oats selling out Express Live outside and you couldn't find a single resale ticket the day of and then the next year they played the Schott with Tears for Fears and we got tickets the day before for like $15/each in the upper bowl on a flash sale through the arena website and then their Tour with Train last year was kind of like a good turn out but not great at Nationwide arena. I have no idea where we could get a mid-sized venue option though. The repurposed Crew stadium in a few years wouldn't be a good spot for it based on current plans and there isn't a ton of land around downtown to put one (not to mention you already have a lot of stuff like that there already). Germain Amphitheater was awesome but kind of in the middle of now where at the time.
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Post by whitneyhouston on Apr 30, 2019 9:50:58 GMT -5
While not Columbus, Angels and Airwaves is coming to Detroit and Cleveland!
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Post by rascalmj on May 1, 2019 9:14:51 GMT -5
While not Columbus, Angels and Airwaves is coming to Detroit and Cleveland! Whoa....I loved their first album
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Post by whitneyhouston on May 1, 2019 9:51:02 GMT -5
While not Columbus, Angels and Airwaves is coming to Detroit and Cleveland! Whoa....I loved their first album Playing super super small clubs so I am sure tickets will go fast. Presale tickets sold out in about 20 minutes but general public goes on sale Friday
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Post by mcnasty on May 2, 2019 19:58:34 GMT -5
Bastille is playing Express Live in September. Does 50 bucks GA seem awfully high for just Bastille to anyone else? I seem to recall 50 (or close to it) was also the price for Paramore and Foster the People, who I would argue are both higher in the pecking order of bands than Bastille.
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Post by whitneyhouston on May 3, 2019 7:37:57 GMT -5
Bastille is playing Express Live in September. Does 50 bucks GA seem awfully high for just Bastille to anyone else? I seem to recall 50 (or close to it) was also the price for Paramore and Foster the People, who I would argue are both higher in the pecking order of bands than Bastille. Yikes. That seems a bit rich. However I do find the pricing for Express HIGHLY variable. I've gotten tickets for Manchester Orchestra for like $22 and I remember 2 years ago Alt-J wanted $75 for tickets which is highway robbery
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Post by whitneyhouston on May 3, 2019 9:08:01 GMT -5
The Killers just announced an Express Live date....and want $70 for GA and $200 for premium GA. Go fuck yourself on that one unless the support is insane
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Post by mcnasty on May 3, 2019 9:38:16 GMT -5
The Killers just announced an Express Live date....and want $70 for GA and $200 for premium GA. Go fuck yourself on that one unless the support is insane Yeah, that's a no from me. Last year I saw them at Ruoff here in Indy (granted, MUCH bigger venue) for a $22 lawn ticket. The support was insane as well: Foster the People and Sir Sly. I still can't believe what a steal I got on those. I definitely will see the Killers again, but it'll be at Forecastle with Portugal. the Man and others.
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Post by whitneyhouston on May 3, 2019 9:49:32 GMT -5
The Killers just announced an Express Live date....and want $70 for GA and $200 for premium GA. Go fuck yourself on that one unless the support is insane Yeah, that's a no from me. Last year I saw them at Ruoff here in Indy (granted, MUCH bigger venue) for a $22 lawn ticket. The support was insane as well: Foster the People and Sir Sly. I still can't believe what a steal I got on those. I definitely will see the Killers again, but it'll be at Forecastle with Portugal. the Man and others. I'd love to go to the show but it's not worth $70 for me. I like them, but I still think their first album is their best and likely wouldn't pay too much for a ticket unless they do an anniversary tour of that album
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Post by mcnasty on May 3, 2019 10:27:07 GMT -5
Yeah, that's a no from me. Last year I saw them at Ruoff here in Indy (granted, MUCH bigger venue) for a $22 lawn ticket. The support was insane as well: Foster the People and Sir Sly. I still can't believe what a steal I got on those. I definitely will see the Killers again, but it'll be at Forecastle with Portugal. the Man and others. I'd love to go to the show but it's not worth $70 for me. I like them, but I still think their first album is their best and likely wouldn't pay too much for a ticket unless they do an anniversary tour of that album Yeah, they are phenomenal live but I cannot justify 70 plus fees. I think it just shows that Express Live is trying to book these big name bands, but don't have a space truly large enough to accommodate them so they hike the ticket prices to cover the booking fees. The venue I saw them at last year holds 26,000, and it was pretty close to full, maybe 22 or 23k. Either way, 5,200 at Express Live is just too small.
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Post by whitneyhouston on May 3, 2019 10:44:36 GMT -5
I'd love to go to the show but it's not worth $70 for me. I like them, but I still think their first album is their best and likely wouldn't pay too much for a ticket unless they do an anniversary tour of that album Yeah, they are phenomenal live but I cannot justify 70 plus fees. I think it just shows that Express Live is trying to book these big name bands, but don't have a space truly large enough to accommodate them so they hike the ticket prices to cover the booking fees. The venue I saw them at last year holds 26,000, and it was pretty close to full, maybe 22 or 23k. Either way, 5,200 at Express Live is just too small. Even when Twenty One Pilots did their columbus tour and instantly sold out all the venues the tickets were like $40ish at Express and there's no question that they pull in a larger crowd. Sometimes it just doesn't make sense
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Post by whitneyhouston on May 3, 2019 12:03:01 GMT -5
While not Columbus, Angels and Airwaves is coming to Detroit and Cleveland! Sold out instantly too
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Post by funkymoses17 on May 3, 2019 12:27:05 GMT -5
I'd love to go to the show but it's not worth $70 for me. I like them, but I still think their first album is their best and likely wouldn't pay too much for a ticket unless they do an anniversary tour of that album Yeah, they are phenomenal live but I cannot justify 70 plus fees. I think it just shows that Express Live is trying to book these big name bands, but don't have a space truly large enough to accommodate them so they hike the ticket prices to cover the booking fees. The venue I saw them at last year holds 26,000, and it was pretty close to full, maybe 22 or 23k. Either way, 5,200 at Express Live is just too small. SHOULD be a perfect excuse to do the festival set up. But doubt they will since they didn't announce it along with the tickets.
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Post by mcnasty on May 3, 2019 23:24:18 GMT -5
Yeah, they are phenomenal live but I cannot justify 70 plus fees. I think it just shows that Express Live is trying to book these big name bands, but don't have a space truly large enough to accommodate them so they hike the ticket prices to cover the booking fees. The venue I saw them at last year holds 26,000, and it was pretty close to full, maybe 22 or 23k. Either way, 5,200 at Express Live is just too small. SHOULD be a perfect excuse to do the festival set up. But doubt they will since they didn't announce it along with the tickets. Oh absolutely. If they can have that for The 1975, why not for a band that has actually HEADLINED just about every single music festival in North America? They can easily draw at least 20,000; they had a crowd well above that number in Indy last year. This booking just seems so out of left field to me. They're doing like 3 other small amphitheater shows and then all festivals.
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