Paramore Band • Page 98

Ah I see. It said there was also a platinum presale at 10 am that wouldn’t let me in because it said I wasn’t verified. About 20 minutes in I could get in but all the tickets were locked for cardholders of that random bank.

 

Super anxious I won't get picked. I didn't for Toronto.

 

Soundin’ gooooood

 

Omggggg. Love that little snippet.

 

I'm pretty excited for this

 

Just got my email. Didn’t get in/ I’m on the waitlist. It’s embarrassing how sad I am right now.

 

Just received the same email. It’s embarrassing how offended I am to be put on a waitlist.

 

Ugh yea I got waitlisted as well

 

Me too and so did everyone I know. Who got in then?!?

 

the only actual people i know/have seen get chosen for any of these shows are the 1 or 2 that posted about it here. shit is wild.

 

Also waitlisted.

 

I have no idea what the algorithm to decide this sort of stuff is but I've bought tickets via Ticketmaster to at least 6-7 Paramore shows in the area which I thought might favor me but who knows anymore.

 

Waitlisted goodbye cruel world

 

Tickets went on sale for NYC 15 min ago and there’s already dozens of tickets on sale on StubHub starting at 500 each. This whole verified system fucking sucks.

 

It's a good program in theory, but I'd really like to uncover the methodology for how people get chosen. I'm not surprised there are tickets re-listed. Small underplays like this, unfortunately, if you are going to allow resale then you need to price them according to the market which for this show is probably $300-500/ticket.

 

Do you live in Antarctica?

 

I’ve never heard of it either. It’s only the 35th most popular bank in the country. Are you thinking of Citibank?

 

Yeah it's NOT Citi bank.

 

It didn't even occur to me to check StubHub prices. LA floor tix are going for $700+. I thought the whole point was to prevent this from happening?

 

Not surprised at the secondary costs for this. I've been saying this whenever we have one of these high-demand underplays but this stuff NEEDS TO BE PRICED ACCORDINGLY. It's a premium event only available to a small number of people, thus is shouldn't be the same cost as going to see the same band play an arena in St Louis or whatever.

 

I don’t think that’s the answer either. Then, the band would be criticized for charging exorbitant prices. Don’t price people out. They’ve played these venues on every album cycle. It’s nothing special for them. The answer is either for the band to reopen their paid fan club or use their mailing list to send out unique codes or don’t play these venues when their demand is astronomically high.

 

I understand the sentiment but unfortunately the dirty secret in the concert business is that tickets are made to appear artificially low-priced to not hurt the band's image. There are ways to go truly paperless but we've seen, time and time again, acts would rather not turn down the extra revenue stream of the secondary market and/or "platinum" ticketing. It's simply impossible to keep prices low since that just encourages more assholes to buy up and re-sell. If a ticket is initially priced at $250-300, it might make people think twice about trying to scoop up and flip. I do recognize that this prices certain demos out and I'm empathetic to that but, end of the day, a supply/demand market will always bring shows to their actual market value.

 

Yeah, I know that's our reality. Without raising prices though, right now, the least the band or their team could do is ask for a fair presale. I think they're in control of that. So many artists do not go through verified fan. Muse are doing a Beacon Theatre show this October, and I got a ticket through a presale code they offered if you had joined their site before a certain date. Selfishly, let's just fix this. Everyone else can just fight it out during general sale. But if you're a fan of the band enough to care, you should be signed up for things and be rewarded for it and I think this is a good solution for now to keep scalpers out of first dibs.

 

I got a pre-sale code for Muse that same way though they DID engage in the platinum pricing (my seat is towards the back). As I keep pointing out, artists have the ability to control this stuff but they tend to opt out. NY state does have laws against paperless but the band/promoter can at least opt out of official platinum pricing/resale on Ticketmaster. That being said, the secondary prices reflect the ACTUAL demand so if people are willing to pay $400-500 for top seats, that's what they should sell for.

 

There's a countdown to T.I.W. on the band's story—looking like Wednesday!