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Post by ebonyuk on Apr 4, 2024 9:30:07 GMT -8
I couldn’t agree more. I can’t cope with stadiums, so arenas are the only option for me. The last one they did I went too was the Hysteria shows which was back in 2019! 5 years ago. They are always saying how they love their home and where they come from, but they’ve got a funny way of showing it
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Post by wabowarrior on Apr 4, 2024 13:22:20 GMT -8
I couldn’t agree more. I can’t cope with stadiums, so arenas are the only option for me. The last one they did I went too was the Hysteria shows which was back in 2019! 5 years ago. They are always saying how they love their home and where they come from, but they’ve got a funny way of showing it Yeah, I understand the logistics and financial advantages of doing stadiums, but personally, I'm not a big fan. Even the "close seats" are far away, and the sound is rarely as good as it can be in smaller venues. On top of that, they are playing my market (Florida) in July, and it can be just brutal outside. They are playing Orlando, which is a 30 minute drive from me but I'm seriously considering skipping that and driving down to Miami in August to see them solo at the Hard Rock, which is a great venue to see bands. The downside is it'll be a more expensive trip with the long drive and a hotel room.
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Post by slanged on Apr 26, 2024 18:42:28 GMT -8
Well finally caved and bought a ticket 5 hours away. Got perfect center, as had one section over last time in Arlington and they were great. Club level for $133 total and first row. Much cheaper than last time. Better play surprises as they said, or will sell and not waste my time.
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Post by Leanne on Jun 14, 2024 11:26:18 GMT -8
I'm listening to Eddie Trunk and he said for the New York and Los Angeles shows, they are selling tickets for buy one get one free. I can't remember if he said he received an email or heard it from somebody that's in the business.
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Post by CindyJ on Jun 14, 2024 11:40:55 GMT -8
I'm listening to Eddie Trunk and he said for the New York and Los Angeles shows, they are selling tickets for buy one get one free. I can't remember if he said he received an email or heard it from somebody that's in the business. There are at least two other DL shows with the same offer. Not a good sign. Maybe US concert-goers have finally reached the limit of what they are willing to pay to see a show.
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Post by fna692002 on Jun 14, 2024 12:17:22 GMT -8
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Post by lepp703 on Jun 14, 2024 13:17:35 GMT -8
I'm listening to Eddie Trunk and he said for the New York and Los Angeles shows, they are selling tickets for buy one get one free. I can't remember if he said he received an email or heard it from somebody that's in the business. There are at least two other DL shows with the same offer. Not a good sign. Maybe US concert-goers have finally reached the limit of what they are willing to pay to see a show. None of the bands are stadium bands. Motley sold the tickets. DL just sounded way better.
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Post by andylgr on Jun 14, 2024 13:41:53 GMT -8
There are at least two other DL shows with the same offer. Not a good sign. Maybe US concert-goers have finally reached the limit of what they are willing to pay to see a show. None of the bands are stadium bands. Motley sold the tickets. DL just sounded way better. Ha, good one.
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Post by Shawn on Jun 14, 2024 17:02:57 GMT -8
There are at least two other DL shows with the same offer. Not a good sign. Maybe US concert-goers have finally reached the limit of what they are willing to pay to see a show. None of the bands are stadium bands. Motley sold the tickets. DL just sounded way better. I've got News for you. There are a handful of bands that can tour at the level Def Leppard does EVERY SUMMER. Motley isn't one of them. Def Leppard is a money making machine.
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Post by Shawn on Jun 14, 2024 17:11:53 GMT -8
I'm listening to Eddie Trunk and he said for the New York and Los Angeles shows, they are selling tickets for buy one get one free. I can't remember if he said he received an email or heard it from somebody that's in the business. There are at least two other DL shows with the same offer. Not a good sign. Maybe US concert-goers have finally reached the limit of what they are willing to pay to see a show.
It's the entire Industry. I've heard of multiple bands cancelling tours in North America and Europe. The economy is to blame. Who can afford tickets at the prices they are when something as simple as food has gone through the roof. Certain Markets will always be harder to fill than others.
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Post by motleymexico on Jun 14, 2024 19:15:27 GMT -8
Does any one know the offer passcode for the father's day promo?
Tickets in NY $ 48 and in LA only $ 30.
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Post by CindyJ on Jun 14, 2024 20:07:50 GMT -8
Does any one know the offer passcode for the father's day promo? Tickets in NY $ 48 and in LA only $ 30. Try FATHERS
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Post by edwardcreighton on Jun 15, 2024 0:52:04 GMT -8
Concert goers are generally waiting to buy tickets to just before the concert, 57% wait until a week before the show according to Pollstar. news.pollstar.com/2024/06/04/last-minute-ticket-buying-eventbrite-releases-study-at-niva-24/Add on seeing Journey Lepps stadium combo before, Lepps Crue combo more recently then demand likely to be down. Baseball stadiums with average capacities of 40000 means selling a lot of tickets. I have no issue with artists charging big prices if demand is there. The Journey Lepps tour may have overestimated demand hence the price offers.
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Post by churchy on Jun 15, 2024 3:58:52 GMT -8
I just read it. Thanks for posting. Indeed, very interesting. The 'Classic-rock dinosaurs' probably does allude to the Leppard/Crue tour.
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Post by motleymexico on Jun 15, 2024 6:12:11 GMT -8
Thanks, it is indeed
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Post by niklas on Jun 15, 2024 7:45:30 GMT -8
None of the bands are stadium bands. Motley sold the tickets. DL just sounded way better. I've got News for you. There are a handful of bands that can tour at the level Def Leppard does EVERY SUMMER. Motley isn't one of them. Def Leppard is a money making machine. Indeed, without Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe play casinos, state fairs and festivals. They do play Scotiabank Arena but the upper level seems to be curtained off. The Mohegan Sun is the other arena they play this year, but it is a smaller arena. All the rest of the dates are Mötley opening for the puppet show.
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Post by wabowarrior on Jun 17, 2024 6:31:35 GMT -8
Just saw the new city-specific shirts they are selling on the website. Pyromania cover on the front, "Rock Til You Drop, Tour Til We Drop" on the back... Looks like we are definitely getting that Pyromania-heavy set this summer.
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Post by CindyJ on Jun 21, 2024 6:48:48 GMT -8
Is this the Summer of Rock? How tours from Creed, Def Leppard, others are igniting fansMelissa Ruggieri Marco della Cava June 20, 2024 They claimed the Summer of Love in 1967. 2024 is primed to be the Summer of Rock. Not because rock songs are topping music charts or surging on streamers. They're not. It's because titans of the genre have decided to unleash themselves on the road, giving fans a gluttony of opportunity to revel, whether they prefer hard rock, metal, alternative or punk. Just look at who is on tour. There are the guitar slingers in Def Leppard, Green Day and Journey; the resurgent Nickelback; reunions of Jane’s Addiction and Blink-182; a 25-year anniversary for Slipknot; adrenalized hits from Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette; and, perhaps most surprisingly, the monster return of Creed, who will embark on the biggest tour of their career July 17. Even those sultans of stadium shows, the Rolling Stones, continue their age-defying lap around the country through July. As Neil Young once sang, “Rock ‘n’ roll can never die.” Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. This summer, it’s about to thrive. When it comes to rock fandom, there's 'a fresh new energy,' says Creed frontman
Many of the rockers on tour this summer are pulling in fans from two buckets: those who listened during their heyday (people who remember when you went to MTV to watch music videos) and those who are discovering the greats for the first time (young music fans expanding their musical horizons). “There is this fresh new energy,” Creed frontman Scott Stapp says. “My 17-year-old is tapping into Nirvana and Soundgarden and old Metallica, and she’s hearing it for the first time. We’ve carried that theme in how we’ve designed this tour, as though there was never time off. This is the 2024 version of what we did in 2002.” Creed is leading one of the most anticipated tours of the summer. Their Summer of ’99 trek is sold out, according to Live Nation, and will bring openers 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven, with a rotation of Daughtry, Switchfoot, Tonic and Big Wreck joining certain dates. It’s the first time in more than a decade that Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips have toured, a scenario that Stapp likens to “that friend you have that you don’t talk to every day, but you pick up where you left off. It feels right." Though many ticketholders likely lived during the Summer of '99 referenced in their tour name, a slice of them are newer fans driven by the use of Creed's songs in viral TikTok videos, the Texas Rangers' use of "Higher" in its pregame soundtrack during its World Series-winning run, and even by Grammy-winning R&B/hip-hop artist SZA giving permission to think Creed is cool, saying "I will be a Creed fan forever" in her 2023 “SZA: Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year” interview. Even Live Nation’s statistics show the key demographic of ticket buyers to the band’s tour at 25-34. Even though Stapp, through a vibrant solo career, and Tremonti, with the successful rock outfit Alter Bridge, have stayed visible, the revival of the band’s popularity has been revelatory. “It’s not common,” Stapp concedes, “unless you can remind me of someone with this resurgence after this amount of time.” These rock 'n' rollers are 'clearly the real deal'Though there are fewer stadium tours in 2024, concert promoter Live Nation reports to USA TODAY that sales for shows in arenas, amphitheaters, theaters and clubs are up double digits year-over-year, with more than 100 million tickets sold so far. “We have a more diverse set of artists on the road than ever before,” said Omar-Al Joulani, president of touring for Live Nation Concerts. “While many rock bands will be touring, there will also be a wide range of artists across various genres." Indeed, if there is a through line to this season’s rock-heavy itinerary, it’s that while nostalgia inevitably seeps in, most of the bands filling amphitheaters and stadiums have never been too far from public consciousness, whether with new music or enduring affection for their hits. On June 13, perennial stadium-fillers Def Leppard released the stomper “Just Like 73” with guitar ace Tom Morello adding his signature wizardry. Though the band, which dropped “Diamond Star Halos” with the crunchy single “Kick” in 2022, has no shortage of smashes to tear through onstage, the thought of merely trotting out classics is unappealing.
“It would be really lame to be out there as a nostalgia act or doing it for the money,” says Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, who noted that “Just Like 73” will be on the new set list alongside evergreen fist-pumpers "Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Photograph" and "Armageddon It." “We got into music because we wanted to be in a band, and for us, (playing live) is very easy because you still really want to do it.”
Def Leppard will share this summer’s stadium stretch, which kicks off July 6, with Journey. The Steve Miller Band occupies a regular opening slot, and Cheap Trick and Heart will dot other dates with their melodic guitar rock.
Journey is never far from a spotlight, with “Faithfully” still landing on prom night playlists and, of course, the self-generating popularity of “Don’t Stop Believin’,” which will live on as long as new generations discover “The Sopranos.”
Though the band released the album “Freedom” in 2022, they plan to hit rewind/repeat on the vintage tape deck this tour.
Thanks to the “great chemistry” shared between not just the members of both chart-topping, guitar-forward bands but also their audiences, Journey guitarist and co-founder Neal Schon expects sold-out sing-a-longs across the nation this summer.
“Def Leppard had a lot of radio success at the same time we did, so history kind of puts us together,” Schon says. “We first met them many years back when they were broke, but you immediately admire people in your same rock arena who are clearly the real deal.”Is rock ‘n’ roll dead? Yes. No. Maybe? But enjoy it this summerMost of the artists sweating for your entertainment this summer are close to, if not in, AARP territory – Lavigne is a relative youngster at 39 – and the debate continues about the current state of rock ‘n’ roll and who might maintain longevity to fill amphitheaters and stadiums in 20 years. Mammoth WVH with Wolfgang Van Halen is the type of rock outfit carrying an old-fashioned torch as they open stadiums with Metallica, play club shows in between and will join Creed for a fall arena run. Greta Van Fleet spans the globe this summer at a combination of festivals, theaters and arenas, and Dorothy, fronted by singer Dorothy Martin (who duets with Stapp on his single “If These Walls Could Talk”) is the kind of power-lunged belter who makes you nearly blow a speaker. Collen believes rock is more of an idea – “People love the idea of a rock star,” he says – and artists he considers rock icons, such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison, have no one in their shadows. “You’re not getting new versions of that,” Collen says. “I think the image part of rock is dead.” Stapp, meanwhile, points to country music and the cross-pollination of rock and country as a meaningful migration. “In a weird way, the country music scene is reinvigorating rock,” he says. The future of rock might be hazy, but for now, there are plenty of guitar amps ready to be turned to 11. So for those who still want to rock, we salute you. Source
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Post by CindyJ on Jun 21, 2024 10:13:00 GMT -8
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Post by edwardcreighton on Jun 24, 2024 16:37:35 GMT -8
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Post by CindyJ on Jun 25, 2024 13:11:31 GMT -8
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Post by savagegroove on Jul 2, 2024 3:49:27 GMT -8
I find it very interesting the sales on tickets going on. A few weeks ago, San Antonio offered a BOGO. Then they started it again. Yesterday, the Cleveland venue sent a BOGO offer.
Hope this means no more stadiums for Lepp.
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Post by andylgr on Jul 2, 2024 5:42:59 GMT -8
I find it very interesting the sales on tickets going on. A few weeks ago, San Antonio offered a BOGO. Then they started it again. Yesterday, the Cleveland venue sent a BOGO offer. Hope this means no more stadiums for Lepp. They've been doing these offers at a few venues. It'll be interesting to see what size crowds these shows pull. I don't even know whats considered a success attendance wise at these gigs as a percentage of the capacity.
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Post by CindyJ on Jul 2, 2024 10:06:02 GMT -8
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Post by motleymexico on Jul 2, 2024 10:34:37 GMT -8
I bet the 3 shows that Heart was going to play will now have cheaper tickets....
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Post by motleymexico on Jul 2, 2024 12:51:52 GMT -8
Cleveland and Toronto looks like Cheap Trick will fill in for Heart, and Cheap Trick play Uncasville, CT August 4, so most likely will be added to Boston August 5 with Def Leppard.
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Post by Shawn on Jul 2, 2024 13:32:47 GMT -8
I find it very interesting the sales on tickets going on. A few weeks ago, San Antonio offered a BOGO. Then they started it again. Yesterday, the Cleveland venue sent a BOGO offer. Hope this means no more stadiums for Lepp. That's messed up.
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Post by pete on Jul 2, 2024 23:13:07 GMT -8
Are Heart off this tour now?
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Post by andylgr on Jul 2, 2024 23:39:54 GMT -8
Are Heart off this tour now? Yes.
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Post by diva on Jul 3, 2024 2:44:04 GMT -8
Are Heart off this tour now? Yes. That’s a bummer. Wishing Ann good health.
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