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Tessa
12-12-2008, 06:24 PM
Can someone please explain to me what a Vip package is?

I read it on the page (and also the description), but did someone buy this once before and what are the pros? What happens to you when you have a vip-ticket?

Thanks in advance!

Ive always been a dreamer
12-12-2008, 07:57 PM
Tessa - the VIP's are the ticket packages sold by ILAA (I Love All Access). The link to the website is iloveallaccess.com (http://iloveallaccess.com/).

Basically, ILAA sells 5-star packages where tickets are usually guaranteed to be in the first 10 rows. However, you don't get your ticket until you show up at the show, so you don't know exactly where you will be sitting. In addition to your ticket, there is usually a reception and dinner before the show along with some other perks.

Usually, ILAA offers a less expensive 4-star package where your ticket is usually guaranteed to be in the first 20 rows, but you don't get to go to the reception or dinner.

The packages vary for each show, so the best thing to do is check out the ILAA website and find the show that you are interested in attending. Hope this helps and good luck finding your ticket.

eaglesvet
12-12-2008, 11:58 PM
I don't know what the ticket demand will be like in Europe, but both times I went into Ticketmaster right at opening time, I was able to get tickets within the first 10 rows right away, without doing the VIP. It may just be a matter of seeing whether the extra amenities are worth the extra cost.

Just Another Hired Hand
12-13-2008, 01:23 AM
My first Eagles concert, in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 14, 2008, I bought all access tickets. I bought the day they went on sale. I got a four star package which put us in the 10th row, center stage. The ticket was somewhat pricey, but worth it, as we had a blast.

The next concert we went to, at the Borgata in Atlantic City, came three nights later. We got put on the list because one of their ticket takers in advertently bumped us out of Joe Walsh tickets earlier in the year, and we complained about it. Everything at the Borgata is pricey! We were in the 8th row for this show. My wife got a Timothy B. Schmit guitar pick he threw into the audience. After this show we met Scott Crago, Will Hollis and Steuart Smith.

Out third show was just luck. I checked a web site two nights before the concert and was able to buy 7th row tickets at face value. the show ultimately sold out.

I came to refer to all of the concerts I attended in 2008 as "My excellent concert adventures". There is some risk to buying the tickets this way, but the rewards can be great. Good Luck!

Tessa
12-13-2008, 03:40 AM
I don't know what the ticket demand will be like in Europe, but both times I went into Ticketmaster right at opening time, I was able to get tickets within the first 10 rows right away, without doing the VIP. It may just be a matter of seeing whether the extra amenities are worth the extra cost.
Yes, I think it will be like this here in Vienna.

I visited another Ticket Hompeage and it looks like that you're able to purchase tickets in the first rows there. The price is the same as the price from ILAA.

But still no possibility to buy one; they still have that "under construction" note under the Eagles-description.


Thanks IABAD! I'll try the normal way to buy a ticket, even if it costs more, I don't need dinner (except Mr. Henley joins me :nahnah:) .

Who came up to the idea of a dinner before a concert like this? My result would be either a sick feeling or tiredness *gg*


@ JAHH
Is the chance to meet one of the guys (even if it is "only" one of the MHs)
bigger with a VIP ticket or is it all the same?

MikeA
12-13-2008, 05:33 AM
JAHH:

We got put on the list because one of their ticket takers in advertently bumped us out of Joe Walsh tickets earlier in the year, and we complained about it

I don't understand? A "ticket taker?" And was Walsh playing a show solo? Hmmm, maybe you're talking about tickets bought through JWFC? Seems there was someone else here was on a bummer (and rightly so) concerning a JWFC M&G (Soda?).

Anyway, I'm just curious and confused....probably some bad drugs. Had a little run-in with the Dentist yesterday and am a bit woozy.

sodascouts
12-13-2008, 11:48 AM
I was bumped out of the meet'n'greet, not the concert itself. I did not buy my tickets through the JWFC.

A good thing about ILAA is that because you're paying more money, they're motivated to try and fix any problems that arise; they won't just blow you off.

Maleah
12-13-2008, 01:15 PM
The hard part for me with the ILAA tickets is if I'm going to spend that kind of money on a ticket...I want a guaranteed seat in the first FIVE rows AND a chance to meet one of the guys!! lol that's a lot of money to spend and not even know where you're going to sit! lol

Peekaboo
12-13-2008, 08:54 PM
I've only ever done ILAA once and i will say that although it was expensive, I'm glad that i did it. They really try to make your "ILAA experience" be the best concert experience ever. And it was a really memorable one for me because I got to share it with my mother. It was the best mother-daughter time we had ever had. The dinner is really nice and they also do a raffle of all kinds of Eagles goodies. My mom won a tshirt. They even gave away 2 autographed cds. It is a nailbiter wondering where your seats will be but I was pretty sure that i was going to be in the first few rows because i ordered mine the moment that they went on sale and i knew that they go by first come first serve as far as seating goes. I lucked out and got front row. Would I do it again? Maybe. If they were to do meet and greets like Maleah suggested, i would definitely spend the money again.

Just Another Hired Hand
12-13-2008, 11:32 PM
JAHH:

We got put on the list because one of their ticket takers in advertently bumped us out of Joe Walsh tickets earlier in the year, and we complained about it

I don't understand? A "ticket taker?" And was Walsh playing a show solo? Hmmm, maybe you're talking about tickets bought through JWFC? Seems there was someone else here was on a bummer (and rightly so) concerning a JWFC M&G (Soda?).

Anyway, I'm just curious and confused....probably some bad drugs. Had a little run-in with the Dentist yesterday and am a bit woozy.

MikeA:

My wife called the Borgata ticket office the minute the tickets went on sale. She was put on hold for 15 minutes. When they got back to her and told her what tickets were available she (and I) were furious.

After several phone calls we finally spoke to manager about it. He could not have been more accomodating. He asked who else we would like to see. My wife told him The Eagles. In a gesture of good will he helped us get great seats for the Eagles show there. The seats were so good she caught a guitar pick TBS threw into the audience.

I can only say good things about the Borgata management. They made it right for us in a big way. True, we missed the Joe Walsh show, but the night the Eagles came to New Jersey my Mrs. caught the guitar pick, and got to meet Scott Crago, Will Hollis and Steuart Smith in the restaurant after the show. They couldn't have been nicer. They were blown away with how much we knew not just about the Eagles, but about their band too.

Some times a bad thing (getting blocked out of Joe Walsh tickets) can lead to a great thing, like the Eagles Borgata tickets.

Just Another Hired Hand
12-13-2008, 11:46 PM
Tessa posted:

@ JAHH
Is the chance to meet one of the guys (even if it is "only" one of the MHs)
bigger with a VIP ticket or is it all the same?[/quote]

Meeting Scott Crago, Will Hollis and Steuart Smith was just dumb luck. We had no chance of meeting any one at the Wachovia Center. We had ILAA tickets for the first show we attended there, July 14, 2008. However, the Borgata is a hotel and casino. There are many restaurants inside, in the area of the Event Center.

The night before the Borgata show, there was an article in a local paper about how Don Henley and his party kept one of the Borgata restaurants open until 2 AM. I will try to locate it and make it the subject of a future post.

I have already posted a news article about Don Henley's visit to an excellent restaurant in Philadelphia. A situation like this is where you have the greatest chance to meet some on from the band. I can suggest you do a google search for news articles for any unexpected visits the Eagle made to Restaurants in your area. Chances are they will visit them again.

If you have watched the Farewell I concert as much as my wife and I have, you would recognize the musicians no matter where they showed up. They thought they were anonymous but we fooled them. They didn't mind a bit. They autographed our CD jacket (we listened to LROOE) on the ride to the Casino, so we had it handy. Good Luck! :band:

MikeA
12-13-2008, 11:55 PM
Meeting Scott Crago, Will Hollis and Steuart Smith was just dumb luck.

That's freakin' uncanny! Both having them set you up with Eagles tickets and the good fortune you had while there with the pick and with meeting some of the guys.

Just Another Hired Hand
12-14-2008, 10:41 AM
We got put on the list because one of their ticket takers in advertently bumped us out of Joe Walsh tickets earlier in the year, and we complained about it

I don't understand? A "ticket taker?" And was Walsh playing a show solo? Hmmm, maybe you're talking about tickets bought through JWFC? Seems there was someone else here was on a bummer (and rightly so) concerning a JWFC M&G (Soda?).

:oops:I left out a key word here...a ticket order taker. Sometimes I am blatantly dislexic. The mind is willing but the fingers are phat!

Just Another Hired Hand
12-14-2008, 12:39 PM
Tessa, this is for you:

This is furnished to fulfill a promise I made in an earlier post. The day of the Eagles concert at the Borgata in Atlantic City it appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you watch the "local scene" section of your local paper your probability of a chance encounter increases dramatically. Apparently when in the area either solo or with the Eagles, Don Henley has his favorite places to hang out. Here is the clip:

Chef Michael Schulson, who just opened Izakaya in the Borgata in Atlantic City, will have to get used to casino hours. Don Henley of the Eagles dropped in for a late dinner Wednesday and kept staff long past the 2 a.m. closing.

The author is Michael Klein, Inquirer columnist.

We (Tiffanny Twisted and I) met Scott Crago, Will Hollis and Steuart Smith at the Metropolitan Restaurant. Our encounter was chance, but if you know where to go your chances dramatically increase. Good Luck!

Freypower
12-14-2008, 06:31 PM
Those of you who have this wonderful thing called ILAA should think yourselves very lucky.

In 2004 the only thing I could do was enter a password supplied by the old Eagles fan club. As this no longer exists, I don't know if eaglesband.com will offer something similar for Australian fans. In any case I had to take my chances through Ticketmaster like everybody else. I had the most expensive seats at every show except Melbourne but I didn't get a second row seat until the last Sydney show. And I don't think I will be able to spend that sort of money again. Given the disappointing seats that I have had for recent concerts (Crowded House, Bob Dylan) I am not optimistic.

The only thing that 'Diamond' ticket holders had in Sydney was a cushion :eyebrow: and a separate bar. While the bar was convenient you had one drink free and that was it. There were no 'giveaways'.

People who live in Europe and America are very lucky in that you have a much wider range of options in terms of which city you can choose to attend a concert. I don't have that. Distance and cost in this country is prohibitive. We only have five cities in which they play. You read that correctly. FIVE.

Please excuse the rant but this is something that those of you in the northern hemisphere just don't really understand, how difficult it is, and I haven't even mentioned the length of time we have to wait. If they come back here at the end of 2009 that will be five years for me. I'm not going to mention this again but I think I needed to say something once.

Just Another Hired Hand
12-14-2008, 08:54 PM
ILAA isn't all that wonderful. It cost four to five times the face value of the ticket. I think it is outrageous. But it's something I did once as I wanted to insure aa good seat to the concert. Let's face it, concert tickets are a racket. The reason my wife and I got blocked out of Joe Walsh Tickets is the order taker put her on hold. By the time she got back to us, the prime seats were gone. It seems the order taker had a sweet heart deal with a ticket broker. The money paid to the order taker for the prime seats is padded in the outrageous price they charge for the tickets.

ILAA came about to cut down on this practice. I read a write up somewhere (I'll try to find it) that the Eagles would rather sell the prime seats through ILAA as opposed to letting the scalpers have their way with the ticket buying public. That way some one paying a lot for the ticket would be someone that really wanted to see the show. The good thing about it is you can only pick the ticket up the night of the show. The scalpers are cut out but the poor fan pays through the nose.

Freypower, I feel your pain. It is an unfortunate fact of life for the music fan who likes to see their favorite artists perform live.

TimothyBFan
12-15-2008, 09:31 AM
Like I said somewhere else on this board. I have never done the All Access but I had the best tickets in Cincinnati just by being persistant in watching anywhere you can buy tickets from and resisting the urge to buy the tickets as soon as they go on sale. I got 4th row, aisle seats on Timothy's side which I couldn't have asked for anything better. Great view (remember, I was on Tim's side:) and plenty of interaction with the band (received some "Glenn Lovin'"). Only paid $242.00 a piece for them, more than face value but a LOT less than ILAA and sat right next to people that had paid triple what we did and got the same view. To me, the $$ spent for ILAA wouldn't be worth the little goodie bag they give you and a dinner, that like Tessa said, I wouldn't be able to eat anyways because of the excitement. Think of how many regular Eagles tickets you can buy for the price of 1 ILAA ticket. Just MHO!!!!!

Ive always been a dreamer
12-15-2008, 12:32 PM
Well I said this before but I do think that the ILAA tickets are overpriced. However, as long as they are selling an acceptable number of packages for each show, I don't expect much will change. I have noticed that they've dropped the prices by about $50 in most markets for the 2009 shows that have been scheduled in the U.S., so I guess that helps a little.

We did the 'ILAA' experience in Charlottesville earlier this year, but the cost was "only" $495 for a 5-star package at that show. I don't regret it because I really wanted to try it out. It was a very nice experience, but, personally, I would not do it on a regular basis. I'm not saying I will never do it again if I can catch another show for the same price, but I'm pretty sure I'd never pay $750 - $1000. I certainly don't begrudge those who want to go for it though.

Brooke
12-15-2008, 02:54 PM
I did the 5 star package in St. Louis and was happy that I did it once. I don't think I will ever do it again. For no more than you get, it just wasn't worth that much money-$795.) I did end up with a front row-nearly center ticket, but the waiting to find out was murder. If you got to meet the band, then it would be worth it. For a dinner and a journal? Nope, not to me.

I agree with dreamer, if people continue to buy them, then they will keep selling them. I had about 30 people in my group. I was surprised there were that many.

Tessa
12-15-2008, 03:37 PM
I did the 5 star package in St. Louis and was happy that I did it once. I don't think I will ever do it again. For no more than you get, it just wasn't worth that much money-$795.) I did end up with a front row-nearly center ticket, but the waiting to find out was murder. If you got to meet the band, then it would be worth it. For a dinner and a journal? Nope, not to me.
Thank you for that answer!
I came to the same result but I wanted to be sure, to read a few opinions.

Now I have my ticket - it costs around $ 150,-- and I'm sitting in the 5. row on the left side of the stage. I hope I can see Mr. Henley clearly 8-)

TimothyBFan
12-15-2008, 03:50 PM
:blueblob: Good job Tessa--Row 5 is fantastic!!!

Brooke
12-15-2008, 04:25 PM
That is great Tessa! I know you will have a fantastic time! :yay:

tbs fanatic
12-15-2008, 04:54 PM
Row 5 sounds great to me. Have fun.

sodascouts
12-16-2008, 03:01 AM
Row 5 - wow! You'll have a blast!

eaglesvet
12-17-2008, 12:29 PM
Thank you for that answer!
I came to the same result but I wanted to be sure, to read a few opinions.

Now I have my ticket - it costs around $ 150,-- and I'm sitting in the 5. row on the left side of the stage. I hope I can see Mr. Henley clearly 8-)
As far as clearly goes, you will be able to see the color of his socks (and those of the others, as well) if you pay attention while they are sitting on the stools singing at the beginning of the second set. Is that clear enough??;):)

Tessa
12-17-2008, 06:25 PM
I don't know how to explain that in english but I'm not in front of the stage in the 5. row - I'm a little bit over those rows. My seat will be on the same (aaargl, where is my dictionary) level or a bit higher. I got the room plan today and it is exactly the same row like I sat during the Beach Boys concert and this is fantastic, because I could see the "Boys" :nahnah: better and closer than I would've seen them if I was sitting down in front of the stage. When I realized that today I kind of "flipped out" I'M SOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY *YEAH*

Sorry for my bad explanation...I'm very tired. It's 11:23pm here and I just came home from a concert friends of mine gave.

MikeA
12-20-2008, 09:22 AM
I don't know how to explain that in english but I'm not in front of the stage in the 5. row

For what it is worth, as I speak English only, I am very grateful to those to whom English is not their first language when they, like you Tessa, take the time to communicate with us in the only language we know. Your description was very clear.

TimothyBFan
12-20-2008, 01:07 PM
:thumbsup: Here Here Mike--Well said. I understood fine Tessa!!

Ive always been a dreamer
12-20-2008, 01:17 PM
I agree with Mike and TBF. Thank you Tessa and I don't think any of us had a problem understanding what you said. The only other language I speak is Spanish (and I'm not that great at that). There is NO way I would be comfortable participating on a Spanish-speaking message board so I admire your courage. Feel free to post here all you want and if you need help with some words, don't be shy - just ask.

Tessa
12-20-2008, 04:45 PM
:grouphug: I know why I love this board so much.

Thank you all for your kind words :blush:

Just Another Hired Hand
01-03-2009, 01:21 AM
I just read the thread. Tessa, sitting in row 5 (and if it's like the concerts I went to you won't be sitting much) you will be able to see the shoe laces on Don H's work boots! I hope you have the time of your life! Enjoy!

Tessa
01-03-2009, 08:37 AM
I just read the thread. Tessa, sitting in row 5 (and if it's like the concerts I went to you won't be sitting much) you will be able to see the shoe laces on Don H's work boots! I hope you have the time of your life! Enjoy!
Its "over" the first rows.
So I will be able to see the whole Mr. Henley like he's standing right in front of me :) and not only his shoes *yippie*.

Its the same seat like during the Beach Boys Concert. My Lovey said: "Why is Bruce starring at us?? He makes me nervous!". Honey, he's not starring at us, our faces are in the dark. LOL

carol7lynn
06-23-2010, 01:02 PM
This was probably already reported somewhere else on the board and I may have even commented on it already so I apologize for re-opening a can of worms as sometimes my memory fails me but here goes.

I was listening to Mark & Brian (KLOS) here in LA this morning and Kevin Cronin, from REO Speedwagon, called in and during the course of his conversation with M&B about their current tour, he mentioned that Irving Azoff owns ILAA. Makes sense so I did some research and it turns out FrontLine Management, Azoff's company, does indeed own ILAA. To quote Kevin, "Irving owns the world."

Azoff also seems to want to "own" all our money too. Not that that's immoral, illegal, or bad. It is what it is, but when times are tough and people are struggling just to buy the necessities of life, then you'd think they'd reduce the price instead of increasing the price and scalping front row seats in the bargain.

Yesterday, I was able to score a second row center seat for Bob Dylan/John Mellencamp concert for $100 through Dylan's web-site presale at the same venue (CBBA) I had to wait two months for a second row ticket-drop for the Eagles. I also paid $230 for that ticket.

Dylan charges nothing for the password and most of the pre-sale seats were equally as good. This man is a legend who, like the Beatles, revolutionized the music industry. Case In Point: Back in 1965, LARS was the first non-formula hit song over three mintues. It clocks in at just under six minutes setting precedent for such Eagles' classics as DH, LE and LROOE to name just a few.

Just my two cents. Come on Irving have a heart.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:nahnah:

Prettymaid
06-23-2010, 06:25 PM
That's your problem right there...Irving doesn't have a heart. ;)

sodascouts
06-23-2010, 07:20 PM
It's market value, folks. Bob Dylan couldn't get that much if he tried.

I think ILAA actually derived its name in part form Irving's initials - Irving L. Azoff. You know, like Irvine Meadows. ;)

carol7lynn
06-24-2010, 10:09 AM
Sorry Nancy but I respectfully disagree.

It's greed, not market value, that drives the ticketing practices of the Eagles and it's not all Irving's doing, although we would like to believe otherwise (me included), lest we come to terms with the fact that the Eagles (in the final analysis) sanction what he does.

Personally, even though I will probably incur the wrath of the Gods (sorry Felder) from some, if not most Eagles' fans, but I do believe that the Eagles have become a far too costly Leviathan "slouching toward Bethlehem" on their "long road out of Eden." I oftentimes wish, that the Eagles, would stop trying so hard to "be fabulous," dump their extravagantly expensive backup band and strip down to the core element that was the Eagles. Ah, me.

I know, very hippie-sixties of me but Timmy did it on his mini Expando Tour. No need for even roadies-the band set up themselves and they used fans like me to do publicity at the shows. No ticket over $20. But like Henley laments, "it's hard to stop this engine once you get a taste." I wish that they'd stop the engine because I, for one, could care less about the band "being fabulous."

Time to get off my soap box. Again sorry for beating a dead horse, but I was just a bit irritated that performers like Dylan and Jackson Browne can manage to keep it real. I just think it's time to "Take it Easy" as I'm sure their "plates are full (enough)." Just wish they had some "Compassion" :angel:with respect to ticketing practices that's all.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:partytime:

luvthelighthouse
06-24-2010, 10:57 AM
I agree with you CL. I dream of a stripped down Eagles set often! I could do w/out all the extra people on stage. Not that we don't all love Steurt, Will, Scott...but "I" personally would love just the four Eagles on Stage. I don't need graphics or extra musicians. The Eagles have enough talent to fill the sound of song, they don't need horns, more keyboards, more percussions, etc.

While people will pay for $230 for a ticket, they shouldn't have to. A VIP package should start at $200, not $500! I see no reason any concert ticket should ever have a face value of more that $150. Trust me, I'm being generous at $150. If it's to cover the cost to run the show, cut out the extras. In all honesty, the main reason I did not see the Eagles last show was because it was too expensive. I wanted to go. If it was $100-150 I'd have been there w/out giving it a second thought. However, $230 is almost a quarter of a thousand dollars, for a few hours of entertainment.

Okay, I'm just gonna stop now, because I can go on forever...

TimothyBFan
06-24-2010, 11:21 AM
CL--I believe you are spot on!!! I'd wager a half a dozen front row tickets that the reason for the high cost is GREED!!!

Unfortunately people will continue to pay those extremely unreasonable prices and they will continue to charge them because they do. I will admit, I felt a bit of "ha, I knew it" when they had to cancel a few shows recently due to low ticket sales. And as I've said about a gazillion times already, I vow NOT to spend that kind of money (unless a front row ticket falls in my lap like it almost did last Friday). I was pretty devastated when that ticket didn't materialize but later, after the initial shock of having it then not having it wore off, I was glad, for lack of a better word, that I was able to keep to my convictions and not put out the money.

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who loves the Eagles as much as us on this board but I don't feel I have to prove my love for them by spending over a $1500 for 4 concert tickets ever again. I envy those of you that can do that several times over and travel great distances to do so but unfortunately I'm not one who can. (I know where you are coming from Evelyn!) I told hubby last Friday that if I had the money to do so, I would travel all over the world to see this band but I have not won that lottery yet so therefore that money is better spent paying the mortgage payment and car payment and medical bills and children's educations....Real life just sucks some times but in the greater scheme of things, I have it pretty darn good so I don't really regret the fact that I don't get to see them a half dozen times a year and am thankful that I have had the chance to see them even once or twice.

CL--I agree that for the money, Timothy's show was an awesome deal and truly another dream come true for me!! I never imagined he'd ever do solo show's and then for one to land 1 & 1/2 hours away for $22 a ticket and to find myself within feet of him performing..... **SIGH**

Bottom line is, as long as people pay those prices, they will continue to charge those prices. The only way to get them lowered is for people to just stop doing it and hurt them where it counts. Unfortunately, I doubt that would even work at this point and that is when, instead of lowering prices, they would simply just say "it was a good ride but we're done".

Climbing down off my soap box now and stopping before this post turns into an essay on greed!!

sodascouts
06-24-2010, 01:09 PM
When I meant "market value" I simply meant that it's what people will pay, so they charge it. It's not as if I enjoy paying so much for a ticket, although not having kids and all of that does give me more financial freedom.

This isn't the first time this topic has come up. Check out this thread (https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2229) where they get criticized a great deal for the prices.

Eve
06-24-2010, 04:40 PM
Sorry Nancy but I respectfully disagree.

It's greed, not market value, that drives the ticketing practices of the Eagles and it's not all Irving's doing, although we would like to believe otherwise (me included), lest we come to terms with the fact that the Eagles (in the final analysis) sanction what he does.

Personally, even though I will probably incur the wrath of the Gods (sorry Felder) from some, if not most Eagles' fans, but I do believe that the Eagles have become a far too costly Leviathan "slouching toward Bethlehem" on their "long road out of Eden." I oftentimes wish, that the Eagles, would stop trying so hard to "be fabulous," dump their extravagantly expensive backup band and strip down to the core element that was the Eagles. Ah, me.

I know, very hippie-sixties of me but Timmy did it on his mini Expando Tour. No need for even roadies-the band set up themselves and they used fans like me to do publicity at the shows. No ticket over $20. But like Henley laments, "it's hard to stop this engine once you get a taste." I wish that they'd stop the engine because I, for one, could care less about the band "being fabulous."

Time to get off my soap box. Again sorry for beating a dead horse, but I was just a bit irritated that performers like Dylan and Jackson Browne can manage to keep it real. I just think it's time to "Take it Easy" as I'm sure their "plates are full (enough)." Just wish they had some "Compassion" :angel:with respect to ticketing practices that's all.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:partytime:


FABULOUS POST!!!

Eve
06-24-2010, 04:42 PM
CL--I believe you are spot on!!! I'd wager a half a dozen front row tickets that the reason for the high cost is GREED!!!

Unfortunately people will continue to pay those extremely unreasonable prices and they will continue to charge them because they do. I will admit, I felt a bit of "ha, I knew it" when they had to cancel a few shows recently due to low ticket sales. And as I've said about a gazillion times already, I vow NOT to spend that kind of money (unless a front row ticket falls in my lap like it almost did last Friday). I was pretty devastated when that ticket didn't materialize but later, after the initial shock of having it then not having it wore off, I was glad, for lack of a better word, that I was able to keep to my convictions and not put out the money.

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who loves the Eagles as much as us on this board but I don't feel I have to prove my love for them by spending over a $1500 for 4 concert tickets ever again. I envy those of you that can do that several times over and travel great distances to do so but unfortunately I'm not one who can. (I know where you are coming from Evelyn!) I told hubby last Friday that if I had the money to do so, I would travel all over the world to see this band but I have not won that lottery yet so therefore that money is better spent paying the mortgage payment and car payment and medical bills and children's educations....Real life just sucks some times but in the greater scheme of things, I have it pretty darn good so I don't really regret the fact that I don't get to see them a half dozen times a year and am thankful that I have had the chance to see them even once or twice.

CL--I agree that for the money, Timothy's show was an awesome deal and truly another dream come true for me!! I never imagined he'd ever do solo show's and then for one to land 1 & 1/2 hours away for $22 a ticket and to find myself within feet of him performing..... **SIGH**

Bottom line is, as long as people pay those prices, they will continue to charge those prices. The only way to get them lowered is for people to just stop doing it and hurt them where it counts. Unfortunately, I doubt that would even work at this point and that is when, instead of lowering prices, they would simply just say "it was a good ride but we're done".

Climbing down off my soap box now and stopping before this post turns into an essay on greed!!


Wow...you ladies are on a serious roll here!
Well said.

Freypower
06-24-2010, 05:50 PM
I notice that when I posted the Australian price for the platinum tickets nobody commented. $691.30 for SEC and $686.30 for Acer. As far as I know that is way beyond what Americans pay. They have to ship the equipment out here, of course. If any more concerts are announced I am not going to them. I have to have some money for our trip overseas.

I have to pay these prices because they come to Austalia so rarely and this will probably be the last time. I completely understand what TBF & CL are saying (CL, I wish to thank you for the 'slouching towards Bethlehem' reference).

As for keeping it real I don't necessarily want the entire backing band dumped but I would like it to return to HFO days when Henley played drums most of the time and Glenn sang as many songs as he did, and Take It Easy was the final song. I fully intend to enjoy these shows but I already know that for me they could have been better.

Wildthyme
06-24-2010, 07:13 PM
The front row VIP tickets to the American shows were $895 so I don't know how that compares to the Platinum level tickets and what you get for them...

Eve
06-24-2010, 07:47 PM
The front row VIP tickets to the American shows were $895 so I don't know how that compares to the Platinum level tickets and what you get for them...


Hell will freeze over before I ever put out that sort of money to see The Eagles or any other show for that matter. That would buy a whole lot of shoes or put it towards a decent vacation.

Freypower
06-24-2010, 07:59 PM
The front row VIP tickets to the American shows were $895 so I don't know how that compares to the Platinum level tickets and what you get for them...


Well, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks. I know that what I am getting includes some merchandise (a tote bag,a notebook, a drinks voucher, a separate Platinum merchandise area).

As I said I understand the opinions of people who do not wish to pay this type of money.

Prettymaid
06-24-2010, 08:24 PM
As I said I understand the opinions of people who do not wish to pay this type of money.

Don't wish to? Hell, can't afford to!

Wildthyme
06-24-2010, 08:29 PM
Well at least dinner was included for the VIP ones here... other than that it seems similar. I had every intention of buying a front row seat for one of the southern California shows I went to last month but they stopped selling them before I could. In the end its probably a good thing because I don't know if I could have afforded Aspen otherwise.

I totally understand why you would do that Julie. In your place I would too. I still wish I could have been front row just once...

UK TimFan
06-24-2010, 08:36 PM
Currently 690 AUD converts to approxiately 599 USD.
895 USD is approximately 1033 AUD.
Approx 400 and 600GBP respectively.
Whichever way it's still :thumbsdown:

Eve
06-24-2010, 08:38 PM
Don't wish to? Hell, can't afford to!

Now I could "afford" to, but in no way can I justify it.

TimothyBFan
06-28-2010, 07:55 AM
Let me see--to put this into perspective---those prices are MORE than my mortgage payment!! WTH? I'm sorry, but that's just wrong!!! With Eve on this one--Hell will truly have to freeze over before I shell out more $$ for 1 concert ticket than I pay for my house payment! JMO tho!

Brooke
06-28-2010, 01:56 PM
I agree with you CL. I dream of a stripped down Eagles set often! I could do w/out all the extra people on stage. Not that we don't all love Steurt, Will, Scott...but "I" personally would love just the four Eagles on Stage. I don't need graphics or extra musicians. The Eagles have enough talent to fill the sound of song, they don't need horns, more keyboards, more percussions, etc.


Now that would be a dream come true for me, too! :thumbsup:

But, I'm afraid they are so used to "the machine" that they wouldn't know how to do it without all that extra! It's beyond their comprehension. :sad: