PJ - Marlay Park - Sat 22 June 24

Very good. You are correct. It will probably be declared a sell-out on the first day. And then people will panic and will pick up tickets at whatever price they are going at after that when they miraculously appear on Ticketmaster in the coming months. My own family were the same for Coldplay. After the first declaration of "sold out", they were on to me to buy any tickets if I ever come across them. Whatever the price. Madness.

Im also miffed about the price of this but will grudgingly pay it. Id forgive them if PJ put on big expensive productions like AC/DC or Roger Waters do but its just going to be them on stage playing. Which is fine but it doesnt justify €130 or €180 to be up close, its a load of bollox.

Not having a go at you, everything you say is on the money (so to speak), but I'm not a fan of the 'people will inevitably pay it' line. To a large degree, you're right, but I wish we (as a country) didn't just suck it up and say 'well we'll accept getting screwed over'. Its such a get out of jail card that Ticketbastard is hoping we'll all just accept.

The Smashing Pumpkins are playing here in June, the cheapest tickets Ticketmaster are currently peddling are 421e a piece. Some VIP BS tickets apparently!

I'd expect the same antics very soon after PJ go Onsale!

To those who say insurance, security and rising energy prices are to do with these outrageous ticket prices, how come Arcade Fire can play a pretty much identical venue with a top support act and charge 71e GA and 81e for Gold Circle tickets?!

Its just greed, pure and simple.

Promoters are using all these as excuses.

The truth is most of the modern stages are carbon fibre frame, lighter and more compact than steel so less trucks are required to transport big stadia setups than in the past.

Pearl Jams setup is as basic as they come though, they had a couple of tiny screens when I saw them in the O2 in 2018, and that was pretty much it.

The stage in Dublin in being built for Longitude so its no extra cost to the band.

I fully accept the guys in the band are just the face of the company, and as such need to be paid sufficiently to fund the rest of the company. It's the fact the other artists you've mentioned are all touring this summer and all have significantly lower priced tickets available. I gave up my ten club membership a few years back, I didn't believe I was getting anywhere near enough bang for my buck. If I was still a ten club member I'd be extremely pissed off that I'm paying my £40 a year, to essentially get access to tickets which are available for €177, when one of the similar acts you mentioned (green day) sold the exact same tickets, at the exact same venue, for significantly cheaper to their own fan club members. Add to that the issue re Berlin tickets being 65% more expensive than 2 years ago and something isn't right.

From a Pearl Jam point of view, I do wonder if the change in manager has anything to do with it.

Would you feel fortunate to get a gold circle ticket for 187e, if they were gonna jump to 400e plus after going onsale?

This is exactly what happened with the AC/DC general sale this morning!

After seeing a bigger demand for AC/DC than I was expecting, bit the bullet for the 10C golden circle tickets. Shame we weren’t given the option of getting GA tickets.

In fairness, Pearl Jam have always made a big deal of promoting community, inclusiveness, concern for fans etc. throughout their career. This is what makes the current situation so distasteful for long time fans like myself.

Curtis retired a few years ago from what I remember, 2020/2021 time I think

The whole "standing or seating" thing is a mess. Like you said, either get standing or quite possibly sit with the gods 😂 Something has definitely changed in recent years

Any 10c members tried to give their bank a heads up on a possible transaction?

Just on to BOI there, naturally enough the person hadn't a clue what I was looking for, offered to put a stop on the transaction until I shouted a bit louder not to do that...!

Hopefully if get selected will go through ok..

I was concerned that leaving a note would work to counter effect, but the AIB customer service agent said people do this type of thing "all the time," especially prior to trips abroad, where atypical charges could start appearing. They completely understood what the situation was. I don't foresee any issue.