I'm presently learning how to suck cock, and doing some market research on what a good BJ on a drafty street corner is going
for these days...

So if all goes to plan I shall definiely be there for BOTH shows...

You have your work cut out for you Egon, but I have faith in your abilities! 

Found this on Facebook:

BK 111
Row
W
Seats
327 - 328
Description
INCL. VENUE FACILITY FEE £1
ENTRANCE H
Price Level 1
LEVEL 1
Type
Ticket + 'Brussels Affair Box Set' (1 box set per 2 tickets)
Ticket Price
£651.00 x 2
Price Details
SUBTOTAL*
£1,302.00= 2098.4334 US dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been testing the AMEX presale on the UK tickets for two days now. Right from the beginning all I could pull were tickets in the first tier at the back of the arena and quite high up for £406. I've kept testing to see what comes up and as of yesterday afternoon, for the Sunday show, the tickets available now are in section 403 and the price is STILL £406. If section 403 is £406, where in the hell are the cheaper tickets?

It also looks like Sunday's show is outselling Thursday's. Better seats coming up for Thursday.

Oh, and the uber-expensive fan packages are sold out for both shows. Over £1000 per ticket, counting VAT.

The demand is there, I guess.

Good luck to everyone for Friday's on sale.

A tour is absolutely in the works for next year.

My guess is that you'll probably see US shows by the spring.

In 2007 we packed the Pilot inn for the 3 02 pre show parties. I called them in advance and made sure they had extra staff on those days.

This year I reckon a small table in the corner will be all thats required.

LadyJane wrote on Oct 17^th, 2012 at 7:13am:



Yes, I'm totally in the same boat, and I'm fine with it.  PPV's are always great parties, and we will all see our Boys in the spring.

Life is good!

Gazza wrote on Oct 17^th, 2012 at 8:12am:

So Gazza,what do you think,will the U.S. tour be arena shows?

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 17^th, 2012 at 12:01pm:


Dunno. Maybe a mix of both arenas and stadiums like last time, in the States anyway. It depends on how crazy the band's demands are. Last time they priced themselves out of several arenas and shows had to take place in stadiums instead to give the local promoters a chance to make any money. I suppose in 'A' markets like New York, LA, Chicago etc they could play arena shows similar to what they'll be doing later this year.

Not as unlikely as $6 million per show guarantees for arenas in more than about 5-10 cities.

Gazza wrote on Oct 17^th, 2012 at 4:53pm:

Rolling Stones, coming to a stadium near you:

http://bermanphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/seattlephotographer-danielberman...

NOW!!!


Facebook pre-sale....95 pound tiks!!


Use the code: GRRRegoryRS50

sorry, my mistake:

406 pounds... + postage...

lotsajizz wrote on Oct 18^th, 2012 at 5:49am:


Were they decent seats or across the street from the 02??

Seriously dont recommend the cheapest seats in the 02. VERY very high up even by arena standards.

Certainly better than nothing if you live locally and dont have to factor flights and hotels into the equation, but if youre going to all THAT trouble and expense, it would be pretty anti-climactic I think.

The biggest party is over at U2 headquarters seeing the amounts they will be able to get for their next tour tickets. Even at 75% of the Stones prices theyr'll look cheaper yet rake in over a billion..easy

Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary concert tickets too expensive?
Published 58 minutes ago


Jonathan Short/AP The Rolling Stones are touring - again.
Paul Irish
Entertainment Reporter


For the price The Rolling Stones are charging for its 50th anniversary
performances, the late Brian Jones had better be on stage.

VIP tickets for London’s two shows are going for almost $1,500.

Of course that includes a meal, champagne the works … but seriously?

Even standard tickets — going for about $145 to $590 — have many loyal fans searching their pockets and coming up with only lint and disappointment.

And if that’s not enough, the band is releasing a limited-edition box set next month for $1,500 each.

Reality check: Do these well-healed dudes really need to charge their faithful following that much coin after five decades of partying, er, I mean work?

Is it all about auto payments, topping up those meagre retirement funds … stashing a few quid away for the annual summer jaunt to Blackpool with the Beckhams and all the lime and lager you can put away?

It’s reported that front man Sir Mick “The Rooster” Jagger has a net worth of about $305 million.

Industry insiders say the aging rockers — who, of course, have a huge following — are set to make about $25 million on just four gigs.

The band will perform at the O2 arena slated for Nov. 25 and 29 and then fly over the pond to perform at the prudential centre in Newark, N.J., December 13 and 15.

The Daily Mail is reporting there’s been a bit of “dis-Satisfaction” among fans with some even calling for a boycott on the concerts.

The Twitterverse erupted shortly after the prices were announced with one user complaining: “How can the ticket prices be so high? Trying to get a loan. My one chance to see you and the price is shocking. Gutted.”

Another tweet lamented: “Boss has just bought 3 tunnel pit tickets to see the Rolling Stones @ the O2 for the 50th anniversary tour! Ouch on the prices!”

The gigs will be the group’s first tour since a two-year marathon took them around the globe, ending in 2007.

Industry magazines say “Mick and the boys” don’t have to worry about any pushback and all four shows will easily sellout when tickets go on sale this Friday.

The group has a combined age of 273 with Jagger turning 70 next summer.



http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1273178--rolling-stones-50th-annive...

Well I couldn't help myself and got a "Tongue Pit" ticket for the 25th this morning during the FB pre-sale...had 12 minutes to think about it and...the last time I saw them was in Oakland 2002 so I guess I'd saved on the 2003, 2006 and 2007 shows for that.

I don't think I would have paid that much for seats, even good ones, but the pit should be a once in a lifetime experience and I'm 6'3" too so the view should be perfect. I have fond memories of the B-stage in San Jose 99 and Oakland 2002 so that should top it by far.

How much is the hotel you'd found Gazza ? Is it close to the O2 ? I might pass on the hotel altogether and catch a train back first thing on Monday morning, so looking forward to meeting some rocksoffers for drinks after (and before !) the show !

£375 plus fees, a TON but better than the previous Tongue Pit tickets available via the VIP package (£950+VAT)x2 and since some Level 4 seats also cost £375...I don't think the £95/£150/£245 tickets get you anything better than Level 4 based on posts on IORR.

Thanks dude ! Yeah it's only money and I hopefully will never be down to my last £406 so won't come to regret it or I'll have other issues to deal with anyway

So who else is going to the show on the 25th at this point ?

gotdablouse wrote on Oct 18^th, 2012 at 1:07pm:



I dont know where these £245 tickets come from - they only seem to exist on things like Amex presales. Theyre not listed for the public sale.

The only £150 tickets are on Level 1, along with £375 tickets (the latter will no doubt be in the majority). I'd imagine the £150 tickets will be at the far end of the area or in the corner.

Most Level 4 tickets will be £95. Plus a few at £375, bizarrely. Presumably theyre in the sections level with the stage.

I'm there...both nights at the 02

Pass.

Nothing for £150 anywhere and then mysteriously at 9.40 am I get offered a pair - in the 400's, even though it clearly stated on TM they would be on the first tier. Seetickets had 'no tickets available' in some categories by around 9.10 and then about 20 minutes later were offering tickets in then. The usual circle jerk.

First Stones UK tour I've missed since 1976 and the strange thing is that I sort of feel good about myself that I didnt bite and spend silly money on bad tickets.

I hope Gazza makes it to 1 of the shows.

These O2 shows are going to have a "which one's Ringo Starr??", type of audience 

Just for fun (and self torture) I went to ticketBASTARD at 6:00 am EST and could pull NOTHING up at ANY price range. Tried Best Available for 1 seat and NOTHING. Mick must be thrilled. 

Gazza, I predict you will be at one or both of these shows.

I was checking the seating chart for the NJ show and the only seats I can afford would turn out to be the worst seats I've ever had for a concert - let alone a Stones show. I really hope that they cannot sell out these 4 shows quickly. Maybe that will tip them off that we are not puppets with open wallets.

Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 7:30am:



Today has, sadly, proved that for the most part, we are.

the amount of people who complained about the prices and then not only paid them, but paid them for awful seats just encourages the Stones organisation to persist with this nonsense. Newark will be no different.

Every tour they rip people off than they did the previous time. And every time there's enough people desperate or stupid enough (and I've been guilty of that myself) to throw self respect out the window. We've reaped what we sowed to some extent by encouraging it instead of saying 'no' occasionally.  The fast sales for these shows doesnt augur well for being cut much slack for next year.

Very, very few people seem to have got the cheapest nosebleeds. And the only lower level (Floor 1) tickets that I saw listed that werent THAT outrageous (£150) seem to have barely existed either.

Like I said the other day, its not the price range thats significant, its the % of tickets in each price range that is. And there appear to be hardly any at all in those cheaper ranges.

"  ....  And every time there's enough people desperate or stupid enough (and I've been guilty of that myself) to throw self respect out the window. We've reaped what we sowed to some extent by encouraging it instead of saying 'no' occasionally.   "


<  -----   Stones Is Stones Baby  !!!!  This Thing is bigger than ALL of us .


So True Lil' Fella ( Lil' Fijikins  ...... oh , Little Fiji  ...... lil' Fijikins )   ... So TRUE !!!!!


O'kins

Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 7:50am:



World Cup Final youre talking about a couple of grand a ticket, although a lot of those tickets are for corporate sponsors.

Obviously for games during the final tournament its a lot less.

However, the comparison for Stones tickets should be rock concerts by their peers in the entertainment world. Not sporting events. After all, 'Its only rock n roll' isn't it?

I wonder if there is any visability behind the stage.

I recall about a year ago, Ticketmaster or Live Nation ( at least here in USA) made a statement
that they would soon start to  apply "Dynamic pricing levels to major events"...
Maybe this is the testing ground for it...

Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 8:10am:



I am wondering just how much visability there is from the Tongue Pit? When I saw U2 on the last tour, the pit area was horrible. I had seat right next to the stage and level w/ the stage as well...
The Pit Peeps, had their necks bent all the way back the entire time...I know they could not see the INCREDIBLE stage and 360 Screens or the visuals. No matter
how miraculous Bono fancies himself, he can only be in one spot at a time and the rest of the band does not move much. Those
Pit tix were the worst...almost as bad as the Stones "part of the stage"seats from 2005.

BTW...3 days before the show, the papered the area w/ $250.00 seats that sold for $31.00....I was my wife's hero that night!!!

 

Babs is charging big money for her tickets as well.  75-800 bucks is what I'm seeing.

Great news!

I am seeing many many tickets on brokers sites! 1500 GBP!!

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 7:59am:

Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 9:04am:



More like 'Apocalypse Now' pricing. They're pretty much terminating our wallets with extreme prejudice.

Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 1:04pm:



Don't think so! 02 sold out pretty fast, maybe this 2 sold out faster then in 2007.
If you'll agree on a nosebleed for 400 quid, we'll keep on getting this prices. It's the fault of the stones and promoters who set this prices, and the cow's who are willing to pay high prices for bad/ lousy seats

they will get top dollar and crush gross next year easy squeezy chicken peezy. Everyone knows it's over.

Gazza wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 1:01pm:


I can't remember if it was the Stones or Macca but about 10 years ago someone was wondering what they would be charging and they used Barbara Streisand as a comparison and saying that she was an old (sic) woman and that if she could charge $300 (I think it was at the time), the Stones (or Macca) could certainly do it too...

RSRTG wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 1:38pm:



Good for you and anyone else who wanted to do it badly enough and was able to do so. I'm sure you'll have a blast.

Bitch wrote on Oct 19^th, 2012 at 8:57pm:

The Stones don't deserve to have a fanbase, Paul. Its as blunt and as simple as that.

Gazza wrote on Oct 21^st, 2012 at 5:58am:



I'm definitely on the outside looking in, and damn glad too!