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The time when The Stones could sell out a show in minutes is long way past,as others have explained the "sold out" claim is just a trick to make you buy the much more expensive packages,tickets will be available galore on the day of the show.....
Not really...They sold out the 75000 (76,495 in attendance) Stade de France in 30 minutes last year...the prices were MUCH more reasonable though, €110 for VIP GA, €95 for Gold GA, €150 for the best seats.
+ pinkpop & werchter. Sold out in about an hour. Those are all 60.000+ venues.
Yes, Werchter was really sold out the day of the general on-sail. About the show in Paris, it's not right, I've seen tickets on sale later, on stadefrance.com. All the newspapers said "sold out in 51 minutes", but it wasn't right at all...
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The time when The Stones could sell out a show in minutes is long way past,as others have explained the "sold out" claim is just a trick to make you buy the much more expensive packages,tickets will be available galore on the day of the show.....
Not really...They sold out the 75000 (76,495 in attendance) Stade de France in 30 minutes last year...the prices were MUCH more reasonable though, €110 for VIP GA, €95 for Gold GA, €150 for the best seats.
+ pinkpop & werchter. Sold out in about an hour. Those are all 60.000+ venues.
Yes, Werchter was really sold out the day of the general on-sail. About the show in Paris, it's not right, I've seen tickets on sale later, on stadefrance.com. All the newspapers said "sold out in 51 minutes", but it wasn't right at all...
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Pinkpop was a festival with other acts.
100% of the tickets sold for that day were sold to people who wanted to see the stones.
Ok.
What percentage of people there that day only bought tickets for that day, and not a full festival pass?
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The time when The Stones could sell out a show in minutes is long way past,as others have explained the "sold out" claim is just a trick to make you buy the much more expensive packages,tickets will be available galore on the day of the show.....
Not really...They sold out the 75000 (76,495 in attendance) Stade de France in 30 minutes last year...the prices were MUCH more reasonable though, €110 for VIP GA, €95 for Gold GA, €150 for the best seats.
+ pinkpop & werchter. Sold out in about an hour. Those are all 60.000+ venues.
Yes, Werchter was really sold out the day of the general on-sail. About the show in Paris, it's not right, I've seen tickets on sale later, on stadefrance.com. All the newspapers said "sold out in 51 minutes", but it wasn't right at all...
Stade de France was for all intents and purposes a day one sellout. A couple seats here and there prior to the show but nothing good. I was shocked since the concert at the same venue in 2007 was only 2/3 full. Tokyo Dome was the same way 3 shows sold out. Pricing is the key. In Tokyo, VIP meant only the areas around the catwalk and B Stage were 80000 yen ($650). Every other seat was between $120 and $150. If they would price like that in the US, every show would sell out.
For this tour, Dallas and Milwaukee may be sold out, but the secondary market tickets are selling very slowly. I suspect good face value tickets will be available on the day of the show. San Diego is a different story - Stubhub total available has decreased by nearly 20% in the last 48 hours. But it makes perfect sense. Small stadium; beautiful tourist city; affluent population; weekend show; nearest other show is 1/2 a continent away. On the other hand, an 80000 seat stadium in Columbus?
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I am somewhat curious about this whole Buffalo situation. The only stop with no Lucky Dip tickets offered and now the the reports of better sales than anywhere else. Good for the city to suport the Stones so well.
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There's little doubt that with the same prices all the US shows would have sold out in minutes as well so why they have to do it has to be AEG wanting to optimize their gains.
As for the "scalpers" being undercut, dunno, they can point to the scandalous "official scalping" prices of the "Official Platinum Seats" to justify their asking price !