Pearl Jam vs. Ticketmaster (1994)

[@onlyhappywhenitrains92]

Pearl Jam warned us 27 years ago. Ticketmaster is a monopoly.

[@deejay7060]

Ticketmaster was charging between $1,400-$2,000 a ticket on PJ’s 2022 tour.

[@Beachnance]

But pearl jam sold out

[@albertojosesg9504]

And Pearl Jam are now allied with them

[@FreakinRican6969]

@@Beachnance didn't you listen to what George Carlin said? "The REAL owners of this country own EVERYTHING" No band is truly free from the influence of the powers that be

[@onlyhappywhenitrains92]

@@deejay7060that’s on Ticketmaster. They own the many, many venues in the world.

[@Dankskees]

And here we are, 2022 and Blink-182 tickets are $1000

[@bradsmithstudios8881]

Exactly! Came here to say this.

[@ledfloyd13]

That and now the Swifties. Ticketmaster picked the wrong fight.

[@barefootbreezy6983]

@@ledfloyd13 fr. Don’t fuck with those swifties they’ll come for your throat 🤣

[@berni117]

Absolutly!

[@hdaviator9181]

They are that high because idiots pay it. If people didn't pay it, they wouldn't cost that much.

[@kellikocha7733]

Who’s here after the Taylor Swift ticket problem

[@wowpoopstaylorsversion3267]

(raises Hand)

[@InsaneGilligan]

We need to unite as consumers and boycott or the government needs to step in and enforce anti trust laws and discontinue monopolizing the venue ticket industry

[@deejay7060]

Fast forward 28 years and Ticketmaster was charging between $1,400-$2,000 per ticket on Pearl Jam’s 2022 tour

[@waxsucks]

thats a crazy prices tbh

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

WOW

[@kruggyy]

how would PJ stand by and let that happen? that much per ticket? I would've cancelled the tour

[@charlesparrett8830]

We need artist now a days to speak out on this. My fees just about equal the amount of my ticket. Its getting worse and worse

[@kaijawitch]

Currently The Cure is doing just that

[@erikliljenwall8185]

I remember when this was going on, it’s too bad they didn’t succeed. In fact, it’s only gotten steadily worse since then. In the 90s, concert tickets were around $25, which seemed like a lot at the time, but I remember at the time feeling like I was going to a concert every couple of weeks. One weekend, I went to three separate concerts. I remember when I paid $50 to a scalper outside the venue to see Radiohead on their OK Computer tour. I couldn’t believe I was spending that much, I was actually embarrassed about it. But now, the last concert tickets I bought were $200 a piece. With fees, it was just shy of $500 for two. If it wasn’t for Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, whose music literally saved my life during the pandemic, I couldn’t imagine paying so much. Of all the bands I would love to see, there are only a couple maybe that I imagine paying $200 for. Live music has become a luxury that most people just can’t afford anymore, and that’s a real shame.

[@SuperStrik9]

It would've been great if Pearl Jam won their battle against Ticketmaster. The extra fees like "convenience" charges are total bullshit. What convenience?

[@Philobert]

You are so right. I remember watching green day for $15. About 8 years ago I bought rolling stones tickets for my parents which were $150 each. Unbelievable expensive for me at that time but super cheap nowadays... I wanted to see the foo fighters a few years ago but I refused to pay that much...

[@liztewliztew]

I live in Toronto, Ontario, and went to a downtown university in the 90s. While $30 seemed like a lot for a university student, it was manageable as I had a part-time job. Often right after class, my friends and I were able to walk over to various venues to see concerts, plays, musicals, ballets, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Blue Jays games, movies etc. I can't to any of that anymore on a full-time income!

[@cheesedip1]

Maybe the fact that albums don’t make money anymore (most of them) has something to do with it.

[@natanhaelalvarado6137]

They succeeded because they earned the respect of the fans.

[@leonardocorrea4951]

Imagine telling Stone, Jeff and Ed that in 30 years fans would have to pay almost 2k USD to watch their concert. LOL What an irony!

[@stonewellesonofficial]

Wow man, pearl jam really cared so much about they're fans. they all had one big fat heart! much respect!

[@albertojosesg9504]

Like now? Selling their tickets on ticketmaster for 165€???

[@howardphillips2079]

Not really. For the new tour in Europe they asking for 175 euros for a ticket. Pretty much greed became old Eddie.

[@vladthe3rd414]

@@albertojosesg9504 Well they gave it a god and saw and the people and politicians did not follow then and allow Ticketmaster do what they wanted and then Perl Jam said f it, if the people are not fighting then why should we continue

[@unochild]

30 years later. Pearl Jam tickets cost £160. Shameful.

[@mksechzehn5335]

And now Tickets for 160 £🙈

[@anonomas4253]

This video is wild.

[@subterraneancatalyst]

Still to this day Ticketmaster still being very Ticketmaster and worse.

[@2488samantha]

Pearl Jam gonna burn your music bunch of hypocrites

[@Sterlingx11]

Bruh.. this was over $30 tickets. Lol T Swift tickets are $700!

[@albertojosesg9504]

And now, 30 years later: basic tickets for the european tour on ticketmaster: 165€ ... Dignity 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@basketcas3717]

Sucks because if it mattered to the fans or public that much they would have boycotted ticket master into either bankruptcy or until they changed their prices.

[@barefootbreezy6983]

If it wasnt a monopoly that would be possible. Small scale boycotting won’t hurt them believe me

[@CrazyHotVictoria]

Please see the "We Are Lemmings" chapter in your textbook and then write Rirruto on the chalkbook 27 times in perfect cursive.

[@stillalive--]

I remember when you sang that song about today now it's tomorrow and everything has changed...

[@miker.9138]

Honestly, how did courts find that something that is so obviously a monopoly was not a monopoly?

[@jenniferknight9687]

Is this what's happening now with Taylor swift?

[@villeda009]

Yup

[@LibertyOrBust]

No. Problem is the demand was 1000xs or more the number of tickets available.

[@Truestoryguy]

@@LibertyOrBust Yes, Ticketmaster had a pre-sale for only verified users for their tickets. Verified Ticketmaster users are dominantly bots which resale through Ticketmaster at 300%+ markup.

[@miker.9138]

Spoiler: The bands did, in fact, "take it anymore".

[@jedidiahm6437]

They could've saved us all

[@theiosif3632]

I will never buy another ticket through Ticketmaster.

[@bxhrbr4940]

Yeah, noble and true, but unfortunately a lot of other musicians didn't agree with this sentiment.

[@thehaeg]

so do kids nowadays easily have 100+ bucks for a pearl jam ticket on hand? I sure don't. They must have changed their mind about this in the last 25 years.

[@murrayriverentertainment3426]

@@marianamalagon1526 heard of Live Nation? Owned by Ticketmaster meaning they control the artists now more than ever!

[@unalson9514]

@@marianamalagon1526 I paid 35 for the Kim Gordon concert yesterday. I think PJ just rich fuggs these days and just want more

[@hazelm3002]

Ticket prices rise as the value of the economy increase.

[@JAD73567]

Ticketmaster is a gangster pimp organization.

[@rogerrude313]

Unfortunately this hearing went nowhere

[@MrBluman999]

I miss going to live shows.

[@oliveoilmayo]

Then go?

[@AWCTB]

@@oliveoilmayo you missed the point

[@oliveoilmayo]

@@AWCTB whats the point? you are unable to leave your house? just go to live shows and no more missing them?

[@AWCTB]

@@oliveoilmayo ok now you confirmed you 100% missed the point. The point is tickets are incredibly overpriced now, it's not that simple to just go.

[@oliveoilmayo]

@@AWCTB if u really wanted to go u would go so just go

[@nikahmadi7992]

and yet their coming to my home town on my birthday but their 300 each

[@tomhowell7944]

This has not aged well.

[@gradientbeats5826]

That's definitely Michigan in the top corner lol

[@PabloReports]

Is this an MTV report?

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

Yes😂

[@JasonKavetis]

I've always wondered why Eddie didn't show up to this hearing.

[@UnionWarrior]

If only we’d have listened

[@lordofthebuckets2676]

Based Pearl Jam.

[@hunterhurstyeah]

Just bought Hardy tickets for next April. Wasn’t too expensive until the checkout. So many fees now. At least 150$ in fees

[@E19ie_Mi10]

Los chicos se tomaron muy en serio la frase "Five Against One" :p

[@cynthiamarrufo6286]

Man, I wish their service fees were less than $5 now! One RHCP ticket I bought in August was like $470 because Ticketmaster added on nearly $90 in fees 😕 yeah, the ticket was expensive either way, but those fees really kill it sometimes

[@muftiosoTV]

Here in 2024 thinking of the Leonard Cohen lyric, 'everybody knows the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost'. The cheapest (unobstructed view) tickets i could find for their 2024 Baltimore show is 608 dollars. face value. off ticketmaster.

[@gladitsnotme]

Blame the artists. They could perform at venues that don't require ticketmaster to be used. They could charge less and just do digital tickets nowadays. They like that money and the whole system.

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

I completely agree! Without the musicians/artists then those ventures won't have anything to sell in the first place

[@Need4Speed5000]

Kudos to Pearl Jam for trying to step up and do something at the time Artists need to revisit this, people need to stop buying tickets, it's getting out of hand

[@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up]

I sure like to know how much money does Ticketmaster give politicans to keep their one sided business practices a law!

[@BKKLB]

Crazy to think Pearl Jam were fighting this fight back then. Now the average ticket cost is around $250 through Ticketmaster/ AXS even if the listed price is $50 bucks.

[@toddrichardson8595]

Tabitha Soren, SO GOOD LOOKING!

[@soul2squeezy439]

well well well.

[@mayerlandski]

Oasis 25

[@anthonyourbrother]

......and..looped ❤

[@andygossard4293]

Rosen..Azoff...Bernstein ..anybody seen a link of some kind..? $$$😈😈😈😈🤑🤑

[@johntsunami9368]

Jews

[@RaspelRa]

In 1995, the investigation was closed without action. However, the Justice Department said it would continue to monitor the situation. That’s like mom saying “we’ll see, honey” which is just a polite FU