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This will be a harder ticket than Hamilton.
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any guess what tickets might cost?

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ramonz wrote:any guess what tickets might cost?
more than an honest man can pay ;)
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Gonna go ahead and make a prediction here.

Every single ticket will sell....really fast. The scalpers in New York will hold a LOT of them and then complete douchebags with money will be yelling Rosalita during quiet moments on stage while Bruce is trying to play Sinaloa Cowboys.
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Rocky wrote:Gonna go ahead and make a prediction here.

Every single ticket will sell....really fast. The scalpers in New York will hold a LOT of them and then complete douchebags with money will be yelling Rosalita during quiet moments on stage while Bruce is trying to play Sinaloa Cowboys.
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Rent free. This is how the rich get richer.

If the house seats 975, let's call it 900 available seats per nite. That's 4,500 seats per week and 36,000 available seats for the entire run. I assume MSG still seats about 20,000 per show, so that's less than 2 MSG shows worth of seats. Springsteen can easily sell out 10 NY area arena shows over 2 wks; let's call that an average of 18,500 since NJ and LI are smaller. That would be 185,000 seats, or about 5x the available seats for this proposed run. Of course some people have less interest in a solo acoustic Bruce than the full band rock show, but I think it's safe to say any lessening of demand will be more than made up for by people from around the country and around the world who "have" to see this show. Yes, demand will be insane and insatiable. Tickets can easily go for more than $1,000 and a scale of $2,500 orchestra down to $1K for the nosebleeds doesn't seem unrealistic. But Springsteen won't push it to the max so my guess is that seats will go for $500 -$1,000 with more for extras like designated charities and "VIP packages."

Oh my yes, the scalpers will have a field day. I expect good seats will routinely go for $5K and more. There will be a lot of people getting tickets for milestone birthdays and anniversaries, and let's face it, while Springsteen has plenty of younger generation fans, the core of his audience has plenty of milestones to celebrate and many will have the income/assets to allow this kind of splurge.

Just for yucks, 36,000 seats @ a mere $500/seat = $18,000,000, no rent, no staging, little to no extra lighting, 2 roadies/guitar techs max, no other musicians. Even allowing for the usual agent & management cut, we're still talking about $15 million pre-tax for eight 5 day wks w/in driving distance of home. Even for Springsteen that ain't chump change. The potential for even crazier numbers is obvious.
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The last two times I have seen solo Bruce there were no hard tickets. You had to show up, present your credit card/ID, and then were escorted immediately into the theater. I didn't see any way a ticket could be scalped, though I have to admit that wasn't an angle of thinking I pursued at the time. I imagine the Mike Damones of the world have their ways to get around these kind of roadblocks but I am certain all involved will work to see that scalping doesn't go on....... except of course for the seats set aside for "sanctioned scalping" ;)

given the obvious demand for these shows, I'm really hoping for some kind of PPV or webcast. There were a few ABB Beacon runs where one could purchase any/all shows for streaming by Mogis (a service run by the late Butch Trucks). I would be all over such a thing for this epic run
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Scalpers use prepaid credit cards and send them with the tickets.

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Maybe they'll do it like this:

Twenty-One Pilots (a band I don't really like, but are doing a cool thing here) are playing a string of 5 hometown shows this week in Columbus. The first was at The Basement, a tiny little hole-in-the-wall club, and each night they move up to bigger and bigger venues until the final two shows are at arenas. They're doing it to celebrate their rise from upstart local band to national band.

So obviously ticket demand is insane, especially for the club shows, so their policy is this:

"All tickets are held for will call only. No name changes are permitted. Customers will be checked off of the list and then allowed to enter the venue when doors open. No handoffs, resales, refunds allowed. The name on the Ticketmaster account will be the will call name. No name changes will be allowed. Customers should ensure the name on their Ticketmaster account matches their intended will call name in advance of purchasing tickets."

So if Bruce goes the same way, scalpers are out of the equation, as the name on the Ticketmaster account has to match the ID of the ticket holder
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Zip City wrote: So if Bruce goes the same way, scalpers are out of the equation, as the name on the Ticketmaster account has to match the ID of the ticket holder
Leaving Ticketmaster as the only one doing the scalping.
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Five shows/wk from 10/3 to 11/26. Tix on sale 8/30 though I suspect there will be a pre-sale for the annointed few before that. Don't know prices.
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No presale. You have to pre-register on TM as a verified purchaser and, if you pass that hurdle, they will send out text messages to randomly selected lucky souls with access codes a few hours before tix go on sale on 8/30. Or some shit like that.

http://brucespringsteen.net/broadway/

Tickets start at $75 and top out at $850 :shock:

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Clams wrote:No presale. You have to pre-register on TM as a verified purchaser and, if you pass that hurdle, they will send out text messages to randomly selected lucky souls with access codes a few hours before tix go on sale on 8/30. Or some shit like that.

http://brucespringsteen.net/broadway/

Tickets start at $75 and top out at $850 :shock:

More here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/arts ... .html?_r=0
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I am hoping, borderline praying, that he releases official soundboard downloads of this run.

I know that none of us would do it, but I can imagine that there might exist a group of people who would pool together and buy every download and then circulate the FLACs among said group. As I said, we fine 3DD folks would never even entertain such a dastardly thing but I bet there are some out there who are already at such a lowly place that they would do this










































































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Thanks, but no thanks. Neil Young knows how to do solo, and his music works well that way. Bruce needs E Street to make the magic happen. And I say this as a lifelong Bruce fan, who actually felt rather guilty when my appreciation for the Truckers surpassed my appereciation for Bruce.
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Flea wrote:Thanks, but no thanks. Neil Young knows how to do solo, and his music works well that way. Bruce needs E Street to make the magic happen. And I say this as a lifelong Bruce fan, who actually felt rather guilty when my appreciation for the Truckers surpassed my appereciation for Bruce.
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whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
Flea wrote:Thanks, but no thanks. Neil Young knows how to do solo, and his music works well that way. Bruce needs E Street to make the magic happen. And I say this as a lifelong Bruce fan, who actually felt rather guilty when my appreciation for the Truckers surpassed my appereciation for Bruce.
2005 Springsteen tour (his last solo tour) was fuckin' incredible. I was a bit underwhelmed by the 95-96 Tom Joad tour but 2005 more than made up for it
Saw that tour. Norfolk. Second row. Fell asleep during one song and ran like hell at the first note of Dream Baby Dream
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Flea wrote:
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Flea wrote:Thanks, but no thanks. Neil Young knows how to do solo, and his music works well that way. Bruce needs E Street to make the magic happen. And I say this as a lifelong Bruce fan, who actually felt rather guilty when my appreciation for the Truckers surpassed my appereciation for Bruce.
2005 Springsteen tour (his last solo tour) was fuckin' incredible. I was a bit underwhelmed by the 95-96 Tom Joad tour but 2005 more than made up for it
Saw that tour. Norfolk. Second row. Fell asleep during one song and ran like hell at the first note of Dream Baby Dream
I am glad that I caught the first part of the tour out here in the west before he started doing Dream Baby Dream :D

I found the Devils and Dust songs on this tour to be mostly miss, but I really dug all the catalog stuff I saw. The piano Racing in the Streets was one of my favorite one songs I've seen anyone do live, and The River and Nebraska from my show were almost right there with it.

Also liked the reworkings of Reason to Believe and Johnny 99 but easily see why a ton of people hated it
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I thought the Devils & Dust tour was fantastic. Such a treat to see him in a theater playing stripped down versions of all those songs.
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I thought the 2006 Seeger Sessions tour was awesome, only a few of the (many) E Street Band shows I've seen topped it for sheer energy and performance. Got to see them at the relatively cozy (at least if you are under the roof) Concord Pavilion, a place I dare say that E Street are just too big to play

All that said, I'm not saying that E Street isn't where it's at, because that IS where it's at. I just enjoy the detours. One of the benefits of being with an artist for the long haul, you get to take the, dare I say, backstreets, all the time knowing that you'll soon get back to the main event
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Absolutely hated Reason to Believe that year. Too much bullet mic and over the top delivery. He found the magic (pun intended ) with that tune in 2007 with the rocked out, kick ass, bluesy version.

I thought D&D tunes were pretty good, especially the title track, Reno, Long Time Comin', and Black Cowboys.

Loved the D&D tour overall. I will happily take him in this setting again after pretty much running E Street into the ground 2009-2016.

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Zip Up to Michigan wrote:Absolutely hated Reason to Believe that year. Too much bullet mic and over the top delivery. He found the magic (pun intended ) with that tune in 2007 with the rocked out, kick ass, bluesy version.

I thought D&D tunes were pretty good, especially the title track, Reno, Long Time Comin', and Black Cowboys.

Loved the D&D tour overall. I will happily take him in this setting again after pretty much running E Street into the ground 2009-2016.
Some fans say that there were electric versions of the Nebraska songs recorded in studio with the ESB back in '82 around/after the time Bruce recorded the 4 track demo (eventually released on Nebraska album) versions. But the thing is, many/most/all? of the Nebraska songs have had electric versions performed live and are available on bootlegs/youTube, etc. and can be judged against demo vesions. For me the best versions of the Nebraska songs are the versions he released on the Nebraska album itself, none of the ESB concert electric versions better the original LP versions. Bruce knew that back then, and that's why he released them as practically untouched from his own demo recordings as the Nebraska LP.

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whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
Flea wrote:Thanks, but no thanks. Neil Young knows how to do solo, and his music works well that way. Bruce needs E Street to make the magic happen. And I say this as a lifelong Bruce fan, who actually felt rather guilty when my appreciation for the Truckers surpassed my appereciation for Bruce.
2005 Springsteen tour (his last solo tour) was fuckin' incredible. I was a bit underwhelmed by the 95-96 Tom Joad tour but 2005 more than made up for it
In fairness to Marc Dolan in his book on Bruce (in that it wasn't like most Bruce biographies and was actually critical in places [but Ames-Carlin's biography is better]) like yourself WWCD, he also thought most of the Tom Joad tour was very joyless, austere and lacking spark (I think he said it finally picked up a bit of life during the European run?)

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Bon Scott's AC/DC wrote:
Some fans say that there were electric versions of the Nebraska songs recorded in studio with the ESB back in '82 around/after the time Bruce recorded the 4 track demo (eventually released on Nebraska album) versions. But the thing is, many/most/all? of the Nebraska songs have had electric versions performed live and are available on bootlegs/youTube, etc. and can be judged against demo vesions. For me the best versions of the Nebraska songs are the versions he released on the Nebraska album itself, none of the ESB concert electric versions better the original LP versions. Bruce knew that back then, and that's why he released them as practically untouched from his own demo recordings as the Nebraska LP.
I can't disagree with you. He definitely made the right call.

They were recorded with the band. Max Weinberg has often referred to the full band Nebraska sessions as the "hottest" recording session the E Street Band ever did. For that reason alone, I'd love to hear it.

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Zip Up to Michigan wrote:
Bon Scott's AC/DC wrote:
Some fans say that there were electric versions of the Nebraska songs recorded in studio with the ESB back in '82 around/after the time Bruce recorded the 4 track demo (eventually released on Nebraska album) versions. But the thing is, many/most/all? of the Nebraska songs have had electric versions performed live and are available on bootlegs/youTube, etc. and can be judged against demo vesions. For me the best versions of the Nebraska songs are the versions he released on the Nebraska album itself, none of the ESB concert electric versions better the original LP versions. Bruce knew that back then, and that's why he released them as practically untouched from his own demo recordings as the Nebraska LP.
I can't disagree with you. He definitely made the right call.

They were recorded with the band. Max Weinberg has often referred to the full band Nebraska sessions as the "hottest" recording session the E Street Band ever did. For that reason alone, I'd love to hear it.
Yeah, it would be great to hear them all the same. I wonder if they are much different to the electric versions they have played in concert over the years.

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whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:
Flea wrote:Thanks, but no thanks. Neil Young knows how to do solo, and his music works well that way. Bruce needs E Street to make the magic happen. And I say this as a lifelong Bruce fan, who actually felt rather guilty when my appreciation for the Truckers surpassed my appereciation for Bruce.
2005 Springsteen tour (his last solo tour) was fuckin' incredible. I was a bit underwhelmed by the 95-96 Tom Joad tour but 2005 more than made up for it
In fairness to Marc Dolan in his book on Bruce (in that it wasn't like most Bruce biographies and was actually critical in places [but Ames-Carlin's biography is better]) like yourself WWCD, he also thought most of the Tom Joad tour was very joyless, austere and lacking spark (I think he said it finally picked up a bit of life during the European run?)
"joyless, austere and lacking in spark" is the best description I've heard of that tour, especially the joyless part.
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Price points (for a single ticket - USD):

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Zip Up to Michigan wrote:Price points (for a single ticket - USD):

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Those fucking horses his daughter rides must eat a shit-ton of hay.
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Flea wrote:
Zip Up to Michigan wrote:Price points (for a single ticket - USD):

$75
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Those fucking horses his daughter rides must eat a shit-ton of hay.
Horses are massively expensive - not to buy, particularly, but to own.
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