Earlier today there was a Tweet that went out from either Stereogum or Consequence of Sound with the Anthem listed as the venue for the QOTSA show, now it just says "TBA" or "TBC". So I'm guessing that it's just making sure that the rollout of announcements is coordinated. FYI, the QOTSA presale is Tuesday.
The Anthem
Lorde is the second confirmed act. In the distant future (April 2018). For the same price as Grohl: 100 to 175 dollars.
Yes, wrote:
Just got an email informing me I was overcharged for my Foo Fighters tickets and I will be receiving a refund "for the amount mistakenly charged beyond the base ticket price and service charge." I'm guessing they mean the $3.95 delivery fee for a will-call only show.
Will-Call only? Where is that listed to be the case?
I didn't pay for shipping, but I certainly did pay an absolutely insane Service Charge. My purchase lists the delivery method as Standard Mail
Thankful a lot of the great Merriweather shows this summer–Ryan Adams, Gorillaz, Belle and Sebastian/Spoon/Andrew Bird–slipped in before the Anthem era.
/being-a-whiner
/being-a-whiner
RustyOrgan wrote:
$100?!!DotTheEyes wrote:DotTheEyes wrote:
Lorde
4/18/2018
Anthem
I am excited for this show because I have always wanted to see her live…but slight wince at it costing the same as the Foo Fighters on opening night: $100-$175. Guess this is going to be the Anthem standard.
hutch wrote:
100 is the new 50
Lets go to the maths. $60 million construction loan, paid back over 10 years = $6 million per year. 250 shows per year is $24,000 per show, or $4.00 per ticket. Rent, electric bil, insurance and other operating costs are $15 million per year, $60,000 per show, or $10.00 per ticket. The booking fee for the Foos is $500,000, or $83.33 per ticket. Staph is $2.5 million per year, or $1.67 per ticket
In summary, per ticket:
$83.33 - Booking fee for Foos
$10.00 - Rent and Utilities
$ 4.00 - Capital Expense
$ 1.67 - Staph
$99.00 - Total
$100.00 - Ticket price
$1.00 profit
excontradiction wrote:
Lets go to the maths.
EFF THAT. i'm going to continue being a privileged online douchbag who complains that my favorite musical acts aren't playing my living room for free (back in the day, they paid me to listen to them - sellouts!!!!111)
sweetcell wrote:excontradiction wrote:
Lets go to the maths.
EFF THAT. i'm going to continue being a privileged online douchbag who complains that my favorite musical acts aren't playing my living room for free (back in the day, they paid me to listen to them - sellouts!!!!111)
Pretty early on the west coast to be so angry and trolly. Come back after your coffee.
I got shut out. Honestly, I didn't think demand would be so high at this price point.
sweetcell wrote:excontradiction wrote:
Lets go to the maths.
EFF THAT. i'm going to continue being a privileged online douchbag who complains that my favorite musical acts aren't playing my living room for free (back in the day, they paid me to listen to them - sellouts!!!!111)
I prefer entitled douchebag.
It's no big deal. I am sure the Anthem is an incredible venue, and I am sure I will end up going every time an artist I love plays their (if I can get tickets, which might be hard for a while). Just a bit stung, I guess, by how incredibly expensive the first two announced shows are. But it is fine.
Lesser artists will command lower fees, and ticket prices should fall to near space levels.
excontradiction wrote:
Lesser artists will command lower fees, and ticket prices should fall to near space levels.
I'd imagine "lesser" artists won't play there?
shut out as well. Aggravating…said no tix available from the start. And after constant refreshing occasionally I was able to request 2 tix, only then to be told tix not available. Oh well.
I wonder if QOTSA will be $100 as well. I checked the other cities but they didn't have prices. It did look like Royal Blood was the opener in other cities.
sweetcell wrote:excontradiction wrote:
Lets go to the maths.
EFF THAT. i'm going to continue being a privileged online douchbag who complains that my favorite musical acts aren't playing my living room for free (back in the day, they paid me to listen to them - sellouts!!!!111)
Dave Grohl's net worth is 225 million. At this point, he should be doing lotteries to randomly play people's living rooms for free as payback to the fans who made him part of the superwealthy, rather than playing $150 shows in oversized clubs.
Yada wrote:excontradiction wrote:
Lesser artists will command lower fees, and ticket prices should fall to near space levels.
I'd imagine "lesser" artists won't play there?
I believe I know what he means. Right now there is the opening-night extravaganza with arguably the most consistently radio-popular American rock band and a show by a pop superstar who could play the Verizon Center. If, say, the Bloc Party/Vaccines show at Echostage awhile ago was at the Anthem, is it going to cost 100 to 175 dollars? Maybe the answer is yes, though. I don't know.
I see Modest Mouse is touring and they don't have a DC date… Wouldn't be surprised if they get a date slapped on at The Anthem.
Space wrote:sweetcell wrote:excontradiction wrote:
Lets go to the maths.
EFF THAT. i'm going to continue being a privileged online douchbag who complains that my favorite musical acts aren't playing my living room for free (back in the day, they paid me to listen to them - sellouts!!!!111)
Dave Grohl's net worth is 225 million. At this point, he should be doing lotteries to randomly play people's living rooms for free as payback to the fans who made him part of the superwealthy, rather than playing $150 shows in oversized clubs.
Actually, they did do a lottery to play in people's garages.
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/1178808/foo-fighters-to-play-gigs-in-eight-fans-garages
ggw wrote:Space wrote:sweetcell wrote:excontradiction wrote:
Lets go to the maths.
EFF THAT. i'm going to continue being a privileged online douchbag who complains that my favorite musical acts aren't playing my living room for free (back in the day, they paid me to listen to them - sellouts!!!!111)
Dave Grohl's net worth is 225 million. At this point, he should be doing lotteries to randomly play people's living rooms for free as payback to the fans who made him part of the superwealthy, rather than playing $150 shows in oversized clubs.
Actually, they did do a lottery to play in people's garages.
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/1178808/foo-fighters-to-play-gigs-in-eight-fans-garages
That's nice, but by playing people's garages aren't they singling out people who are wealthy enough to have actually have a garage?
it wasn't really a lottery.. i know cause i had been talking to a friend with a garage about trying to enter the competition for the DC area show… it was like "Decorate your garage.. show us your Foos love and what the place will look like and we'll pick the best one and play that place"… my friend unfortunately couldn't get his garage act together and we didn't enter.. ended up being some farmhouse in maryland I think…I thought it was a pretty cool contest…
is it too late to change the name of the venue?