What is Up With Phish Tickets?
Ok, I remember the first time Phish came back. It was hard to get tickets to MSG and Hampton, but the rest of the tour wasn’t a big deal from what I remember. There certainly wasn’t all this despair about not getting tickets and scalpers and such. I mean there are always scalpers, but I just don’t remember it being like this last time. So what’s changed?
Well, for one, last time we knew it was just a hiatus. They were expected to come back at some point, it was only a matter of when. This time, we thought they were done, finished, end of the road. Of course we all hoped and prayed, but really it was always a distant hope.
Back then we only had to wait a little over two years. This time it’s been over four years, so everybody is really jonesing for the Phish! I was honestly shocked at how quickly the summer tour sold out, especially the larger venues. I figured Alpine would stick around for awhile, but no such luck.
So what does it all mean? Is this how it’s gonna be for Phish 3.0? I sure hope not. The second time around, it was nice knowing you could slack on tickets and still see the shows you wanted to go to. I’m hoping once the first year of their return has passed, things will settle and we’ll get back to normal. Whenever the West Coast run is announced we’ll probably have to deal with the same crap, but we’ll see. Whenever you have limited supply and great demand, you get high prices. Damn economic theory is screwing us on this one!
what are you talking about??? I got pavilion tickets, 30th row at Alpine for 100 bucks total two days before the show. Scalpers and fans alike had to sell tickets cheaper than they paid for them both GA and pavilion. And there were still hundereds of tickets that went unsold. I mean, you couldn’t get tickets at ticketmaster, but who cares? if you can get tickets for cheaper than face value!!! Every site I went to had tons of unsold tickets less than 48 hours from show time…I have no idea what you are talking about, at least for Alpine Valley.
Comment by jim — June 24, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
hey jim, i was talking about the initial rush, I’ve heard it’s been pretty easy to score tickets the day of the show, which is encouraging. Maybe next time around folks wont buy so many the first time since they are losing money on it, and it’ll be easier for the phans to get them the first time around.
Comment by admin — June 24, 2009 @ 9:56 pm