The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 190

^ I don't know who that is, but the drama on her insta page now is insane.

A full top 10 is hard for me but these are definitely 5 of my all times:

Ugh (can't get enough of this song lately, the melody and the lyrics and the story behind it - quintessential 1975 for how syncopated their music is when they're at their best)
Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy) - Just a good, chill, groove that's a change of pace.
Roadkill - As close to country as I'll ever get to enjoying.
If I Believe You - Hauntingly good.
I Couldn't Be More In Love - My favorite traditional ballad song they've released.

 

Change that and listen to her album that just came out this year

 

Also check out Chairlift while you're at it (band she was the lead singer in, had a minor hit in the late 00's, "Bruises", featured in an Ipod commercial)

 

Also RE Dynamic Pricing - I don't understand how it's allowed to exist as my understanding is the below (and I'm looking for an explanation on if this is correct or not but is it not just shady? I can't think of a comparison product that is priced like this).

1. Ticket master does a presale - a large portion goes to scalpers (let's say $50)
2. Scalpers set a new price on the secondary market immediately (let's say $100)
3. Even though it's not sold out yet, Ticket Master then allows the price from the above to guide their dynamic pricing by saying "well hold on a second... why would we now sell it to you for $50, when if it sells out, people will pay $100?... so how about $80 now? Does that seem fair? That's $20 off so it's sort of a deal.."

 

Think of it along the lines of how airline tickets function. There is a standard "base" price but an algorithm is put into place to determine which sections are in high demand. Thus if the computer sees those sections are in high demand, it will increase the price accordingly. In terms of "scalpers" getting their hands on tickets, a lot of those are deals already put in place from the venue, promoter and sometimes the act themselves which is why you see them appear suddenly on the secondary market.

 

So basically 3, is not dependent on 2? In an insane scenario, if all the scalpers colluded and put a $50 ticket at $500, that wouldn't force the dynamic pricing algorithm to push the ticket to a similar price? It's all just 'demand' based, vs 'resale' market cost based?

 

I'm not sure of the exact set up but essentially it prices the front/floor sections at "market value" so to speak, ironically in an effort to deter people from buying up a bunch for the sole purpose of resale. If you're a broker, you might gamble on a $100 ticket and resell it for $400. But are you going to gamble on a $400 ticket in hopes to sell it for $700?

 

It's a cool model because it's designed to leech as much money out of fans as possible.

The best part is when dynamic pricing pushes things higher and then prices come down later because the event isn't selling out, so the "demand" is just that fans log on at the same time for a presale, not that there are more buyers than tickets.

(that won't be the case for this tour, but it's an anti-fan model, either way)

 

I watched a bit of their Southside Festival performance on Youtube this eve and feel bad for the band and crew - someone in sound completely botched their set. I read that another band playing at the same time were being heard in their in-ears, or at least, they couldn't hear what they were doing properly..

If you watched Somebody Else, you can literally hear some other song going on, and Matty on camera super annoyed. It's a shame as this band always puts on a good show, and for all the hate Matty gets, he is a pro and super experienced. You can see the whole band take their in-ears out at various point as they can't use them.

 

I forget where I saw this, but Matty addressed this and said he was so annoyed and frustrated. He talked to the festival organizers after and they explained that the sound guy working that band's set was way too high on acid. Matty said something like "that's so fucking cool" and if he had known that while they were playing, he would've been ok with it.

 

Let the ticket buying experience begin.

 

If anyone gets their presale code let me know! I am trying to get Seattle so it's a 1pm EST 10am PST but have no idea when I will get a code. It said a rolling schedule. I signed up early, so hopefully I get one in enough time to enter the waiting room.

Also anyone know when that will be (waiting room time)? An hour before?

 

I already have mine for Detroit. No waiting room yet.

 

That's a weird excuse because they're a big enough band to be using their own sound people, both in terms of their monitors/IEMs and FOH, for a festival slot.

 

I got mine for philly about 20 min ago if that helps, they seem to be sent late

 

Got my code for Philly. Here we go…

 

I've seen some mentions elsewhere about how they couldn't afford to bring the whole "house" experience to Europe without coming back to NA a second time. I wonder just how much they lost out on with the canceled 2020 tour.

 

Waiting room around 13 minutes out.

 

But they'd still have their own crew, even without the full production.

 

Interesting piece of info if it's true. I've heard that bands barely make any money touring Europe due to the various regulations there, thus why us people in North America get fleeced even more.

 

True. My best guess, actually, is that they were somehow overlapping frequencies on the IEM equipment. Shouldn't happen but I could somehow see it still being a thing.

 

You mean in terms of ticketing prices and resale? Yeah, I could see that. They aren't as wide open of a market for that as we are in NA.

It also must suck a bit trying to get between the UK and the EU again as a touring act than it has in our lifetimes.

 

Yeah I spoke with someone who manages touring acts in Europe. He told me that, as an example, everyone on the Hella Mega tour was making "peanuts" touring Europe but do it in order to play for fans there.

 

That's rough because I know so many bands who love to tour Europe because the shows are just so much better.

 

Oh my god, only 102 in front of me.