Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (August 25th, 2023) Album • Page 10

So did your sales already start? Chicago says 12 central.

 

19k still for philly. I forgot until about 10 mins ago

 

Got my tickets for Brooklyn. Pit was a whopping $350 yeesh

 

$350 for a pair for floor?

 

24k ahead of me for Knoxville in an arena that typically holds 16k. But it looks like he added a second date. Still won't get me in the door, probably.

 

His level of popularity blows my mind in a good way

 

Oh shit, they sent me a text about the second show being added and I got into that queue at 961.

 

Got two tickets, but hot damn, that's expensive. $213 for two upper rows, upper bowl.

 

need 3 together and all i can find is fucking $500 floor seats. can't pay that to see this dude in a football stadium. super happy for him tho.

 

My buddy finally got through. Lol.

 

Nooooo lol. $350 each

 

hoping they held a bunch of seats for the general sale but something tells me they didn't lol.

 

Added a 2nd Philly show, managed to get 2 tickets

 

So, after "all my homies hate ticketmaster" and all, you kinda think he would've opted out of official platinum like Taylor did. Unless, post-Taylor debacle and The Cure's tour, they quietly made it so they can't opt out anymore.

 

Another band (blink?) mentioned, but you can't just simply "opt out" of things with ticketmaster, they are going to do whatever they want to. Taylor was able to do so because she is Taylor

 

Got in the waiting room for Denver as early as possible and I still have 29K ahead of me

 

88 away for Chicago. Let’s go

 

Got row 9, section 111. Tix so expensive.


Edit: and my wife bought them for the wrong night.

 

Not taking anyone’s chart success away from them, but there really should be a pre-streaming and post-streaming differentiator when talking about charts.

It’s kind of wild that with 50-75k ($.69-1.29 on iTunes) downloads you could chart a song in the Top 10 pretty easily, compared to 20yrs ago when it took physical copies of singles and mass radio play to chart a single highly.

Artists have figured out how to manipulate the system, and those with very active stan communities (K pop is a big one here) benefit here. Same thing with Aldean and Richmond guy, right wing groups bought their spots on the chart with minimal effort.

 

Chicago added a third show on March 5. Was able to get tickets for the March 7 date.

 

I guess the only argument is that every artist is playing by the same rules. Billboard should probably lower the weight it gives to paid purchases, but it does signify a higher level of interest than a single stream.

 

Same rules for everyone but it’s just weird when an act like Drake will release a mid album and when all the songs chart, it’s used as a measurement against acts like The Beatles/Michael Jackson. It’s def not an apples to apples comparison using todays charts and measuring success against pre-streaming acts.

 

Only option was $350 pit tickets. This entire process is a catch-22.

 

I was hoping a second Boston date would be added. By the time I got through the only tickets available were out of my range. Guess I’ll try my luck with the general on sale Friday.

 

I checked out the Spotify presale out of curiosity and it looks like prices went way up. I paid $140 per ticket yesterday and now seats in that section are going for $220. Not platinum.