2015 Tickets

voodoo: I’m row 21 as well!

Sweet! I’ll buy the first round!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jesselawrence/2015/04/03/van-halen-tickets-averaging-over-200-on-secondary-market-prior-to-saturdays-onsale/

A & ENTERTAINMENT 4/03/2015 @ 4:15PM
Van Halen Tickets Averaging Over $200 On Secondary Market Prior To Saturday’s Onsale

Legendary rock outfit Van Halen is taking the tour bus out on the road for a North American run between July and October. With an exhaustive list of hits and a Grammy Award to boot, the quartet will see tickets for upcoming shows go on sale Saturday. Following several pre-sales, the secondary market is anticipating plenty of sell outs along the way, too, and ticket prices are already exceeding the $200 average on the secondary market.

According to TiqIQ, the average price for Van Halen tickets over their three-month, 39-date road stint is $223.19. The band’s last trip across the U.S. and Canada occurred in 2012 on the ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Tour, which boasted an average price of $189.97 over a 49-date span from January to June of that year. The leg was cut short due to guitarist Eddie Van Halen’s emergency diverticulitis surgery, however, and 36 shows within the U.S. and Asia were cancelled as a result.

The 18.2% average price hike between tours is a good display of the hype that exists to see the “Jump” creators live in concert this summer and fall. With the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band supporting on all tour dates, the most expensive show will be at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on August 9. That show currently owns a secondary average of $495.48, 122% above the tour average, and the get-in price starts at $63. Two other dates also average higher than $400 on the secondary market, with stops at the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas and San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino averaging at $460.14 and $402.82, respectively.

Even the band’s cheapest dates are posting three-digit secondary averages. The least expensive Van Halen show will be at the DTE Energy Music Pavilion in Detroit on September 4. The average secondary market price for that performance is $160.89, 27.9% below the tour average, and the cheapest ticket is listed for $39. An August 23 show at Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania will be the second least expensive stop, with tickets averaging at $168.32. Van Halen’s final tour stop at the Hollywood Bowl on October 2 owns an average secondary price of $172.94. The get-in price for that show starts at $56.

The upcoming tour will feature original vocalist David Lee Roth on all dates as well as the Van Halen brothers and Eddie’s son Wolfgang. Earlier this week, the band released remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984, pivotal albums that have collectively sold more than 34 million copies worldwide since first being released.

Saturday’s on sale will be made available through Ticketmaster and Live Nation at 10am EST. Primary prices range from $42.50 to $250, excluding service fees.

EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers the

It seems the Van Halen News Desk has now partnered with, or is endorsing, an online broker:

http://www.vhnd.com/2015/04/03/van-halen-2015-concert-tickets/

Anyone worried about ticket sales? He’s a screen capture from today (April 15) of the opening night of the tour. Look at all the unsold (blue) seats!

ron: Anyone worried about ticket sales?He’s a screen capture from today (April 15) of the opening night of the tour.Look at all the unsold (blue) seats!

I was surprised to find lawn seats still available for the 2 Florida shows. I figured they’d be the first to go. I think VH will ether have to virtually give away tickets or play to half-empty venues. Is anyone else reading the comments in the livenation VH Facebook posts? In my area they’re easily 75% negative.. like REALLY negative.

If a lot of tickets are available I think they will drop ticket prices. In’04 I bought three tickets to VH in Indianapolis for twenty-five a piece the day of the show. I had already purchased tickets for Chicago a week later for about one-hundred a piece. It all depends on sales I think.

The July 7 show looks pretty similar to those maps as well. I was pretty stoked about getting good tickets. Should I now be worried about cancellation?! Hope not, it’s still 3 months away…

Gilligan: Should I now be worried about cancellation?!Hope not, it’s still 3 months away…

I doubt they’d cancel, but I expect to see a lot of 2-for-1 ticket offers at some point. Either that, or they are going to have to do more promoting, since the pull from Kimmel and Ellen has worn off.