IzzysMissy

Oh boy it happened - will have a listen and come back to read the comments but folks on Reddit are lovin it!

Lol I appreciate you - you clearly know and see what’s up. Anyway, I’ll just continue to be me and provide info the way I know how to. If someone insists on being clever, but wrong that’s their biz.. most fans have absolutely NO CLUE about the actual process to fill a stadium. You however are correct in your pre-show of assessment of every other row seating and other tactics used to “show” an event is actually better Sold than it is.

So I was just going to leave this be but that ain’t the real me so… for the record I (like another poster on this forum in radio) will not be doxing myself to prove a point on the internet.. but I, along with a few people here, are in fact music industry people. You can tell by how the information is disseminated, the verbiage used, etc. Now a music biz lesson for those who care: When you say “the place was packed” it was LITERALLY an illusion my man. MetLife was built with concerts specifically in mind outside of the nfl season and the modern stadium/arena build model is losely based on the checkerboard pattern using several shades of the greyscale. What is checkerboard pattern? Imagine two rows of seats, back to back. Every 2nd or 3rd seat is a different shade of grey/black/white. When there are empty seats, your eyes don’t SEE the “empty seat” because of the intentionally created optical illusion. Hence you “saw” that the place was “packed”. It was very much not. When you zoom in on the stadium shots, you can literally see the different color seats with no one in them. Source? Did a huge music industry walkthrough at MetLife right before it opened where the architect discussed this as the “way forward for stadiums and arenas” Since my approval on here I’ve tried dropping some Easter Egg hints about how to save money, ticket buying strategy and etc. I have never claimed to be an insider or whatever, even though I technically am music biz wise. I did post here BEFORE DOORS asking if anyone remembered if Andrew Dice Clay was on the bill before, because I was sent Set Times early and he was on it. I must have been clairvoyant or something to bring that name out of the bag right 🤣 There are some posters on here who simply refuse to hear what is painfully obvious to the remaining realists of this fan base: GNR just doesn’t sound good anymore. Good for ANYONE willing to spend money on this and enjoy it, but I refuse to pretend it is anything but nostalgic and mediocre. Happy to answer any other general biz questions if anyone has any though! An educated consumer is the BEST consumer.

All good I was just pointing out some things I’ve learned! On Reddit right now, people are of the “best show ever, Axl sounded like 80s/90s Axl but THE MIX WAS BAD” and are downvoting anyone not BLAMING THE CREW. It’s infuriating honestly.. to blame THE CREW for Axl sounds.. he sounds the way he sounds, and people REALLY need to be more realistic about their expectations. Would love to continue the discussion but alas, some tour work is calling me 🫠 have a fab day folks! At least we are all gnr fans right?

I can list tickets at $1mm if I wanted to. Also. Pit Tickets. There are 1000 pit tickets. There are 45K other tickets ya gotta sell too. Just playin devils advocate here - many decades of music biz life has taught me many things, concert production and ticket sales cycles being two of them.

Fair. The promoter provided thousands upon thousands of free tickets agencies, radio stations and orgs because sales were stupid low and the stadium would have been empty. People, when receiving free tix, only redeem them maybe 20/25% of the time. GNR fans can delude themselves however they want but in the US at least, gnr is playing to empty stadiums.

There were plenty of empty seats and many people left early. Camera angles are a beautiful thing!

He was clearly having fun. Just a shit stirrer - wouldn’t want to sit next to him but still, if the unit of measurement is “were you entertained” then yea I think we were!

Craig hilariously dropped some facts and not everyone lives in reality when it comes to this band 🫠

Wow my night kept me at home but you folks and Craig kept me entertained! Hope everyone who did get to MetLife had a great time!

Omg someone on set list fm has listed Angel From Montgomery Solo in the encore 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this fan base……

I had to take a sneak listen after all these comments - this guy 1000000% did not pay for his ticket and he’s entertaining AF…

Based on this thread.. Y’all.. we should have flown over to Europe to see them…. Next time!

Stale Band = Stale Crowd 🍞

I was on speaker phone with one group all 4 of which have been seein gnr since the 80s.. they said Axl sounded terrible and since they didn’t pay for tix they didn’t want to stay. I don’t expect a diff reaction from the other groups.. they/we have all seen this show. i do hope everyone there is havin fun though.. truly. The stadium looks empty.. but it seems most are having fun.

I…. I… I had 4 diff groups of friends offer me seats tonight but my kid came home from camp sick so I declined.. 3 of those groups are already driving home and the 4th is about to leave.. jeeez..

Was Andrew dice clay on this bill originally?? Someone sent me Set Times and it has ADC at 7:50-8 and GNR @8pm!

Same!! Fingers crossed on suite tix 🤞🏼

If you’re driving make sure you park RIGHT by an exit ramp - hubby did that the first year on night 2 and we got our supper quick. The train from Penn to MetLife is the way to go on event day/night.

No curfew at MetLife! I asked some of my pals already on site for work to see if they can sniff out anything interesting 👀

Spot on as usual - your Jimmy iovine line made me think of that EPIC Sigourney Weaver/Dana Harvey/Phil Hartman SNL sketch “Choppin Broccoli” anyone else old enough to remember?

Yea Angie Warner! He pissed off SO MANY industry people with his tantrum after her win. It was a really big deal that a woman had that gig to begin with, let alone win. At the start if this, LN insisted on a team in place.. you know, having dealt with TB pre-reunion, I’m sure!

Omg man - you’re not kidding??!! They temp banned you for mentioning this fucking song!!?? That place is WILD🤣

I can’t give any more flare today but yes! #izzybulge is hot on Reddit right now apparently!

That’s an amazingly awesome pic that got the full run down on the womens thread at some point - during the pandy I distinctly remember getting to that part of the discussion and then having to lie to my husband and kid about why I kept bursting out loud. Some of those thread comments were/ARE hilarious!!! Love it when that pic gets reposted, good on Izzy 🤣