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Most people might go see 2-3 shows a tour so it would take years before you paid off the pass, even as a big fan - unless you decided to take a few weeks off, go city to city and follow them around. People are going to spend money on merch and food inside the venue anyway. I think they should keep in touch with the people who buy those passes just because they're going to be the fans who buy everything the artist puts out there and spread the word. 500 dollars is pretty fair and if you run into those "tight on money but really want to see the band" moments, comes in handy.

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Most people might go see 2-3 shows a tour so it would take years before you paid off the pass, even as a big fan - unless you decided to take a few weeks off, go city to city and follow them around. People are going to spend money on merch and food inside the venue anyway. I think they should keep in touch with the people who buy those passes just because they're going to be the fans who buy everything the artist puts out there and spread the word. 500 dollars is pretty fair and if you run into those "tight on money but really want to see the band" moments, comes in handy.

With Zombie, it'd take approximately 10 shows for it to pay for itself - assuming the pass gets you the highest priced tickets of course. I've got 4 bands I've seen more than 10 times: Iron Maiden (49 times), Alice Cooper (29 times, 32 by year's end), Tower Of Power (22 times, 24 by year's end), and Anthrax (20 times). It'd be well worth it for me to get this type of pass for any of those artists if they offered them - if Maiden had one and charged the same amount, it'd have paid for itself 3 times over just on this tour (And I would've done far more shows if I didn't have to spend $1,500-2,000 on each leg of the tour for tickets).

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So he never sells out his shows to capacity, just in case any of the Lifetime Pass holders decide to show up?

It's an interesting idea, but it could go wrong in so many ways.

Does it guarantee a minimum number of shows in so many years?

Did it have a large terms of agreement section when you bought them?

Edit: Damn, a grand for the lifetime pass. I would really have to love the artist and they would have to tour extensively for me to get something like this.

Not sure about capacity stuff but the way they're intended to work is even if the show is sold out, you can get in.

No guarantee of shows, but if he does 50 shows in 3 years, you can go to all of them if you want.

Not sure about the terms of agreement.

And it was a grand for two passes. Obviously not for everyone, but worth it to me.

Really? I don't see anything saying it's two passes...the description even says "One lifetime laminate giving you one spot on Rob Zombie's guest list...". I don't think $1,000 is a bad price, but it'd be even easier to justify if it was for a pair.

Yeah, the first time he put them up it was a pair for a grand, then those sold out. He brought them back yesterday, but only singles. Still worth it to me, and like you said, after about 10 shows, it would have paid for itself, and there are easily 3-5 shows I've missed in the last year or two by him because of money, so now I can go to any show I want forever. :shrugs:

I'd probably pay $2,000 for a Gn'R pass. It'd be awesome for Residencies.

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So today I bought a pair of "Lifetime Laminates" for Rob Zombie that'll get me into any Zombie show I go to forever. No backstage access or anything, but I still don't have to worry about buying a ticket or anything for any Zombie show I want to go to.

So it got me thinking obviously, if other bands did this, in this question, Gn'R, would you buy such a thing, and how much would you pay?

Say it gets you GA for every show with early entry if applicable, and they're limited to like 100 total, worldwide. How much would you pay for a pair of lifetime passes to any Gn'R show?

On mobile so I can't do a poll right now.

For rob zombie I'd have to be paid to go, GNR it depends cos I wouldn't wanna pay for a pass for any show and then see the same old set. How does it work with tickets going on sale ? How do they know how many of these lifetime ticket holders will actually turn up. Could be one or a million

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are they shit seats though, or are you up front with a lifetime pass?

The majority, if not every show that Zombie does, are General Admission.

So today I bought a pair of "Lifetime Laminates" for Rob Zombie that'll get me into any Zombie show I go to forever. No backstage access or anything, but I still don't have to worry about buying a ticket or anything for any Zombie show I want to go to.

So it got me thinking obviously, if other bands did this, in this question, Gn'R, would you buy such a thing, and how much would you pay?

Say it gets you GA for every show with early entry if applicable, and they're limited to like 100 total, worldwide. How much would you pay for a pair of lifetime passes to any Gn'R show?

On mobile so I can't do a poll right now.

For rob zombie I'd have to be paid to go, GNR it depends cos I wouldn't wanna pay for a pass for any show and then see the same old set. How does it work with tickets going on sale ? How do they know how many of these lifetime ticket holders will actually turn up. Could be one or a million

See, I feel the same way about the same old set after set, but if I have a pass to see any and every show I want, I would figure "Hey, why not go to this show in my area and the one next week too? All I have to do is pay for gas since I've already got my ticket, and who knows what could happen." I get tired of the same set after set, but I still love the shows and always have a good time.

As for the ticket holders, all together he's sold a little over 100 I think, and that's fanwide/worldwide. Not that many, all things considered. Not sure how they handle ticket sales, but if the show is sold out, you can still get in with this pass.

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So today I bought a pair of "Lifetime Laminates" for Rob Zombie that'll get me into any Zombie show I go to forever. No backstage access or anything, but I still don't have to worry about buying a ticket or anything for any Zombie show I want to go to.

So it got me thinking obviously, if other bands did this, in this question, Gn'R, would you buy such a thing, and how much would you pay?

Say it gets you GA for every show with early entry if applicable, and they're limited to like 100 total, worldwide. How much would you pay for a pair of lifetime passes to any Gn'R show?

On mobile so I can't do a poll right now.

Given the current band (Ashba is in it, Axl's voice is a total liability) and the fact that they're touring the "same shit, different day" tour for years now... nothing.

However, if we had a real band that sounded good, produced new material and had a lot of variation in their tours - quite a lot. Depending on how old the bandmembers are, how often they tour and how old I am. Maybe 5 to 10 times the price of a ticket?

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No. Its good for a stable band, but not gnr. Gnr toured the us 2 times in the past 10 years. They probably have another 10-20 years left. Thats maybe 4 concerts over 20 years. Id rather pay every 5 years. The only way I could see buying one is if I travelled a lot.

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It's an interesting concept. Thirteen years ago I would have paid $3000 - $5000 for a lifetime pass. But having seen then band 14 times since that time, I'm not sure how many more shows I'm going to go to. Many road trips in my early to mid 20s revolved around GNR touring schedules. Now that I'm in my mid 30s with more responsibility and less freedom (don't tell my fiancé that), I can't see myself spending a week or two on the road following the band. So currently, I'd probably go as high as $500.

This would all change, however, if Axl started releasing albums on a two year basis. Even if the old band reunited, I'd still have to think about it as I've seen the hits performed so many times. I would absolutely go two or three times to a re-united GNR concert, but probably not much more than that unless they were releasing and touring new material.

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I think it's a great idea but thinking about it, even for my all time favourite bands I don't see them often enough for it to be worth it. I mean I saw GN'R twice in 2010, I saw Robert Plant three times in 2005 and I saw Peter Hook (ex Joy Division/New Order bassist) three times in 2011. In Peter Hook's case they were three different sets so it was like seeing a completely new show each time. Generally it takes a lot for me to see a band/artist multiple times on the same tour. It's generally a band/artist who has unpredictable sets. Bob Dylan used to be a great example of this. You never knew what the guy was going to play each night. The guy seems to be doing a more predictable set these days (and fair enough the guy is in his 70s now) but he still likes to throw in the odd curveball set now and again. For Guns, it seems there will be no major change to the show any time soon. Even a new running order and stage design/visuals would make a big difference.

Plus, a lot of the artists I like are older so I doubt they'd be around long enough to make it worth it :lol:

I think Pearl Jam's fanclub is probably the best system IMO regarding live shows. Was highly tempted to join.

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