Eddie Vedder Shares Insights Into Pearl Jam’s Ticket Prices: ‘It’s Essential For Us’

Concert ticket prices have trended upwards in a big way since the pandemic and Pearl Jam fans aren’t immune from the high cost of attending one of the band’s shows. Frontman Eddie Vedder discussed the price of Pearl Jam tickets in a frank way during an interview with Visions music magazine.

Pearl Jam recently completed the European leg of their Dark Matter World Tour. Visions pointed out tickets for shows in Germany cost 175 euros and in same cases were higher due to dynamic pricing. Vedder was asked with Pearl Jam’s history of “always want[ing] to do it differently and make it fairer than everyone else” why they would agree to the high cost.

“Unfortunately, that’s more complicated. After corona, everyone wanted to go back on tour as quickly as possible, and why not? That doesn’t apply to us, but many colleagues are dependent on the income from tours for their livelihood. As a result, production costs have gotten completely out of hand,” Vedder explained to Visions as per Pearl Jam Online / Zed23. “You can hardly find a crew anymore, there are problems organizing buses, stages, PA systems, venues. People say: ‘If you don’t pay my price, no problem, someone else will pay it.’ This even applies to service providers that we have been working with for over 30 years.”

Visions pushed the singer on the matter and he broke it down even more. “If we can save money, we pass it on to the fans. But it’s essential for us to at least cover our costs. If we had to pay extra and couldn’t earn any money at all, we wouldn’t go on tour anymore.”

The editors of Visions went into detail on the ticketing price situation and Eddie Vedder’s remarks on their podcast. Pearl Jam kicks off the second North American leg of the tour on August 22 in Missoula, Montana.