It was just a few years ago when all the tickets at Candlestick Park had the same price, $60 each. But now the 49ers want to “modernize its season-ticket structure to get it more with the rest of the NFL”. That’s the new corporate name given to the dramatic raising of prices, “modernize”.

To the fans, they’ve been jacked up.

Last years $99 seats are now $149 each, a 50% increase. But when the season ticket holders dump their seats as the 49ers are hoping, then the general public gets a shot at that seat, for $179 each, and that’s before Ticketmaster’s service charges.  The 49er season ticket prices were jacked up, not modernized!

And those may be some of the lucky ones.

For a few lucky 49er season ticket holders in the box seats, their season ticket invoice went from $5475 to $19,000! Because the 49ers are converting them to “Club Seats”,  leather backed seats with food, drink and a pregame field pass. And the fans are pissed off according to the MercuryNews.com and many will give up their 49er season ticket this year.

Why are they doing this the fans are asking, especially in this economy and when the 49ers haven’t had a winning season since 2002? Well they’re cleaning house. First they need to clear out some premium seats to the developers, banks, politicians, etc that they owe for helping put up a stadium in Santa Clara and currently all of the best seats are taken. By jacking up the fans now, they will have seats for the high rollers, and much more revenue from the new fans.  Not only that but this willl better prepare the 49er season ticket holders that remain for the dreaded PSL’s.

And that’s when the fans will really feel jacked up.

So if you’re looking for San Francisco 49er tickets this year, check with a 49er ticket broker, because the resell market for those 49er tickets may be much less than the face value, unless they can pull out a miracle winning season. This may be the last season for many of the 49er faithful, who never would have dreamed it would turn out this way back in the Kezar days.

The previous appearances by Lady Gaga were quick sellouts and you can expect this concert tour by Lady Gaga to sell out just as fast as she continues to tour in support of her album “The Fame Monster”. Lady Gaga will be rolling out even more eye popping theatrics on the new tour with her pop-electro opera and it will be interesting to see how it plays out in larger venues.

Lady Gaga Tour Schedule for the Monster Ball tour

June 2010
28 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre

July 2010
1 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
4 – Atlantic City, NJ – Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
6 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Arena
11 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
14 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
15 – Indianapolis, IN – Conseco Fieldhouse
17 – Saint Louis. MO – Scottrade Center
20 – Oklahoma City, OK – Ford Center
22 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
25 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
28 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
31 – Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center

August 2010
3 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
11 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
13 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
16 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion at San Jose
19 – Portland, OR – Rose Garden Arena
21 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
23 – Vancouver, British Columbia – General Motors Place
26 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
30 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

September 2010
1 – Milwaukee, WI – Bradley Center
4 – Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills
5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
7 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
8 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena
14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Wachovia Center
16 – Hartford, CT – XL Center
18 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
19 – Raleigh, NC – RBC Center

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The opening act for the Pearl Jam concert tour will be Band of Horses for all of the shows except for the Madison Square Garden concert on May 20, the Black Keys will sub for that show.  Pearl Jam puts on a heck of a concert, and no two are alike as Eddie Vedder likes to mix up the songs and cover the entire Pearl Jam catalog of songs. Tickets for Pearl Jam go on sale within the week.

Pearl Jam Tour Schedule

May 1 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
May 3 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
May 4 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
May 6 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
May 7 – Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 9 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
May 10 – Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena
May 13 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
May 15 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
May 17 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
May 18 – TBD @ TBD
May 20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
May 21 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

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There are various fan club presales, credit card presales for dozens of artists today including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers who are putting Tom Petty tickets on sale for Madison Square Garden, The Palace of Auburn Hills and several other venues on the “Mojo” tour. Tickets for Simon and Garfunkel are also on sale today for several concerts in Canada including the Rexall Place in Edmonton, and the General Motors Place in Vancouver.

If you’re looking for country concerts, then you can find tickets for Brooks and Dunn going on sale today as well as Alan Jackson and Darius Rucker tickets. This will be Brooks and Dunn’s final concert tour and the Last Rodeo is your last chance to catch a great band.  You can find Cher tickets in Vegas once again as she puts a number of concerts on sale today for June and July at The Colosseum At Caesars Palace.

Maxwell and Jill Scott tickets go on sale today for several of the venues on their current concert tour along with Alejandro Fernandez, Joan Sebastian and Marco Antonio Solis at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. For sports tickets the Seattle Mariners  have a sale today for Mariners season tickets for 2010.

Simon and Garfunkel tickets for the 2010 concert tour will go on sale on March 12th at all of the usual ticket outlets and Preferred Seating for the Simon & Garfunkel concerts will be available as well.

Simon & Garfunkel Tour Schedule

April 2010
24 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
29 – Vancouver, British Columbia – General Motors Place

May 2010
1 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
2 – Calgary, Alberta – Pengrowth Saddledome
4 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Credit Union Centre
5 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
7 – Fargo, ND – Fargodome
8 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
9 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center Arena
11 – Detroit, MI – Venut to be announced
12 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
14 – Ottawa, Ontario – Scotiabank Place
15 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre

Paul McCartney added another show to his tour schedule and you can now buy Paul McCartney tickets for the Sun Life Stadium, formerly Dolphin Stadium, in Miami, Florida. Tickets for Paul McCartney concerts range for the fairly cheap, around $65 to the best seats at $500 or more per seat. There may be more dates added to the Paul McCartney concert schedule so stay tuned.

Carole King and James Taylor have another Mohegan Sun Arena date for June 28th and a couple of presales for the Prudential Center and Madison Square Garden.  Carole King James Taylor tickets are on sale for most of their shows now.

The Eagles are coming to Cricket Wireless  Amphitheatre in Chula vista, Ca on May 23rd and Eagles tickets just went on sale today. And Sugarland will be performing at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord for the first time and fan club Sugarland tickets will be available at 10am today.

MLB baseball opening day is set for April 4th and it’s always one of the most popular baseball game tickets of the year. The New York Yankees will be trying to get back to the World Series once again after leading the American League East last year.  And they better with the crazy ticket prices the Yankees fans have to deal with at Yankee Stadium.

In the 2009 MLB standings the Minnesota Twins finished on top of the AL Central and the Los Angeles Angels led the AL East. In the National League the Philadelphia Phillies were tops in the NL East and went on to play the Yankees in the World Series, though they lost. The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL Central in 2009 and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West title, but went no further, again.