The scalpers are now on Ticketmaster as “verified resellers”. Ticketmaster loves it because they charge their fees multiple times for the same tickets.
I probably paid between 5.50 and 12.50 for all the concerts that I saw at MSG when I was younger. And at the Schaefer and Dr. Pepper festivals in Central Park - 1.50 or 2.50 for orchestra seats. I saw so many legendary bands for those prices. It’s unbelievable!
yup --- I saw all the legends of rock UP CLOSE for Cheap... Aerosmith- 8.50 Ted Nugent 6.00 Boston 8.00 Rush 6.00 Alice Cooper 6.00 Blackfoot & Molly Hatchet 11.50 Van Halen - snuck in Eddie Money - free (watched back door as security until show started) Motley Crue -12.50 Iron Maiden - Fastway & Rainbow -11.00 John Cougar & Heart 12.00 Then TicketMaster came onto scene saw Velvet Revolver - 85.00
I really wanted to see the Killers out in LA last week but I couldn’t justify paying $350 for two tickets (nosebleed seats). $60 parking. Gas. Food. Merch. It was easily going to pass $500+. Absurd. I saw them years ago for $25 a ticket. Insane prices nowadays!
Yep - and the sound is better, you don't get hearing damage, and you can enjoy forever. People need to stay home and ticket sellers will be forced to bring some sanity back to these prices.
Tickets for the S.N.A.C.K concert at Kezar stadium in SF were $5 (in 1975 dollars) Performers included The Doobie Brothers, The Band, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Santana, Tower of Power, The Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Jefferson Starship and more. What a show! (and amazing bang for the buck!)
Dynamic pricing is sketchy...but it's also economics. Price is driven up by demand. Live Nation does it because ticket demand supports it. The Fender Custom Shop sells guitars through Casino Guitars at eye watering prices...because there is demand at those prices. Springsteen, don't forget, never actually "got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company." He just wrote about it.
Would you feel the same way if if the price of your meal was dynamically increasing while you were eating a meal in a restaurant? “Sorry you meal increased its price over the last hour, it got busy, demand went up, and now that $30 meal is $200. That’s the market”.
I understand it's economics, high demand for an item with limited supply, so charge what the market will bear. But NO band is worth more than $40 to me, so I never go see major shows any more. Last month I saw the Aristocrats ($28, small venue) and the Koch Marshall Trio ($15, bar). So two of the best guitarists on earth for under $50 total. And I got to hang out and chat with both bands and see them from like 10 feet away. Can't beat that.
I try to keep in mind that it's often not the performer that's setting the prices for concerts; its usually the promoters, and taking into consideration that the band, crew, and staff ought to be paid a decent wage. I'll vote with my pocketbook, though. The Boss would be great to see, but not at these prices. I did see Lyle Lovett and the Large Band this summer, at $70/ ticket. Well worth it to me
I’m thankful for the glory days 80’s and 90’s when you skipped half day of school and hung out at the venue in hopes of meeting the band. I met so so many bands this way. General admission was awesome but. I just don’t go to concerts anymore. Tickets and it seems kinda like a hassle. I guess l am old but the best seat in the house for a concert is UA-cam for me alot of times. Big big bands are nice to see but young hungry bands are best. I saw GNR before Appetite broke out. I skipped school and ended up chilling and setting on the bus with RATT and talking gear with Warren. I even shared a beer with Cliff Burton setting the grass beside the bus. We never caused problems and the world was a better place. I’m thankful for my memories
I haven’t been to a show since seeing the Replacements at Riot-Fest Chicago in 2013. It was a long, miserable, wet, cold-day. The Mats were good, but I’d never been so happy to sit-down in the car … after we found it. I’m just too-old & fussy to enjoy that type of concert anymore. 😂
This mess all started in 94 with The Eagles demanding triple what tickets were going for in market. Once people started supporting it all went downhill! My first concert was Queen MSG 1982, $14.50 with Billy Squier warming up!
Just went to the Back Roads Blues Festival two weeks ago. $50 a ticket.I tell everybody, blues fan or not, to go see this show if you get a chance. Especially if you're a guitar player. $50, I couldn't believe it.
Bands used to make their fortune from album sales and the shows were cheap. Now the music is pretty much free and the shows are outrageously expensive. I hate that its so hard to see a show but I understand they wanna get paid.
I'm worse than most. I stopped going to concerts when ticket prices topped $10. I saw Jimi Hendrix for $3.25 a ticket and could stand in front of the stage and touch him. Late 60's I saw Jeff Beck, Cream, the Dead, Airplane, Doors, Steve Miller, Quicksilver, you name it, all the big bands of the day for $2.50 to $3.50 a ticket. And as a teen I could afford it even then. It was about the same price as the vinyl LP. And parking was free almost everywhere. I can't remember what I paid to see SRV, but it was less than $10 and again we could just walk up to the stage and reach out and touch him. You could even chat these guys up. Fun times!
Lawsuits a'comin. Tickets are high because the factor of competition in the marketplace is not there. Live Nation is a monopoly, that's illegal. Springsteen is a hypocrite. Screw him.
I'm going to see a show at Cats Cradle in November. Tickets were $35. The most ive ever paid to go to a concert was to see Modest Mouse for $75 at madison square garden.
Join fan clubs. Most major touring artists has either an official or "officially-endorsed" fan clubs that allow early access to tickets through ticketmaster. It'll likely end up using the exact same algo, as what I experienced buying tix for a TOOL show this past tour was absolute bananas even in the pre-sale. Still got floor tix for less than $200 each though. So I'm now a fanboy of whatever band I wanna see.
in my concert hey days late 70's.Flint IMA, ticket prices were 5.50, 6.50 qnd 7.50. Saw aerosmith backing the James Gang, Zappa, J. Geils, BTO, Foghat, Kiss, Rush, REO, Todd Rungren, Patty Smith etc. Those my friends were the days.
I was accepting of Dynamic Pricing when I was looking to see a Broadway show in NY. I kinda get it. They play on the demand market to have more consistent revenue. Getting higher prices for the good seats on the weekend to make up for the low prices on a bad seat on a weekday to make sure it's not an empty show. But those shows have a long residency in one spot. If you don't get the seat at a price you want, try a different day. Concerts are a one time shot. Like he's only playing in Houston on one day and may never be back again. To get priced out based on "dynamic pricing" is just bullshit in that scenario. Name your price and let every one have at it.
Just experienced this with the Chili Peppers. Great show, but was really expensive compared to the stadium base price in BOA stadium. I don't go to concerts often, so I enjoyed it for seeing a band I really enjoy. However, this pricing structure definitely makes me far less likely to see other bands I may like but not be as familiar with. I like to play music, so it's not the end of the world for me. I really enjoyed seeing a group of seasoned musicians with great chemistry play an amazing performance. Just wish it wouldn't cost an arm and a leg to do so.
I had to choose between rhcp and the Def Leppard/Motley Crue show. The price to see 4 bands (Joan Jett, poison, Motley Crue, and Def Leppard) was half the price to see just the rhcp. $300 for two tickets to see 4 bands. It would have been $600 for two tickets for rhcp , same seats same stadium.
I saw Pearl Jam at Civic Auditorium in SF, the early 2000’s. They played the Civic, because Ticketmaster didn’t control it. They sold out 4 consecutive nights, for the price of watching a good local band. Eddie and the guys were right all along!
I saw them then on that tour too in Chicago - you gave them 10 bucks and your address - they sent you a CD of that nights show... ! i got mine in less than a week. WHO DOES THAT...?
I think one aspect to consider (certainly not in Springsteen's case) but bands today don't sell records. I assume the primary income stream for most bands comes from live touring.
I was 14 rows from Clapton last year and the tickets were like $220 at the time I bought them and I bought them pretty early. I just kept checking out of curiosity to see what they wound up and the people sitting right next to me probably wound up paying $800 for the same seats. I just got lucky to get them for that price. It was in Nashville and I was curious when John Mayer played there how much the same seats went for and they were like way over a grand the whole time.
Last year I paid $100 to see the Rolling Stones in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas. My seat was as far from the stage as is possible in that venue. it was rainy and on the cold side. I thought the price was too high, but I'd never seen the Stones and they're such an iconic band I felt I had to experience their show at least once in my life. Was it worth it? I think it was. But I won't be doing it again.
Anti-trust Law, definition: "In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses to promote competition and prevent unjustified monopolies."
I saw My Chem on Monday and saw Pearl Jam on Thursday. I hate the dynamics pricing but I bought PJ floor tix an hour before the show for $39 below face value. But 175 for MCR and $130 for PJ is the most I’ve ever paid in my life. And I’ve seen Prince, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr… last PJ show was only $89
Yep. It cost me 150$ to buy a ticket in the furthest worst seats in kfc yums center in Louisville ky to see tool back in may. Litterally stage left all the way in the last row. I only cared about seeing adam jones,but of course he was on right hand of stage and couldn't even see him except when he would walk to center stage. BUT holy moly was it a killer show! Tool sound exactly the same live as they do on their albums. The only band ive ever saw to do it that well. And ive been going to concerts and festivals like crazy for over 20 yrs.
My Friend and I have been going to concerts for 25 years. 100 concerts later We’ve seen pretty much every act we wanted to (a lot who are no longer with us), and with the prospect of everything being over £100 a ticket now along with all the other charges, we’ve decided this part of life has passed us by… …Unless we get a chance of Elvis Costello or ZZ Top.
For the past two years regents the machine was supposed to come to Pittsburgh, I think they came this year I’m not sure. Because when I checked ticket prices last year, they were wondering damn near $500 for the side of the arena, and not even great seats. I saw Prince perform twice and never paid more than $45 a ticket. And he was the best show I have ever seen… TWICE! I’m not paying $200 a ticket to see anyone. I will buy a damn DVD of their concert performance. Do they even make DVDs anymore?
I saw the "Born In The USA Tour" back in 1985 at the LA Coliseum. 90,000 + fans. It was a great concert. He and E-Street grinded through two-plus hours of music not including a 30 minute intermission. Paid through Ticketmaster then. I think it was $70 a pop if memory serves.
@@csnide6702 No opening band, it was 100% of the artist you came to see. It could have been $70 for two tickets since it was my wife and I who attended. Yes indeed, it was an outrageous amount to pay then, but one of the greatest concerts ever, with high energy, giving their best start to finish.
A little bit of dynamic pricing is somewhat understandable but when a ticket that was 200 face value is now 1000 or 2000 and then scalpers are selling floor seats for 25, 000 dollars we have a huge problem. Concerts should not be for only the ultra rich or those so desperate to go they will starve to pay for it.
If i remember correct koch networks bought clear channel then clear channel bought up radio stations coast to coast (back when radio homogenized to hot 101, 102 so on) then they got in charge of tickets but got broken up due to anti trust laws so live nation was the whole concert arm of the monopoly just renamed. And people say "why does new music suck" luckily not long after that youtube my space n stuff came out n thats really where i find new music also lil coffee shop shows or some bars
Avoid the impersonal stadium rock experience. The last big show I saw was the Stones in the nineties. I was so far from the stage, I had to watch on the Jumbotron. Fortunately, there are still live music clubs. So go support the small bands,have fun and be able to say I saw them when…
I haven't gone to a major concert in decades. The ticket prices are just unaffordable not to mention parking and drinks. The average working person can barely afford go to a local club and listen to a local band and buy drinks and food.
I hate when companies have monopolies on sectors, but this may be a way to level the playing field for smaller to medium bands. "How much are tickets to this huge band? Way too high. But there's a band playing the day before I never heard of for much less. Let's see them instead." I've had experiences booking shows where I float my rates and they're accepted quickly and could have gotten more, which as a musician is always desired, so the idea of dynamic pricing, on a smaller scale, sounds awesome. But horrible when they balloon up to $800 a ticket.
A big thing that has changed is that, touring "used" to be about promoting an album by the band. Record labels saw - and funded - touring as a promotional expense. Nowadays touring "is" the main income source for the record label, band and everyone around them. This gives Live Nation and similar promoters/ticket sellers massive power, so they can charge what they want regardless of what the artist might say, because the artist is no longer the sole beneficiary from tour receipts. With legacy artists as huge as Springsteen, they will have much more say of course and take a bigger cut, but even mid range up and coming artists have to march to the drum of the promoters and ticket agencies. I remember working with bands playing 5k venues in early 2000s and even then, they had no say on the price of the ticket which was set by the promoter. End result is, for me at least, I won't be going to see much live music anymore at these crazy prices. Hey ho, good old capitalism and monopolies and the fabled "free market" lol :)
I've been saying this for years , "F%#k Ticketmaster" and stadium concerts. I paid $28 for a floor ticket to Metallica on the Justice For All tour , these prices are insane. Back to Venues selling tickets. Take the day off work and wait in a line. Bands need to stand up to this if they care about fans....sadly they don't.
I just saw Rod Stewart in Tampa. $80.00 each ticket. Nose bleed seats, but he was great,(Cheap Trick was the opener and they were Horrible). I’ve paid $275.00 to see McCartney. That’s worth it to me. It’s Paul McCartney. I wouldn’t pay more for anyone else. I’ve seen Springsteen once on the River Tour and 5 times on the Born in the USA tour. I wouldn’t pay $20.00 to seen the working man’s hypocrite now. I’ve seen the Allman Brothers over 60, yes Sixty times. Clapton(including Cream) about 25 times. Countless other shows, but it has to be special for to me to pay more than $100. I started going to concerts in 1975, so I’ve seen concert prices like everything else in the world go up dramatically. But I don’t see Springsteen selling out at those prices. It’s ridiculous. Maybe it’s just his ego. He doesn’t need the money, after all he just sold his catalog for $500 million.
I spend my money on lesser known artists and often I am pleasantly surprised. That's the only way I know around that sad game. I wanted to go see Elton John or Radiohead and the tickets were as high as $500 for a nosebleed seat. That kind of greed is disgusting and I hope the scalpers lose their money. As long as people are willing to continue to pay outlandish prices it will go on.
My sister got Springsteen tickets in Buffalo for 150 on the morning of the release. They have cut out the middle man just like the pro sports owners have via psl’s and seat geek. Ticketmaster is the devil and an artist like springsteen has no other choice because the demand for his tickets is higher than any other artist and has been for 50 years. I paid over 150 a ticket for the reunion tour in 99 in multiple cities. Dynamic pricing is awful and it has been sold the artists as a way to avoid scalping. Pearl Jam and springsteen have tried to stop scalping but there is no way to do it so this is the end game, Ticketmaster becomes the scalper…again this is exactly like nfl owners deal with seat geek and forcing psl’s on season tickets holders.
Easy to fix. The fans need to sacrifice two or three tours of major groups, be they the boss, the chilli peppers, GnR, or who ever. After the groups make huge losses on a few tours maybe they will get the message and put pressure on the ticket sellers. After all, individual fans have no power but maybe the group’s management do. In the end money talks. Also, I always thought that the roots of rock and roll were sticking it to the man, not bending over for them. £1000 for a ticket! I wouldn’t need a seat, I wouldn’t be able to sit down anyway!
It’s horrible I have seen Janes addiction and smashing pumpkins a ton and never paid more the. $30 a ticket … I recently bought tickets for the Janes / pumpkin s tour .. I did get 3rd row seats but it cost me $845 for two tickets … it will be the last time I ever do that … it better be a great show
People may not like it, but the fact that scalping is a thing is because often tickets are priced lower than the market allows. People may think it's unfair for those with less money to get priced out of seeing some concerts, but you might as well argue that it's unfair to get priced out of owning a Mercedes, or for that matter a Gibson. Supply and demand.
I see both sides of this. When younger I'd wait on line all morning for tickets. If you did not want to spend your morning on line you could buy scalped tickets at multiples of the list price. Many bands have tried to limit bulk ticket purchases by scalpers or try methods of making scalping unprofitable. I can see charging what the market will bear but the band should be willing to keep adding dates until the market price comes down to a reasonable sum. If Bruce wanted to really project the working man image he could have 10 or 12 nights at MSG instead of 2. Hard on the Band better for the fan. Me I skip the big shows and am making an effort to see lots of smaller acts. In the last year Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Mary Gauthier, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, The Other Favorites, Bela Fleck, Bob Dylan, Yuga Wang and I'm sure I'm missing a few. Never spending over $100.
I was a little late to the Vulfpeck Game. Only discovered 3-4 years ago. Now if I want Premium V.I.P. for Bonnaroo all 4 days only starting at $3,500 then I found the add ons like the "world's longest salad". That in it self is worth the price of admission. Long story short, sorry Vulfpeck I think I'd rather buy a guitar from Casino Guitars and give them the $3,500 + my $20 for the long Salad! We could ask Cory if I'm Wong... 😅🏁🍾
Love to here what the artist actually thinks… is it all money now or do they actually care about developing new fans and getting the music to the most people… Music industry just feels like it’s lost it soul a bit….
This is just how economics works. If there's a limited quantity and high demand then the price goes way up. If you sell below what the market says the tickets are actually worth then someone is going to buy them and re-sell for that high price. You can complain all you want but the high price is unavoidable unless these artists want to do 3 or 4 times as many shows.
Thousands of dollars for concert tickets - at least if you buy a Gibson or USA Fender you have something to show for it for decades not just one night.
I've probably seen about 80 concerts in my life. First show was Def Leppard in 1984. About 13.00 Billy Joel same year, about 17.00, ACDC following year, 17.00. And keep in mind, maybe not the same visual spectacle, but these guys were in their prime. This 3-400.00 per ticket is b.s. The problem is, if we, the stupid fans continue to pay it, we have nobody else to blame.
I go to heavy metal and alternative rock shows, most of them are at small to medium size venues in the UK, i might avoid arena shows if ticketmaster continues dynamic pricing and if the price is more than reasonable, somebody like Bruce Springsteen, a lot of his fanbase will be people from a working class background who will be seriously priced out of his shows unfortunately, but can't it help if an artist of his level of popularity, there is a big demand for him, but cliche as it is, something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it
Concert prices are ridiculous anymore. Most of these bands don't even have an opener who they're paying either. Even my favorite bands that are doing shows alone, yeah I love them and I wish I could go see them,but it's not worth the price of a ticket these days unless you don't mind the nosebleed section or the lawn area way in the back. Alot of touring bands missed out on alot of money over CoVid ,so I'm sure they're trying to recoup lost wages of over two years,but this is taking it too far. Parking at these shows too is up 50% in many cities and the fees on top of the ticket price is just a second and third kick in the nuts
The DEATH NAIL of real authentic musicians - real musicians who have real music are saying FUCK THIS - and the quit BEFORE they even start. THE DEATH OF MUSIC IS GREED... Mostly from NON MUSICIANS.
If you love capitalism then this is what you’ve asked for. Personally I have no interest in stadia shows. I’d rather support small clubs and bars as well as local music. It’s always been a better experience for me regardless of price
Bruce Springsteen has made a large mark in music history - but the most important artist of this generation? Dylan is still touring... Wonder what his tickets are going for?
Paid $735 for 3 tickets to Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden...a concert i didnt even want to go...shes my wifes favorite so i had to get them for her...also had to take our son who is 3 cause there was no one we can leave him. Parking $50 toll $20. Plus dinner in the city...OVER $1000 😢😢😢😢 I saw a small band We Were Promised Jetpacks in Nov $30 street parking in a small club 😂😂😂😂😂 Big name concerts are just going to be out of reach. Luckly ive seen all my faborite bands already or they no linger touring like RUSH Van Halen Soundgarden
They do suck that's why I haven't been to a concert in years this very reason. Last few concerts I saw were in the late seventies Pink Floyd in Genesis.
Dynamic pricing is actually a better reflection of market value than ticket face value (they probably need to put a cap in the algorithm) A concert is an event that exists at one point in time, so it is by nature limited in supply. We'd all love ticket prices to stay low, but then the only factor in who gets tickets to a high demand show is who logs in to the online queue at the right right time (and beats out the secondary market bots; another problem). The bigger problem is that Ticketmaster/Live Nation have a vertical and horizontal monopoly in the US. In Europe, there are at least two ticket vendors for each show and venue, so there is actual competition to keep things in check, thus you have generally lower ticket prices on average than the US shows. Also, I think there must be better protections against reseller bots, as concerts don't sell out right away nearly as often (though coincidentally, I couldn't get Springsteen tickets for next year in Germany after logging in a few minutes late, no dynamic pricing for that one). And right on with buying last second tickets. Scored same day Elton John tickets on a whim.
That's what all monopolies say. Monopolies are broken up because of the adverse effect on the consumer. The consumer is more important than the rock star or concert promoter. Live Nation are sitting ducks for an anti-trust lawsuit. So is Mr. Blue Collar "Down-by the dynamo" Springsteen.
The scammer argument is BS. It implies that everyone buying tickets n a non-dynamic scenario is looking to flip them for profit? No! I've been to many, many concerts and always bought tickets for myself or friends so we could enjoy the show. So now everyone has to pay scammer prices for their tickets? Screw 'em. Seen Bruce many times but never again. The rich just keep getting richer.
311, who I’ve seen about 15-20 times in my life, and who has toured continuously every year and every summer since the early 90s (except 98), always had reasonable prices, especially back in the day. They’ve been my favorite band since I was about 11 years old, always preached a message of Unity and positivity, and had killer music to boot. 3 of them have become increasingly brainwashed by Hollywood influences over the years, so of course, in 2022, the drummer, who was on truth social and trying to stay true to himself and his values (but also brainwashed to some extent) have gotten into an a spat that has caused the Bassist Pnut to call it quits after 30 years, or at least “take a break after he fulfills his tour obligations”. My homeboy at work, who makes way more $ than I do, is also a huge 311, naturally he broke the news to me, and we decided to go see them for what will definitely be my last show. Well needless to say, tickets have been sold out and not worth pursuing at certain out of state venues, and he finally talked me into flying to Chicago and getting tickets in the VIP section (he had to pester them to sell us the tickets).it was $420 just for the ticket. Luckily I’m flying there for free, but still, $420, when I saw them in San Antonio this spring for $75. I’m still a little bothered by that price tag, but I told myself it’s the last time I’ll see them, so might as well do it. To be honest, they still play and sound amazing, but their sets have become shorter, they play less and less of their the deep cuts and b-sides and play almost entirely crowd pleaser casual fan songs, of which they have many. Their new albums have other people writing the songs, and as much as I love them as musicians and people, after this show, I might have to move on emotionally. I’ll always love 311 for what they’ve given me over the years, but it’s time for a this dead horse to stop being beaten. Ticketmaster should be ashamed of themselves, I personally won’t be going to many shows that are Ticketmaster-level acts after this, only a rare few, and once all these legacy acts die off and stop touring, I hope the new generation of bands can either play exclusively smaller venues or cut Ticketmaster out of the loop entirely, they’re an evil business that deserves to go bankrupt. Sorry for the long comment, Bax and Johnny, love you guys!
It’s nothing but legalised touting. Springsteen of all people should be calling it out for what it is. Also interesting the Steve Van Zandt, a guy who has an opinion on most things, has nothing to say about it. Shame on them all.
The only way I’d pay $1000 for a concert ticket is if SRV came back to life to play one more show
I'd go $2000 per ticket for all four BEATLES the same way
The scalpers are now on Ticketmaster as “verified resellers”. Ticketmaster loves it because they charge their fees multiple times for the same tickets.
So fucking lame.
Buy a guitar and skip the concert
I kind of have to agree with you, no joke lol, should I buy a guitar for $1000 or a concert ticket for 1k, hmm 🤔 not even a choice!
I probably paid between 5.50 and 12.50 for all the concerts that I saw at MSG when I was younger. And at the Schaefer and Dr. Pepper festivals in Central Park - 1.50 or 2.50 for orchestra seats. I saw so many legendary bands for those prices. It’s unbelievable!
‘77 Led Zep $13.00 everyone said kinda high price. Lol. No back up band. Just under three hours.
@@Fog640 That’s when I saw them. ‘77 at MSG. Fantastic show!
yup --- I saw all the legends of rock UP CLOSE for Cheap...
Aerosmith- 8.50
Ted Nugent 6.00
Boston 8.00
Rush 6.00
Alice Cooper 6.00
Blackfoot & Molly Hatchet 11.50
Van Halen - snuck in
Eddie Money - free (watched back door as security until show started)
Motley Crue -12.50
Iron Maiden - Fastway & Rainbow -11.00
John Cougar & Heart 12.00
Then TicketMaster came onto scene saw Velvet Revolver - 85.00
I really wanted to see the Killers out in LA last week but I couldn’t justify paying $350 for two tickets (nosebleed seats). $60 parking. Gas. Food. Merch. It was easily going to pass $500+. Absurd.
I saw them years ago for $25 a ticket. Insane prices nowadays!
$175 per cheap seat, for the Killers? 😱Naw….
If you wait for 30 minutes or so until the show you can find extremely cheap seats. Food is always optional
I remember waiting (camping out on the sidewalk) over night for $15 dollar concert tickets at ticket master when I was a kid.
Same.
Yes. I remember those days
You could buy every record Bruce put out for less than a concert ticket.
Yep - and the sound is better, you don't get hearing damage, and you can enjoy forever. People need to stay home and ticket sellers will be forced to bring some sanity back to these prices.
Tickets for the S.N.A.C.K concert at Kezar stadium in SF were $5 (in 1975 dollars) Performers included The Doobie Brothers, The Band, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Santana, Tower of Power, The Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Jefferson Starship and more. What a show! (and amazing bang for the buck!)
Dynamic pricing is sketchy...but it's also economics. Price is driven up by demand. Live Nation does it because ticket demand supports it.
The Fender Custom Shop sells guitars through Casino Guitars at eye watering prices...because there is demand at those prices.
Springsteen, don't forget, never actually "got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company." He just wrote about it.
Would you feel the same way if if the price of your meal was dynamically increasing while you were eating a meal in a restaurant? “Sorry you meal increased its price over the last hour, it got busy, demand went up, and now that $30 meal is $200. That’s the market”.
So can I charge my company more money when my workload increases?
Let’s start demand pricing your drinking water
I understand it's economics, high demand for an item with limited supply, so charge what the market will bear. But NO band is worth more than $40 to me, so I never go see major shows any more. Last month I saw the Aristocrats ($28, small venue) and the Koch Marshall Trio ($15, bar). So two of the best guitarists on earth for under $50 total. And I got to hang out and chat with both bands and see them from like 10 feet away. Can't beat that.
Working man's ticket prices from an old socialist.
Saw him live in 84 and it was one of the best gigs I'd ever seen, but $800, he can get stuffed.
I try to keep in mind that it's often not the performer that's setting the prices for concerts; its usually the promoters, and taking into consideration that the band, crew, and staff ought to be paid a decent wage.
I'll vote with my pocketbook, though. The Boss would be great to see, but not at these prices.
I did see Lyle Lovett and the Large Band this summer, at $70/ ticket. Well worth it to me
@@scottkidwellmusic9175 that's reasonable. Bruce is filling 15k stadiums they don't need to charge that much. It's insane and just plain greedy
I’m thankful for the glory days 80’s and 90’s when you skipped half day of school and hung out at the venue in hopes of meeting the band. I met so so many bands this way. General admission was awesome but. I just don’t go to concerts anymore. Tickets and it seems kinda like a hassle. I guess l am old but the best seat in the house for a concert is UA-cam for me alot of times. Big big bands are nice to see but young hungry bands are best. I saw GNR before Appetite broke out. I skipped school and ended up chilling and setting on the bus with RATT and talking gear with Warren. I even shared a beer with Cliff Burton setting the grass beside the bus. We never caused problems and the world was a better place. I’m thankful for my memories
My question is does the artist share in the inflated price of the ticket? Somehow I don’t think so…
I haven’t been to a show since seeing the Replacements at Riot-Fest Chicago in 2013.
It was a long, miserable, wet, cold-day. The Mats were good, but I’d never been so happy to sit-down in the car … after we found it.
I’m just too-old & fussy to enjoy that type of concert anymore. 😂
This mess all started in 94 with The Eagles demanding triple what tickets were going for in market. Once people started supporting it all went downhill! My first concert was Queen MSG 1982, $14.50 with Billy Squier warming up!
Eagles
I was there.
I’d rather spend the money seeing someone who appreciates it like Jonathan Robinson than to make TM more wealthy.
Just went to the Back Roads Blues Festival two weeks ago. $50 a ticket.I tell everybody, blues fan or not, to go see this show if you get a chance. Especially if you're a guitar player. $50, I couldn't believe it.
Bands used to make their fortune from album sales and the shows were cheap. Now the music is pretty much free and the shows are outrageously expensive. I hate that its so hard to see a show but I understand they wanna get paid.
I'm worse than most. I stopped going to concerts when ticket prices topped $10. I saw Jimi Hendrix for $3.25 a ticket and could stand in front of the stage and touch him. Late 60's I saw Jeff Beck, Cream, the Dead, Airplane, Doors, Steve Miller, Quicksilver, you name it, all the big bands of the day for $2.50 to $3.50 a ticket. And as a teen I could afford it even then. It was about the same price as the vinyl LP. And parking was free almost everywhere. I can't remember what I paid to see SRV, but it was less than $10 and again we could just walk up to the stage and reach out and touch him. You could even chat these guys up. Fun times!
(Waits for Gibson to start ‘preorder queue’ by early 2023.)
My concert-going days are over and I'm glad I enjoyed it when I did.
Lawsuits a'comin. Tickets are high because the factor of competition in the marketplace is not there. Live Nation is a monopoly, that's illegal. Springsteen is a hypocrite. Screw him.
Blackberry Smoke literally tells people on their website to only get tickets from them because they talk about how shady all these ticket sites are.
I'm going to see a show at Cats Cradle in November. Tickets were $35. The most ive ever paid to go to a concert was to see Modest Mouse for $75 at madison square garden.
Go to a bluegrass festival! For about $150 you'll get 4 days of great bands, each doing 2 sets, and the opportunity to jam with some great musicians!
Join fan clubs. Most major touring artists has either an official or "officially-endorsed" fan clubs that allow early access to tickets through ticketmaster. It'll likely end up using the exact same algo, as what I experienced buying tix for a TOOL show this past tour was absolute bananas even in the pre-sale. Still got floor tix for less than $200 each though. So I'm now a fanboy of whatever band I wanna see.
in my concert hey days late 70's.Flint IMA, ticket prices were 5.50, 6.50 qnd 7.50. Saw aerosmith backing the James Gang, Zappa, J. Geils, BTO, Foghat, Kiss, Rush, REO, Todd Rungren, Patty Smith etc. Those my friends were the days.
I was accepting of Dynamic Pricing when I was looking to see a Broadway show in NY. I kinda get it. They play on the demand market to have more consistent revenue. Getting higher prices for the good seats on the weekend to make up for the low prices on a bad seat on a weekday to make sure it's not an empty show. But those shows have a long residency in one spot. If you don't get the seat at a price you want, try a different day.
Concerts are a one time shot. Like he's only playing in Houston on one day and may never be back again. To get priced out based on "dynamic pricing" is just bullshit in that scenario. Name your price and let every one have at it.
Just experienced this with the Chili Peppers. Great show, but was really expensive compared to the stadium base price in BOA stadium. I don't go to concerts often, so I enjoyed it for seeing a band I really enjoy. However, this pricing structure definitely makes me far less likely to see other bands I may like but not be as familiar with. I like to play music, so it's not the end of the world for me. I really enjoyed seeing a group of seasoned musicians with great chemistry play an amazing performance. Just wish it wouldn't cost an arm and a leg to do so.
I had to choose between rhcp and the Def Leppard/Motley Crue show. The price to see 4 bands (Joan Jett, poison, Motley Crue, and Def Leppard) was half the price to see just the rhcp. $300 for two tickets to see 4 bands. It would have been $600 for two tickets for rhcp , same seats same stadium.
I saw Pearl Jam at Civic Auditorium in SF, the early 2000’s. They played the Civic, because Ticketmaster didn’t control it. They sold out 4 consecutive nights, for the price of watching a good local band. Eddie and the guys were right all along!
I saw them then on that tour too in Chicago - you gave them 10 bucks and your address - they sent you a CD of that nights show... ! i got mine in less than a week. WHO DOES THAT...?
I think one aspect to consider (certainly not in Springsteen's case) but bands today don't sell records. I assume the primary income stream for most bands comes from live touring.
I priced some tickets a few weeks ago. On the floor in the center were over $900.
I was 14 rows from Clapton last year and the tickets were like $220 at the time I bought them and I bought them pretty early. I just kept checking out of curiosity to see what they wound up and the people sitting right next to me probably wound up paying $800 for the same seats. I just got lucky to get them for that price. It was in Nashville and I was curious when John Mayer played there how much the same seats went for and they were like way over a grand the whole time.
Seventh row for Aerosmith and eighteenth row for Robin Trower both at MSG. Don’t think I paid more then 12.50 for either show. I miss the 1970’s.
Last year I paid $100 to see the Rolling Stones in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas. My seat was as far from the stage as is possible in that venue. it was rainy and on the cold side. I thought the price was too high, but I'd never seen the Stones and they're such an iconic band I felt I had to experience their show at least once in my life. Was it worth it? I think it was. But I won't be doing it again.
Anti-trust Law, definition: "In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses to promote competition and prevent unjustified monopolies."
Jack White had tickets for this latest tour on sale for 35 bucks the day they went up. We wound up getting the $65 tickets. It can be done.
I saw My Chem on Monday and saw Pearl Jam on Thursday. I hate the dynamics pricing but I bought PJ floor tix an hour before the show for $39 below face value. But 175 for MCR and $130 for PJ is the most I’ve ever paid in my life. And I’ve seen Prince, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr… last PJ show was only $89
John Oliver covered this on Last Week Tonight. Ticket Master is the worst. For numerous reasons. Watch the episode, it's pretty great.
Yep. It cost me 150$ to buy a ticket in the furthest worst seats in kfc yums center in Louisville ky to see tool back in may. Litterally stage left all the way in the last row. I only cared about seeing adam jones,but of course he was on right hand of stage and couldn't even see him except when he would walk to center stage. BUT holy moly was it a killer show! Tool sound exactly the same live as they do on their albums. The only band ive ever saw to do it that well. And ive been going to concerts and festivals like crazy for over 20 yrs.
Meanwhile The Rolling Stones are saying hold my beer and watch this.
My Friend and I have been going to concerts for 25 years. 100 concerts later We’ve seen pretty much every act we wanted to (a lot who are no longer with us), and with the prospect of everything being over £100 a ticket now along with all the other charges, we’ve decided this part of life has passed us by…
…Unless we get a chance of Elvis Costello or ZZ Top.
A fool and his money are easily parted.
Down with ticketmaster. Bring back camping out for tickets!
For the past two years regents the machine was supposed to come to Pittsburgh, I think they came this year I’m not sure. Because when I checked ticket prices last year, they were wondering damn near $500 for the side of the arena, and not even great seats.
I saw Prince perform twice and never paid more than $45 a ticket. And he was the best show I have ever seen… TWICE!
I’m not paying $200 a ticket to see anyone. I will buy a damn DVD of their concert performance. Do they even make DVDs anymore?
I saw the "Born In The USA Tour" back in 1985 at the LA Coliseum. 90,000 + fans. It was a great concert. He and E-Street grinded through two-plus hours of music not including a 30 minute intermission. Paid through Ticketmaster then. I think it was $70 a pop if memory serves.
outrageous for 1985
@@csnide6702 No opening band, it was 100% of the artist you came to see. It could have been $70 for two tickets since it was my wife and I who attended. Yes indeed, it was an outrageous amount to pay then, but one of the greatest concerts ever, with high energy, giving their best start to finish.
Bob Dylan tickets £85 (about $100) at the Motorpoint in Nottingham
A little bit of dynamic pricing is somewhat understandable but when a ticket that was 200 face value is now 1000 or 2000 and then scalpers are selling floor seats for 25, 000 dollars we have a huge problem. Concerts should not be for only the ultra rich or those so desperate to go they will starve to pay for it.
If i remember correct koch networks bought clear channel then clear channel bought up radio stations coast to coast (back when radio homogenized to hot 101, 102 so on) then they got in charge of tickets but got broken up due to anti trust laws so live nation was the whole concert arm of the monopoly just renamed. And people say "why does new music suck" luckily not long after that youtube my space n stuff came out n thats really where i find new music also lil coffee shop shows or some bars
Avoid the impersonal stadium rock experience. The last big show I saw was the Stones in the nineties. I was so far from the stage, I had to watch on the Jumbotron. Fortunately, there are still live music clubs. So go support the small bands,have fun and be able to say I saw them when…
i still see shows for under 20 bucks. gotta love punk rock...
It’s really crazy out here
I haven't gone to a major concert in decades. The ticket prices are just unaffordable not to mention parking and drinks. The average working person can barely afford go to a local club and listen to a local band and buy drinks and food.
Buy a 70 inch tv, watch the concert on it the next day on you tube , buy beer and food , still way cheaper !
I hate when companies have monopolies on sectors, but this may be a way to level the playing field for smaller to medium bands.
"How much are tickets to this huge band? Way too high. But there's a band playing the day before I never heard of for much less. Let's see them instead."
I've had experiences booking shows where I float my rates and they're accepted quickly and could have gotten more, which as a musician is always desired, so the idea of dynamic pricing, on a smaller scale, sounds awesome. But horrible when they balloon up to $800 a ticket.
I remember getting tickets in 70s for Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden $10.00 i know I'm giving my age but the prices now ridiculously high
A big thing that has changed is that, touring "used" to be about promoting an album by the band. Record labels saw - and funded - touring as a promotional expense. Nowadays touring "is" the main income source for the record label, band and everyone around them. This gives Live Nation and similar promoters/ticket sellers massive power, so they can charge what they want regardless of what the artist might say, because the artist is no longer the sole beneficiary from tour receipts. With legacy artists as huge as Springsteen, they will have much more say of course and take a bigger cut, but even mid range up and coming artists have to march to the drum of the promoters and ticket agencies. I remember working with bands playing 5k venues in early 2000s and even then, they had no say on the price of the ticket which was set by the promoter. End result is, for me at least, I won't be going to see much live music anymore at these crazy prices. Hey ho, good old capitalism and monopolies and the fabled "free market" lol :)
I've been saying this for years , "F%#k Ticketmaster" and stadium concerts. I paid $28 for a floor ticket to Metallica on the Justice For All tour , these prices are insane. Back to Venues selling tickets. Take the day off work and wait in a line. Bands need to stand up to this if they care about fans....sadly they don't.
$1500 for The Boss, he better play "I'm on Fire" 18 times.
I just saw Rod Stewart in Tampa. $80.00 each ticket. Nose bleed seats, but he was great,(Cheap Trick was the opener and they were Horrible). I’ve paid $275.00 to see McCartney. That’s worth it to me. It’s Paul McCartney. I wouldn’t pay more for anyone else. I’ve seen Springsteen once on the River Tour and 5 times on the Born in the USA tour. I wouldn’t pay $20.00 to seen the working man’s hypocrite now. I’ve seen the Allman Brothers over 60, yes Sixty times. Clapton(including Cream) about 25 times. Countless other shows, but it has to be special for to me to pay more than $100. I started going to concerts in 1975, so I’ve seen concert prices like everything else in the world go up dramatically. But I don’t see Springsteen selling out at those prices. It’s ridiculous. Maybe it’s just his ego. He doesn’t need the money, after all he just sold his catalog for $500 million.
I spend my money on lesser known artists and often I am pleasantly surprised. That's the only way I know around that sad game. I wanted to go see Elton John or Radiohead and the tickets were as high as $500 for a nosebleed seat. That kind of greed is disgusting and I hope the scalpers lose their money. As long as people are willing to continue to pay outlandish prices it will go on.
My sister got Springsteen tickets in Buffalo for 150 on the morning of the release. They have cut out the middle man just like the pro sports owners have via psl’s and seat geek. Ticketmaster is the devil and an artist like springsteen has no other choice because the demand for his tickets is higher than any other artist and has been for 50 years. I paid over 150 a ticket for the reunion tour in 99 in multiple cities. Dynamic pricing is awful and it has been sold the artists as a way to avoid scalping. Pearl Jam and springsteen have tried to stop scalping but there is no way to do it so this is the end game, Ticketmaster becomes the scalper…again this is exactly like nfl owners deal with seat geek and forcing psl’s on season tickets holders.
The ONLY Rock Star I'd pay $1,000 to see is Lawrence Welk ! Mic Drop! 🎤
Easy to fix. The fans need to sacrifice two or three tours of major groups, be they the boss, the chilli peppers, GnR, or who ever. After the groups make huge losses on a few tours maybe they will get the message and put pressure on the ticket sellers. After all, individual fans have no power but maybe the group’s management do. In the end money talks.
Also, I always thought that the roots of rock and roll were sticking it to the man, not bending over for them.
£1000 for a ticket! I wouldn’t need a seat, I wouldn’t be able to sit down anyway!
Great idea, problem is there’s always enough idiots willing to pay $500
It’s horrible I have seen Janes addiction and smashing pumpkins a ton and never paid more the. $30 a ticket … I recently bought tickets for the Janes / pumpkin s tour .. I did get 3rd row seats but it cost me $845 for two tickets … it will be the last time I ever do that … it better be a great show
People may not like it, but the fact that scalping is a thing is because often tickets are priced lower than the market allows. People may think it's unfair for those with less money to get priced out of seeing some concerts, but you might as well argue that it's unfair to get priced out of owning a Mercedes, or for that matter a Gibson. Supply and demand.
Ya, it has nothing to do with creating false scarcity.
I see both sides of this. When younger I'd wait on line all morning for tickets. If you did not want to spend your morning on line you could buy scalped tickets at multiples of the list price. Many bands have tried to limit bulk ticket purchases by scalpers or try methods of making scalping unprofitable. I can see charging what the market will bear but the band should be willing to keep adding dates until the market price comes down to a reasonable sum. If Bruce wanted to really project the working man image he could have 10 or 12 nights at MSG instead of 2. Hard on the Band better for the fan. Me I skip the big shows and am making an effort to see lots of smaller acts. In the last year Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Mary Gauthier, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, The Other Favorites, Bela Fleck, Bob Dylan, Yuga Wang and I'm sure I'm missing a few. Never spending over $100.
I was a little late to the Vulfpeck Game. Only discovered 3-4 years ago. Now if I want Premium V.I.P. for Bonnaroo all 4 days only starting at $3,500 then I found the add ons like the "world's longest salad". That in it self is worth the price of admission. Long story short, sorry Vulfpeck I think I'd rather buy a guitar from Casino Guitars and give them the $3,500 + my $20 for the long Salad! We could ask Cory if I'm Wong... 😅🏁🍾
Love to here what the artist actually thinks… is it all money now or do they actually care about developing new fans and getting the music to the most people… Music industry just feels like it’s lost it soul a bit….
This is just how economics works. If there's a limited quantity and high demand then the price goes way up. If you sell below what the market says the tickets are actually worth then someone is going to buy them and re-sell for that high price. You can complain all you want but the high price is unavoidable unless these artists want to do 3 or 4 times as many shows.
Thousands of dollars for concert tickets - at least if you buy a Gibson or USA Fender you have something to show for it for decades not just one night.
nice head Bax 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙0:19 Bax looks totally fried out of his mind, super stoner
Can you two do dad jokes in mom jeans?
I've probably seen about 80 concerts in my life. First show was Def Leppard in 1984. About 13.00 Billy Joel same year, about 17.00, ACDC following year, 17.00. And keep in mind, maybe not the same visual spectacle, but these guys were in their prime. This 3-400.00 per ticket is b.s. The problem is, if we, the stupid fans continue to pay it, we have nobody else to blame.
I looked at tickets for a show that i wouldnt consider big. I saw the cheapest so i just didnt go ticket was 500
It's brutal.
I go to heavy metal and alternative rock shows, most of them are at small to medium size venues in the UK, i might avoid arena shows if ticketmaster continues dynamic pricing and if the price is more than reasonable, somebody like Bruce Springsteen, a lot of his fanbase will be people from a working class background who will be seriously priced out of his shows unfortunately, but can't it help if an artist of his level of popularity, there is a big demand for him, but cliche as it is, something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it
Concert prices are ridiculous anymore. Most of these bands don't even have an opener who they're paying either. Even my favorite bands that are doing shows alone, yeah I love them and I wish I could go see them,but it's not worth the price of a ticket these days unless you don't mind the nosebleed section or the lawn area way in the back. Alot of touring bands missed out on alot of money over CoVid ,so I'm sure they're trying to recoup lost wages of over two years,but this is taking it too far. Parking at these shows too is up 50% in many cities and the fees on top of the ticket price is just a second and third kick in the nuts
Just buy the $25 dvd
The DEATH NAIL of real authentic musicians - real musicians who have real music are saying FUCK THIS - and the quit BEFORE they even start. THE DEATH OF MUSIC IS GREED... Mostly from NON MUSICIANS.
$12,50 for a beer. Damn.
Or a football game
I see the scammers entered the chat 2 hours ago. Ticketmaster is just out scalping the scalpers.
Paid 15 for Stevie Ray in 85..
I paid $55 Dollars to park my car at a San Diego Padres Game!!!!!!!
If you love capitalism then this is what you’ve asked for. Personally I have no interest in stadia shows. I’d rather support small clubs and bars as well as local music. It’s always been a better experience for me regardless of price
Bruce Springsteen has made a large mark in music history - but the most important artist of this generation? Dylan is still touring...
Wonder what his tickets are going for?
Paid $735 for 3 tickets to Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden...a concert i didnt even want to go...shes my wifes favorite so i had to get them for her...also had to take our son who is 3 cause there was no one we can leave him. Parking $50 toll $20. Plus dinner in the city...OVER $1000 😢😢😢😢
I saw a small band We Were Promised Jetpacks in Nov $30 street parking in a small club 😂😂😂😂😂
Big name concerts are just going to be out of reach. Luckly ive seen all my faborite bands already or they no linger touring like RUSH Van Halen Soundgarden
They do suck that's why I haven't been to a concert in years this very reason. Last few concerts I saw were in the late seventies Pink Floyd in Genesis.
In our culture and society, whenever
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I wouldn’t pay $800 for BJ from any band
Dynamic pricing is actually a better reflection of market value than ticket face value (they probably need to put a cap in the algorithm)
A concert is an event that exists at one point in time, so it is by nature limited in supply. We'd all love ticket prices to stay low, but then the only factor in who gets tickets to a high demand show is who logs in to the online queue at the right right time (and beats out the secondary market bots; another problem).
The bigger problem is that Ticketmaster/Live Nation have a vertical and horizontal monopoly in the US. In Europe, there are at least two ticket vendors for each show and venue, so there is actual competition to keep things in check, thus you have generally lower ticket prices on average than the US shows. Also, I think there must be better protections against reseller bots, as concerts don't sell out right away nearly as often (though coincidentally, I couldn't get Springsteen tickets for next year in Germany after logging in a few minutes late, no dynamic pricing for that one).
And right on with buying last second tickets. Scored same day Elton John tickets on a whim.
That's what all monopolies say. Monopolies are broken up because of the adverse effect on the consumer. The consumer is more important than the rock star or concert promoter. Live Nation are sitting ducks for an anti-trust lawsuit. So is Mr. Blue Collar "Down-by the dynamo" Springsteen.
no use complaining about ticket prices - just don´t buy any !!!
The scammer argument is BS. It implies that everyone buying tickets n a non-dynamic scenario is looking to flip them for profit? No! I've been to many, many concerts and always bought tickets for myself or friends so we could enjoy the show. So now everyone has to pay scammer prices for their tickets? Screw 'em. Seen Bruce many times but never again. The rich just keep getting richer.
311, who I’ve seen about 15-20 times in my life, and who has toured continuously every year and every summer since the early 90s (except 98), always had reasonable prices, especially back in the day. They’ve been my favorite band since I was about 11 years old, always preached a message of Unity and positivity, and had killer music to boot.
3 of them have become increasingly brainwashed by Hollywood influences over the years, so of course, in 2022, the drummer, who was on truth social and trying to stay true to himself and his values (but also brainwashed to some extent) have gotten into an a spat that has caused the Bassist Pnut to call it quits after 30 years, or at least “take a break after he fulfills his tour obligations”.
My homeboy at work, who makes way more $ than I do, is also a huge 311, naturally he broke the news to me, and we decided to go see them for what will definitely be my last show. Well needless to say, tickets have been sold out and not worth pursuing at certain out of state venues, and he finally talked me into flying to Chicago and getting tickets in the VIP section (he had to pester them to sell us the tickets).it was $420 just for the ticket. Luckily I’m flying there for free, but still, $420, when I saw them in San Antonio this spring for $75. I’m still a little bothered by that price tag, but I told myself it’s the last time I’ll see them, so might as well do it.
To be honest, they still play and sound amazing, but their sets have become shorter, they play less and less of their the deep cuts and b-sides and play almost entirely crowd pleaser casual fan songs, of which they have many. Their new albums have other people writing the songs, and as much as I love them as musicians and people, after this show, I might have to move on emotionally. I’ll always love 311 for what they’ve given me over the years, but it’s time for a this dead horse to stop being beaten.
Ticketmaster should be ashamed of themselves, I personally won’t be going to many shows that are Ticketmaster-level acts after this, only a rare few, and once all these legacy acts die off and stop touring, I hope the new generation of bands can either play exclusively smaller venues or cut Ticketmaster out of the loop entirely, they’re an evil business that deserves to go bankrupt.
Sorry for the long comment, Bax and Johnny, love you guys!
Springsteen is still alive?
Why buy tickets when you can just click subscribe and watch the boys armwrestle?
Stop paying the insane prices....if stadiums can't sell tickets and performers can't play prices will come down.
Dynamic pricing guarantees that I statically stop buying.
It’s nothing but legalised touting. Springsteen of all people should be calling it out for what it is. Also interesting the Steve Van Zandt, a guy who has an opinion on most things, has nothing to say about it. Shame on them all.
I haven't had very much interest in Bruce Springsteen since he left Barack Obama make a fool of him.