Price of Concert Tickets

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It’s kinda like global warming. Some people believe it’s happening, some don’t
Some people think ticket prices are fine, some don’t.

I say the consumer has the power. Consumers need to come together and boycott high price shows.
Damn those Eagles... it all started with them.
In the last ten years prices have about doubled.
There's other ways for a band to make money other then playing live for only the rich.
Look at the all the awesome box sets bands are coming out with or charging for meet and greets. Bands can get creative with money making without raising ticket prices. Anyway, nowdays bands don’t make that much touring anyways....it all goes to the venue and TM.

It’s sad when you can’t afford to buy a ticket to your favorite band. ...A band that you have spent money on by buying their every album release. It’s sad and wrong.
Prices keep getting higher. Who’s to say they won’t stop getting higher? TM is taking advantage. Call it capitalism or whatever, but it’s just plain wrong to me.

I mean I just looked up two lawn tickets to a show I semi wanted to go to. Freggin $70! For lawn tickets! To me, two lawn tickets should be $45 tops.

If we don’t flex some consumer muscle somehow, ticket prices are only gonna go higher. But it seems to me people think they don’t have any power (which is wrong, I think they do) or they don’t give a shit.

Soon concerts will become an elitist activity. It’s going to blow. No average Joe Schmo will able to afford tickets. It’s going to be nothing but rich snobs at shows. Doesn’t sound like fun to me.

Bands can set whatever price they like. I guess. I don’t know really who’s setting the prices, TM or bands.
But if it’s indeed the band, are they aware when setting prices they maybe alienating a part of their fan base and do they care?
Do some think it’s okay for their favorite band to charge outrageous prices knowing the fans will ALWAYS buy and it’s totally ok to them? There’ll be no limit if bands have the upper hand.

Maxing out your credit card isn’t the answer either. Work for what you want, sure. But I’m also not going to sell my first born for a band that I’ve been buying their cds faithfully for years just to see them live. I’ve been buying your music for years, but I can’t afford to see you live. That’s messed up.

In my opinion the ‘if they’re overpriced, they wouldn’t sell’ thing doesn’t apply to concert tickets. Concerts are more an emotional purchase. It’s not the same as buying milk etc. People may be unrational about tickets because it’s their favorite band. Just look at what the Eagles did. They were overpriced (especially at that time) and people still snapped up tickets. Maybe that’s why people aren’t flexing consumer muscle.

I will say there're concerts I'm somewhat interested in and I don't go because it's out of my range. Just think of all those non-diehard fans/tickets they can sell if they lowered prices. But I guess for every non-diehard fan there's a diehard willing to fork out the dough.

If you’re not willing to buy, the concert must not be ‘worth it to you' some say.
I had really wanted to see Clapton when he came down. I AM a big fan and his music DOES mean a lot to me. But at the price they charged, I couldn't go. So the 'worth it' theory is BS to me. It made me sick...Clapton has money he's been doing this all his life, WTF? Why can't average Joe Schmo afford a ticket? I’m not any less of a fan if I don’t put myself into debt to see a live show.

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Humans are some strange creatures! I recently stumbled across a research study that shows if a person was told the wine they were drinking was expensive they would enjoy it more, even if it was a lie and they were drinking cheap wine. HERE

"Changes in the price of a product can influence neural computations associated with experienced pleasantness"

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