The tickets are worth what they're worth

I mean obviously if the shows all sell out why not maximize revenue?

I just think it’s a bit crass….unbecoming…. I expect it from the Stones but I guess it’s my problem if I have a double standard


It’s probably the highest average ticket price I have seen yet…

It’s hard to do the right thing when you are that popular and rich…what is the right thing?

Just seems exorbitant…at some point yes you can charge whatever you want if the market bears it but it’s obscene

Glad I saw him the last few times he was around.  Paid high ticket fees but nothing like these upcoming shows.

Starsky wrote:
I mean obviously if the shows all sell out why not maximize revenue?

I just think it’s a bit crass….unbecoming…. I expect it from the Stones but I guess it’s my problem if I have a double standard


It’s probably the highest average ticket price I have seen yet…

It’s hard to do the right thing when you are that popular and rich…what is the right thing?

Just seems exorbitant…at some point yes you can charge whatever you want if the market bears it but it’s obscene

Public - "Stop charging money for your art."

Artist - "Fuck you."  Raises prices.

jez this effort to get ahead of the scalpers is really screwing the fans IMO
Seems insane, but obviously there are enough fans out there with deep pockets for this

Bill Burr
Sep 15 Capital One Arena, Washington, DC

nosebleeds start at $75 and $350 if you want to be in the front sections

I don't even like Burr, I was just curious

Side wrote:
Seems insane, but obviously there are enough fans out there with deep pockets for this

And fans who don't know any better. I refuse to buy platinum priced tickets on principle.

Side wrote:
jez this effort to get ahead of the scalpers is really screwing the fans IMO
Seems insane, but obviously there are enough fans out there with deep pockets for this

Bill Burr
Sep 15 Capital One Arena, Washington, DC

nosebleeds start at $75 and $350 if you want to be in the front sections

I don't even like Burr, I was just curious

I like Bill. I am surprised he's playing arenas, good for him.

Thousand wrote:
I like Bill. I am surprised he's playing arenas, good for him.

yeah, I don't hate the guy by any means, he's pretty funny. I'm just shocked what face value floor tickets go for I'd say a B level comedian
Jez, just saw kevin nealand and Jay Mohr in places smaller than DC9, for less than a nosebleed at Bill's show (yes, barely C level. I'll admit that)
but just pricing to shows in general has really gone kind of insanse just in the last few years …
but obviously my opinion doesn't line the pockets off the people making money on this

The $350+ ticket is platinum pricing, yes? I always filter out those seats before buying…

Are the IMP venues Ticketmaster box offices as well? "Box office" sounds so 1980, but I'm wondering if I can save the service fees and buy tickets for other Ticketmaster events at other venues at the 9:30 or Anthem box offices.

Thousand wrote:
Are the IMP venues Ticketmaster box offices as well? "Box office" sounds so 1980, but I'm wondering if I can save the service fees and buy tickets for other Ticketmaster events at other venues at the 9:30 or Anthem box offices.

I just bought at tix at the 9:30 box office and they are still doing only the $1 fee!
but don't think that applies to all TM shows, just IMP ones.  Now I don't know if you can buy any TM event, I don't think you can
it is likely the same system, they probably just have a policy that it's only IMP

Sidespeare wrote:
I just bought at tix at the 9:30 box office and they are still doing only the $1 fee!
but don't think that applies to all TM shows, just IMP ones.  Now I don't know if you can buy any TM event, I don't think you can
it is likely the same system, they probably just have a policy that it's only IMP

Thanks, that's why I asked. I remember "back in the day" you could buy TM tickets at any TM venue and save yourself the service fees. But this was also in the days of paper tickets, which are damn well prehistoric now.

Apparently Springsteen tickets are worth a lot

Bruce Springsteen Fans Furious at Ticket Prices Going as High as $4-5K, Due to Ticketmaster’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/bruce-springteen-ticketmaster-ticket-prices-rise-thousands-dynamic-pricing-1235321657/

Saw this on the Twitter last night

https://twitter.com/carynrose/status/1549912913888018433?s=21&t=lnpdN_oD-ZfSO_DnNIs4bQ

Well he only got $500 million for his catalog a couple of months ago so he is hurting for cash.

wow that twitter feed was crazy
Literally no idea what the difference is between these two GA tickets except one is $1200 less than the other.


also the case with Platinum - no singles except GA

kosmo wrote:
Apparently Springsteen tickets are worth a lot

Bruce Springsteen Fans Furious at Ticket Prices Going as High as $4-5K, Due to Ticketmaster’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/bruce-springteen-ticketmaster-ticket-prices-rise-thousands-dynamic-pricing-1235321657/

Saw this on the Twitter last night

https://twitter.com/carynrose/status/1549912913888018433?s=21&t=lnpdN_oD-ZfSO_DnNIs4bQ

The Case of the $5,000 Springsteen Tickets
Triumphant fans showed up in Ticketmaster’s queue with special codes, only to encounter its “dynamic pricing” system. Was the Boss OK with that?

The whole Springsteen fanbase is up in arms (backstreets.com/btx).  Kind of amusing to read.  I've seen Bruce 80-90 times (I think) many times in GA against the rail.  I would never pay the base fees he is charging prior to the TM dynamic pricing mark-up BS. 

My brother somehow got Springsteen GA tix for Baltimore at face (still ridiculously high $399/ticket plus TM fees).  I told him to put them on stubhub for $5000/ticket and see what happens.

Cock wrote:
I've seen Bruce 80-90 times (I think) many times in GA against the rail. 

Oh, brother, let’s find you some help. This doesn’t have to be your life.

Since 1980 so 2 a year more or less?

Julian, wrote:

Cock wrote:
I've seen Bruce 80-90 times (I think) many times in GA against the rail. 

Oh, brother, let’s find you some help. This doesn’t have to be your life.

I mean, that's probably more frequently than i saw the dead, 1988-1995

I seen him twice. Once at Vote for Change 2004 at Verizon center and once about 2012 at Nats Park (a friend invited me). Bruce puts on a great show but it’s just not for me…

On subway ride  back home I sat next to David Corn ….we talked a bit about the election..like a day or two later he released that tape that undid Romney

Draw your own conclusions…..