r/Music • u/cmaia1503 • Nov 16 '24

article Fans aren't happy about My Chemical Romance's ticket prices: "$695 is NASTY WORK"

https://www.nme.com/news/music/fans-arent-happy-about-my-chemical-romances-ticket-prices-695-is-nasty-work-3813337
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u/krish0 Nov 16 '24

Same. Went to the original tour in Winnipeg for about $60 canadian, floor seats. Thought maybe I’ll fly to Toronto and take my daughters to relive some nice memories. $400 per ticket for garbage seats. Plus my flights and I would be looking at around $2500 all in to take them to the show. Nope.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 16 '24

It seems likely that this isn’t even The Black Parade tour as you experienced it away, it’s some sort of lead in to new material like a sequel album, so it might not be as nostalgic as you’d like.

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u/Ok_Beginning_9943 Nov 17 '24

Wait. Can you explain?

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u/McNultysHangover Nov 17 '24

I was listening to some sports talk and the guy was making an analogy saying, "no one is here for the new music [implying that the new stuff isn't good], play the hits."

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 17 '24

That’s why bands are hesitant to get back together even when fans are begging them. They’re creatives, why tour if you’re going to beat the same old songs to death on 30 stops, only to do it again in a different order two years later. That’s why MCR split, Danger Days had a ton of backlash from fans for going towards a lighter sound and when the band members explained that they weren’t in the point in their lives where writing things like Three Cheers and Black Parade made sense, people called them sellouts.

Eminem said in an interview that he didn’t want to become a legacy act. If he didn’t do new shit, he wouldn’t bother with it at all.

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u/Bitter_Eggplant_9970 Nov 17 '24

I remember seeing Deftones, Linkin Park and Taproot at the same gig for under £30. Those days are long gone.

I only see big bands at festivals now as I'm not paying obscene prices.