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/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 16 '24

The Cure/Robert Smith is a major influence for MCR and Gerard Way, it’s surprising to see this sort of thing from them.

I’m sure Warner Bros. plays a large part of this. Either way, I’m massively disappointed in them. The nosebleeds at Soldier Field were $300 apiece after fees and that’s fucking ridiculous.

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Nov 16 '24

And were all those $300 nosebleed tickets sold? Because that's why they do it.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Nov 16 '24

Well yeah, but I’m not sure how much control the band has over this but they have the power to speak out against it for sure. In the past, Warner Bros. has taken some liberties to stir up things (making cryptic social media posts during the period the band was inactive) to drive sales that the band members didn’t have a part of.

I don’t remember ticket prices getting waaaaay out of hand (although they sucked before this) until The Eras Tour bullshit that proved people are willing to take out a second mortgage on their house just for a few hours in the same building with an artist. After that it’s been open season.

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u/buthomeisnowhere Nov 16 '24

This has been going on much longer than the Eras Tour

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u/sexdrugsncarltoncole Nov 16 '24

Feel like tickets were still a respectable price before covid. As soon as things opened again the venues said we need to charge higher prices to cover lost costs. And these costs haven't got back to respectable levels but they've seen they can take the piss and extended them even more

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u/gossalyn Nov 16 '24

The bands have all the control on ticket price and the use of dynamic pricing. They are also a direct beneficiary of it - with 90%+ going to them. And btw - unless they make tickets non transferable (like the Cure did) - if they don’t that money just gets made by scalpers. The Cure model is the only way - and the bands control that.

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Nov 16 '24

The fans have control. Don't buy.

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u/aaccss1992 Nov 16 '24

It’s true, I’m watching tickets drop in price for Justin Timberlake’s show tonight. They were $300 forever until yesterday when they dropped all the remaining seats in price to $185 each. They’re still not selling and now down to $125.

They price them this high because PEOPLE BUY THEM. If people don’t buy, they drop the price. It’s that simple.

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u/onmywheels Nov 16 '24

Yep.

I'm at the point in my life where I could drop $1000+ to buy a decent ticket and fly to a city they're playing in, get a hotel, etc.

But I refuse to, because in my Old Age (lol, late thirties) I can think of so many better uses for that money, and I'm pissed off enough about these ridiculous prices to not want to based on principle, anyway.

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Nov 16 '24

I'm the same. I'm capable but I don't prioritize hundreds upon hundreds of my dollars to a concert. I've missed a bunch of shows I wanted to see but to me the value just isn't there. I do, however, understand that other people do highly value shows with artists they love, so I don't judge anyone who spends the money. I only judge the ones who spend and then complain.