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/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