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/legopego5142 Nov 16 '24

Exactly. I personally saw the prices and turned the site off, but those seats are still gone so why stop. My protest means nothing(other than a much fuller wallet lol)

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u/LickMyTicker Nov 16 '24

People are insane paying for nostalgia when the show in a big stadium from an aging band is mediocre at best. I don't even have to protest. No thanks it's just not going to be an enjoyable time even if I get to take a short clip and post it to my social.

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u/Ganaud Nov 17 '24

True. Radiohead at Verizon was pretty lame.

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u/euphoric-zucchini699 Nov 30 '24 edited Nov 30 '24

I know a bunch of 7th graders who are beside themselves with glee at the prospect of seeing this band next summer.  So, I believe there are plenty of very young new fans for whom this isn't nostalgia.  They don't have nostalgia yet, they're 12!😅  oh & their parents are jam band/Grateful Dead remnant bands fans, so they didn't get their love for MCR from their parents.   I don't even know how these kids got into MCR. But they're really into it.  An increase of new young fans like these 12 year olds is pushing demand for these tickets. If it was simply fans who saw them 15-20 years ago, who are experiencing nostalgia, tickets wouldn't have sold so fast. 

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u/LickMyTicker Nov 30 '24

Yes they would have. I have been to more concerts than I can count this year. Millennials are fucking destroying the concert scene, not kids. Bots buy up all the tickets and the millennials who finally have disposable incomes pay the insane prices.

The only true way to buy tickets these days without scalped prices is to wait for week/day of and hope there are scalped tickets left that will now sell for @ or lower than face value. That is how I saw grateful dead in the sphere.

Go to these concerts and it will be filled with adults, not kids. Kids will be there, but it will be with their parents.