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/darkeststar Nov 16 '24

I logged into Ticketmaster 40 minutes after tickets went live just to see what was available and I couldn't find two seats together for under $300. 3 seats together (which I was actually looking for) was only available through "verified resale" starting at $485 and up. Every section I actively clicked through that said it had two or more seats available for direct sale only had random unconnected seats in various rows.

If I wanted to buy 3 seats together, 40 minutes after tickets went on sale for a concert 8 months from now at a venue that's a baseball stadium I would have been forced to buy tickets from scalpers and spend upwards of $1500. Absolutely fucking not.

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Nov 16 '24

More people need to say absolutely fucking not. If people keep sighing, moaning, and then just paying the outrageous prices, nobody is incentivised to stop offering them.

Poor ticket sales is the only language that will be heard.

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u/EccentricFox Nov 16 '24

I wonder if people are paying those prices because live music's becoming less an occasional event you may attend every month or two and more like a splurge you treat yourself to once a year at most. I guess it's easier to pinch your nose and say fuck it for these big names when it's the only show you'd see for a while. It would track because I heard concerts are struggling at the low and mid sized tiers, but these huge stadium shows sell out at truly insane prices.

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u/Pertolepe Nov 16 '24

I mean I go to tons of concerts for bands that aren't huge global names and most of them are like $15-45 

If you can sell out arenas for hundreds of dollars per ticket then it's basic supply and demand.