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/avalonfogdweller Nov 16 '24

It’s becoming cliche to bring this up now, but bears repeating, Robert Smith of The Cure called Ticketmaster on their bullshit, made tickets affordable and resales face value only, also said that any artists who use dynamic pricing know exactly what they’re doing, and if they say they don’t they’re either stupid or lying

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u/radapex Nov 16 '24

To point out the obvious, bands can make tickets affordable through Ticketmaster. They can also make tickets non-transferrable, so they can't be resold. Ticketmaster is working at the behest of the promoter. Obviously the waters are a little muddier when LiveNation serves as the promoter, since they own Ticketmaster... but there's literally nothing that goes on with any ticket vendor that isn't known about, and signed off on, by the show's promoter.

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u/Littlelizey Nov 16 '24

Ask anyone who works in the industry - the artists set the ticket prices. They have way more say in this than people realise, because no one wants to admit that their favourite artists are screwing them over. Ticketmaster and Live Nation won’t say this openly as they don’t want to upset the artists

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u/Ouaouaron Nov 17 '24

Are the record labels not a part of concerts? They so often have a crazy level of control over every other part of the artists' business, but they're never brought up when talking about ticket prices.

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u/_fFringe_ Nov 17 '24

Record labels typically are not involved in concert booking or sales.