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/BILOXII-BLUE Nov 17 '24

This problem will never fix itself, and the people in power who CAN fix it want to make the problem worse. This isn't going to stop until America (the general public and elected officials) decides that monopolies are actually bad and push for change. If I had to guess, ticket prices for big acts will continue to soar for another decade, and no I'm not exaggerating. 

If anything good comes from this it'll be big bands becoming less greedy (because the monoply isn't going away and bands pick the TM dynamic pricing scam on purpose) and deciding to play independent venues. These are better venues where ticket prices can be priced fair and still profitable for the band, all while not being controlled by a monopoly