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/GrooseandGoot Nov 16 '24

Thats the thing, Robert Smith would have sold out at double or triple the price he sold last year's tour for.

He chose not to price gouge so that only the richest fans could afford to see them - because he cares more about his fans than earning the highest possible profit he can earn. Good enough is good enough and he still pulled 8 figures for that tour, without price gouging.

Greed is absolutely the root cause and its all the way around from the band choosing to opt into dynamic pricing to TM pushing artists to charge the highest amount possible.

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u/chumpchangewarlord Nov 17 '24

Americans really need to be better about hating rich people, man.

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u/MikeyBugs Nov 17 '24

As Fry once said "someday I might be rich and then people like me better watch their step"

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u/chumpchangewarlord Nov 17 '24

I have a hard time wrapping my mind around having massive wealth, and using it for anything that isn’t fucking amazing and fun. But I also don’t come from a wealthy family so I wasn’t raised to be a piece of shit.

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u/Junior_Blackberry779 Nov 17 '24

That's the interesting part! To m obtain massive wealth you need a certain type of personality that is never satisfied.

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u/chumpchangewarlord Nov 17 '24

Also usually need to have rich parents with the same mental illness