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ticket prices
Apr. 14th, 2013 11:15 amOkay, so I got our Stones tickets last week. This week I got out Violent Femmes tickets. Those ended up being sixty eight bucks a piece. That includes Summerfest admission, so we don't have to pay the extra twenty bucks for that, or whatever it is now. It bugs me because the main stage acts used to be free, and admission was well under ten dollars. Yeah, I'm getting old, what of it?
The Rolling Stones show in Chicago sold out so quickly, they added two more shows. I'm sure those were a little easier to get. Oh well.
Those tickets ran $180, $250, $400 and $600. Oh, and $1200 for the "Tongue Pit" right down front. A lot of people have complained about the prices being too high, and that the Stones are just cashing in - or cashing out, since this is their last tour ever. I've heard it called the Ka-ching Tour. But the show sold out in minutes. Obviously, they could have charged even more.
But you want to hear something really insane? Pearl Jam tickets for Chicago went on sale on Friday, and also sold out. Those tickets were roughly double what the Stones tickets were selling for! Not only that, but it was a stadium show, which means there were probably three times as many tickets available.
One thing Mick Jagger said to justify the price of their tickets, is that they're playing fewer shows than the usual tour, which drives the production cost up. It also drives demand up. As far as I can tell, Pearl Jam isn't even doing a tour. So that drives production costs and demand way up.
The Rolling Stones show in Chicago sold out so quickly, they added two more shows. I'm sure those were a little easier to get. Oh well.
Those tickets ran $180, $250, $400 and $600. Oh, and $1200 for the "Tongue Pit" right down front. A lot of people have complained about the prices being too high, and that the Stones are just cashing in - or cashing out, since this is their last tour ever. I've heard it called the Ka-ching Tour. But the show sold out in minutes. Obviously, they could have charged even more.
But you want to hear something really insane? Pearl Jam tickets for Chicago went on sale on Friday, and also sold out. Those tickets were roughly double what the Stones tickets were selling for! Not only that, but it was a stadium show, which means there were probably three times as many tickets available.
One thing Mick Jagger said to justify the price of their tickets, is that they're playing fewer shows than the usual tour, which drives the production cost up. It also drives demand up. As far as I can tell, Pearl Jam isn't even doing a tour. So that drives production costs and demand way up.
