yes, it is expensive to see the biggest artists in the world live. that’s nothing new

i saw Yo La Tengo Saturday night for $30 lol

Just bought another case of ammo, we good on this side

Stadium tours with high production value take insane amounts of behind the scenes work.

Taylor's tour had hundreds of workers and dozens of semi trucks basically working 24/7 during this tour run. You also have to consider the amount that is going to Ticketmaster, as well as the insane paycheck the main artist is getting.

Transit and production costs are super high right now, and outside of a few exceptions concert ticket prices haven't gone up as much as everything else. You can still see touring artists in a 2k capacity venue for ~25 bucks, which is cheap considering the price of everything else

i think its a combination of different reasons. one of them is that apparently people are willing to pay higher in the post-covid climate for big artists they havent seen in a while/havent toured in a while like Taylor Swift or Beyonce. plus just general inflation ofc and the ridiculous fees. and the fact that touring in general is less profitable for artists now so they have to make a bit more money anyway across the board of popularity

I think trying to get resale tickets for one of those huge sales is an L, best way is to try to get the presale things they do now and just try to get as lucky as you can. I got good Taylor Swift stadium tickets for like < $200. and a few other arena-medium size shows for around $100-200

going to smaller shows of artists you really like for like $25-50 is the best tbh

Awesome my dream is a sustainable farm but in another country.

also i think some people dont understand the whole resale thing, like they'll see something like a specific ticket being listed for $5000 resale somewhere and they be like "omg taylor swift floor tickets cost $5000 this is ridiculous!"

not that they dont have a valid point but people have to be careful not to get ripped off and think the tickets are worth more than they actually are

No perfect price

Badu tickets for MSG was pretty affordable ngl

I mean no s*** but im talking about the difference between $500ish floor tickets and where we're at now

thats fire

"""inflation"""

People are willing to spend the money, just simple supply and demand.

knew you would have some good insight given ur experience in this space

makes sense on transit costs too + like @rvi said im sure post covid has lifted things up + lack of recent tours for the 3 I mentioned in OP

Paying 400 is crazy for one artist tho, you could go to plenty of 3/4 day festivals for that money

shoot me first

fr especially for nosebleeds

let alone over 1000

Biden’s America

IF YALL BROKE JUST SAY THAT

It's what happens when you don't hit companies like LiveNation/Ticketmaster and AEG with federal regulations and restrictions to reign in unfettered price gouging practices (and it's gotten worse with the last few years due to the pandemic and said corporations taking advantage of the pandemic-driven consumer demand that was largely present in 2021 & 2022). In comparison, they can't pull that s*** in Europe because there are actual standards in place to prevent wild exorbitant ticket pricing to transpire. Can't say the same for the States

Society isn’t sustainable rn. We’re gonna see a collapse.

I make $40 an hour and live paycheck to paycheck. I don’t even be spending like that either.

Europe gang wya!!

I klarna pay-in-4 all my ticketmaster tickets over $150

I get amazing seats and don't have to rush to pay. I've been able to see in-high demand acts this year like Bruce Springsteen and Peso Pluma up close

Some of the best shows I've seen this year have had less than 50 people in the crowd

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