You've got to be kidding me

[karohemd]

Concert ticket prices have been a joke for quite some time but this takes the biscuit. Tickets for Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck at the O2 start at a face value of 60 (+fees and shipping). Any reasonable seat would at least be 100, with top seats being 125. WHAT THE FUCK?
For the upcoming Eric Clapton/Stevie Winwood gig, tickets are between 60 and 90.

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Hah. Try looking at Bon Jovi (also at the O2). Starting price is 45 quid, top price is 200. The 65 quid seats are behind the stage (it's one of these semi-in-the-round ones). We suspect the 45 quid seats are actually under it...

[raggedhalo.livejournal.com]

One of the many, many reasons I prefer gigs at small venues!

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

There are very few people I'd pay that much to see. I only paid £90 to see Tom Waits because I was pretty sure it was the only chance I'd ever get.

Steve Earle was only £26.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Star Wars in Concert from £30 to £100!

Those must be some awesome £100 tickets, especially for a family show.

[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

problem is, supply is far less than demand, which means they can charge this, and people will pay it. As long as this is the case, there's nothing that can be done about it. :(

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

The real issue is that people stopped paying for recorded music some time ago, and so artists are making up the shortfall in back-catalogue sales by racking up the cost of live performance.

Twenty years ago, live performance was a loss-leader for album sales. Now it's the other way around.

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

I didn't even SEE the £45.... and decided not to go for the opening £90 level 4. The "Amex preferred" were £375.

[akonken.livejournal.com]

On the bright side, Ingrid Michaelson tickets at the O2 are £12.50. ;)

They charge what people will pay for.

[hrafen.livejournal.com]

About 100 quid for Clapton and Beck sounds about right. You should have tried getting AC/DC tickets, they were loads more, same goes for last Springsteen tour. Ultimately I guess tickets get priced at what the market thinks will sell.