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[Puck it]

125 to 400 for John Mellencamp at the Bank of America Pavillon in Boston. Ouch.

[Dr Skimeister]

Originally Posted by Puck it

125 to 400 for John Mellencamp at the Bank of America Pavillon in Boston. Ouch.

Isn't Lucinda Williams opening for him?

[Puck it]

I don't think it listed it on the website for BofA Pavillon.

[Dr Skimeister]

Originally Posted by Puck it

I don't think it listed it on the website for BofA Pavillon.

http://www.lucindawilliams.com/shows.php

link from here shows top ticket price (not including the VIP package price) to be $125. Still more than double than I would be willing to pay, though.....

[Puck it]

You are right. I could have sworn, I saw $359 for a ticket price.

[deadheadskier]

The primary reason behind these prices today are the promoters and ticketbastards not the artists themselves. Certain arenas are monompolized by promoting companies and they control the price.

I'm a big moe. fan and their tickets are up around $45 these days. I asked a friend who works for the band what amount the band sees and he said roughly $25 and that's split between the band and sound/light/stage crew. Nearly 50% of the costs go to the venue, promoters and ticket agents.

To me, it's no longer worth it. I'll stick to the local scene, pay $15-20 tops to see more talent in a smaller club where the sound is actually good and I can see the musicians up close.

[Dr Skimeister]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

The primary reason behind these prices today are the promoters and ticketbastards not the artists themselves. Certain arenas are monompolized by promoting companies and they control the price.

I'm a big moe. fan and their tickets are up around $45 these days. I asked a friend who works for the band what amount the band sees and he said roughly $25 and that's split between the band and sound/light/stage crew. Nearly 50% of the costs go to the venue, promoters and ticket agents.

To me, it's no longer worth it. I'll stick to the local scene, pay $15-20 tops to see more talent in a smaller club where the sound is actually good and I can see the musicians up close.

What he said.....

[andyzee]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

The primary reason behind these prices today are the promoters and ticketbastards not the artists themselves. Certain arenas are monompolized by promoting companies and they control the price.

I'm a big moe. fan and their tickets are up around $45 these days. I asked a friend who works for the band what amount the band sees and he said roughly $25 and that's split between the band and sound/light/stage crew. Nearly 50% of the costs go to the venue, promoters and ticket agents.

To me, it's no longer worth it. I'll stick to the local scene, pay $15-20 tops to see more talent in a smaller club where the sound is actually good and I can see the musicians up close.

I'll stick to downloading MP3s

[mondeo]

Originally Posted by Paul

This is the first tour that it looks like I'll miss since the eighties. I'm having a real hard time justifying the cost. The R30 was worth it because it was their anniversary. This one is killing me because I really like the new album.

It's a good show, I'd probably put it above R30. Far Cry is really strong live, and I like what they did with Workin' Them Angels. Not looking at the set list for the second leg until July 8th.

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

The primary reason behind these prices today are the promoters and ticketbastards not the artists themselves. Certain arenas are monompolized by promoting companies and they control the price.

I'm a big moe. fan and their tickets are up around $45 these days. I asked a friend who works for the band what amount the band sees and he said roughly $25 and that's split between the band and sound/light/stage crew. Nearly 50% of the costs go to the venue, promoters and ticket agents.

To me, it's no longer worth it. I'll stick to the local scene, pay $15-20 tops to see more talent in a smaller club where the sound is actually good and I can see the musicians up close.

I think the primary reason behind the price hikes are sites like stubhub. When you can buy a ticket and resell it for 2X the cost, then the original price wasn't right. Yeah, there used to be scalpers, but not nearly at the scale of online sites. The people pricing the tickets were finally forced to wake up and charge what the market was willing to bear.

If you sell out the show, you're charging too little. Let's face it, it's a business to everybody involved.

[deadheadskier]

Originally Posted by mondeo

If you sell out the show, you're charging too little. Let's face it, it's a business to everybody involved.

I think certain musicians perspective is different though. Some don't want to see their fans ripped off. More people saw the Grateful Dead live than any other band in history. They were selling out all their shows right up to the end. In 1995 I think I paid $48 for tickets, the most I had ever paid to see one of their shows. So, that would probably be around $80 in todays market. I want to say most Phil and Friends shows today are around $60 and Rat Dog maybe $45.

I'm sure the band was well aware that other sites were selling tickets for double and triple face value back then, but they weren't going to be the ones trying to rip people off.

I'm completely against scalpers and scalping agencies. I think the bands should dictate 100% what the cost of their performance art is. Same goes for sporting events.