New Springsteen single out today

Agreed — he has worked very hard in the past to make his tickets affordable. He never had more than 2 tiers of pricing and they were well less than similar artists. Back in the day the best seats had to be picked up in person at the arena with the credit card used to purchase (aka, the “jailbait” seats). In order to make sure that the area closest to the stage went to the most enthusiastic fans, that area was standing only and if you got there really early, you could enter a lottery to stand super close to the stage (the pit).

If he wanted to eliminate the dynamic pricing he could do it in a heartbeat. It’s a money grab and it’s depressing.

 

The thing is, the prices were wild from the start. I paid over $400 for a pair at a relatively small venue. They were not the most expensive tickets, but they're also not nosebleed seats. But the thing is, I had a code and I was in the queue. So why does dynamic pricing even come into play? They knew exactly how many people had codes and we're going to be in the queue for my venue. There was no crush of demand, it was all pre organized. Therefore there should not have been dynamic pricing at all.

 

I got four this morning for an April show at UBS Arena at Belmont Park. Paid $750 or so. Will sell one of them and it'll hopefully cover most of the other three.

 

Ticketmaster's been an abusive monopoly for more than 20 years with pols in its pocket.

Also, I'm a fan, but Springsteen and Landau can go FUCK themselves.

 

I miss honest-to-God scalpers. Not the shell companies trading electrons back and forth, but the in-the-flesh hustlers with paper tickets (of varying legitimacy) in hand. Even for games where I already had my ticket I’d sometimes ask around just to see what the market was like outside the stadium. A season around college football scalpers in the 90s should have been worth credit hours in psychology and economics.

 

Because they knew how many people had codes. How can there be anything other than the number of people they gave codes to?

 

I have friends who are planning to fly to London and see him there
I guess tickets are more reasonable in the UK

 

The concert biz has changed, I'm always stunned how act can finance their entire tour by selling tickets six months in advance - put the cash in a safe interest bearing account, hopefully only spend the expected interest on tour prep, and you are probably in the black by week three. And if the Boss comes down with something, you have enough cash to offer full refunds.

I do love the story about the Jacksons Victory Tour and how it relates to Kraft getting ownership of the team. The one of the idiot sons of the Sullivan family put the team up as collateral to finance the tour. There were serious financial problems with the tour - despite it being very well attended. Anyway - the Sullivans faced a cash crunch and ended up selling to Kraft.

 

The Sullivan's didn't sell to Kraft. At least Victor Kiam came between the Sullivan's and Kraft. And the Sullivan's ended up winning a lawsuit against the NFL for blocking an earlier sale.

 

Springsteen following Rod Stewart's path?

Bruce Springsteen - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Official Video) - YouTube