Average my ass!
Everyone keeps making such a big fuss about falling ticket prices for live musical experiences with your favorite pop and/or lock and/or rock stars, but the actual numbers still make me sick.
The average ticket price for the top 100 North American concert tours during the last six months fell by 6 percent, to $50.27, according to a study by the trade magazine Pollstar. (full ridiculous story)
Whoa! A whole six percent! And the average ticket is $50.27!? Christ Almighty on a stick. What
Really?! That is *insane*. Thank god for press passes. I haven’t paid for a show in years.
$50. Holy crap. And what, do tell, is the percentage that actually makes it back to the band?
It is truly insane… but then again, so is the TicketF*cker monopoly that allows ticket prices to edge higher and higher all the time. To say nothing of the problem with ticket brokers…
God forbid any act I like see a moderate increase in popularity, because then that $10 show at the Empty Bottle end up being a $35 show at HOB. Well, $45 once TM adds their “ass f*ing” fee.
That is a good question, who are these people? I can’t remember the last time I paid $50 for one show. Hopefully Ticketmaster does not get it’s hands on tickets for the small shows.