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  1. You also have to ask is if all the avenues to resell tickets were closed would the ticket prices come down? I very much doubt it. For a band who do so much commendable work for charity etc. this kind of money grab does leave a sour taste in the mouth.

    Just because you can sell a ticket at £x doesn't mean you should but that now seems to be the case. The argument often used is that album sales are to blame but some of the biggest selling artists are the most guilty for hiking ticket prices for the simple reason they are the most popular.
  2. Originally posted by Happy24:[..]
    Agrree with you. But why don't they just write it? Why don't they just write that "the code can be used for buying up to two tickets"? Period. It would be simple and clear. This is not and anybody can interpret it as he pleases.

    I know, u2.com are a bit of a shambles in general though. They’ve been found to contradict themselves a number of times.
  3. I'd usually try and do 3 or 4 shows on a tour but the last couple of tours have just priced me out of doing that. Just can't justify the amount of money spent on tickets and accommodation and travel.
  4. Originally posted by Kevtic:You also have to ask is if all the avenues to resell tickets were closed would the ticket prices come down? I very much doubt it. For a band who do so much commendable work for charity etc. this kind of money grab does leave a sour taste in the mouth.

    Just because you can sell a ticket at £x doesn't mean you should but that now seems to be the case. The argument often used is that album sales are to blame but some of the biggest selling artists are the most guilty for hiking ticket prices for the simple reason they are the most popular.
    It’s the moral side of the argument vs the business side of the argument. Music is a business though and very few people are going to go out there way to make less money than they could potentially. It does unfortunately come down to what people are willing to pay. That’s the same for any kind of business model. You have to price it in a way to maximise profit. I was in the position for this tour that if I couldn’t get ga or the roughly £110 seats I was going to buy the £200 seats and go to one night. As it is I got ga for London 1 so if I can get ga for London 2 or the £110 seats then I’m spending the same money roughly on 2 shows as I would have for 1 (there’s 2 of us going).
  5. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    It’s the moral side of the argument vs the business side of the argument. Music is a business though and very few people are going to go out there way to make less money than they could potentially. It does unfortunately come down to what people are willing to pay. That’s the same for any kind of business model. You have to price it in a way to maximise profit. I was in the position for this tour that if I couldn’t get ga or the roughly £110 seats I was going to buy the £200 seats and go to one night. As it is I got ga for London 1 so if I can get ga for London 2 or the £110 seats then I’m spending the same money roughly on 2 shows as I would have for 1 (there’s 2 of us going).
    I understand it's a business but there's profit then there is just plain greed. They have stepped over that line. A rough calculation on one night at the O2 at say a rough average of £150 a ticket would net around £3million give or take. Across the European tour that's probably around £60- £70 million for 12 shows before merch etc.

    There's also a knock on effect for other bands and artists as if you spend £200 on a gig ticket for U2 then you are not going to go to other shows.

    I had the same dilemma as you for Eddie Vedder last year. He was charging £95 for a stalls ticket and I just plain refused to buy one. My wife said she'd get one for my birthday so i decided to try and get the cheaper tickets which meant i could go to both nights for not much more than one night cost. Bizarrely the upcoming PJ shows this summer are cheaper than his solo show.

    It seems to me from the article remy posted about ticket prices that the acts have decided they will rip off all the fans whereas tout sites only rip off a percentage as some folk will have bought tickets at the correct, cheaper price from source.
  6. Just don’t get it... the moaning about ticket prices is getting a bit boring to be fair. If you want to see a top band then you pay a top price, same as where you choose to go on holiday, your car, designer clothes, etc. Surely any top class act from U2 down to Taylor Swift can justify high prices for their shows. Bands that are not as established charge lower prices.. simple.
  8. Originally posted by zooropa93:Just don’t get it... the moaning about ticket prices is getting a bit boring to be fair. If you want to see a top band then you pay a top price, same as where you choose to go on holiday, your car, designer clothes, etc. Surely any top class act from U2 down to Taylor Swift can justify high prices for their shows. Bands that are not as established charge lower prices.. simple.
    So U2 weren't a top band in 2009 or even as recently as 2015? If anything they are a lesser band yet the price gouge just keeps picking up pace.
  9. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
    So U2 weren't a top band in 2009 or even as recently as 2015? If anything they are a lesser band yet the price gouge just keeps picking up pace.
    What? Prices were high in 2015.
  10. I think they've priced tickets on what they go for on the resale market. Beleiving that because someone is stupid enough to spend £200 on a level 4 ticket at the O2 via resale then everyone is- so that's the current price, but hey it sold out so clearly there are plenty of stupid people out there, willing to buy expensive crap tickets.

    U2 probably don't have much say in this - they are basically Live Nations employees nowadays.

    Aside from the obscene ticket prices, my massive frustration is they go out of their way to make it so hard for their actual fans to buy tickets- endless rules around presales, use of codes etc etc just makes the whole process a pain in the arse
  11. Originally posted by zooropa93:Just don’t get it... the moaning about ticket prices is getting a bit boring to be fair. If you want to see a top band then you pay a top price, same as where you choose to go on holiday, your car, designer clothes, etc. Surely any top class act from U2 down to Taylor Swift can justify high prices for their shows. Bands that are not as established charge lower prices.. simple.
    bands/promoters must love people like you. Just accept whatever they decide to do.

    The fact is even lower level acts are now charging way more than they used to.
  12. The price bands may have been the same but a lot of sections seems to have been reclassified into the higher price bands. £200+ for an upper tier for eg.
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