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Originally Posted by Nicks Fan
As for the ticket prices I am expecting them to be in the 250 - 399 range. That is wayy to much money to be charging in this economy, but sadly people will pay. Everytime the Stones or Madonna go on tour at 299 - 350 per ticket the shows sell out so I don't expect this tour to be any different. They may have to book the tour in markets that can guarantee them a sell out (NYC, LA, VEGAS, etc) but I am sure that this will be successful. The only thing I wonder is if it will 40 + dates across the USA and Canada , or if it will be something similar to Tina's last tour where it was 25 shows in major markets that seemed the logical places for her to play and ensure a sell out.
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Re:Madonna.. her last few tours have been propped up by amateur scalpers- most of whom took a bath and ended up practically giving the tickets away. All indications point to this Eagles/FM tour being the same way- there's no sense paying full face value to a stadium show unless you're in the first 10 rows.
I honestly don't know how they're going to pull off arena dates and make them appealing to Eagles. I used Streisand/'05 as a price point example earlier- perhaps a better example is what Simon & Garfunkel did in '03/'04 (top ticket was $350 in most markets- about 30% of the house). Although can anyone really suggest/expect Eagles/FM to be as big of a draw as that S&G reunion tour?
As for stadiums, there will be cheaper tickets available- probably as low as $40-$50 (not that you'll be able to hear/see much from those seats) The best 18-20K seats for a stadium show will probably cost, on average, $250.
I'm just as incredulous as anyone that we're talking about this as if its a real possibility. Its no secret that The Little Emperor has been dreaming of this tour for a long time... and now that he finally runs just about everything & everyone, I think we're going to see more and more of these big tours. Van Halen w/DLR was just the tip of the iceberg... a full fledged GN'R reunion is probably in the cards, too. All during the ****tiest economy in 30+ years.