U2's INSANE Ticket Prices- Have You Seen Them????

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by snicksfan85

There's much better and economical ways to tour with a 360 stage. (And might I add more attractive stage set-up.)

How else would you be able to mount the speakers and video screens required in order to provide an adequate stadium concert experience for every ticketholder? I'm all ears.

There's no question that for 95% of stadium concert attendees, its a subpar experience compared to any seat at an arena show. As a fan, I'm not thrilled with the fact that they're touring stadiums, but I understand why they are. U2 fans have been spoiled the last decade; they are clearly a stadium act (based on interest and demand), so it was only a matter of time before they returned to playing those kinds of venues.

Originally Posted by snicksfan85

It's just absolutely ridiculous that, in a time when people should be helping out their fans by cutting costs to lower ticket prices, they would do something like that. I was really put off by the Mac charging as much as they did but I did go see them but there would have been no way in hell I would have seen them if they were charging 250 bucks, not even by purchasing a cheap seat. If I was a U2 fan, I'd be pissed.

The difference being, of course, that Fleetwood Mac has no business having a $250 ticket- while U2 does. Their top ticket in '05 was ~$160- a veritable steal. Not to mention the fact that the tickets that get you closest to the band- the GA floor- was $50. Same this time around too. If you want to sit in reserved seats next to the stage, they are $250. When's the last time you were able to get anywhere near front row at a Fleetwood Mac concert for $50?