Ticket Prices Frustration & Complaints

[FM77]

Originally Posted by saintbernard

This is the most asinine comparison I think could have been used here.

Sure, everyone flying on that airplane gets to the destination at the same time but are you honestly naive enough (or don't really understand how airline seating actually works) to think that someone in coach has the exact same flight experience as someone in first class? No, they don't. If you pay for a cheaper seat, you are going to have a much more uncomfortable flight. And forget the chance of getting any perks like they do in first class. Hell, when I take my dog on vacation Rover has to ride in baggage. He gets there the same time I do but do you think his flight was near as comfortable as mine up in first class? Or coach? Nope.

From reading some comments in this thread I get the impression you don't pay for your tickets anyway. If that's true, you obviously aren't able to, or don't care to, understand where the individuals on this board who are frustrated at ticket prices are coming from because it's an issue that doesn't matter in the least to you.



You can't understand why some people like to be near the stage so they don't have to carry binoculars or high-powered telescopes used only by NASA just to be able to actually see the band they paid so much to see or have waited so long to see? You can't understand why some people might like to be near the stage so they could get the opportunity to shake Stevie or Lindsey's hand? Wow, you must really be out of touch with us simple folks. Course, we should all just suck it up and pay for the cheap seats and spend the evening squinting at the stage while having beer spilled all over us by the rowdy fangirls behind us that couldn't afford the $1,000 tickets.

I'm sorry, NO band is worth tickets that cost as much as FM is charging this time around.

Binoculars? NASA telescopes? Exaggerate much? I have been going to rock concerts since I was 12 and was about 14 the last time I cared about shaking someone's hand on stage.

[Wdm6789]

Originally Posted by GCANELOS

I've been following responses to the news that FM is touring and the excitement that people have purchased tickets. I'm somewhat confused. Doesn't the price of the tickets have anyone other than me a little angry. I've been a fan for almost 40 years ( yes I am old, like the Mac themselves). I am a professional but I can't see the value in paying 800+ for a two hour show. When I saw FM in the 70's, I paid under $10 (I still have my ticket stub) for what I know was and will always a better show than what they can put on now. I understand inflation and higher costs but enough. This is just one more way that this country is going to hell in a hand-basket when the elitists are now running rock and roll.

You know what is worse than this? Nosebleed seats for Miley Cyrus are $200. That is what disgusts me. Fleetwood Mac is a legendary band, classic rock n roll royalty, it's appropriate that their prices are a little high, but for Miley Cyrus? You have got to be kidding me. I'm in my 20s and I hate contemporary music it is terrible. I wish more people could see that.

[Steviegirl]

Originally Posted by Wdm6789

You know what is worse than this? Nosebleed seats for Miley Cyrus are $200. That is what disgusts me. Fleetwood Mac is a legendary band, classic rock n roll royalty, it's appropriate that their prices are a little high, but for Miley Cyrus? You have got to be kidding me. I'm in my 20s and I hate contemporary music it is terrible. I wish more people could see that.

Good point~THIS does seem like a sign of the apocalypse.

[goldustsongbird]

I don't want to hear anyone in the band talk about needing money after this.

[elle]

Originally Posted by GCANELOS

the elitists are now running rock and roll.

well, r'n'r is 60 years old.

[Nicks Fan]

I will say this. It amazes me the number of people who contine to pay the excessively high prices for any artist. I always chalk it up to people who are so in love with the peformer(s) that no amount is too much for them. What also bothers me is that Lindsey was so quick to bash The Eagles when they were touring with no new album to promote (2001-2006) while they had SYW to promote. Here we are in 2014 and we are getting our 3rd GH type tour and they are charging a fortune to hear allot of material they have been doing for years. While I am thrilled that Christine is back I think they should have done a new album first and then went on the road. It would have made the reunion more legitimate. Based on the current prices I can only imagine what the prices will be for the next tour. I am hoping to get a good seat for both Ottawa and Minneapolis but I am not breaking the bank to do so.

[ChickenStu]

When I saw them late last year in London the tickets only cost around £50 a pop. I didn't think it was unreasonable and I only get to go to concerts once in a blue moon. Seats were in the nosebleeds but other than that...

[olive]

and now it as gotten out of control

I got crap for years here and on mick's board from people willing to (or had parents ) pay anything (any one remember the Mick " superfan "club only 150 dollars to join in 2003) .....Bands and Ticketmaster figured that out and now this is no choice ... i now will wait to see the next tour's prices

[guitarchick82]

My friend and I want to go, but we're waiting until the last minute. Worst case scenario: we get nosebleeds. But at least we'd still be there and will hear the band. But what we 're hoping is that these assholes with ridiculously priced tickets will be forced to lower their prices or risk getting stuck with worthless tickets.

[HomerMcvie]

It's crazy. And there were 3 of us wanting to go, and EVERYTHING had to be sold in pairs, so I got thrown under the bus(I've got nothing), and they went with a pair of seats on the side, for $375 each.

So now I either go(if I can get a single ticket!) sit by myself, or just say F*CK IT, and these RIDICULOUS prices, and hope they put out a DVD.

What a sh*tty day. I am beyond pissed.

[MikeVielhaber]

I had initially said I would go no matter what. Turns out I do have a limit. I think I'll sit this one out. I expect they'll put an album out at some point and then tour behind it. By then the novelty will have worn off and maybe the prices will be lower. The only problem with that strategy is their age. They're definitely not going to be improving as they get older at this point.

[Nicks Fan]

I hope those scalpers have to eat their tickets. I don't get why so many people are willing to pay these high prices for scalper seats. If you have seen them before why spend so much money just to hear the same songs. I wish more people had restraint like some of us and were nit blindly willing to spend the money. Maybe then the scalpers and or bands management would take the hint that we are not willing to pay your marked up prices.

[elle]

ha! 2 "resale" tickets sold through TM on MSG map now, front row right in front of Lindsey's mic, $2400+ each!!

now if someone buys these, and pays that much and then they show up at the show for their front row seats and realize Lindsey requests 30 young girls to be brought up to his mic to stand right in front of these seats, i can only imagine how these people will be pi**ed!!!!!!

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by elle

ha! 2 "resale" tickets sold through TM on MSG map now, front row right in front of Lindsey's mic, $2400+ each!!

now if someone buys these, and pays that much and then they show up at the show for their front row seats and realize Lindsey requests 30 young girls to be brought up to his mic to stand right in front of these seats, i can only imagine how these people will be pi**ed!!!!!!

I was JUST thinking that exact thought.

$2400?? Jeez. I know the prices will go down, but still. I didn't even try for tickets today on Ticketmaster. I plan to wait it out this time, and if something comes up later (at the face-value price) and I happen to be logged on TM at the right time, then I'll go for it. If not, I'll just get some cheaper seats and go there just to hear the music and not worry about being up front so much. These prices are a huge turn off.

- ( I never thought I'd hear myself say THAT.)

Jamie

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

It's crazy. And there were 3 of us wanting to go, and EVERYTHING had to be sold in pairs, so I got thrown under the bus(I've got nothing), and they went with a pair of seats on the side, for $375 each.

So now I either go(if I can get a single ticket!) sit by myself, or just say F*CK IT, and these RIDICULOUS prices, and hope they put out a DVD.

What a sh*tty day. I am beyond pissed.

Same here. We were trying to get 3 tickets and nada. I guess we'll try the day of. Probably will end up with nosebleeds.