Ticket prices

sailorgirlie

GyöngyLekvár wrote:

which shows are you doing then...?

hoping for a nice long 2-week vacation in germany, denmark, holland and belgium

which ones for you?

GyöngyLekvár

sailorgirlie wrote:

hoping for a nice long 2-week vacation in germany, denmark, holland and belgium

which ones for you?

chorzów, nova rock and london for sure, might convince myself for some more, depends on exams ...

moho

tara wrote:

i'm seriously hoping that those prices are for front row tix, otherwise i'd be extreemly pissed
oh, nevermind, that was the 10c link, and thy're for pairs, still $205 for copenhagen is ridiculous, i'd like to remind the band of their early days when they wanted to keep prices at $20 so that the kids would have something to do, what happened to those days? has being rock stars made them forget that we can't all afford that?

1.Inflation.
2.Cost to get Gear from US to Europe.
3.Then to get Gear across English Channel, twice.
4.The Expensive economies of long-term EU countries.
5.They know most fans can afford these prices, seeing as some will travel across the Atlantic to see one show.
6. Other unforseen reasons.

sandoz

maybe prices tix inclue donation to diverse associations for compense our carbon emanation due travels we do to come see them...

moho

fowls wrote:

Am I the only one not surprised by the ticket prices?
It's about the same as Dublin last year.

yeah me neither, its just the nature of gigs these days... you would be lucky to see a big enough band for less than 50 euro.

redrock

tara wrote:

i think that we all deserve an explanation as to why they decided to charge that much for the shows. and if these are festivals, then i'd like to know why they charged what they did for previous shows. yes, i know, the venue takes a cut, but if i'd gone to a hockey game, the seats that i had at the last show wouldve cost $23, and at a basketball game $12, pj show $62, now granted the most expensive seats at the hockey game would be $380, and bbal $2000 (although those are probably box seats, 'cause the best available are courtside row B and are $585), now maybe it's cause i havn't been to a concert in awhile, but is this normal?

There's a lot less involved in getting a hockey team or basketball team to a venue... the only stuff they have to carry around are their sticks (or ball) and uniforms!!! It's a costly affair for a band to tour....

JOEJOEJOE

tara wrote:

i think that we all deserve an explanation as to why they decided to charge that much for the shows. and if these are festivals, then i'd like to know why they charged what they did for previous shows. yes, i know, the venue takes a cut, but if i'd gone to a hockey game, the seats that i had at the last show wouldve cost $23, and at a basketball game $12, pj show $62, now granted the most expensive seats at the hockey game would be $380, and bbal $2000 (although those are probably box seats, 'cause the best available are courtside row B and are $585), now maybe it's cause i havn't been to a concert in awhile, but is this normal?

pro sports teams have other substantial revenue streams, such as television rights, so thet are not so dependant on gate receipts.

imagine the outcry of pj began scaling their ticket prices so that the cheap seats were $25 and the best seats were $150!

many foreign countries require the promoter withhold foreign entertainers tax of up to 30% of the bands gross fees (or sometimes 30% of the gross, less certain expenses), so the band take a huge hit on foreign taxes.

LordB

When do they go on sale to the public?

decides2dream

spida1998 wrote:

Hmmmm......No!

Probably cached on my PC but not yours, or similar.

Anyway, from those links:

London: $181

Munich: $160

Dusseldorf: $170

Nijmegen: $153

damn........
i KNEW they'd be pricey though. weak dollar, strong euro and pound.

i WISH they'd announce another UK date!!! keep my costs lower. sheesh, looking at that...might make much more sense for me to limit myself to london and dusseldorf in any case....beyond logistics of time/accomodations...merely money!


*btw - the weak dollar in comparision to the strong euro and even stronger pound sterling is the 'explanation' of such prices, and yes...foreign band playing...so taxes, etc. it's a costly situation no matter what, and that gets passed on in ticket costs.

tara

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

pro sports teams have other substantial revenue streams, such as television rights, so thet are not so dependant on gate receipts.

imagine the outcry of pj began scaling their ticket prices so that the cheap seats were $25 and the best seats were $150!

many foreign countries require the promoter withhold foreign entertainers tax of up to 30% of the bands gross fees (or sometimes 30% of the gross, less certain expenses), so the band take a huge hit on foreign taxes.

fair enough, i hadn't thought about about the tv thing with sports. but i don't think that there would be an outcry if they scaled they're prices, that's how most concerts go. is it really fair that the person front and center paid the same price as the person on the fourth level of a stadium where the guys are about an inch tall, and the sound has bounce off the concrete and you can't hear eddie's voice? remember back in the day when pj promised to keep ticket prices low, and took ticketmaster to court because they didn't think that the prices were fair? what happened?

Pegasus

Krist Mace wrote:

Yeah, it is a bit pricey, but it's not that bad when you consider that we don't pay any booking fees, credit card charges or postage fees like everyone else going through ticketmaster will. We're guaranteed standing too.

well, I expect the ticket to be around £35 face value, so with the booking fee/postage, etc, that'll end up about the same.

difference is it's included in the price with 10c...which is fine in the UK... but not so in countries where they don't charge such extortionate amounts on fees (but the mark up on 10c tix is still the same)...France for example.

In effect, we pay for the 15mn advance entry sice it is cheaper through normal booking.
In London's case, we pay for the privilege of just getting a ticket...but considering teh ridiculous way in which concerts sell out...it's a privilege worth paying for!

theresalight

BeerBaron wrote:

Seems like prices have been on the rise ...

Buffalo 2003: $77 a pair

Kitchener 2005: $116 a pair

Pittsburgh 2006: $117 a pair

And now they are up to almost $200 a pair on average.

There's no question that touring Europe is more costly for the band, for numerous reasons. It will be interesting to see if they tour and US or Canadian cities in 2007 how much those tickets will me ...

it is not the average of $200 a pair.
the highest is slightly more.
average should be quite lower

Jammin909

It would probably be cheaper for the UK crowd to fly to Poland and see the show there over buying the $100 tickets for the Wembley gig.

dunkman

Jammin909 wrote:

It would probably be cheaper for the UK crowd to fly to Poland and see the show there over buying the $100 tickets for the Wembley gig.

thats a good idea actually!!!!

Jammin909

Wolfmother was my favorite but its now easy to see why tickets cost so much more this time around having Linkin Park or Incubus opening for them.