Ticket pricing

Merkin Baller · March 2017

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

Bentleyspop said:
I don't believe that anyone has mentioned on here that bands/musicians no longer make any money off of album/music releases.
The money is made from concert ticket sales, merchandise sales, and licensing for movies, tv, and commercials.
A great point, indeed.

Let's also not overlook the fact that these guys are in their 50s now and have young kids at home, they don't want to be on the road 6 months out of the year. Who would? The idea of him doing 36 Euro dates isn't realistic anymore.
This is true but other acts still seem to be able to do it cheaper with the same family situations. PJ haven't spent six months on the road in a very, very long time.
Like whom?

PJ & EV live shows are in high demand, I would be interested to hear of other acts that are as in demand charging less.
Iron Maiden, U2, GNR. Dave Matthews band are playing Hammersmith at around £60 a ticket. U2 and GNR are bigger acts than PJ and EV, Iron maiden probably are as well. Dave Matthews band i included as they are playing the same venue and have a whole band to account for along with associated costs. They are certainly on a par with EV at least although imagine they are probably a bigger act. Not sure how they would compare to PJ though.

Ed Sheeran one of the biggest tours to sell in recent times is only £77 a ticket. i could go on but you get the picture.

And PJ, as yet, haven't ripped off their UK fans.
Wow, 60 euro for that festival is amazing, and you folks are paying better prices than we are. I just paid $119 after fees for a single night at Boston Calling.

What are U2 & GnR charging for their solo shows? Last year GnR prices in the US were insane to start, but when sales faltered they started dropping.

Based on your post though, it looks like Euro concerts are cheaper than in the US.
UK concerts are way cheaper than the US but the gap is closing as you can see. Some acts are forcing the prices up and others are following them. Too many people are now being priced out. Even some of the smaller gigs that were £25/30 a few years ago are now hitting the £50/60 mark.

U2 is £78 standing. Seated tickets go from £40 up to £187. i think the upper prices are a rip off but at least you have other options.
GNR is £85 up to £95.
Maiden is about £65 from memory.
Dave Matthews as has been pointed out is not the band but 2 band members and it's £52.

Hold on now, if GnR is 85 - 95, and U2's average price is over 100, then Eddie isn't out of line with the 100 price tag, especially not for a 3-5K seat theater.

I misread your earlier post & thought you were paying around 60 Euro for those acts.

Sounds to me like Eddie's shows are priced fairly for the market over there.

JimmyV · March 2017

Merkin Baller said:

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

Bentleyspop said:
I don't believe that anyone has mentioned on here that bands/musicians no longer make any money off of album/music releases.
The money is made from concert ticket sales, merchandise sales, and licensing for movies, tv, and commercials.
A great point, indeed.

Let's also not overlook the fact that these guys are in their 50s now and have young kids at home, they don't want to be on the road 6 months out of the year. Who would? The idea of him doing 36 Euro dates isn't realistic anymore.
This is true but other acts still seem to be able to do it cheaper with the same family situations. PJ haven't spent six months on the road in a very, very long time.
Like whom?

PJ & EV live shows are in high demand, I would be interested to hear of other acts that are as in demand charging less.
Iron Maiden, U2, GNR. Dave Matthews band are playing Hammersmith at around £60 a ticket. U2 and GNR are bigger acts than PJ and EV, Iron maiden probably are as well. Dave Matthews band i included as they are playing the same venue and have a whole band to account for along with associated costs. They are certainly on a par with EV at least although imagine they are probably a bigger act. Not sure how they would compare to PJ though.

Ed Sheeran one of the biggest tours to sell in recent times is only £77 a ticket. i could go on but you get the picture.

And PJ, as yet, haven't ripped off their UK fans.
Wow, 60 euro for that festival is amazing, and you folks are paying better prices than we are. I just paid $119 after fees for a single night at Boston Calling.

What are U2 & GnR charging for their solo shows? Last year GnR prices in the US were insane to start, but when sales faltered they started dropping.

Based on your post though, it looks like Euro concerts are cheaper than in the US.
UK concerts are way cheaper than the US but the gap is closing as you can see. Some acts are forcing the prices up and others are following them. Too many people are now being priced out. Even some of the smaller gigs that were £25/30 a few years ago are now hitting the £50/60 mark.

U2 is £78 standing. Seated tickets go from £40 up to £187. i think the upper prices are a rip off but at least you have other options.
GNR is £85 up to £95.
Maiden is about £65 from memory.
Dave Matthews as has been pointed out is not the band but 2 band members and it's £52.
Hold on now, if GnR is 85 - 95, and U2's average price is over 100, then Eddie isn't out of line with the 100 price tag, especially not for a 3-5K seat theater.

I misread your earlier post & thought you were paying around 60 Euro for those acts.

Sounds to me like Eddie's shows are priced fairly for the market over there.

It does.

IamTom · March 2017

P-Town-P-Jam-Fan said:
Artists are tired of seeing the ticket scalpers buy up all the tickets and raise prices to market value and pocket all the money. EV is charging market rates and trying to keep the money in his pockets vs the scalpers. If the shows don't sell out, then he priced too high, but we know these shows will sell out at these prices and there will be less room for scalpers to profit.

If all artists were tired of it they'd all do what Maiden just did for their UK tour Apr/May and go paperless and very few tix ended up on secondary market.

my2hands · March 2017

Get_Right said:
Three hours with EV is well worth $150 a person.
Spend three hours with me and it will cost you $1500. And I am nowhere near as talented. And that is with the 10c family discount.

sounds like you're more overpriced than EV lol

Indifference71 · March 2017

IamTom said:

P-Town-P-Jam-Fan said:
Artists are tired of seeing the ticket scalpers buy up all the tickets and raise prices to market value and pocket all the money. EV is charging market rates and trying to keep the money in his pockets vs the scalpers. If the shows don't sell out, then he priced too high, but we know these shows will sell out at these prices and there will be less room for scalpers to profit.
If all artists were tired of it they'd all do what Maiden just did for their UK tour Apr/May and go paperless and very few tix ended up on secondary market.

Exactly.

guypjfreak · March 2017

VillagePJ said:
I expected around the £70 area for the uk shows but we're seriously upping the level here.

Paid £85 for the black sabbath farewell shows a few weeks ago and thought that was high.

Considering I only paid $60 for the fenway shows last august this does sting a little.

I was hoping for the about £70/75.. Tis very pricey but I hope to go to one of the shows

timbo1972 · March 2017

£100 is spendy for a one man show. Don't care what the secondary market is doing, if we go to that as a barometer we are all f*cked.

ikiT · March 2017

#SHITCOSTMONEYYO

JimmyV · March 2017

Tiki said:
#SHITCOSTMONEYYO

Thirty Bills Unpaid · March 2017

Isn't Hansard the supporting act? There's a price he commands as well no?

ikiT · March 2017

#SCMY

eddiec · March 2017

The ticket with the worst odds so far is the most expensive ticket on sale.

ikiT · March 2017

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Isn't Hansard the supporting act? There's a price he commands as well no?

hes got sales.

#heneedsmoneytoo

Merkin Baller · March 2017

guypjfreak said:

VillagePJ said:
I expected around the £70 area for the uk shows but we're seriously upping the level here.

Paid £85 for the black sabbath farewell shows a few weeks ago and thought that was high.

Considering I only paid $60 for the fenway shows last august this does sting a little.
I was hoping for the about £70/75.. Tis very pricey but I hope to go to one of the shows

Fenway Concerts can hold over 30K - you can't overlook that aspect.

PJNB · March 2017

eddiec said:
The ticket with the worst odds so far is the most expensive ticket on sale.

True but I am guessing that the number of tickets for that section are far less then the cheaper seats.

chadaw76 · March 2017

Merkin Baller said:

texasistheSTEVEN said:

Merkin Baller said:

kevtic said:

Merkin Baller said:

Bentleyspop said:
I don't believe that anyone has mentioned on here that bands/musicians no longer make any money off of album/music releases.
The money is made from concert ticket sales, merchandise sales, and licensing for movies, tv, and commercials.
A great point, indeed.

Let's also not overlook the fact that these guys are in their 50s now and have young kids at home, they don't want to be on the road 6 months out of the year. Who would? The idea of him doing 36 Euro dates isn't realistic anymore.
This is true but other acts still seem to be able to do it cheaper with the same family situations. PJ haven't spent six months on the road in a very, very long time.
Like whom?

PJ & EV live shows are in high demand, I would be interested to hear of other acts that are as in demand charging less.
Just did a quick check and it looks like quite a few dates on the Green Day euro tour are around the £60/60Euro price bracket.
I would assume they are playing much larger venues, and probably a lot more dates, yes / no?

The Green Day tour has 111 dates. They played twelve smaller venues last fall. The remaining shows are being played in arena's, shed's, Wrigley Field and the Rose Bowl. So yes this is an apples to oranges comparison.

helplessdancer · March 2017

IamTom said:

If all artists were tired of it they'd all do what Maiden just did for their UK tour Apr/May and go paperless and very few tix ended up on secondary market.

BINGO
i just don't get why more artists aren't doing the paperless ticket thing. there is good reason why hardly any u2 GA tickets are on sale in the secondary markets. springsteen has used paperless for over 10 years. not every section needs to be paperless even.

Vedd Hedd · March 2017

My guess is last time Glen got a smaller % of the money. This time, you are seeing 2 acts, not just one.

Merkin Baller · March 2017

helplessdancer said:

IamTom said:

If all artists were tired of it they'd all do what Maiden just did for their UK tour Apr/May and go paperless and very few tix ended up on secondary market.
BINGO
i just don't get why more artists aren't doing the paperless ticket thing. there is good reason why hardly any u2 GA tickets are on sale in the secondary markets. springsteen has used paperless for over 10 years. not every section needs to be paperless even.

Do Springsteen & U2 use paperless tickets for the public sale too, or just their fan clubs?

Get_Right · March 2017

my2hands said:

Get_Right said:
Three hours with EV is well worth $150 a person.
Spend three hours with me and it will cost you $1500. And I am nowhere near as talented. And that is with the 10c family discount.
sounds like you're more overpriced than EV lol

LOL You definitely get what you pay for with EV. Me? Maybe not so much.

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