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JumpinJackOLantern
I am OK with the ticket prices, in fact, I am kind of proud (as a fan) that they can still demand top dollar.
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Said before I want to see tickets all working & retired folks can afford! Self included.
Right after ABB ended in 2007 I began putting $25.00 a month into a special Stones savings account. I knew they wouldn't be doing anything until their 50th anniversary so I had plenty of time to save up enough money to afford whatever they charged in 2012 or 2013. Where there is a will, there is a way. And, I am a poor man.
Good for you. My kids sap my savings. Which show(s) did you get tiks to?
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Aquamarine
People have ALWAYS complained about the prices of Stones tours. There were bitter complaints about the prices of the '69 tour. I can understand being pissed off at the prices, but not acting as if this is some new betrayal.
Agreed. As many have pointed out MJ is trying shut out the secondary markets. If he'd sell at "prices people can afford" it would be very hard to get a ticket, and they would sell in the secondary market at "prices people can't afford".Quote
drbryant
I must say, though, that I will be very happy if ticket brokers lose a lot of money on these shows if they don't sell out.
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WhaleAgreed. As many have pointed out MJ is trying shut out the secondary markets. If he'd sell at "prices people can afford" it would be very hard to get a ticket, and they would sell in the secondary market at "prices people can't afford".Quote
drbryant
I must say, though, that I will be very happy if ticket brokers lose a lot of money on these shows if they don't sell out.
Other solutions to shut out the secondary markets would be 1) make it illegal 2) make tickets personal, so that you have to show your ID to get in.
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Doxa
...If there would be a will to do something for it, it could be done...
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I don't buy the "we fight against secondary market for our fans" rhetorics.
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Aquamarine
People have ALWAYS complained about the prices of Stones tours. There were bitter complaints about the prices of the '69 tour. I can understand being pissed off at the prices, but not acting as if this is some new betrayal.
In today's money, the price of a 1969 Rolling Stones ticket was roughly $48.50.
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owlbynite
Said before I want to see tickets all working & retired folks can afford! Self included.
Right after ABB ended in 2007 I began putting $25.00 a month into a special Stones savings account. I knew they wouldn't be doing anything until their 50th anniversary so I had plenty of time to save up enough money to afford whatever they charged in 2012 or 2013. Where there is a will, there is a way. And, I am a poor man.
I'm happy that you will get to see the band, but don't you think there is something wrong when fans have to have a separate savings account for going to a concert?
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Aquamarine
People have ALWAYS complained about the prices of Stones tours. There were bitter complaints about the prices of the '69 tour. I can understand being pissed off at the prices, but not acting as if this is some new betrayal.
In today's money, the price of a 1969 Rolling Stones ticket was roughly $48.50.
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whitem8
This is a very sad and tawdry way for them to end their career. I am excited about the tour, to hear it, and to see what songs they do. And to have Mick Taylor is amazing. But my goodness, those ticket prices really are beyond sanity and respect. Do they really need that much more money in their lives? They now have gone down in history as one of the longest running rock acts, and the highest priced one as well. That will be one of the biggest footnotes when looking back at their history.
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This is a very sad and tawdry way for them to end their career. I am excited about the tour, to hear it, and to see what songs they do. And to have Mick Taylor is amazing. But my goodness, those ticket prices really are beyond sanity and respect. Do they really need that much more money in their lives? They now have gone down in history as one of the longest running rock acts, and the highest priced one as well. That will be one of the biggest footnotes when looking back at their history.
Good one Whitem8!!!!!!!!!!!! I fully agree. This tour and the high ticketprices are a blackPage in Stones history !!!
Jeroen
ps and i don need to read about........ah well, there are also 85 dollar tickets, blah blah blah.
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James Kirk
Let me start off by saying that I am thrilled that the Rolling Stones have not sold out a single show in North America and they have nothing, but their never ending greed to blame for their poor ticket sales. What says rock + roll better than a $625 seat for a two hour show?
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James Kirk
Let me start off by saying that I am thrilled that the Rolling Stones have not sold out a single show in North America and they have nothing, but their never ending greed to blame for their poor ticket sales. What says rock + roll better than a $625 seat for a two hour show?
Don't get me wrong, I am a life long Stones fan who would be willing to pay a premium to see the Stones live in concert if I had a great seat.
That said, these greedy bastards are asking $3,502 for four tickets (one of those tickets is for a family member who is laying his life on the line as I type trying to take down a terrorist in Mass not a douchebag investment banker from JP Morgan who knows about three Stones songs) at the opposite end of the Boston Garden. Who in their right mind is going to pay that kind of money to sit a hockey arena away from the band and watch a screen?
Not only are sales at Ticketmaster going poorly, the secondary market is collapsing as well. Several ticket brokers in the New England area started off asking around $400 for the $85 dollar seats (worst seats in the building) they have had to cut their asking price in half this week as nobody is stupid enough to pay those prices for nosebleed seats...At the start of the week Ace Ticket in Boston was beyond arrogant in their asking price for Stones tix. They laughed at me when I told them I would never pay $400 for $85 seats. Today they called me back and told me they would sell me the same seat for $205. I told them I would buy it for $86 amd not a penny more.
If this is the last tour for the Stones they should be going out in a blaze of glory while at the same time thanking the fans who made them the legends that they are. Instead they attempted to take advantage of their fanbase with $625 seats at the opposite end of the arena.
How embarrasing it will be for the Stones if they play to half full arenas or simply have to give their tickets away to give the impression they can sell concert tickets at these prices because they prefer to play to the Deutsche Bank crowd...What happended to the counter culture "street fighting men"? I'm so disappointed that in the end the once mighty Rolling Stones turned out to be little more than the corporate culture they once rebelled against...The Rolling Stones are little more than corporate frauds these days.
Let me wrap up by suggesting that rather than waste $1,250 on two tickets at the opposite end of the arena you donate that money to a charity in memory of the hero police officers who lost their lives fighting for us this week or to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Boston...Unlike those ridiculous Stones tickets it would be money well spent.
P.S. I have no doubt in my mind the Stones would sell out every stadium in America if they had an ounce of respect for their fans (See McCartney/Springsteen) and charged reasonable prices.
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whitem8
This is a very sad and tawdry way for them to end their career. I am excited about the tour, to hear it, and to see what songs they do. And to have Mick Taylor is amazing. But my goodness, those ticket prices really are beyond sanity and respect. Do they really need that much more money in their lives? They now have gone down in history as one of the longest running rock acts, and the highest priced one as well. That will be one of the biggest footnotes when looking back at their history.
Good one Whitem8!!!!!!!!!!!! I fully agree. This tour and the high ticketprices are a blackPage in Stones history !!!
Jeroen
ps and i don need to read about........ah well, there are also 85 dollar tickets, blah blah blah.
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deadegad
A lot of good points all around. The Stones are not worth that money. Your money is better spent on something else or saved. Doxa, I think, made a good point about charity and helping those in need.
I supose if the Stones announced that they are trying to sabotage the scalpers and were donating a large part of that ticket increase to various charitable organizations that would make a difference.
What would be a great gesture on The Stones part would be several large free outdoor shows worldwide for their fans.
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deadegad
A lot of good points all around. The Stones are not worth that money. Your money is better spent on something else or saved. Doxa, I think, made a good point about charity and helping those in need.
I supose if the Stones announced that they are trying to sabotage the scalpers and were donating a large part of that ticket increase to various charitable organizations that would make a difference.
What would be a great gesture on The Stones part would be several large free outdoor shows worldwide for their fans.
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owlbynite
Said before I want to see tickets all working & retired folks can afford! Self included.
Right after ABB ended in 2007 I began putting $25.00 a month into a special Stones savings account. I knew they wouldn't be doing anything until their 50th anniversary so I had plenty of time to save up enough money to afford whatever they charged in 2012 or 2013. Where there is a will, there is a way. And, I am a poor man.
I'm happy that you will get to see the band, but don't you think there is something wrong when fans have to have a separate savings account for going to a concert?
The Rolling Stones are neither responsible for your econonomical discomfort nor did they ever give a sh$$ of how much you earned when you were able to score top notch seats at the highest price.
Yes I agree the prices are obnoxious and out of range. But we had that discussion in Europe already in 1976 and not just today. The only thing which comes up now is that less and less people seem to be able to afford such ticket prices, but at the same time bought so much luxury in the last 20 years which makes them hard to pay the lease for such amenities.
I feel very sad for people whose jobs were made redundant, but I have now notion for anybody getting pissed on the weekend, spending loads of money on gadgets and telling me that he is the only REAL fan, while I am saving the money to be upfront for years and years.
I know I spend by far much to much money to see the Rolling Stones live, but this is all I collect and believe me that is the only mental souvenir you might be able to take with you once you break on through to the other side.
And yes the prices dropped on secondary markets also since about 20 years just before the show and not just today.
Frankly speaking I am fed up with the outcry from some of those real Rolling Stones fan, which eventually seems that I am not, because I can afford to go to the concerts.
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VT22
Abba turned down a Billion offer to reunite several years ago.
‘We will never appear on stage again.
Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were – young, exuberant and full of energy and ambition.’
Björn Ulvaeus.
To me, the Stones should have thought the same.