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dcba
It's a capitalist thing and it goes far beyond the Stones tour : if you sell your product 10 ten times what competition does you're 10 times better than the competition, period!
If the Stones did a normal tour and priced ther tickets reasonably the press would come down on them saying they're a bunch of old farts desperate to fill venues by selling tix at a cheap price.
So Jagger asks a very high price and the Stones tour becomes the event of 2014 down under.
Medias love when records are broken and they love it when they can add the word "ever" to their headlines (most expensive tix "ever", fastest tour to sell out "ever").
Jagger knows all this!
I bet you any money you like they'd be more likely to be commended for it.
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bv
Do we really have to do this very same discussion every time the Rolling Stones are selling tickets? It has been the same for 40+ years. In 1969 they said the prices were crazy. And every tour since then it has been the same. This is not new to anybody. We are just getting older.
He's right, The Stones have always been greedy, and now they are greedier than ever! I still love the band, but except that they are after very penny they can get, and don't care what their fans, or anyone else thinks. They simply don't give a f••k. If you think about it, it's so punk, so rock n roll, and it's nothing new. Don't bitch about it though, just don't buy a ticket, if you do, you have your own stupidity to blame. I've seen the band so many times that it does not bother me to not see them, if you must see them, don't be a mug punter. Wait till the gig is a few days away and you will get good tickets for less than face with no problems.
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champ72
I got some tickets on the 1st elevation for Sydney in the pre-sale. I wanted Pit tickets, and I was right on it at exactly 3PM when they went on sale..but I got nowhere near the pit. I suspect that apart from VIP packages none were available.
So it annoys me that perhaps Corporate t0ssers that I work with who wouldn't know a thing about the Stones will end up with the best tickets..as a Corporate jolly.
And this whole reseller business make the whole process so convoluted and unfair.
I am thankful I got tickets, feel sorry for those who missed out and hope something turns up
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bv
Do we really have to do this very same discussion every time the Rolling Stones are selling tickets? It has been the same for 40+ years. In 1969 they said the prices were crazy. And every tour since then it has been the same. This is not new to anybody. We are just getting older.
Please. '69 was a much documented exception. They got so much flak for it they ended up doing Altamont as some kind of hastily thrown together guilt-trip.
Stones ticket prices, while never cheap, were in line with every other major act until about 1998. You know that as well as anyone.
And the difference has multiplied several times with each successive tour since then.
It has not 'been the same'. Compare the average inflation increase between one tour and the next in the last 15 years and then compare the average ticket price in that time. The difference is huge.
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Beast
I'd like to know if there any other band or performer today who charges such high prices on a par with the Stones?
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dcba
It's a capitalist thing and it goes far beyond the Stones tour : if you sell your product 10 ten times what competition does you're 10 times better than the competition, period!
If the Stones did a normal tour and priced ther tickets reasonably the press would come down on them saying they're a bunch of old farts desperate to fill venues by selling tix at a cheap price.
So Jagger asks a very high price and the Stones tour becomes the event of 2014 down under.
Medias love when records are broken and they love it when they can add the word "ever" to their headlines (most expensive tix "ever", fastest tour to sell out "ever").
Jagger knows all this!
I bet you any money you like they'd be more likely to be commended for it.
They would, too. I don't remember them being castigated in the press when it was announced that most tickets for the Hyde Park shows would be priced at £95.
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Gazza
Just as importantly, they're continuing to be able to attract younger fans to their shows, by keeping tickets within their price range.
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DeanGoodman
The North American tour was incredibly disheartening for me, for overlapping reasons. So empathies with my Australian friends. Prices will come down, because scalpers always over-reach and people asking $x billion for their tickets on eBay means jacksh!t. Also, the Aust/NZ economies are not as hot as people like to think they are. Best bet is to keep an eye on prices in the few days leading up to the show and/or buy outside the venue, if necessary. If it works out, great. If not, you're not missing a helluva lot and you saved a ton of money.
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Beast
I'd like to know if there any other band or performer today who charges such high prices on a par with the Stones?
Some acts would charge VIP packages that would be on a similar level, but I cant think of any rock/pop act whose average ticket price would be near as much.
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Grison
Dear all and for once and all
Gazzas and Doxas and complainers of a lost world
We read it a thousand times and a lot of us by now know that the ticket prices are expensive. And we also know since quite a long time that you are frustrated and disappointed by the band. However I also know that some of you got pretty easy free tickets from friends of the Band which are not available anymore for you while we had to pay already years ago the full price.
So stop you tennage lamento and just move one to either another site or to whatever site which appeals you more and give you more credit for your sad live.
For me dispite financial cutdowns for such ticket prices it was one of the best years in my life which began on 25th November 2013 and keep on running into 2014 with Fire.
The concerts have been outstanding and most of you do not have any idea of the past because you did not see them live then.
Even if the Stones would give you a free concert you would have something to moan about because that is just how you seem to feel.
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Grison
Dear all and for once and all
Gazzas and Doxas and complainers of a lost world
We read it a thousand times and a lot of us by now know that the ticket prices are expensive. And we also know since quite a long time that you are frustrated and disappointed by the band. However I also know that some of you got pretty easy free tickets from friends of the Band which are not available anymore for you while we had to pay already years ago the full price.
So stop you tennage lamento and just move one to either another site or to whatever site which appeals you more and give you more credit for your sad live.
For me dispite financial cutdowns for such ticket prices it was one of the best years in my life which began on 25th November 2013 and keep on running into 2014 with Fire.
The concerts have been outstanding and most of you do not have any idea of the past because you did not see them live then.
Even if the Stones would give you a free concert you would have something to moan about because that is just how you seem to feel.
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Grison
Dear all and for once and all
Gazzas and Doxas and complainers of a lost world
We read it a thousand times and a lot of us by now know that the ticket prices are expensive. And we also know since quite a long time that you are frustrated and disappointed by the band. However I also know that some of you got pretty easy free tickets from friends of the Band which are not available anymore for you while we had to pay already years ago the full price.
So stop you tennage lamento and just move one to either another site or to whatever site which appeals you more and give you more credit for your sad live.
For me dispite financial cutdowns for such ticket prices it was one of the best years in my life which began on 25th November 2013 and keep on running into 2014 with Fire.
The concerts have been outstanding and most of you do not have any idea of the past because you did not see them live then.
Even if the Stones would give you a free concert you would have something to moan about because that is just how you seem to feel.
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Beast
I'd like to know if there any other band or performer today who charges such high prices on a par with the Stones?
Some acts would charge VIP packages that would be on a similar level, but I cant think of any rock/pop act whose average ticket price would be near as much.
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OzHeavyThrobber
The Stones I doubt give a toss about new fans.
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Rokyfan
they tried to make it work financially but could not that's why the tentative Euro tour was scrapped.
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Rokyfan
they tried to make it work financially but could not that's why the tentative Euro tour was scrapped.
The way you write this, you make it seem that you know this for a fact, although I suspect it is just what you think.
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Grison
Dear all and for once and all
Gazzas and Doxas and complainers of a lost world
We read it a thousand times and a lot of us by now know that the ticket prices are expensive. And we also know since quite a long time that you are frustrated and disappointed by the band. However I also know that some of you got pretty easy free tickets from friends of the Band which are not available anymore for you while we had to pay already years ago the full price.
So stop you tennage lamento and just move one to either another site or to whatever site which appeals you more and give you more credit for your sad live.
For me dispite financial cutdowns for such ticket prices it was one of the best years in my life which began on 25th November 2013 and keep on running into 2014 with Fire.
The concerts have been outstanding and most of you do not have any idea of the past because you did not see them live then.
Even if the Stones would give you a free concert you would have something to moan about because that is just how you seem to feel.
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Rokyfan
So, just my conclusions.
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Grison
Even if the Stones would give you a free concert you would have something to moan about