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calipachangero
I think the Stones themselves do not decide retail or concert prices. These kind of things seem to be part of contracts with promoters, record companies etc.
And these people realize that the band soon, maybe very soon, will be gone and that means no more tours, and a steady decrease of music sales, because the main target group for physical products will be gone pretty soon too. Just saying.
On the other hand I think that once you've become rich, greed to a certain degree will be a constant part of your life. Doesn't matter if you're inclined so or forced to act accordingly.
I do also draw a line when it comes to prices. As for the expenses you've mentioned, I will stick with the CD version of El Mocambo (20.80 Euro) and lucky dip tickets for concerts in Bern and Gelsenkirchen (~60 Euros per ticket).
Might end up in the pit and if its just a seat with poor visibility I'll still get the sound, because that is the main thing.
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calipachangero
I think the Stones themselves do not decide retail or concert prices. These kind of things seem to be part of contracts with promoters, record companies etc.
And these people realize that the band soon, maybe very soon, will be gone and that means no more tours, and a steady decrease of music sales, because the main target group for physical products will be gone pretty soon too. Just saying.
On the other hand I think that once you've become rich, greed to a certain degree will be a constant part of your life. Doesn't matter if you're inclined so or forced to act accordingly.
I do also draw a line when it comes to prices. As for the expenses you've mentioned, I will stick with the CD version of El Mocambo (20.80 Euro) and lucky dip tickets for concerts in Bern and Gelsenkirchen (~60 Euros per ticket).
Might end up in the pit and if its just a seat with poor visibility I'll still get the sound, because that is the main thing.
Of course they don't decide the ticket prices personally!
This is business. You can't overcome that prices changed over the several years. We generally earn more, so that the cost of living is getting higher.
It is the same with everything, goods, healthcare etc.
Don't worry - you are not alone in this!
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
Not quite - they lowered the prices of the Pit-Tickets. But now Eventim 'invented' the dynamically priced TopSeats in the A-Blocks - which are currently € 776 - [iorr.org] , [iorr.org] .
I wouldn't be surprised if these prices rise even further - like Eventim did with (cancelled) Paul McCartney in 2020 - [iorr.org] .
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
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Mabru
The prices of vinyl are sky high.
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
See my posts in the Munich thread, bottom of page 5:Quote
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
how can you tell? The seating charts provided by the ticket agencies are not up to scale
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
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Stoneage
The older they get the higher the price. I paid about $25 for my first gig in 1990. Travel was the big cost then. Now it's the other way around.
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Stoneage
The older they get the higher the price. I paid about $25 for my first gig in 1990. Travel was the big cost then. Now it's the other way around.
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Mabru
The prices of vinyl are sky high.
"The vinyl straw: why the vinyl industry is at breaking point" - [MixMag.net] , [www.NME.com] , [Variety.com] .
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hockenheim95
For recordings I began to use Spotify two years ago.
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slewan
welcome to Germany – where they lowered(!) the prices for pit tickets from 799 Euros in 2017/18 to just a little over 500 Euros this time around…
how can you tell? The seating charts provided by the ticket agencies are not up to scale
[iorr.org]
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hockenheim95
For recordings I began to use Spotify two years ago.
But when the license for the recording is expired (similar to out-of-print) then it's not available anymore on Streaming-Services. Maybe Download (iTunes, Qobuz) is more safe in this regard.
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Nikkei
how anyone could rely on a streaming app for his favourite music is beyond me. most of my active listening time is dedicated to "versions" in a manner completely out of spotify depth.
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hockenheim95
If something like this would ever happen then I can still download those albums.
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Nikkei
how anyone could rely on a streaming app for his favourite music is beyond me. most of my active listening time is dedicated to "versions" in a manner completely out of spotify depth.
What's the advantage of hearing Wembley 82 on CD than hearing it on Spotify?
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hockenheim95
What's the advantage of hearing Wembley 82 on CD than hearing it on Spotify?