There’s no denying it: life is fucking costly. After we’re not making an attempt to determine easy methods to mortgage the MetalSucks mansion a 3rd time simply so we will purchase some fucking eggs, we’re struggling to justify ticket prices similar to the remainder of you! So once we posted our weekend reader ballot asking the way you, the MetalSucks reader felt about ticket costs, we had been fairly positive we knew how issues had been going to shake out.
After gathering your responses, it’s painfully apparent that as a rule you guys would slightly spend time in a small venue supporting a smaller or mid-level band than shell out a ridiculous sum of cash to attend one thing like Black Sabbath’s final gig ever or a bloated pageant someplace.
Trying by a number of your responses on social media, a number of you set the blame on the monopolistic existence of Ticketmaster and Reside Nation. Because of their stranglehold on not simply the market, but in addition their grip on venues everywhere in the U.S., it’s arduous to not see why individuals are livid at that company. Take Fb person Kevin Dixon, for instance, who stated the next about company greed affecting ticket costs:
“It’s not the ticket costs which might be the difficulty. It’s the ‘processing charges’ and all that BS that always instances double the value of the ticket. The music group, as a complete together with all genres from pop to steel, want to return collectively and say sufficient is sufficient. The ticket sellers are those making the cash, not the artists.”
Consequently, the largest cohort of respondents stated they like attending smaller, extra inexpensive reveals than splurge for the massive gigs. And whereas a few of you understood why the prices exist, folks like Luis Tirado Jr. usually think about a much bigger present if it’s a particular occasion or one thing.
“I’m not paying a whole lot of {dollars} for a steel live performance. It’s ridiculous to cost a lot if it’s a daily present with a gap band. If it’s one thing particular, like an anniversary tour for an album hitting 10 or 20 years, that’s totally different. A daily present charging $200? Arduous no.”
Finally, all of us agree that insane ticket costs are an enormous bummer and a hindrance to attending to see a number of the bands we’d wish to see reside. Or as Josh Kain put so eloquently:
“Uggggggghhh it fuckin sucks.”
