Ticket prices V CD prices

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When I was a kid - 70s - LPs seemed to cost way more than concert tickets; first gigs I remember going to cost about £1 - £1-50 at a time when LPs were about £3; now the relation seems reversed. Why, please?

― sonofstan (sonofstan), Friday, 28 July 2006 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

The Laffer curve.

― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 28 July 2006 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

The rise of the Euro.

― ng-unit (ng-unit), Friday, 28 July 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

Bands realised they got all the profit from touring, rather than splitting it with record companies et al.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 July 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

there was an article / opinion piece in the nytimes a year or two ago that basically said, artists don't sell as many records anymore since everyone downloads. consequently, ticket prices go up to keep food on their plates. i think there was also a thread here not so long ago about higher gas costs contributing to road expenses as well.

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the rise of a currency value should not exert upward pressure on ticket prices. the more valuable the currency, the more it can purchase for the same amount.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 28 July 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's just a matter of artists/business people figuring out what sells the most units at what price. They're more calculating about what maximizes revenue.

― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 28 July 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

Supply. Demand.

― Annie Get Your Gin (noodle vague), Friday, 28 July 2006 14:45 (nineteen years ago)

THE RISE OF PALIMONY

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 28 July 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

the goddamn eagles. they were the first band to break the $100 barrier for ticket prices.

now a band like the who can say to their management, "i want to come home from a tour with $2 million in my pocket. make it happen." so the managers set ticket prices at some crazy-arse level, and the bands rarely have any clue how much their tix are actually being sold for. as long as they're sold, why should they?

and yeah, it's supply and demand; bands (or, more accurately, their management in cooperation with promoters/clear channel/etc.) control the SUPPLY of tickets, and DEMAND that you pay exorbitant prices for them. everyone wins. oh, except for the person who paid $250 to see the who have an off night.

how quaint it seems now looking back on when everyone was up in arms about $30 tickets for the jacksons' victory tour.

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Friday, 28 July 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

artists don't sell as many records anymore since everyone downloads

Nothing to do with them costing a million dollars, then?

I think people will pay through the ass for tickets cuz its a communal experience / event / blahdiy blah.

I know we sell assloads of tickets adn they're WAY too fucking expensive for the venues.

I also know we routinely sell tickets to people who don't even know how to pronounce the artists name. Even when their name is Eric Clapton. Music fans buy CDs. Everybody seems to go to concerts. God knows why.

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Friday, 28 July 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

SFX bought up all the tours in the early '00s trying to drive out competition. To do so they raised artist "guarantees" sky high. To actually break even they had to similarly jack up ticket prices.

Then Clear Channel bought SFX and did the same thing.

Then Live Nation spun off from CC and did the same thing.

Now Live Nation buys House of Blues and there is no competition. So logically ticket prices should go down. Also logically, monkeys should fly out of our butts.

― Jake A. Brown (Jake Brown), Saturday, 29 July 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

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