Concert Ticket Pricing
Harry Styles is a musician from England who started his music career on the X factor in 2010. On the show, he was put into a band called One Direction. The band went on and produced 5 albums, 4 major world tours, and 2 documentaries. When the band broke up in 2015, the boys all went and had their own solo careers where Harry Styles quickly became the most decorated artist out of the 5 boys. After winning album of the year in 2023 for his last album Harry’s House, he went on a world tour and proceeded to take a hiatus for a few years after. Recently, Harry has announced his new album Kiss all the Time, Disco Occasionally that is set to come out March 6th. In addition to a new album, Harry has announced his tour where he is doing multiple residencies across the world in a few different countries. One of his residencies and his only US tour stop is at Madison Square Garden for 30 nights. Since announcing this, fans have noticed the expensive ticket prices and have called out Harry and his team for how pricy it is. Tickets for the show have been seen between $50 for last row nosebleed seats to upwards of $1,500 for pit tickets. Harry Styles is just one example of pricy concert tickets when in reality, concerts have been getting increasingly more expensive over the last few years. Noah Kahan is another popular artist who announced his upcoming tour this summer. Ticket pricing for this tour ranges from $75 to upwards of $1,000. Many different artists have increasingly more expensive ticket prices. For example, in 2015, One Direction ticket prices ranged from $15-$460. There is an overwhelming issue where concerts are continuing to become more and more expensive, if prices continue going up like this I would not be surprised if people had to stop buying tickets to see artists live.
Everyone I know wants to go see Noah Kahan but just can't. I wonder how much of this money actually goes to the artist.
ReplyDeleteThe price gauging of tickets is definitely an issue, but another problem I've noticed is how inaccessible concert tickets are becoming because of the demand. Everybody is trying to get them to the point we have "Ticketmaster wars." I personally have lost out on many concert tickets just because of the sheer amount of demand for tickets and how scarce they are. If things continue like this, I doubt concerts will be around much longer.
ReplyDeleteTickets to the performing arts have become out of reach for so many. A show in NYC is now upwards of $125+ for the furthest seats from the stage. It has become impossible for the average person to purchase tickets for themselves let alone a family. To bring the price of tickets back into reasonable costs do people have to boycott performances? A year of no to low volume sales could call attention to the price gouging and perhaps bring prices down to more reasonable prices.
ReplyDeletePersonally I do not like going to concerts but growing up in a family with sisters and a mom who consistently go to concerts this has been a well known conversation. It is insane how much tickets are being charged for; it is totally unreasonable.
ReplyDeleteMy friend back home tried to get tickets for his concert, but she never got any because they were insanely expensive. She said that last year they were way cheaper
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