Is Gaga really in charge of ticket prices?

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12 hours ago, Lava said:

This is a very loaded question, I know. But I keep seeing so much arguing about this issue. The tickets are expensive, yes. Dynamic pricing is also disappointing. But is this entirely her choice? Does her team/interscope/whoever do this for her..? People are really dragging her through the mud for this. I (so unfortunately) couldn’t go to Chromatica Ball and JWT was when I was 16 so my family got the tickets. 
 

This is my first time getting Gaga tickets (went to Seattle N2 and just got tickets for DC N1). Ticketmaster sucks and the prices are a lot. Yes. But is she really to blame for absolutely all of this?  Please keep it classy in the replies. 

of course she is. she is LADY GAGA. she has the power to start charities, and do any project she wants to. if Oasis could stop this and call out ticketmaster, she absolutely could as well. Lana Del Rey is also at Interscope and the most expensive ticket to her show (in London at least) was like £370 I think. Compared to Gaga's highest priced £1000 tickets, it's more than half the price... And Lana was in a stadium.

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1 hour ago, elijahfan said:

But all of this is budgeted and covered by ticket prices as announced (and already quite expensive in themselves). As I mentioned, artists perfectly manage to conduct their shows in territories where dynamic pricing isn’t used. Prices randomly skyrocketing for shady reasons is nothing but greed and taking advantage of music fans. It’s not there to go into the production value of the show, it’s literally an unjustified big bonus to whoever is in charge. I’d be surprised that dancers, musicians and technicians saw any of that money.

I hear you, it’s wrong - but people are paying the price so what incentive is there for whoever is in charge to say, “hey, I want a smaller bonus this year!” 
 

I know thats gross but it’s literally everyday people buying the tickets. As a concert going society we could be loud boycott this and we don’t. So I guess it is what it is as long as people are willing to pay? 
 

But yes, I wish Gaga could/would use her influence more to reject dynamic pricing. It’s insane to see any upper bowl tickets at MSG for over $700. But like I’d rather her focus on her craft and on the best show possible bc tickets are expensive enough as it is. 

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Yes, this is her manually setting up exactly how many dollars/cents each seat costs

[elsamars 2,228]

Yes, of course she is. She can have lower prices and she can disable dynamic prices if she wants to.

I’m so tired of people being hypocrites and blinds whenever it comes to issues like this. It is giving being a cult member. 
 

something so small and Gaga has no idea happens = omg Gaga probably knows this, she is the best person on earth 

something big and Gaga obviously knows happens = omg she doesn’t know this let’s not blame her

It’s cult mindset

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9 hours ago, monstertoronto said:

The actual answer is no, she is not in charge of ticket prices. She is the creative force and the director and the performer of these shows. But she’s not the the producer. The producer/promoter is the party who actually pays for the tour/production The label also generally has some kind of role/investment. The producers who finance the tour are the ones who get to decide the business points to cover their costs and make a profit. Let me make a comparison to the tv/film industry. It’s like a movie or tv show that might be star driven. The stars are the face of the movie, they may even have creative input, but they have nothing to do with the business side. Even a writer or a director on a film, they will write a script or pitch and idea with the scenes they want, and control the creative, but it’s ultimately up to the producer to decide if they can afford to actually make it. The producer will tell them to cut a scene if it’s too expensive. The producer is finding the money to pay for it so gets to make the financial decision. And the party who is investing financially in paying for the production is the one who gets to make the financial decisions to maximize their chances of recouping their costs and seeing a profit. The creative artists have nothing to do with that. 

So Gaga (probably with involvement with the label) pitches a concept for the tour and the set design and the acts/costumes, etc, and the producers decide what they will agree to pay for. This tour she clearly had a bigger budget so it’s clear they believed in her vision. But the producer/promoter who paid for this vision also gets to call the shots about what to charge for tickets etc to ensure they get their money back. Gaga is paid upfront and then gets a cut of the revenue, but she doesn’t pay for this tour. She. Is the talent. So she is not the one making the business decisions. The producers who have invested the money and who have risked this money until it’s recouped, they are the ones who decide ticket prices. Gaga is paid regardless of how the tour does. The producers need to make sure they make their money back. 
 

The producers are Gaga and Michael, along with Live Nation. 

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Interscope has the final say with dynamic pricing, look at billie, look at kendrick, they are two of the biggest interscope stars just like gaga and they use dynamic pricing.

Y'all with the hate honer are starting to get annoying ngl. It's obvious if an artist at interscope wants to have a fully backed word tour they need to use dynamic pricing.

Go complain to interscope and leave gaga alone.

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13 minutes ago, Franch Toast said:

The producers are Gaga and Michael, along with Live Nation. 

That’s not exactly true bestie. She and Michael are credited as “Executive Producers” 

Live Nation is listed as the main producer / promoter. 

“Executive Producers” are the credit given the the main creative force or give as courtesy credits to the names who can help sell something. In TV the executive producer is the show runner (the person who is the head writer and makes all the creative decisions), which is likely Gaga and Michael’s role here. Even in film “Executive Producer” is mostly a courtesy credit given to executives or to a celebrity who has agreed to endorse the project (like Tom Hanks or Quentin Tarantino have been given this credit even though they don’t really work on something just because they want to support it) 

Executive Producers aren’t generally the party financing something. 

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1 minute ago, monstertoronto said:

That’s not exactly true bestie. She and Michael are credited as “Executive Producers” 

Live Nation is listed as the main producer / promoter. 

“Executive Producers” are the credit given the the main creative force or give as courtesy credits to the names who can help sell something. In TV the executive producer is the show runner (the person who is the head writer and makes all the creative decisions), which is likely Gaga and Michael’s role here. Even in film “Executive Producer” is mostly a courtesy credit given to executives or to a celebrity who has agreed to endorse the project (like Tom Hanks or Quentin Tarantino have been given this credit even though they don’t really work on something just because they want to support it) 

Executive Producers aren’t generally the party financing something. 

People actually think gaga is above interscope whims, its laughable.

And I'm usually the delulu one 

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lol, if Ariana Grande can say no to dynamic pricing, if Ariana Grande can be on phone to fight with resale prices, so can Gaga.

Don’t fool yourselves

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i get we wanna say it's an expensive show but...it's most definitely cheaper than some of her past ones given the fact that she *already had the stage built*. Like this tour is not some exceptional uptick in her production such as a nosebleed needs to be going for $400. That's highway robbery

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53 minutes ago, elsamars said:

Yes, of course she is. She can have lower prices and she can disable dynamic prices if she wants to.

I’m so tired of people being hypocrites and blinds whenever it comes to issues like this. It is giving being a cult member. 
 

something so small and Gaga has no idea happens = omg Gaga probably knows this, she is the best person on earth 

something big and Gaga obviously knows happens = omg she doesn’t know this let’s not blame her

It’s cult mindset

You know it’s possible to disagree without being as overtly rude as you tend to be. 

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23 minutes ago, elsamars said:

lol, if Ariana Grande can say no to dynamic pricing, if Ariana Grande can be on phone to fight with resale prices, so can Gaga.

Don’t fool yourselves

Ever thought you might be wrong? Ariana is not under Interscope.

Adding to Kendrick Lamar and Billie, here is the list of acts under interscope that use dynamic pricing:

- BLACKPINK
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Snoop Dogg
- MGK

And the list goes on. It's fair to assume if a main act wants to have a fully backed word tour they NEED to use dynamic pricing, that's probably one of the conditions for interscope to go on board.

Gaga is a small part of a much bigger system and she does NOT has the say on everything.

And especially because the tour was prepared in such a short notice, I'm sure interscope wanted some guaranties and i believe if we didn't had interscope backing the tour would be much worse.

Edited September 13 by lastpopicon

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4 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

You know it’s possible to disagree without being as overtly rude as you tend to be. 

There’s nothing rude in my comment 

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23 minutes ago, elsamars said:

lol, if Ariana Grande can say no to dynamic pricing, if Ariana Grande can be on phone to fight with resale prices, so can Gaga.

Don’t fool yourselves

wait u actually make a valid point ari just shared a story on insta about it i didn’t even think about it like that 

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20 minutes ago, lastpopicon said:

Ever thought you might be wrong?

 

I do. For instance, I was going to say Gaga has no control over her ticket prices in this thread. Then I said wait I might be wrong. Then I thought if this person was not Gaga, would I ever find myself making excuses for dynamic pricing which is nothing but an evil billionaire way of scalping more money from people. I said to myself hell no. That’s how I came to this conclusion.