Gaga, Bey, Taylor, etc called out after new artist takes on Ticketmaster

[Sneaky Oliver 22,405]

Maybe I’m too naive but I don’t think Gaga or Beyonce are aware of prices and commercial dynamics, I guess they have always had a team to “mind the business” for them (not saying this a good thing necessarily but maybe that’s how it naturally went down in the music industry)

It’s a great achievement, specially for a new artist and hopefully it will become a common practice from now on 

[nATAH 51,967]

5 hours ago, Xardas said:

There's a spectrum of being poor and even though I am no longer in the extreme I am still far from rich, even medium. I am from Europe btw, now I am saving to see South America and Asia. Poor ppl still can be resourceful, save money, party or eat out. Saving 70-100 $ a month is doable even when sb is making less than me. It's narrow minded thinking. I may as well say you're rich because you have an internet connection and a device to write posts...

there is a spectrum but to come here and say "people need to be better with money, i was poor but managed to spend $1200 plus a trip" is highly ignorant

I don't consider myself poor but I haven't been able to afford a vacation in over 10 years, all my money went towards rent and staying fit, only purchased clothes when needed and only upgrade my tech when it breaks

but for you to act like you are in the same position as me and saying it's my fault for not being able to save, yet you were able to spend over $1000 for a concert (and trip) when I couldn't even afford one £200-300 ticket (despite the arena being close by)... you're speaking from a higher spot but acting like it was the lowest whilst saying gaga should be charging high prices because, ultimately, you could afford it

Edited December 3 by nATAH

[Xardas 1,653]

3 hours ago, Bronco said:

Poor people cannot afford non-essential spending.

No one is saying you are rich, well off etc. But calling yourself poor when you can afford to spend $1200 on tickets alone, be it via saving or not, is proof alone that you are not poor. 

Words to describe wealth have real meaning, and naturally people will call out others for inaccurate descriptions of such a sensitive subject. 

I work for a charity that supports people who are actually poor. People who are in full time work and still unable to afford food by the end of the month. None of them are dropping 1200 on concert tickets that require them to travel to another country. And they certainly aren't in a position where they can party once a month. 

Again, not here to argue you are wealthy or well off. But just highlighting that you are doing better than being poor if you can "cut down leisure expenses to one party a month" - and its quite tone deaf to describe yourself as poor while also advertising you have enough income to have non-essential luxury spending capacity. 

 

As I said, its spectrum. Most of my life I was stuck near the lowest, having dysfunctional family, couldn't afford food and basic stuff, trying to pay my father debts... I worked extremely hard to get out from that point. It's 10x better since then yet I will not call myself medium/rich for affording some leisure from time to time, regardless what you may think of me. I won't pursue this argument further because our views on financial status are visibly different and unlikely to change after this conversation.

[elsamars 4,496]

41 minutes ago, nATAH said:

when I couldn't even afford one £200-300 ticket (despite the arena being close by)...

This… I’m sure there are a lot of monsters that couldn’t afford even she was visiting their cities let alone a trip to another continent/country.

Ticket prices inflated absurdly and if it keeps this pace,you who can save money now will see it as an unaffordable luxury in near future.

Edited December 3 by elsamars

[TheARTPOPball 933]

I unfortunately curved and overpaid for some somewhat decent seats at the mayhem ball. And honestly, I don’t regret it,  I wish it were more affordable but in my view, it’s a once in a lifetime experience and if it makes me as happy and the chromatica ball did, and inspires me the same way so many other concerts I’ve been too, I’m cool with paying a premium. 
 

I think what Olivia did is a step in the right direction and I’d also like to see venues sell more tickets in person. That’s a much easier way to limit how many tickets one person can get. Also, dynamic pricing is greed, but regulating resale has nothing to do with the artists greed. They only benefit from the original purchase. The reseller is the one who is pocketing ur money. Scalpers have always and will always be a problem. But I think the digitization of the market has just made them even more inescapable. 
 

in my opinion though, Gaga is not an artist that should be playing arenas. She’s too big for them. The stadium tour did well and offered much more seats for better prices. Idrc what seat I can afford, I’m just happy to be there. 

[NemoMyName 1,103]

Y'all are comparing smaller acts revenue with the money gaga, bey, tay, shaki can make? lmao, we don't even know if they are signed by the same contracts conditions.

[ALGAYDO 33,678]

I think I’m dumb af because I just understand how an artist can cap resale prices. Let’s say you buy a ticket for $500, then you sell it to someone else for $800, so YOU make the $300 profit, right? How can an artist stop that? And how would that enrich them? They only got the initial $500, no? 

[Bronco 14,302]

1 hour ago, ALGAYDO said:

I think I’m dumb af because I just understand how an artist can cap resale prices. Let’s say you buy a ticket for $500, then you sell it to someone else for $800, so YOU make the $300 profit, right? How can an artist stop that? And how would that enrich them? They only got the initial $500, no? 

So there's multiple ways.

The primary way they can cap them is by making it so that the ticket can't be transferred to another account unless put up for resale via ticketmaster. That way, they can ensure that resale is capped because they have a contractual agreement with ticketmaster.