Originally Posted by
Pippinwhite
At the risk of sounding like a Scrooge, I really don't care what their reasons are for the ticket pricing, unless they just don't have much control over it (which is possible, given the TicketMaster monopoly). Even though I'm a lifelong fan, I can't see them play unless the ticket prices come down about 50%. I know people have to be paid, and tours are fiendishly expensive undertakings, especially when you don't have big corporate sponsorship like many artists do, but when other artists playing smaller venues manage to keep their tickets within reason...
It's just a bummer for me. I'll drag my little blue funk somewhere else now. LOL.