Quote Originally Posted by sodascouts View Post
But then it comes out of other people's wallets in the sense that we're paying the same amount for our ticket, yet they're not receiving as much profit. Of course, as you said, that would definitely give the artist some good PR!
I did say it was just a thought.

Yes, we pay the same amount for the ticket, but you're going to pay that price anyway. So if a part of that cost goes to a charity, not the artists /promoters pocket (even $5 or £5 per person), the concert goer gets a warm fuzzy feeling for helping their band /artist's fave cause and the charity raises extra funds. The band /artist / promoters profits go down yes, but they do well enough it seems. If they want to help their charity enough they'd maybe consider it. Could stop some of the preaching too.

I certainly didn't begrudge paying £25 for a '£5' ticket. (I know tickets cost a lot more now but at the time it was a lot. Honest ) Of course it also depends how charitable you are. Hmm maybe an opt out scheme, something like we have with the gift aid scheme here for charitable attractions like wild life parks.