- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Multiple musical artists cancelling summer tour dates because ticket sales are so bad
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:55 pm to Kinderman
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:55 pm to Kinderman
I was starting to think I was just being cheap when I see some of these ticket prices. One the one hand, I’m happy to see the ‘all in’ price and it be slammed with fees at checkout, but on the other hand, $100+ for a mid tier country singer like Megan Moroney is outrageous to me, especially knowing that a couple of drinks and some merch is going to be at least another $100+
We have access to a Suite at the Brookshire Grocery Arena, which allows us to see several acts that I would have never paid to see, like Heart.
Styx is coming in a couple of weeks, and the tickets were $90 each…sales were struggling, so they ran a BOGO. 2 for $90 isn’t so bad.
We have access to a Suite at the Brookshire Grocery Arena, which allows us to see several acts that I would have never paid to see, like Heart.
Styx is coming in a couple of weeks, and the tickets were $90 each…sales were struggling, so they ran a BOGO. 2 for $90 isn’t so bad.
3
Posted on 5/9/26 at 1:55 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
With what a lot of tickets were bringing on the secondary market he is right. He just has no leg to stand on because his shitty company is fricking everyone with all the fees. For most shows of interest the secondary market has proven that tickets are underpriced. If that weren't true there wouldn't be scalpers lining up for every popular event and people willing to pay them on the secondary market. Maybe we've reached a breaking point in that regard
I’ve tried getting online tickets for some popular concerts, and couldn’t because they immediately sold out.
Jimmy Buffet as an example, tried for tickets at two different shows a year or so apart, each one sold out in less than two minutes.
But you could then go on Ticketmaster and buy grossly inflated tickets. I passed.
Some people will shell out the money, more won’t. That CEO is just as clueless as the Starbucks CEO defending $9 coffee as being “worth it for the experience”.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 2:26 pm to Kinderman
There is literally no musical act on Earth I would pay over $100 a ticket. I hate paying 2 or 300 hundred for football but at least you are paying for an experience where you don’t know the outcome versus a concert where you have already heard the songs a million times and usually at a better sound quality then what the concert will be.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 2:43 pm to cgrand
quote:
until the bandleader broke his leg
Skateboarding backstage? Billy is dumb.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:03 pm to Kinderman
How long until it is blamed on Pantavirus fear?
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:08 pm to riverdiver
quote:Those professional scalpers have bot farms and programs that buy up all those tickets and FORCE the secondary market inflation. Ticketmaster and the like are complicit in this.quote:
With what a lot of tickets were bringing on the secondary market he is right. He just has no leg to stand on because his shitty company is fricking everyone with all the fees. For most shows of interest the secondary market has proven that tickets are underpriced. If that weren't true there wouldn't be scalpers lining up for every popular event and people willing to pay them on the secondary market. Maybe we've reached a breaking point in that regard
I’ve tried getting online tickets for some popular concerts, and couldn’t because they immediately sold out.
Jimmy Buffet as an example, tried for tickets at two different shows a year or so apart, each one sold out in less than two minutes.
But you could then go on Ticketmaster and buy grossly inflated tickets. I passed.
Some people will shell out the money, more won’t. That CEO is just as clueless as the Starbucks CEO defending $9 coffee as being “worth it for the experience”.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:12 pm to UKWildcats
quote:As are the artists. It can be handled and some have by preventing dynamic pricing and limiting resale.
Those professional scalpers have bot farms and programs that buy up all those tickets and FORCE the secondary market inflation. Ticketmaster and the like are complicit in this
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:13 pm to Jake88
Absolutely. I'm more apt to patronize those bands on principle alone.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:14 pm to LSUGUMBO
quote:
Styx is coming in a couple of weeks, and the tickets were $90 each…sales were struggling, so they ran a BOGO. 2 for $90 isn’t so bad.
The jig is up, the news is out
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:15 pm to Kingshakabooboo
quote:
There is literally no musical act on Earth I would pay over $100 a ticket. I hate paying 2 or 300 hundred for football
People like different things. You're spending hundreds of dollars for a game you can watch on television that gives you much better views, much more comfortable seats, and better food and drink.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 4:57 pm to LSUGUMBO
quote:
Styx is coming in a couple of weeks, and the tickets were $90 each…sales were struggling, so they ran a BOGO. 2 for $90 isn’t so bad.
Dang. I honestly didn’t think those guys were still alive.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 5:05 pm to riverdiver
quote:
Dang. I honestly didn’t think those guys were still alive.
Still alive, and honestly, still sound pretty good. I’m not a huge fan, but I figure their touring clock has got to be running out.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 5:26 pm to LSUGUMBO
Tommy Shaw has lost nothing as far as I can tell.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:13 pm to Rouge
quote:
People like different things. You're spending hundreds of dollars for a game you can watch on television that gives you much better views, much more comfortable seats, and better food and drink.
You are correct, which is why I don’t value the at game experience enough to do it more than one game a year. Obviously it’s a free country and none of my business what other people choose to spend there money on. Just stating how about I feel about concerts.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:16 pm to Lickitty Split
quote:
Your choice overinflated ego musicians who think their opinion is somehow more important than the common man.
Right on...
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:40 pm to Rouge
quote:
The jig is up, the news is out
Well done, Sir. Well done.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:42 pm to LSUGUMBO
Styx without Dennis DeYoung ain’t Styx
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:45 pm to BZ504
quote:he raps about math formulasquote:Who?
Kid Cudi
he's a real cudi pi
Posted on 5/10/26 at 12:02 am to Kinderman
Post Malone and Jelly Roll failed because they’re not good. That’s the bottom line.
If they were good, people would want to go.
Same thing with all these failed tours. Kid Rock made excuses on why he canceled saying the economy.
No, dork.
You’re Kid Rock in 2026. No one gives a shite about you like they did in 2000.
If they were good, people would want to go.
Same thing with all these failed tours. Kid Rock made excuses on why he canceled saying the economy.
No, dork.
You’re Kid Rock in 2026. No one gives a shite about you like they did in 2000.
Posted on 5/10/26 at 12:26 am to The Boat
quote:
Styx without Dennis DeYoung ain’t Styx
Wait, “Styx” is touring without Deyoung ?? Someone above posted about Tommy Shaw; i figured he’d be the odd man out since ive seen Behind the Music like everyone else and i knew those two couldnt stand each other … But Styx without Dennis is akin to Journey without Steve Perry or Fleetwood Mac without Buckingham… it’s not that i wouldnt go to see them and hear the nostalgic old tunes, it’s just that i wouldnt *pay* to see them.. id have to be gifted the tickets, or pay very very little, like pocket change .. and yeah, i realize the little Filipino guy now fronting Journey sounds awesome apparently .. but Steve Perry is called The Voice for a reason, and im not paying to see them without Steve … the more i think about these iconic bands touring without their prominent members, the more it enrages me and the more i feel like it’s an insult to our collective intelligence as music fans .
Page 5 of 6
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News