{"id":23293,"date":"2022-07-23T13:37:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fans-livid-over-ticketmaster-selling-5k-springsteen-tickets\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:37:48","slug":"fans-livid-over-ticketmaster-selling-5k-springsteen-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fans-livid-over-ticketmaster-selling-5k-springsteen-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans livid over Ticketmaster selling $5K Springsteen tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen fans miss the glory days of reasonably priced tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Floor seats to see the king on his 2023 US tour are ranging from $4,000 to $5,000 on Ticketmaster because of the service&#8217;s \u201cdynamic pricing\u201d system that allows for extreme inflation from high demand.<\/p>\n<p>Even nosebleeds are going for more than $1K as \u201cplatinum tickets,\u201d which are simply considered seats sold throughout all sections of a venue, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>One Springsteen fan, @puffwoody, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Puffwoody\/status\/1550496514551824384\" target=\"_blank\">spotted tickets going for $1,125<\/a> for an upcoming Albany show, prompting a \u201cf\u2013k off !\u201d  tweet in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m rich and I think that&#8217;s f\u2013king crazy,\u201d podcast producer John Palumbo <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalumboLand\/status\/1549890895566307331\" target=\"_blank\">said in a video rant over the prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Ticketmaster for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Fans are up in arms over Ticketmaster selling Bruce Springsteen tickets for thousands of dollars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Almost a bigger slap in the face to these inflation-weakened customers is that Ticketmaster claims the dynamic method aims to \u201cprice tickets closer to their fair value,\u201d an FAQ page reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m sure you won&#8217;t see this @springsteen but you or your management need to have a word with the abhorrent criminals running @Ticketmaster who are charging exorbitant amounts to see you in concert.  Please listen to your fans, nobody can afford these ridiculous ticket prices,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Biggane\/status\/1549889118204825600\" target=\"_blank\">posted @Danny_Biggane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear kids, I just spent your inheritance on @springsteen tickets.  Love, Mom.\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kellylaw1216\/status\/1550501401079545857\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted @Kellylaw1216<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Bruce is only the latest artist who&#8217;s had their show blinded by the light of absurd inflation at the hands of Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/tickets-28.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tickets to Bruce Springsteen's upcoming tour are costing fans thousands of dollars.\" class=\"wp-image-23163150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/tickets-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/tickets-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/tickets-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/tickets-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tickets to Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s upcoming tour are costing fans thousands of dollars.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TicketMaster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans spotted that Paramore tickets for an upcoming Chicago show <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/writergirl_19\/status\/1550505758923653120\" target=\"_blank\">were billed at $8,018<\/a> and artists like Drake, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles have had their prices soar beyond reason as well.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month Drake fans had to cough up between $573 to $1,480 to see his Young Money reunion show in Canada.  Harry Styles fans were irate in May when prices went above $1K and Swifties lamented in 2018 that tickets originally priced $595 were selling just below $1K.<\/p>\n<p>Around the time of that Taylor Swift bad blood, the dynamic pricing method was even called out by other ticket sale services.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">how on earth is ticketmaster still able to get away with \u201cofficial platinum\u201d tickets, that go up or down based on demand?  they hold off on their regular tickets to sell them at a platinum price for the same thing!!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lawin (@LawinSalah) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawinSalah\/status\/1547956299073142786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m sure you won&#8217;t see this <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/springsteen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@springsteen<\/a> but you or your management need to have a word with the abhorrent criminals running <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Ticketmaster<\/a> who are charging exorbitant amounts to see you in concert.  Please listen to your fans, nobody can afford these ridiculous ticket prices<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danny Biggane (@Danny_Biggane) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Biggane\/status\/1549889118204825600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTicketmaster Platinum uses a dynamic pricing strategy, allowing the price of a ticket to fluctuate based on demand.  They control the demand of tickets by drip-feeding these tickets out into the market, ensuring that demand is high and in-turn charging an extortionate amount!\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vibetickets\/status\/1028961912451747841?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Tweeted Vibe Tickets<\/a>a \u201ctotally free\u201d market space to sell or buy tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Now, fans are calling on the acts themselves to intervene and stop this chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world should already be discussing the monopoly Ticketmaster has over events,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yesthisisross\/status\/1550369015410851848\" target=\"_blank\">wrote @yesthisisross<\/a>.  \u201cIt&#8217;s unethical and artists need to speak out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen fans miss the glory days of reasonably priced tickets. Floor seats to see the king on his 2023 US tour are ranging from $4,000 to $5,000 on Ticketmaster because of the service&#8217;s \u201cdynamic pricing\u201d system that allows for extreme inflation from high demand. Even nosebleeds are going for more than $1K as \u201cplatinum &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fans-livid-over-ticketmaster-selling-5k-springsteen-tickets\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fans livid over Ticketmaster selling $5K Springsteen tickets<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[10303,329,2686,109,111,8737,46,10304,10305,10306],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22102,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tickermasters-new-dynamic-pricing-has-forced-bruce-springsteen-prices-high-as-5000\/","url_meta":{"origin":23293,"position":0},"title":"Tickermaster&#8217;s new &#8216;Dynamic Pricing&#8217; has forced Bruce Springsteen prices high as $5,000","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce Springsteen fans are furious that tickets to his summer shows are going for as high as $5,000 due to Ticketmaster's 'dynamic pricing' system, which also caused ticket prices to soar for big-name stars like Harry Styles, Drake and Taylor Swift. 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