DevinBelow t1_jebgs17 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:14 PM

I get what you're saying. If I'm going to play devil's advocate here, I'll just say that most bigger artists aren't all that directly involved with booking their own tours and all the actual administrative stuff that goes along with things like selling tickets. They usually have business managers, road managers, accountants and that kind of thing that figure out the pricing and logisitics. Like, I bet you Ozzy Osborne doesn't know how much tickets to an Ozzy Osborne concert cost.

I guess what I'm saying is that most big (successful) artists spend their time thinking about and creating the art, and they hire people to look after the other aspects of the business of being a musician, so they can focus more of their attention on that.

But you've got to hope that maybe Robert Smith is a big enough name that these types of practices will be brought to the attention of more artists, who may, hopefully, start making decisions that are best for their fans.

Hobonics OP t1_jebqf18 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:15 PM

Yeah i guess that was where my hope lied. I had hoped (and continue to) that Robert Smith had gotten enough publicity for it that other acts would follow his lead.

TyAD552 t1_jec3rqi wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:46 PM

I feel like the artist should know their management team and value as well though. Blink-182 could barely get their own tickets they said. Tickets to see them in my city for the floor were $330. Avenged Sevenfold are playing the exact same venue 3 months later for $170 to get into the floor. Either the bands have helped with that price, or Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing is really picking and choosing where they maximize their profits.