{"id":1567555,"date":"2022-07-23T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567555"},"modified":"2022-07-23T08:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T12:34:56","slug":"springsteen-silent-on-outrageously-high-ticket-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/springsteen-silent-on-outrageously-high-ticket-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Springsteen Silent On Outrageously High Ticket Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspringsteen-silent-on-outrageously-high-ticket-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>A 2018 paper from Arcadia University dubbed Bruce Springsteen a <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.arcadia.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&#038;context=undergrad_works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cVoice of the Working Class.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Springsteen\u2019s working class identity is portrayed in his writing in a generalized fashion to represent a large portion of working class people. He does this through storytelling and the creation of characters. Springsteen also looks to represent common emotions rather than specific circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>And, at first blush, it makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Few \u201970s rockers captured blue-collar America better than The Boss. Songs like \u201cBorn to Run,\u201d \u201cDarkness on the Edge of Town\u201d and \u201cWrecking Ball\u201d evoke the struggles many face living paycheck to paycheck, the American Dream just out of reach. Springsteen\u2019s bandana and jeans mirrored that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>Yet reality isn\u2019t matching that decades-old brand of late.<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen\u2019s devotion to the Democrats is part of the problem. New polling shows that middle class voters are switching to the GOP as progressive policies pummel Joe and Jane Sixpack.<\/p>\n<p>The rock legend, who <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/music\/news\/bruce-springsteen-hometown-ad-joe-biden-1234820744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigned hard for President Joe Biden<\/a>, indirectly brought hardship to countless Americans facing soaring gas prices and shocking inflation rates. That\u2019s a political miscalculation, but an apology would be nice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joebiden<\/a>\u2019s hometown. This is more than where he\u2019s from. This is who he\u2019s for. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ZSK3dXY4H\">pic.twitter.com\/6ZSK3dXY4H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/springsteen\/status\/1322582291453861890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Boss\u2019s new working class problem is partially self-inflicted.<\/p>\n<p>Variety reports his passionate fan base is <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/bruce-springteen-ticketmaster-ticket-prices-rise-thousands-dynamic-pricing-1235321657\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outraged by ticket prices for his upcoming tour.<\/a><\/p>\n[Fans] found tickets going for as as $4,000-5,000 for mid-range floor seats, and into the four-figures for other, less desirable tickets that remained. If these were being offered on the secondary market, offers that exorbitant might be expected\u2026 but what gave fans sticker shock was that these were face value tickets, with no middleman jacking up the price.<\/p>\n<p>What working class stiff can pony up that much for mediocre seats?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Your silence on ticket prices is deafening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/springsteen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@springsteen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevieVanZandt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StevieVanZandt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nilslofgren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nilslofgren<\/a> and don\u2019t give me it\u2019s nothing to do with me bollocks<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Walker (@andy_walker13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andy_walker13\/status\/1550017425554407425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Concert prices in the modern era are consistently sky-high for the biggest names in music. Still, Springsteen isn\u2019t planning to retire anytime soon, and those fees capture a sizable disconnect with his base.<\/p>\n<p>Even the far-Left Variety couldn\u2019t sugarcoat the lousy optics. The magazine dutifully reached out to Team Springsteen for comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The site came up empty.<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen could be buying time, mulling a more suitable response. Or, he knows his icon status is secure, and longtime fans will either skip this tour or pony up for the not-so-cheap seats.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a new issue for The Boss, though.<\/p>\n<p>His Broadway run four years ago similarly featured prices out of reach for his blue-collar base. \u201cSpringsteen on Broadway\u201d went on as planned, and fans figured his Great White Way run wasn\u2019t meant for them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s mum following a genuine outcry from his loyal flock.\u00a0His \u201cWorking Class\u201d bona fides are suddenly taking a hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2018 paper from Arcadia University dubbed Bruce Springsteen a \u201cVoice of the Working Class.\u201d Springsteen\u2019s working class identity is portrayed in his writing in a generalized fashion to represent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1567555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}