{"id":1569803,"date":"2022-07-25T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1569803"},"modified":"2022-07-25T12:21:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:21:26","slug":"ticketmaster-responds-to-fans-irate-about-5k-bruce-springsteen-tickets-insists-most-of-them-are-cheaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ticketmaster-responds-to-fans-irate-about-5k-bruce-springsteen-tickets-insists-most-of-them-are-cheaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticketmaster Responds To Fans Irate About $5K Bruce Springsteen Tickets, Insists Most Of Them Are Cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fticketmaster-responds-to-fans-irate-about-5k-bruce-springsteen-tickets-insists-most-of-them-are-cheaper%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=1569803&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--><p>Ticketmaster issued an official response after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/entertainment\">fans<\/a> flooded social media with criticism for higher-than-average ticket prices to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bruce-springsteen\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> in concert.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy has to do with \u201cdynamic pricing,\u201d a method of determining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/rock-and-roll\">ticket prices<\/a> by demand to discourage scalping. Per the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/platinum\/buyerfaq.html\">website<\/a>, this \u201cenables market-based pricing (adjusting prices according to supply and demand) for live event tickets, similar to how airline tickets and hotel rooms are sold.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans began reacting strongly when \u201cplatinum\u201d tickets with variable prices soared as high as $5,000 apiece on the first day of sales, per <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/ticketmaster-bruce-springsteen-dynamic-pricing-defends-1235324318\/\">Variety<\/a>. But now Ticketmaster says those astronomical ticket prices only represent 11.2% of the total number of tickets sold so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrices and formats are consistent with industry standards for top performers,\u201d the company said in a statement. They did confirm that 1.3% of the Springsteen tickets cost more than $1,000. In an unprecedented move, Ticketmaster gave an exact breakdown of ticket prices so far to combat misconceptions.<\/p>\n<p>They claim 56% of tickets were sold for less than $200, and 18% were sold for under $99. Further, 27% went for between $100-150, and 11% sold for between $150-200.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket sales for The Boss\u2019 2023 U.S. tour are being staggered over ten days, the publication noted. The company is releasing this financial information in hopes that fans will not be discouraged from purchasing tickets in the coming days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen hasn\u2019t released a statement on the situation yet, but fans are especially irritated that a rock star known as the champion of the working man would have such expensive concert tickets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>E-Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt did speak up, telling angry fans not to blame the musician for pricing that he doesn\u2019t control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have nothing whatsoever to do with the price of tickets,\u201d Van Zandt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevieVanZandt\/status\/1549800932476682241?s=20&#038;t=kXB-cpdK3uMsecTZwS_4JQ\">tweeted<\/a> in reply to a fan venting about high ticket prices. \u201cNothing. Nada. Niente. Bubkis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster\u2019s statement seems to be doing little to soothe fans\u2019 tempers. Many tweeted in response to the article, insisting these alleged cheaper tickets don\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw nothing under $299 and as I tried for those the seats suddenly shot up to $515 and higher,\u201d one fan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suewahler\/status\/1551395682233339904\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cI had no idea what was going on. Whole rows, then sections shooting up in price, then gone. It took a minute to realize prices were changing like the National Debt ticker. $750 for 2.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bought a single ticket. $125. But it\u2019s in the nosebleeds. Literally the worst seat I\u2019ve had for a Bruce show since the mid 80\u2019s. Usually I\u2019m on the floor, for about the same price,\u201d someone else <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zanzibarstar\/status\/1551427832420524033\">shared<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ticketmaster issued an official response after fans flooded social media with criticism for higher-than-average ticket prices to see Bruce Springsteen in concert. The controversy has to do with \u201cdynamic pricing,\u201d a method of determining ticket prices by demand to discourage scalping. Per the company\u2019s website, this \u201cenables market-based pricing (adjusting prices according to supply and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575442,"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-1569803","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\/1569803","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=1569803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1569803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1569803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1569803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}