beli
Blue Crack Addict
Sorry.
Chizip said:
and for the people trying to derail this thread, i dont unserstand why we cant talk reasonably about ticket prices
BWU2Buffs said:
I'm sorry too, but there was a kind of nice, Sybil like balance bouncing back and forth between ticket prices and M & M colors.
A little levity never hurts and it's a nice way to disassociate from the credit card bills piling up due to the ticket prices.
Anyway, I'll stop.
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
So you'd like them go on tour and pay for the entire production out of their own pockets?
posted by STING2 in the peeling off your dollar bills forum
The POPMART tour Grossed 171 million dollars worldwide and the band received 100 million of that as was promised prior to the start of the tour by Promoter Michael Cohl. Michael Cohl is a rich promoter who has promoted The Rolling Stone and Pink Floyd Tours of the past couple of decades as well as U2's Joshua Tree Tour. Even if the tour had flopped, U2 were had a 100 million dollar guareentee from Michael Cohl. Yes, that is unusual, but its also why Michael Cohl beat out other competitors to promote the tour. He was the only one willing to take all the risk.
In any event, even Michael Cohl made money on the POPMART tour which is the 4th highest grossing tour in history. Only the Rolling Stones have had tours that Grossed more money than POPMART. While the tour cost on average 214,000 dollars a day, the average show would GROSS 1,800,000!
unosdostres14 said:While we're complaining to Bono....let's tell him how awful the setlist is. Can you believe it? I mean c'mon! Vertigo! They should not have played that! (Proceeds to complain about two songs from the entire setlist)
No we can't, because people don't want to read, and they're only interested in derailing and chit-chatting.Originally posted by Chizip
and for the people trying to derail this thread, i dont unserstand why we cant talk reasonably about ticket prices
People hate and don't read posts / replies that are more than 1 paragraph long (fact).Ultraviolet353:
I appreciate it when Bono thanks us for giving the band a great life, but a real thank you would be to lower ticket prices a bit. $194 for a lower level seat at the back of the arena is crazy. Oh, and U2 also gets a cut of the ticketmaster fee as well (fact).
the olive said:My 4th row floor ticket to Popmart (I still have it) cost $60.25 canadian. I would hazard a guess that the lemon alone cost more than the whole Vertigo stage.
I can't think of any other product that has gone up 3x in 8 years.
dn9909 said:CAN ANYBODY TELL BONO TO LOWER THE TICKET PRICES PLEASE!
Thank you.
techfire said:Sign of the times, it's hard to see a show for under $50 these days. At least a big show.
Axver said:Ugh, not another one of these threads.
U2 are charging under what the market is prepared to pay. Whine all you want; they are not charging as much as they could easily get away with charging.
Axver said:Ugh, not another one of these threads.
U2 are charging under what the market is prepared to pay. Whine all you want; they are not charging as much as they could easily get away with charging.
innominata8 said:
i gotta disagree...i've seen many shows in my day, and these prices are right up there for ticket prices. i saw REM a few months ago in boston for $60 (6th row, nonetheless) , and paid nearly that much for crappy nosebleeds for u2 at the same arena. i'm also seeing sting in a few weeks and got tix for under $50... $165 for 'premium seating' is kind of rediculous.
mkdominatr said:i heard they have already collected 350 million in ticket sales...
ZooMacPhisto800 said:I've been wondering this... How do they justify these ticket prices? Is it out of their control?