Jurassic Cashgrab
Guns N' Roses is touring this summer with 3 out of 5
original members.
Black Sabbath is on a 'farewell' tour with 3 out of 4
original members.
Journey tours every summer using a lead singer that sounds
like Steve Perry.
Foreigner tours at times with NO original members.
Ratt is on the road these days with only the original
drummer in the band.
And so on. And so on. And so on.
We are in the Jurassic age for rock touring.Dinosaur acts
playing entire classic albums start to finish to lure in longtime fans.VIP
packages that include expensive meet and greets.And usually a corporate sponsor
plastering their logo all around the venue.Ticket prices are through the roof.No
end in sight to it.It's real and it's sad.
As long as the concert ticket buying public continues to
support aging rockers,these concerts will be bought by greedy promoters.
I can't see myself spending upwards of $100 for half ass
versions of formerly great bands. But the real question is: Why do these bands charge
so much for their concert tickets?
Hmmmmm......
Imagine you are Tony Iommi,guitarist for Black Sabbath.And
Sharon Osbourne called you up and told you that she could get $200k a show for
you,provided you tour with Ozzy Osbourne and play only classic Sabbath. Do you
take the coin? Damn straight you do. But it's the fans who end up paying those
stiff performance fees.
Black Sabbath 2016 tour score card:
Average tickets sold per show 13,000 approx
Average ticket price $150
Tshirt $50
Program $20
Parking $25
That's around $250 just to have an average time at a Sabbath
show. Throw in a Meet and Greet package,and your price jumps to $999 plus the
concert ticket. Yes,that's correct. To meet Ozzy for 5 minutes will cost you a
grand. And then $150 to see 3/4 of the original band. Sounds like fun to me.
Not.
This kind of cashgrab is the norm now, not the exception.
Can't say it's only the old bands charging this kind of
dough. Some of the LipSynching crowd of artists are ripping off their fans the
same:
Madonna
Nicky Minaj
Britney Spears
Justin Beiber
For their performance fees,you get to witness prerecorded
vocals and/or AutoTune affected vocals.In addition to the high ticket and
Tshirt prices. Sounds like fun to me. Not.
Now let's praise the bands that aren't ripping off their
fans.
The Cult are tour now. They have always been Billy Duffy and
Ian Astbury,plus a few sidemen they hire for tours. This will be a great rock
show to see. In my neck of the woods,tickets for The Cult cost less than $50.
That's for a band that's been around for more than 30 years.
Behemoth is touring now as well. They are a death metal with
theatrical tendencies. I saw them last year and they blew me away. Tickets less
than $40 for their NYC gig.
I've been going to concerts since 1983. Movie tickets back
then cost $5. Now movie tickets are around $15. Concert tickets back then cost
around $14. Now a concert ticket averages around $100. That's a way bigger jump
in price for concerts than movies.
That's bullshit.
Do not support (buy anything) from a band that deliberately
wants to rip you off.
Rock N' Roll shouldn't be reserved for the rich and greedy.
Fuck Live Nation and Clear Channel.
And Itunes.
Keep it Greasy
KK
@kapn_krude
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