Summary: “Beyoncé is selling “listening only” tickets for her Renaissance tour. The seats are behind the stage, so you can’t see any of the set or dancing, but they only cost $157 compared to the ~$900 fans have been paying for regular US tickets.”
haha!
fuuuuuuuck that.
Fuck these ultra wealthy pop stars. They are part of the problem. There are millions of independent artists across hundreds of genres we can support instead.
And I know it’s subjective to a large extent but 90% of pop is absolute garbage.
The problem isn’t exactly the pop stars but live nation’s monopoly which strangles every aspect of the live music industry. As a musician if you want to preform at almost any large venue you’ll have to get in bed with live nation or be black listed. If you run venue you better join live nation’s network and use ticket master or else you won’t be able to book money making artists. And as a fan you better buy your price gouged tickets through ticket master or else you won’t get to see anyone play.
Except you can’t actually buy the tickets through Ticketmaster because it throws errors for the first 5 seats you find, and then it’s sold out. You have to buy them from scalpers, which Ticketmaster now encourages and even allows them to resell right there on Ticketmaster.
Absolutely agree! Most of the pop scene is just rubbish squared… I wonder who the fuck is listening to that bullshit? Are most of the people so stupid?
And… 900$ for a fucking ticket?! Are they NUTS? I wouldn’t pay that to see my favourite artist let alone Beyoncé. In 2017 I paid 100$ for close to stage tickets at LP concert. That was to much (but worth it)… 900$ is just another another level of insanity.
Wait 900$ for a concert? That’s dumb enough for me.
they’ve gotten crazy if you are a big-big name like Swift, Beyonce, Drake, etc. Don’t know how people can drop that kind of scratch!
I don’t know if there is anything in live entertaining I would pay 900, or actually I’m pretty sure there is nothing.
Festivals where you’re there for multiple days and seeing dozens of artists are the only thing I’d drop money like that on. One artist? Not a chance.
Dang, would never pay that much money for a festival - would just workt there :D
Don’t know how people can drop that kind of scratch!
Credit cards!
been there, did that, did not end well.
I’d pay $157 for Beyonce to shut the fuck up.
I’ll chip in
Blind people might be interested?
If it was an accessibility thing, I’d get it. But it ain’t.
Times like these I’m so glad I love metal. I can pay 30 bucks to WATCH, listen and go sick to a band full of talent. I’d be livid if I was an artist and saw that my fans were having to pay $900
I’m watching 156 quality bands at brutal assault for like 100 euro
Niiice! I’m seeing Be’lakor when they get back from their Euro tour for $30 in September. Can’t ask for better than that!
No way. Be’lakor is my most anticipated band on the brutal assault lineup. I have been listening since stone’s reach!!
Well, I hope you enjoy :0) They sound amazing live, i’ve seen them once before last year and I can’t wait to see them again in a few weeks time.
This sounds like streaming music with extra steps.
I paid $60 for 5th row tickets to Ween at red rocks and $5 for a hit of acid - probably better than a front row Beyoncé ticket. $900 for anything but a combined front row/meet and greet/over the pants HJ from an artist sounds just absolutely insane to me.
So by Beyonce’s own math, only about 17% of her performance’s value is actually the music.
Sounds about right.
I’m not a Beyonce fan by and stretch of the imagination, but she is a crazy good singer.
Before everyone freaks out (and yes, this shit is stupid-expensive), Beyoncé isn’t a complete piece of shit. But I guess you can afford this when you charge that much:
Beyoncé’s tour paid $100,000 to extend DC Metro hours after weather delayed show
Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” tour paid $100,000 to keep all 98 Metro stations in the Washington, DC, area open for an extra hour after Sunday’s show at the outdoor FedExField venue was delayed because of heavy rain and lightning, a news release from the transit authority said.
Beyonce is worth over $1/2 BILLION. Fuck off.
Under the stage for $75, all you hear boomy bass and foot tapping from one of the biggest stars of all time!
While this is shitty, I don’t really care about Beyoncé and didn’t subscribe to this community to see news about her. I hope it doesn’t end up as a dunking on mainstream music community instead of a showcasing sweet alternative music community.
I hear you, this is really more about the state of concerts & concert tickets which medium-sized and old-school alternative & indie acts still have to deal with… Pearl Jam has fought the good fight since the 90s, The Cure is still dealing with it 30 years later.
I reckon it’s good call posting this article. It’s painfully obvious we aren’t here to discuss Beyoncé and her catalogue or talent. Got some really nice engagement with this one.👍
we did indeed! Got the community some visibility I think too. We growing!
Pearl Jam still exists? If so, wow!
yeah!
This is just fucking ridiculous. Paying $157 to go to a concert for a regular seat for me is already a bit much, let alone this bullshit. The saddest thing is that I bet these seats will still sell out.
My nosebleed Taylor Swift concert tickets were cheaper than this, and I didn’t miss a single scene of the show.
Beyoncé really thinks she’s better than Taylor?
Beyoncé really thinks she’s better than Taylor?
Why not? Her fans do. You say it like its something that can be true, that one artist’s art is objectively better than another’s. I think they both make uninspired boring music personally. In either case they are both very popular and sell out shows wherever they go.
Well we know Kanye’s opinion of that. He’s gonna let you finish though.
I used to go to a lot of concerts, but after COVID they got too expensive. $100 is insane for a ticket. $900 is almost rent. Who is her target audience?
She is popular in the realm that a significant percentage of society are fans.
So the rich from that group.
