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Lady Gaga’s ‘The Mayhem Ball’ tour is attracting huge fan backlash after artist pre-sales revealed high prices for sought after dates like those at Madison Square Garden. Those tickets have already appeared available on secondary markets like SeatGeek.
The Citi card members pre-sale started today and runs until April 2—but plenty of disgruntled ‘little monsters’ took to social media to roar about prices. “MSG dates $1,100 for Lower Bowl, $600 for nosebleeds (before fees and no VIP). Over 150,000 in queue and still hundreds of tickets left. Concerts are becoming inaccessible. Ticketmaster sucks. It’s a problem,” one fan tweeted about her experience trying to land tickets to one of four shows at Madison Square Garden.
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Digital Music News took a peek at the secondary availability for one of those dates and noted floor seats were available for an eye-gouging $6,204. Ticket prices range drastically; I took a peek at the Climate Pledge Arena ticket prices in Seattle, WA since that’s the closet venue for me. Nosebleeds there start at around $184 for limited viewing seats and range up to $1,057 (before fees) for floor seats.
“Lady Gaga pre-sale went smooth, but not much left when I got there,” tweets Jennifer Smith about her experience securing tickets. “The ‘dynamic pricing’ is absolutely ridiculous. F* you Ticketmaster. F*cking monopoly. These prices are per ticket.”
Long-time fans are also comparing Lady Gaga ticket prices for the ‘Mayhem Ball’ tour compared to past appearances. “$360 for a Gaga seated ticket? I won’t be bothering even if more dates are added. Back in 2014 I paid about $90 for a decent seated ticket to see her, the current pricing structure should genuinely be illegal. Live music has become inaccessible,” writes another disappointed fan.
These prices are what’s available to fans from the artist pre-sale, so it will be interesting to see what happens with the general on-sale. Sometimes dynamic pricing fluctuates too far in the other direction, too; we’ve seen Bruce Springsteen tickets in the single digits and Beyonce tickets dropped as low as $35.
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