Fuck You, Live Nation/Ticketmaster
Excerpt from the latest Green Day newsletter, announcing the summer 2010 tour with AFI:
“In keeping with Green Day’s trailblazing and innovative mind-set the band will feature all-inclusive ticket pricing for all tickets throughout their entire tour with no additional fees of any kind. A limited number of lawn seats will be offered for $20 when tickets go on sale to the general public. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning March 26th at LiveNation.com.”
So $20 lawn seats aren’t that bad, but let me let you in on the giant TRICK/HOAX/BULLSHIT that is going on with the “all-inclusive ticket pricing.” I bought tickets during the pre-sale to the NJ show at $70 a pop. I thought it was weird because Ticketmaster didn’t list any fees during check-out, like they normally do. However, what I thought was even weirder is that in my twelve years of attending Green Day shows, I have NEVER paid over $49.50 for a Green Day show, pre-fees. This includes a practically sold-out show at Giants Stadium at the height of their American Idiot success in 2005.
So basically, the only thing “all-inclusive ticket pricing” means is that Live Nation is HIDING an approx $20 of their fees into the ticket price. I would much rather know how much of my money is going to my favorite band and how much of it is going to bullshit than be under the infuriating guise that all 70 of my dollars are going towards something that I love.
It’s like they’re finally admitting. “Okay, you’re right, it’s getting too hard to justify things like “facility charge” and “convenience charge” so we’re just going to switch to lying/hidden fees, instead.”
Seriously people, how are we going to get rid of this absurd monopoly!?
Too bad bands that have balls are few and far between.
