Bruce Springsteen

2022 - 7 - 30

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Bruce Springsteen fans feel betrayed by high ticket prices (Los Angeles Times)

A ticketing practice known as 'dynamic pricing' caused some serious sticker shock for fans hoping to see the Boss on his 2023 tour.

“Everybody who’s mad throws up on their social media a screenshot of the two best seats in the house at $5,000 apiece and screams that they can’t afford to go,” says Kozin. “But that’s not the price to get in the arena. But with the definition of “face value” a wildly fluctuating number, he had to suddenly shut down his private Facebook group. “He’s a super positive role model,” says Donna Gray, 52, who runs the Bruce Funds community that finds tickets for fans, with or without funds. In 1999, in the first of four nights at the just-opened Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena), Springsteen brought his reunited E Street Band to town and noted the expensive luxury suites. Many fans lamented that Springsteen tickets were becoming a luxury item, where only the most affluent fans would be singing along to “The River” and other working-class anthems. In an attempt to cut off the multibillion-dollar resale business, ticket prices jumped to a “fair value” based on demand to approximate the secondary market. In a statement, he added, “Americans have the right to enjoy some live entertainment without getting ripped off.” Lyman compares the startling price fluctuations to the costs of flights and hotel rooms when a large convention or festival is announced. It’s a tradition carried over from the Grateful Dead’s caravan of followers. Artist manager Peter Katsis, who has worked with popular acts ranging from the Backstreet Boys to Jane’s Addiction, says an imperfect dynamic pricing process isn’t necessarily solving a problem in a lopsided market. When Springsteen’s loyal fan base logged in on July 20 to purchase tickets for the opening seven dates of his 2023 U.S. arena tour, Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” program sent the face value for some floor seats to a dizzying $4,000 to $5,000 apiece. A national tour with his E Street Band typically means his hardcore followers bounce from state to state, taking in as many of the Boss’ legendary three- or four-hour marathon concerts as their wallets will allow.

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Dan Tapper: Bruce Springsteen and how not to do public relations (Hartford Courant)

This is not an indictment of the primary or secondary ticket markets. This is about Springsteen's team failing to see a looming public relations fiasco ...

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Springsteen tickets were so expensive when they went on sale. But ... (KERA News)

And then fans who were able to brave the tech complications met a much bigger pain: absurdly high ticket prices. Many felt betrayed. How could Bruce Springsteen ...

Resellers want to recoup some of their money on the tickets they've already snapped up, so prices will likely decline the closer it gets to the concert date. So — with a bit of patience, some risk-taking, some luck — you might be able to beat them at this game. On the other hand, if you want the best possible deal, it may be wise to wait. A spokesperson for Ticketmaster defended the model: "Dynamic pricing is about capturing more value for the artist at the initial on sale vs. The cheapest seats in front of the stage, also in the stadium’s highest level, currently cost a little more than $200. The sky-high demands for the initial seat offering were caused by Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” algorithm.

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Bruce Springsteen tour 2023: How to buy tickets for N.J., NYC concerts (nj.com)

After a long wait, tickets to see Bruce Springsteen in 2023 go on sale July 29; here's how to buy them.

They open to the general public at 3 p.m. Here’s everything to know Here’s everything to know

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What some Triad fans say about Bruce Springsteen ticket prices (Greensboro News & Record)

We asked Bruce Springsteen fans about their experience as they tried to buy tickets to his March 25 concert at the Greensboro Coliseum.

To actually get a side view of Bruce you would have to pay $400 and again, this is up in the rarified air.” However, I thought I’d give it a shot and even try for 4 tickets to invite a friend to come down to the coliseum.” It was even more to stand for the whole concert and Bruce does famously long concerts.” “I will be removing Bruce Springsteen’s songs from my playlists and will never listen to any songs or buy tickets from any artist that charges those prices. It would be foolish to think they haven’t done thorough research into the demographics at play here and with these tickets going up to $4,000 they’ll have data on who bought immediately, who refreshed and how many, and other aspects of how those tickets sold.” Tickets in the upper arena and many sections of the lower arena were not accessible until a couple of hours later. I remembered a segment from John Oliver’s show, where he described the dark world of concert tickets and how all of it worked. I did that to support the Greensboro Symphony and the opportunity to see Sting in a quality venue up close. I clicked to buy the seats and seconds later received notice that those seats had been bought by someone else.” I was given the opportunity to buy tickets at 10:30 a.m. I clicked on section 108 and was displayed tickets in that section for less than $300, our target price. After about 10 minutes my turn opened and there were no tickets left in the sections I wanted.” I was in the queue with 2,000 buyers ahead of me at 10 a.m. July 22 as tickets went on sale.

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Bruce Springsteen isn't the only musician costing fans thousands to ... (Business Insider)

A look at some of the pricey concert tickets through the years as Springsteen manager defends $4,000 ticket price · Ticketmaster's 'dynamic pricing program' ...

Tickets to see the British singer live range from $600 to $40,000 each. Springsteen isn't the only musician fetching thousands for a front row seat. Tickets were in incredibly high demand. Drake and Future have a history of collaborating on music, and the duo had fans paying thousands for a front row seat to a show on their Summer Sixteen tour in 2016. Fans paid up to $2,000 for tickets, but one fan paid $168,000 for two tickets to the show in a charity auction, NPR reported. Beyoncé's 2016 Formation tour fetched a reported $5,319 for up to two tickets in a section to the far right of the stage at the Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts.

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Chasing Bruce: Trying to Land Those Springsteen Tickets Without ... (TAPinto.net)

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - It's hard to listen to a middle-class - until 1975 - guy sing about working on the highway or looking for some work on the Darlington ...

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Bruce Springsteen's manager justifies 'fair price' of nearly $5K tour ... (Washington Examiner)

Jon Landau, manager of musician Bruce Springsteen stood by the ticket price for the artist's upcoming tour, some of which were as expensive as $5000.

"While people may have had a very different impression, overall 18% of Springsteen’s U.S. tour tickets sold for under $99, and only 1% of tickets sold for more than $1,000." I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation." "Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range.

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When Bruce Springsteen Got the Band Back Together on 'The Rising' (Ultimate Classic Rock)

But by 1995 everyone was back in the studio again for some new songs to be included on a Greatest Hits package. Within four years Springsteen and the E Street ...

And in the process became a definitive musical word on the fall and rise of the human spirit. "Can't see nothing in front of me / Can't see nothing coming up behind," Springsteen sings in "The Rising" before giving way to one of his biggest choruses in a career that's filled with them. Even the songs composed earlier – like "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" and "Countin' on a Miracle," and even one that dated back to 1994 – took on new meaning following the tragedy. His presence had some bearing on pushing along the usually fastidious bandleader, but so did the timeliness of the material. So when it came time to make his first album with the E Street Band since 1984's commercial juggernaut Born in the U.S.A., Springsteen had long settled back into a familiar and comfortable groove with the group. The run was documented on 2001's Live in New York City, which outsold 1995's solo The Ghost of Tom Joad, Springsteen's only album since the 1992 duo.

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Bruce Springsteen tour 2023: Where to buy tickets on the secondary ... (nj.com)

In most instances, the prices will be comparable, but if you take the time to shop around, you'll be able to save a few bucks.

Here’s everything to know Here’s everything to know Do they have fees?

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Bruce Springsteen's Manager Responds to Criticism Over $1000 ... (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

Bruce Springsteen may be the Boss, but the artist recently recieved criticism from fans after tickets sold for over $4000.

“I believe that in today’s environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.” With some Bruce Springsteen tickets costing a whopping $4000, fans shared their criticism of the Boss and his 2023 tour. Often heralded as a working-class hero, the Boss’ fans are angry at the ticket-selling process for upcoming concerts.

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Bruce Springsteen tickets aren't as expensive as you think | Buy ... (silive.com)

The $4,000 prices fans heard about are all part of Ticketmaster's “dynamic pricing,” in which platinum tickets are sold to concerts and other events made ...

According to Ticketmaster, these are not tickets posted for resale. Except this concept isn’t new to Ticketmaster — it has been used since 2011 when the online ticket-seller first announced its partnership with analytics company MarketShare. Vividseats.com has tickets selling for under $300 for many of the concerts.

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