Pearl Jam were asking for 160 quid even for the nosebleed seats in Manchester on this years Tour.

And Springsteen had the Dynamic Pricing "issue" already ultimateclassicrock.com/bruce-springsteen-dynamic-pricing-controversy/

Yep. And I am of the belief that it hurt Bruce and Pearl Jam more than it does when it comes to a "I reunite if the money is big enough" reunion tour -- with no real signs of them being a band again -- by Oasis. 

The problem for fans obviously with this (including all artists) is that they have the monopoly of the experience and us by the balls, and therefore we are all suckers living under their thumb (and they by that, IMO, have a responsibility to not fuck us over (too much))

Nah, nobody will care soon , certainly not by the time the gigs happen

People love a moan and a "scandal", they'll move on to something else in a few days

That's not justifying dynamic pricing, I think it's a disgrace. But damaging the band? No

They'll sell out venues as the drop of a hat for as long as they want. Maybe that's part of the problem...

I think you’re right there. Yes, it is sadly standard practice now and it’s unfair to pin all this on Oasis as if they invented this exploitative strategy. That said, if they had the opportunity to do this or not, especially knowing how awful it is, they shouldn’t have done it. Yes, they have every right to do so etc but I don’t believe this is ethical or fair. They could have easily made plenty of money without this dynamic surge pricing scam.

All this. It was so completely unnecessary. They were making a fortune anyway, it's pure greed that will end up doing more harm than good. And as someone said, if they announce more gigs, people are even more pissed off. It's such a shit way to take advantage of people in a stressed, emotional state after hours queueing, suddenly doubling the price and giving them a couple of minutes to decide or miss out completely. It's deliberately designed to take advantage of people when they can't think rationally, so rich people can take more money from people who may well not really be able to afford it.

It clearly has damaged them because it is all that is being talked about. Look at Liam's latest IG post (incredibly poorly timed btw), all the comments are about this, when they could have been about how excited people are to be going to see them. He can't come out any say anything about the reunion he's been begging for the last 15 years and the fans being ripped off, but he can try and sell us an overpriced jacket? F**k off.

Would imagine there's a fair bit of panic in their inner circle about this and how to handle it. The fact we've heard nothing is a pretty strong indicator this was very much a deliberate choice so there is no way for them to plausibly deny it. If they got caught lying now about what happened things will get really bad. But coming out and saying 'yeh soz it's on us, we just wanted to fleece you' isn't great either.

Everything about it really does feel off. They couldn't make it any clearer it's a pure cash grab if they tried. Even the fact the poster only had 2 people on it is kind of sad. Isn't this supposed to be a band? Imagine Blur or Pulp having runited and only putting 2 people on the poster. Kind of proves this has nothing to do with being a band again.

It should be fully pinned on every artist doing it, because they can sell tickets without it. Like artists have chosen to do.


But for some context from artists.. Here is what Eddie Vedder said about it.

Pearl Jam recently completed the European leg of their Dark Matter World Tour. Visions pointed out tickets for shows in Germany cost 175 euros and in same cases were higher due to dynamic pricing. Vedder was asked with Pearl Jam’s history of “always want[ing] to do it differently and make it fairer than everyone else” why they would agree to the high cost.

“Unfortunately, that’s more complicated. After corona, everyone wanted to go back on tour as quickly as possible, and why not? That doesn’t apply to us, but many colleagues are dependent on the income from tours for their livelihood. As a result, production costs have gotten completely out of hand,” Vedder explained to Visions as per Pearl Jam Online / Zed23. “You can hardly find a crew anymore, there are problems organizing buses, stages, PA systems, venues. People say: ‘If you don’t pay my price, no problem, someone else will pay it.’ This even applies to service providers that we have been working with for over 30 years.”



Visions pushed the singer on the matter and he broke it down even more. “If we can save money, we pass it on to the fans. But it’s essential for us to at least cover our costs. If we had to pay extra and couldn’t earn any money at all, we wouldn’t go on tour anymore.”

To be fair, the two of them being singled out for promo images has happened all through the history of the band. The huge banners outside Earl's Court 1995 were a Liam one and a Noel one. The Knebworth promo posters were a Liam one and a Noel one (possibly the same images as the Earl's Court ones actually). The front cover of Familiar to Millions had just Liam and Noel.

Knebworth 1996 only had Liam on it, what a cashgrab!

I think they will find a way to somehow make up to the fans...



We actually got two problems here:

1. Years/Decades long loyal fans not being able to buy any tickets, not just cheaper ones.

2. Dynamic pricing disaster


As for the 2nd, the Ticketmaster cashgrab, the problem is that obviously there were enough people ready and willing to part with ungodly amounts of cash just to get those tickets.



It's a disgrace (what TM did), but I don't see much of the lucky ones moaning over the cash they'd spent.

So I guess it's mostly the cry of the "ticketless" we hear online.



Now we wait and see what's the brothers' move on this. 

They arent blameless, but I do think theyve gotten a bit too much shit for it.

Another act known for working class values who had this issue was Springsteen. And he actually endorsed the damn thing, yet from what i recall noone gave him any criticism at all.

And just like that, 2 extra Wembley Stadium shows announced!

Now that's what I call good start

Will these two extra show have dynamic pricing? No answers to this is I see.