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25-10-2018 17:44 |
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Originally Posted by Routine Builder
(Post 2676074)
Not sure why people are complaining about the base ticket prices? Manics tickets have been between £40 and £55 since I could remember. The other surcharges are industry wide sadly.
I recently booked tickets for a charity gig. Somehow Gigsandtours saw fit to charge over £17 worth of surcharges for it. But that's the UK, cartels and monopolies is what we love.
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Originally Posted by The Crow
(Post 2676075)
The NT night in December 2011 was £38
If I'm right THB Tour in 2014 was a bit less
Booking Fees have risen on purpose when the law changed in January this year in terms of all the fees so what they are all doing is charging it within the BF which is a joke, I don't need to book something I'm already going to!!
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Originally Posted by centralscrutiniser
(Post 2676076)
Surely this is a pretty standard price? When we’re tickets for a band of this size in those venues any cheaper?
If there was a standard set list from the last tour which contained the usual but also born a girl and be natural, we’d all be going apeshit. It’s not about the singles or whatever they play after, it’s to see those songs which may never be played again. In thrilled for all this.
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Hmm Manics gig prices have gone up over the last few years; not by crazy amounts (I'm sure Sean replied to someone on Twitter around the time the RIF tour was announced saying they do try to keep the prices as low as possible), but they are more now than about 4-5 years ago. I've just dug my ticket stub out from the last time they played Manchester Ritz in 2013 and the face value was £29.50 + booking fees. THB20 tour was mostly £32.50 + booking fees (Cardiff Castle was £37.50, but obviously that was a big outdoor gig, so you expect to pay a bit more for an event like that). They've gradually crept up with every tour and booking fees seem worse now more than they've ever been for companies like Ticketmaster and See.
Live entertainment in general has gone a bit crazy recently. No, the Manics are nowhere near the worst offenders, but the cost of everything is more than a few years ago (I don't know about anyone else, but my supermarket and utility bills are a damn sight more now than even two years ago yet my wage hasn't gone up in line with inflation). I can see why someone might be put off getting tickets for anything these days, especially if you've got to factor in travel/accommodation costs as well. It all adds up.
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