Is Anyone Upset About Ticket Prices?

[Union 5-3992]

22 minutes ago, exiled yorkie said:

not if you were in the fanclub

If Rush were to implement a fan club priority system, how do you guarantee only fans get access?

[exiled yorkie]

each maiden fan gets a unique code which is only sent by the fan club admin

[Salesmen]

20 hours ago, Brava Doh! said:

 
Maybe read a little here first next time…you’d have seen that many people are upset. It is what it is. 

 

I know they’re shutting down stuff like this in the fb groups so I imagine there will be new people coming here specifically to bitch. Fine, but there’s plenty of threads to do it on already. 
 

 

[Ron2112]

45 minutes ago, Union 5-3992 said:

If Rush were to implement a fan club priority system, how do you guarantee only fans get access?

 

It's not hard.....Iron Maiden does it with no problem at all.

[Salesmen]

20 hours ago, Brava Doh! said:

 
Maybe read a little here first next time…you’d have seen that many people are upset. It is what it is. 

 

I know they’re shutting down stuff like this in the fb groups so I imagine there will be new people coming here specifically to bitch. Fine, but there’s plenty of threads to do it on already. 
 

 

I don't think it's much of a problem that you had to see my post. Just move one and try to ruin the day of some kids in the park or something.

[Brava Doh!]

59 minutes ago, Salesmen said:

I don't think it's much of a problem that you had to see my post. Just move one and try to ruin the day of some kids in the park or something.

If you’re a 13 year old I’ll retract my statement.

(Now this is me me moving “one” 😂😂…)

[ytserush]

On 10/16/2025 at 5:27 PM, Salesmen said:

I paid $338 each for three seats at the top of the third level all the way back and on a corner. I barely made myself do it but my family wants to come (only three would go to the show) and make it a family trip. The price makes me furious. They are the worst seats I have ever bought for any artist in a lifetime of 100+ concerts but about 10x more than what the other better seats were. This is madness. Alex and Geddy left Ray Daniels management and are now with Q Prime a huge agency that handles all the high profit bands. Seems like a consience decision to leverage a lifetime of goodwill and turn it into money. I'm devastated. I had heros a few days ago now i don't. One like to believe in the fredom of music but glittering prizes and endless compromises shattered their integrity.

 

I don't know why the management thing has been overlooked.  It was Q Prime that handled the tour announcement release. Q Prime handles Metallica so I would imagine there may be some similarities to the way The Metallica tour was handled. I'm sure Q Prime (Uncle Cliff) and Ticketbastard have a cozy relationship.

[ytserush]

On 10/16/2025 at 9:49 PM, J2112YYZ said:

Have some Rush fans not gone to concerts since the last time the band toured? These prices are pretty standard for the big arena and stadium shows over the last few years.

 

Other than Roger Waters and Dream Theater  a bunch of times and King Crimson , I don't have much of a reason to go to arena and stadium shows. Done with the ticketbastard games. If I can get something I consider reasonable I'm going. If not, I won't.

[grep]

Q-Prime isn't new to them though.  I remember seeing that name in a Rush context - I'm going to say early 90's. 

Edited October 18, 2025 by grep

[Salesmen]

17 hours ago, Brava Doh! said:

If you’re a 13 year old I’ll retract my statement.

(Now this is me me moving “one” 😂😂…)

LOL good one my friend

[GabesCavesOfIce]

Platinum msg dropped about 6pm yesterday, about four rows worth of lower tickets for $950, all gone by 11am today

 

Not much profit there, seems like fans buying these.  Plus scalpers gobble up tickets by the eights, which did not happen here. 

[James Bond]

17 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said:

Platinum msg dropped about 6pm yesterday, about four rows worth of lower tickets for $950, all gone by 11am today

 

Not much profit there, seems like fans buying these.  Plus scalpers gobble up tickets by the eights, which did not happen here. 

 

I would agree that it's probably fans who have bought the "Official Platinum" for the most part - be it lack of concern over the inflated price or just to avoid having to pay the same to a scalper anyway.

 

Same with the "Superconductor" and "Stick It Out" VIP package tiers. I can't imagine there's much of a profit to be made from scalpers on those when tickets in and around those could be had for cheaper. On the American Express pre-sale for Toronto, there was several instances on the seat map where a blue dot $400ish ticket was right beside a VIP package that cost over twice as much.

[GabesCavesOfIce]

1 hour ago, James Bond said:

 

I would agree that it's probably fans who have bought the "Official Platinum" for the most part - be it lack of concern over the inflated price or just to avoid having to pay the same to a scalper anyway.

 

Same with the "Superconductor" and "Stick It Out" VIP package tiers. I can't imagine there's much of a profit to be made from scalpers on those when tickets in and around those could be had for cheaper. On the American Express pre-sale for Toronto, there was several instances on the seat map where a blue dot $400ish ticket was right beside a VIP package that cost over twice as much.

 

OTOH, I was in fairly early on the presale and saw blocks of 8 closer hearts first 5 rows vips disappear simultaneously 

 

Can't imagine a typical fan dropping $20k at once for 8 of those bad boys, but hey, maybe they have a big circle of Rush fans.

[TheHonestMan]

30 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said:

 

OTOH, I was in fairly early on the presale and saw blocks of 8 closer hearts first 5 rows vips disappear simultaneously 

 

Can't imagine a typical fan dropping $20k at once for 8 of those bad boys, but hey, maybe they have a big circle of Rush fans.

As painful as it was to pay such outrageous prices for "vip" floor seats, one positive outcome may be that some careless scalpers get absolutely hosed if prices start to drop on the resale market.

[bscsmkr]

On 10/17/2025 at 10:42 PM, grep said:

Q-Prime isn't new to them though.  I remember seeing that name in a Rush context - I'm going to say early 90's. 

https://qprime.com/
 

Rush is listed under "Special Projects"

I don't think Q-Prime is their new management team completely and Ray is completely gone but it is definitely possible 
No news release and Ged/Alex haven't mentioned Ray at all
Could just be that Ray is retired and staying out of the game so Alex/Ged went with someone they know well like Cliff B. 
I wonder if Howard is retired too
If he is then they really should get Junior who does he lighting for Tool 

[Cygnus 2112]

What am I looking at for Canadian ticket prices?

[Brava Doh!]

19 minutes ago, Cygnus 2112 said:

What am I looking at for Canadian ticket prices?

Toronto was $137 to $995 CDN as per ticketmaster. Those prices don’t include the VIP packages.

 

[Lurkst]

2 hours ago, Cygnus 2112 said:

What am I looking at for Canadian ticket prices?

 

At Toronto you were doing well to get lower bowl / floor seats for under $500 CAD.

Initially anyway, there were nosebleeds available for circa $200 CAD.

 

[Cygnus 2112]

So my approximation of $500 for a ticket is on the high end.  Sweet.

[James Bond]

1 hour ago, Cygnus 2112 said:

So my approximation of $500 for a ticket is on the high end.  Sweet.

 

I got floors by the mixing desk for $400 a piece in Toronto - if that helps as an indicator.

[Linguine Lee]

[Ron2112]

8 hours ago, Linguine Lee said:

This was idiotic in one thread. We don’t need to see it in multiple threads.

[Linguine Lee]

1 minute ago, Ron2112 said:

This was idiotic in one thread. We don’t need to see it in multiple threads.

That's why you quoted it...

 

[Lurkst]

8 hours ago, Linguine Lee said:

 

That's a bit Goebbelsy.

 

 

[Salesmen]

On 10/16/2025 at 7:32 PM, blueschica said:

I hadn't heard that about them leaving Ray. That's a lot to take in, but you're not wrong about the prices.

I actually called SRO Anthem (Ray) to ask about things and the reception person was so nice. She told me about them leaving Ray. She said the phones were ringing off the hook with people upset about the new tour. She wished me well. She sounded genuinely upset.