Is Anyone Upset About Ticket Prices?

[PAFHumbucker]

The promoters got greedy.  They thought the gravy train would continue and people would keep gobbling up overpriced tickets.  Looking at the second night for DC, the nosebleed $125 tickets are all gone and there are still $185 seats available.  Most of the floor is available, but for absolutely insane prices.  A grand for a seat in row K on the floor?  Get out of here.

 

in 2023 I stalked tickets to see Springsteen at CFG Bank Arena and we got a pair seats in row G for a grand combined and that still was overpriced.  A grand for a single seat with nothing else thrown in or a “VIP” seat with access to a lounge and some swag?  Not when more than 50% of the floor is still available.

[James Bond]

13 hours ago, lerxt1990 said:

Im wondering how much those price drops will be and how many more tickets will sell. These second nights are awfully empty. 
 

also how cool to get a lower

priced seat and feel like a sucker bc you paid more when they went on when they went on sale. 

 

 

I wouldn't expect much until the new year for price drops, but that's the thing with this ridiculous dynamic pricing - it will certainly happen as the shows get closer. The old airline and hotel tactic. Granted, I've used it to my advantage for many shows over the past few years, especially as Ticketmaster continued to introduce more premiums (ie. extra money for an "aisle seat offer" and that sort of thing). It makes ticket buying feel like a game, and I personally go to far fewer concerts now because of it. Even the "sold out" Oasis shows in my area had better tickets available a week before the show.

 

That's another great point you bring up - a fan who paid three times as much for a ticket can end up sitting right beside someone who bought mere days before the show for cheaper.

[chemistry1973]

No.

 

Tickets were 700.00 for R40.

 

I’m seeing them for 200-300 on the reseller pages.

 

Not bad at all.

[BastillePark]

1 hour ago, chemistry1973 said:

No.

 

Tickets were 700.00 for R40.

 

I’m seeing them for 200-300 on the reseller pages.

 

Not bad at all.

The least expensive seat I saw for Seattle was $318 in the upper rows or on the far right or left of the stage but also way up there. At this point, I'm waiting until closer to the concert (NEXT October) to see if prices will come down on the secondary market. 

[Lurkst]

2 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

No.

 

Tickets were 700.00 for R40.

 

I’m seeing them for 200-300 on the reseller pages.

 

Not bad at all.

 

Were those for equivalent seats?

 

[chemistry1973]

6 minutes ago, Lurkst said:

 

Were those for equivalent seats?

 

Equivalent seats on Vivid Seats are going for 426.00

[GabesCavesOfIce]

2 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

No.

 

Tickets were 700.00 for R40.

 

I’m seeing them for 200-300 on the reseller pages.

 

Not bad at all.

 

Yea because those of us in the original cities got screwed when this was announced as a limited run tour.

 

 

[GabesCavesOfIce]

3 hours ago, James Bond said:

 

I wouldn't expect much until the new year for price drops, but that's the thing with this ridiculous dynamic pricing - it will certainly happen as the shows get closer. The old airline and hotel tactic. Granted, I've used it to my advantage for many shows over the past few years, especially as Ticketmaster continued to introduce more premiums (ie. extra money for an "aisle seat offer" and that sort of thing). It makes ticket buying feel like a game, and I personally go to far fewer concerts now because of it. Even the "sold out" Oasis shows in my area had better tickets available a week before the show.

 

That's another great point you bring up - a fan who paid three times as much for a ticket can end up sitting right beside someone who bought mere days before the show for cheaper.

 

 

Its just dumb the way this was rolled out.  Not only will some be sitting next to some who may have paid triple, it will lead to an embarrassing amount of empty seats, and the media better point out this conundrum ( if demand was so excessively High causing huge amounts of expensive seats why are there so many empty seats on this tour?)

 

Doing it this way is definitely going to cut down attendance throughout the tour. There are a lot of fans who paid $1,000 for a mediocre seat at the Garden and would normally have used that money to go to three or 4 shows. Normally a 60 Show run would sell out easily in this situation, but so many fans are paying outrageous prices for the original run of shows they are going to cut back on how many shows they see.

[James Bond]

1 minute ago, GabesCavesOfIce said:

 

 

Its just dumb the way this was rolled out.  Not only will some be sitting next to some who may have paid triple, it will lead to an embarrassing amount of empty seats, and the media better point out this conundrum ( if demand was so excessively High causing huge amounts of expensive seats why are there so many empty seats on this tour?)

 

Doing it this way is definitely going to cut down attendance throughout the tour. There are a lot of fans who paid $1,000 for a mediocre seat at the Garden and would normally have used that money to go to three or 4 shows. Normally a 60 Show run would sell out easily in this situation, but so many fans are paying outrageous prices for the original run of shows they are going to cut back on how many shows they see.

 

While I think it's far too early to consider "an embarrassing amount" of empty seats remaining (the shows being a year away, the inevitable price drops, four-pack deals, etc... all the usual rollouts to get the seats sold that have been seen over the past few years on Ticketmaster), I most certainly agree with everything else you've pointed out.

 

I realize I'm one of the lucky few who got reasonable tickets for great seats in the initial run, but you bring up an excellent point about how those who might have attended multiple shows could find themselves unable to do so after spending so big on the first one. I think all the cities should have been announced at once. Prices likely would have stabilized, even with the dynamic pricing nonsense, and then the extra nights could still be added as needed.

[GabesCavesOfIce]

2 minutes ago, James Bond said:

 

While I think it's far too early to consider "an embarrassing amount" of empty seats remaining (the shows being a year away, the inevitable price drops, four-pack deals, etc... all the usual rollouts to get the seats sold that have been seen over the past few years on Ticketmaster), I most certainly agree with everything else you've pointed out.

 

I realize I'm one of the lucky few who got reasonable tickets for great seats in the initial run, but you bring up an excellent point about how those who might have attended multiple shows could find themselves unable to do so after spending so big on the first one. I think all the cities should have been announced at once. Prices likely would have stabilized, even with the dynamic pricing nonsense, and then the extra nights could still be added as needed.

 

 

Even if they announced a handful of new cities when they expanded the original shows from two nights in each City to four, that would have been an honest approach telling fans that there is more to this tour than just the original Seven Cities. And why does my phone insist on capitalizing seven cities? But not right there?

 

There are some shows in cities in the past where Rush would never have played two dates where the majority of seats are not sold. Either they're going to go for like 25 bucks a seat or they're going to be empty. Just to guess I could be wrong, but there's so many of them

[chemistry1973]

20 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said:

 

Yea because those of us in the original cities got screwed when this was announced as a limited run tour.

 

 

Not really anything new though is it? Demand brought in more dates.

 

And it was pointed out in this very forum - the huge gaps between cities indicated more shows to be added if sales were robust enough.

Edited November 4, 2025 by chemistry1973

[James Bond]

2 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said:

 

 

Even if they announced a handful of new cities when they expanded the original shows from two nights in each City to four, that would have been an honest approach telling fans that there is more to this tour than just the original Seven Cities. And why does my phone insist on capitalizing seven cities? But not right there?

 

There are some shows in cities in the past where Rush would never have played two dates where the majority of seats are not sold. Either they're going to go for like 25 bucks a seat or they're going to be empty. Just to guess I could be wrong, but there's so many of them

 

I was honestly surprised by the ambition of two nights in all the new cities. I suppose we'll see how some of those dates (in particular the second nights) fare as the tour starts to get rolling and momentum builds.

[joeyjojojunior936shabadoo]

2 hours ago, GabesCavesOfIce said:

 

 

Even if they announced a handful of new cities when they expanded the original shows from two nights in each City to four, that would have been an honest approach telling fans that there is more to this tour than just the original Seven Cities. And why does my phone insist on capitalizing seven cities? But not right there?

 

There are some shows in cities in the past where Rush would never have played two dates where the majority of seats are not sold. Either they're going to go for like 25 bucks a seat or they're going to be empty. Just to guess I could be wrong, but there's so many of them

That happened to Barry Manilow(laugh if you want 😀🤣) when he played Spokane this past summer. Our crappy nosebleed seats we paid …let’s say under $50 each …got bumped to the floor and near folks paying around $400 or more. Then they just covered the empty seats at the top so it wouldn't look so bad. I also seem to recall wife and I got reasonably priced Foo Fighters tickets 🎟️ week of their show when additional seats dropped. Then a month or so later saw a Foo Fighters tribute band called the Fooz fighters…which has nothing to do with this topic at all but if amuses me to type “Fooz Fighters”

[capoetc]

On 11/3/2025 at 3:48 PM, lerxt1990 said:

An odd circumstance!  So the first shows in limited cities are crushed with people limited availability and the high prices.  The high prices are commensurate with high profile bands (I have heard Foo Fighters same thing).  OK fine.

 

Then they add the additional shows, then additional nights.  And.. we hit the supply and demand and price curve and the second show in Philly is only 30-40% sold.  The VIP tickets are there to buy, there are seats everywhere.  First night is 95% sold which makes sense.

 

The second night is SO undersold I am wondering how this goes.  Im not even sure a price drop of 10-20% makes this happen.  Do they perform to a scarcely occupied house?

 

Some other towns/shows not like this, I clicked on some, the second night in Detroit is same as above.

 

On Snakes and Arrows in Philly, they played Wells Fargo Center the same night as Jimmy Buffet playing the baseball stadium that uses the same parking lots.  The arena for Rush was half-empty, so they had tables set up to allow anyone in the upper bowl to upgrade to the lower bowl for free.  So it looked more full than it was, and it was still a great show.

[capoetc]

6 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

Not really anything new though is it? Demand brought in more dates.

 

And it was pointed out in this very forum - the huge gaps between cities indicated more shows to be added if sales were robust enough.

 

The problem is, much of the sales in the original ticket sales appear to have been scalpers hoping to make a killing on limited shows.

[chemistry1973]

3 hours ago, capoetc said:

 

The problem is, much of the sales in the original ticket sales appear to have been scalpers hoping to make a killing on limited shows.

Doesn’t seem like a problem. Fans will have more options and prices will be lower.

[capoetc]

21 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

Doesn’t seem like a problem. Fans will have more options and prices will be lower.

 

I am not being argumentative, just curious … how does scalpers selling tickets give fans more options and lower prices?

[lerxt1990]

On 11/4/2025 at 8:07 PM, capoetc said:

 

On Snakes and Arrows in Philly, they played Wells Fargo Center the same night as Jimmy Buffet playing the baseball stadium that uses the same parking lots.  The arena for Rush was half-empty, so they had tables set up to allow anyone in the upper bowl to upgrade to the lower bowl for free.  So it looked more full than it was, and it was still a great show.

I was there but didn't know they did that I see that happening on night two - and a good idea!  Do you remember the third event that was happening there that night?  The Soul were playing at the Spectrum.  Tailgating was about as fun as you could imagine.  Rush fans, Buffet fans rolling through in their coconut bras and Soul fans wondering wtf was going on.  Haha.

[losingit2k]

The only people not upset about Ticket Prices are RUSH, TIcketmaster and Resalers! 

[Lurkst]

3 hours ago, losingit2k said:

The only people not upset about Ticket Prices are RUSH, TIcketmaster and Resalers! 

 

Possibly, although the resale market appears to be flooded with tickets.

 

[BastillePark]

3 hours ago, losingit2k said:

The only people not upset about Ticket Prices are RUSH, TIcketmaster and Resalers! 

I'd bet there are a lot of hard core fans (the types that believe Rush can do no wrong) that are okay with the prices because Geddy and Alex deserve to make as much as they can.

[Todem]

3 hours ago, Lurkst said:

 

Possibly, although the resale market appears to be flooded with tickets.

 

It is for literally every big act, show...you name it.

 

It's a resellers market.......all by design. By the evil empire known as Live Nation. 

[losingit2k]

23 hours ago, Todem said:

It is for literally every big act, show...you name it.

 

It's a resellers market.......all by design. By the evil empire known as Live Nation. 

Yeah Tickets now-a-days are insanely priced! I'm glad the boys (for their Sake) have broke into that space. I can't hardly see myself spending that kind of money for anyone else.. Well Maybe a Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd Reunion

[chemistry1973]

On 11/5/2025 at 6:06 PM, capoetc said:

 

I am not being argumentative, just curious … how does scalpers selling tickets give fans more options and lower prices?

I think more shows in a given city means less demand. Maybe not - but judging from the reseller sites the prices don’t seem to be climbing.

[Lurkst]

8 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

I think more shows in a given city means less demand. Maybe not - but judging from the reseller sites the prices don’t seem to be climbing.

 

The "get me in" prices for the additional cities is around half that of the original run. The exceptions being New York and Toronto which are clearly the most in demand dates...

 

https://www.ticketdata.com/?performer=Rush - Rock Band