AC/DC in Dublin

Wildweasel74 · February 16, 2024, 12:33:39 PM

£135 for a ticket, steep

seafoid · February 16, 2024, 02:25:19 PM

I saw on a German website that tickets for one of their concerts in Germany sold out in 8 minutes.

seafoid · February 16, 2024, 02:25:54 PM

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 16, 2024, 12:33:39 PM£135 for a ticket, steep

That's £120 in 2020 money

Wildweasel74 · February 16, 2024, 06:16:07 PM

Think it was £70 in the Aviva less than 10yrs ago. There's inflation, and theirs taking the piss!

dec · February 16, 2024, 09:32:44 PM

Market forces

Blowitupref · February 17, 2024, 02:10:21 AM

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 16, 2024, 06:16:07 PMThink it was £70 in the Aviva less than 10yrs ago. There's inflation, and theirs taking the piss!

Was at it with fees and all it was a little over 80 euro.

For standing tickets this concert including fees €156.75 and then add in the price of Dublin accommodation for a Saturday night.

From the Bunker · February 17, 2024, 09:05:47 AM

The Promoters know that an AC/DC Concert will sell out. It's all about Maximising profits. They have taken over from the Tout who used to have the 20% to 50% mark-up.

A couple of years ago Taylor Swift only sold 70% of her concert capacity. Promoters were not bothered as the higher tickets prices more than made up for the shortfall. Touts sold tickets for less than face value.

It's nice for real fans to get the chance to see legends for probably one last time (even if their view is a dot on a Stage or on a big screen).