Ticketmaster reply after some Bruce Springsteen tickets offered for as much as $5,000

Ticketmaster have responded to complaints from gig-goers relating to their “dynamic pricing” mannequin.

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Final week, when tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 world tour dates went on sale, followers had been requested to pay as much as $5000 (£4152) for some tickets.

The mannequin permits Ticketmaster to cost extra for tickets once they first go on sale. The dynamic pricing system responds to demand and so will increase or decreases costs in keeping with what “scalpers” – an individual who re-sells a ticket for revenue – would promote them for, retaining the cash in-house for the vendor and artist.

The system additionally sees enhance with demand for sure “platinum tickets”, that are positioned all through every venue.

Ticketmaster defended the mannequin saying that solely 11.2 per cent of the Springsteen tickets offered had been platinum, and only one.3 per cent had been $1000 (£830) or extra. In addition they stated the typical worth for a Springsteen ticket was $262 (£217).

As per Variety, it was reported that “Ticketmaster says [the most expensive tickets] symbolize solely 11 per cent of the general tickets offered. By the ticketing service’s calculations, that left the opposite 88.2 per cent of tickets offered at mounted costs that ranged from from $59.50 [£49.42] to $399 [£331] earlier than added service charges.

“Ticketmaster additional says that the typical worth of all tickets offered to this point is $262 [£217.63], with 56 per cent being offered for below $200 [£166] face worth…The service additional broke down the odds on the 56 per cent of tickets it says had been offered for below $200 [£166]. It stated that one per cent had been offered below $99 [£82.23], 27 per cent went for between $100-150 [£83-124], and one per cent offered for between $150-200 [£124-166].”

In a press release, Ticketmaster added: “Costs and codecs are according to trade requirements for high performers”.

Earlier this month (July 14), Bruce Springsteen And The E Road Band introduced 4 UK tour dates in 2023.

The dates embrace exhibits at BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Might 30 and Villa Park in Birmingham on June 16 together with two exhibits at BST Hyde Park in London on July 6 and eight.

Tickets went on sale final Thursday (July 21) and any remaining tickets might be bought here.

Bruce & The E Road Band have introduced 4 UK dates on their 2023 Worldwide Tour! The brand new dates mark their first UK exhibits since 5 June 2016 at Wembley Stadium.

Tickets for go on sale at 9AM native time on Thursday, 21 July 2022. Extra information: https://t.co/YahXTKffvV! pic.twitter.com/jfXjGsEXNV

— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) July 14, 2022

The gigs, which can be The Boss’ first with the complete E Road Band since 2017, are a part of an intensive world tour that kicks off within the US between February 1 and April 14 earlier than heading to Europe.

Tickets for the 2023 US enviornment gigs went on sale over the past two weeks and you should purchase tickets for the US dates here.

Springsteen has launched two solo studio albums since he final toured with the group, ‘Western Stars’ (2019) and ‘Letter To You’ (2020).

In 2017 he started a prolonged live performance residency on the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York titled Springsteen On Broadway. That stint was became a Netflix particular, and the singer-songwriter returned for a further run on the St. James Theatre in 2021.

Final month noticed Springsteen make a shock look throughout Paul McCartney’s headline present at Glastonbury 2022. He performed his personal track ‘Glory Days’ and The Beatles‘ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ alongside McCartney.