Buying tickets for the new Placebo tour was a big surprise, with an increase of 20 euros. We can quickly find a reason for this price change: Recession. The economy is at the bottom. We can understand that we’re not only paying the band, we pay equipment and management. It’s easy for us to pay an extra 20 bucks, it doesn’t hurt. In the theory of AC/DC and Metallica only showing up when it’s time for recession we happily bought tickets around 80 euros to see our heroes. Why didn’t we complain?

Because over the years we got used to high ticket prices. There are bands we’d pay a fortune for. Ticket shops make an extra effort by selling concert journeys, including hotel and plane tickets, or selling Meet & Greets (for example: This was an offering for a Avril Lavgine concert, where you often didn’t get to talk to the artist, just snapping pictures was allowed). At some point, enough is enough. We all have to work hard for our money and if you’re travelling to more than one date it gets quiet expensive. However sometimes one concert is enough. The Eagles did a tour with ticket prices over 117 euros, in a good old Rolling Stones tradition. Why are people willing to pay prices like that?

Because they get a lot for their money. They are able to see legends live. Maybe they have seen them before – ten years ago. Also legendary bands bring up a super exclusive show, just like U2 are doing it right now. People were expecting many outfit changes, an enormous stage and huge video walls when they bought the Madonna tickets. But they forgot what they were buying in the first place: Concert tickets. You’re supposed to enjoy music. So what happened was a huge disappointment – no live music. No energy on stage. Sometimes being legendary is not enough. Think twice before you pay that price.