Originally posted by Efram:
Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
It really didn't sell out that fast...was on sale for a LONG time.
And just last week you could get a pair on ebay for significantly less than face value:
bright eyes tix
Procrastination is the 8th Deadly Sin
And now suddenly they are selling at $120-150 a pair. Did this band suddenly become popular in the last week? [/b]
I really don't get your point. Surely that's a sarcastic question. Oberst was on the cover of every music mag this Spring. Bright Eyes had just recently played a tough to get ticket @ the 9:30. And they just headlined Coachella.
That there would be demand for these shows was not a surprise. Yet tickets were available for well over a month. Even the ticket brokers started to panic - thus the pair of tickets sold just last week for $40.
Of all the shows at all the venues where tickets truly are hard to come by and complaining is justified - this is not one of them.
If a fan doesn't have a ticket by now they've got no one to blame but themselves. So much so - that I'm siding with brokers here. You should have to pay a premium if you waited this long and still expect to see the show.
Just my thoughts.
