ukmuler wrote:Was at Manchester Arena on Saturday. An excellent gig as always, the new songs slotted in well but I think he should of split them up between the more familiar songs in the set.
Had a £65 ticket for block 209 upper level and was upgraded to lower level block 108, which were £89 seats. I asked why and was told only 4000 tickets were sold out of a 15000 seat venue. Many fans have been priced out of attending, I know of 4 friends who didn't go because of this.
Don't know about the rest of east Europe but he and his management asked for 80EUR ticket price in Belgrade, Serbia?!? I know that first hand.
Saw Eric Capton in Belgrade for 50EUR ticket, Whitesnake was 50EUR max. Not To mention Metallica or Even Rolling Stones (30EUR in open air), Santana too.
These people are on stage ages before him, I do admire him as a performer but this is just plain vanity. Outrageous.
I can understand the prices in Germany, Sweden...in US the tickets vary between 80$ and 400$+. That is another story.
If you know ( and you should know) the average monthly income in the country you are visiting, you need to adjust your prices. I don't know many people who would easily pay 80EUR ticket knowing they're making just a bit over 300EUR per month. So he should never see Joe performing live, right?
If he's not on Europian tour at the moment of negotiations ok, the prices in that case are high, bit this was during his 2018 Europian tour. Shame. Great guitar player, he literally resurrected the Blues, but he obviously is a stuck-up, very arrogant and self-important geek.