Re: Irving Azoff and/or Ticket master News
I've already gone on record (no pun intended). I've been to my last financial RAPE and that was back in 2005 when Eagles played Vegas.
I don't know how long these guys will continue. I thought that they had all kicked their habits. But it seems to me that they are as addicted to the Dollar as any of them were to their drug of choice. They have made their fortunes so the money they are demanding now isn't for putting bread on the table and cars in the garage. I think it has to be a game they are playing and Money is just the way they are keeping score.
Well, it falls on US the FANS. It isn't Azoff making the decisions. It isn't Don or Glenn making the price decisions. It is US. We have driven the prices UP by being willing to let our loyalty to them justify to us the price of attending their concerts! Azoff and the Eagles Ltd. is just taking advantage of supply and demand. They could choose NOT to do that. But everything I've read and heard about the Eagles suggests to me that they were all about money from the beginning. I don't see them lowering prices out of the goodness in their hearts.
I guarantee that if all their fans quit paying for ridiculously priced tickets, it would result either in the prices coming down or the secession of the Eagles concert tours and probably what's left of their recording careers.
They have their place in history already!
It doesn't impress me at all to know that if this group puts on a concert and charges $500 a ticket, that some swampland in Texas is going to benefit. If I felt that strongly about that marsh, I'd send a check commiserate with my concern about the project, to the foundation directly. My point is that in these economically disastrous times with people losing jobs and in the process their houses and everything they've worked a lifetime for, paying exorbitant prices for concert tickets just doesn't make any sense at all.
Re: Irving Azoff and/or Ticketmaster News
Whew...Did I get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning or WHAT! <LOL>
Re: Irving Azoff and/or Ticketmaster News
Okay Mike - I'm glad you got that off of your chest. :lol:
I agree with you about this in theory. However, it's the practice part where I have a problem. :wink: As you said, it is all about supply and demand and the fact of the matter is ... there is still plenty of demand. For all kinds of reasons, people want to see these guys perform, myself included. For me, I think it is partially driven by the fact that I never got to see them live until 2004 so I feel like I'm kinda of making up for lost time. Then, there is also the knowledge that they will probably only be touring for a few more years so I want to see them as many times as I can before the 'supply' runs dry. Now, obviously, I am part of the demand - a hardcore fan who loves these guys and their music, and am willing to pay handsomely to see them. However, I totally respect and understand people who don't feel the same way as I do. But, since there are enough people out there like me that continue to "feed the fire", I really don't think that anything will change as long as the band wants to tour. It does appear as if they are going to be cutting back significantly on the number of shows that they play though.
Now, I'm thinking that this is a topic that may generate a lot of discussion. If so, we may want to move these posts to the Eagles forum.
Re: Irving Azoff and/or Ticketmaster News
YUP, I do agree with you IABD....they ain't gonna have to stop touring because of a lack of ticket sales any time soon.
I never expected anyone to forego Eagles concerts just because of my opinions posted in that rant <LOL>. But those are the reasons that I'll not be attending any more of them. That could change....Hell Has Frozen Over once before.
Nor do I condem or criticize those with a different "take" on the concerts. I might think differently if I had NOT seen them before (many times). And to some who might have gone to virtually EVERY concert and are lining up for more...more power to you! Seriously!
Thank GOD we each have the option to choose how to invest our money!
I mean good grief, to some, including the majority making up the membership here on The Border, owning a Les Paul would have less attraction than having Fruit Loops for breakfast rather than Frosted Flakes!
It's a personal decision (paying ticket prices) that each must make. I'm glad we have that freedom.
Re: Irving Azoff and/or Ticket master News
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Originally Posted by
MikeA
I've already gone on record (no pun intended). I've been to my last financial RAPE and that was back in 2005 when Eagles played Vegas.
I don't know how long these guys will continue. I thought that they had all kicked their habits. But it seems to me that they are as addicted to the Dollar as any of them were to their drug of choice. They have made their fortunes so the money they are demanding now isn't for putting bread on the table and cars in the garage. I think it has to be a game they are playing and Money is just the way they are keeping score.
Well, it falls on US the FANS. It isn't Azoff making the decisions. It isn't Don or Glenn making the price decisions. It is US. We have driven the prices UP by being willing to let our loyalty to them justify to us the price of attending their concerts! Azoff and the Eagles Ltd. is just taking advantage of supply and demand. They could choose NOT to do that. But everything I've read and heard about the Eagles suggests to me that they were all about money from the beginning. I don't see them lowering prices out of the goodness in their hearts.
I guarantee that if all their fans quit paying for ridiculously priced tickets, it would result either in the prices coming down or the secession of the Eagles concert tours and probably what's left of their recording careers.
They have their place in history already!
It doesn't impress me at all to know that if this group puts on a concert and charges $500 a ticket, that some swampland in Texas is going to benefit. If I felt that strongly about that marsh, I'd send a check commiserate with my concern about the project, to the foundation directly. My point is that in these economically disastrous times with people losing jobs and in the process their houses and everything they've worked a lifetime for, paying exorbitant prices for concert tickets just doesn't make any sense at all.
:bow::bow: Well spoken and exactly how I feel also. Now to stick with those convictions is the problem. It p*sses me off that I want to go see them so much that I will do anything to justify paying that $$. I have also said they have seen my last $$ if they are demanding that kind of money. Seeing Timothy in Chicago for a whopping $22.00 was an absolute dream come true. Never ever ever have I had a better concert deal and the fact that it was for my fave artist ever--well it brings a tear to my eye to think about it. :faint:
Larry just saw in the paper a few minutes ago that Styx is coming back about an hour away from us in February and the most expensive ticket is $67.00. I will be getting those tickets for sure and I know I will get more than my moneys worth there. Like I said in my review of the concert of theirs I went to last year--they were throwing out Styx EVERYTHING including cds and tshirts during that concert and posing for pics and even taking peoples cameras up on stage and taking pics of each other and giving them back. Now that's a group that is doing this for the love of their fans, not the ol' mighty $!!! JMO.