{"id":4017,"date":"2011-04-05T06:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2011-04-05T06:01:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:01:36","slug":"stewartnicks-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/05\/stewartnicks-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart\/Nicks Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rod Stewart\/Stevie Nicks – Heart and Soul Tour<\/a>
Sprint Center
Kansas City, MO<\/p>\n

(This is a two for one offer, circulated via Sprint Center e-mail.)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You make tickets 2 for 1 in the beginning, not when you realize you’ve got a stiff and can’t sell tickets and the acts are embarrassed about playing an empty hall and are having their managers lean upon you.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s your market you’re ruining, they’re here this one night and they’re gone.<\/p>\n

When are promoters going to realize their allegiance is to the fans, not the acts?<\/p>\n

When are the acts going to price their shows properly?<\/p>\n

So interested in leaving absolutely no money on the table, artists overprice their shows and then tickets need to be blown out.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe it’s not about money, but careers.\u00c2\u00a0 Unless you’re on a going out of business tour, a true final go-round, a hot show that’s truly full will only burnish your reputation, help you the next time around.\u00c2\u00a0 But nobody in the music business is thinking about tomorrow.\u00c2\u00a0 Despite Fleetwood Mac’s song of that name, they overplayed and burned the marketplace out and so is every other heritage act.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s about supporting their lifestyles, not music.<\/p>\n

One of the things that killed Detroit was sales.\u00c2\u00a0 People just would not pay full price.\u00c2\u00a0 Subsequent to GM’s bankruptcy, its cars are priced more realistically, hoping to eliminate discounts.\u00c2\u00a0 But they’re fighting years of bad practices.\u00c2\u00a0 And you can’t get a deal on a hot car…\u00c2\u00a0 Try low-balling a Toyota dealer on a Prius today.<\/p>\n

Just like hot acts like GaGa can charge a fortune and the rest of the acts are fighting for a sale.<\/p>\n

Whose fault is it?\u00c2\u00a0 The acts, the promoters…<\/p>\n

It’s certainly not the fans’ fault.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re told to overpay for lousy tickets, the good ones are never available to the general public, and then the acts and promoters turn around and kiss their ass when the ducats don’t sell.\u00c2\u00a0 Huh?\u00c2\u00a0 Isn’t this what ruined recorded music? Overpriced dreck?\u00c2\u00a0 And sure, you can’t steal a concert, but at these prices who needs to go?\u00c2\u00a0 A hit is a hit, and everything else is shit.<\/p>\n

The Ticketmaster fees are EVERYBODY’S problem.\u00c2\u00a0 But promoters don’t like TM breaking them out on the first page and acts blame the ticketing giant when the fees are just a way for the promoter to eke out a profit and the people getting screwed, the fans, are laughing and spending what little money they’ve got elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Control of recorded music has been wrested from the major labels, who did not properly honor the product.\u00c2\u00a0 Control of live shows is being wrested from the touring industry by a public which is just saying no, which is staying home.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead of lowering prices, the labels just bitched that people were stealing their wares.\u00c2\u00a0 And this theft is used as justification by acts to charge outrageous ticket prices, so they can make a ton of money.\u00c2\u00a0 Who’s entitled to this money anymore?\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody’s struggling, why not the acts?\u00c2\u00a0 And the promoters are complicit.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve got news for you promoters, you’re paying, exercise some restraint, institute some discipline, or watch your business go down the toilet.<\/p>\n

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