Re: affordable P/P tickets

[Robin <ak424@xxxxxxxx>]

>>Grant took little
>>interest in local affairs; Curbishely not only demands reasonable
>>ticket prices ($25-$30) but sets up a non-endorsement sponsorship with
>>Miller Beer to help raise food and money for homeless people in whichever
>>city Page & Plant are playing in that night.

What???  The ticket prices for the last tour varied greatly and were quite 
high in some cities.  One thing I hope Plant and Page change for there next 
tour is that they should have more control over the ticket prices.  In 
November '95, Mike Murphy (are you still here Mike?) posted info to the list 
indicating that Jimmy and Robert received a guaranteed amount of money up 
front regardless of how many tickets were sold.  They offered their show to 
the promoter with the highest bid in each city, then the promoter decided 
the price to charge for tickets.  Mike gave the example of the Irvine shows 
where over half the seats in the 18,000+ venue sold for $75 each.  Many of 
the close seats seemed to be filled by industry types, while the die hard 
fans were way in the back in the cheaper area, or not there at all.  Mike 
suggested this was the reason the Irvine crowds were so boring compared to 
other cities.  Robert commented on this at a later show, Boise I think, 
saying "so much for L.A." or something like that, indicating that the Boise 
audience was much better than the L.A. (Irvine) audience.  I also remember 
alot of complaining on the list about the price of tickets for the Australia 
shows.  When the average fan sees high ticket prices they assume it was the 
artist that decided to charge so much.  IMO, P/P need more control over 
prices in the future, so a promoter's decision to price gouge doesn't 
reflect badly on them.  Of course, this doesn't mean seeing them isn't worth 
$75.  They're worth way more than $75 to me :)

Robin