Sur le prix des billets, inutile de tirer sur les Guns, ils font comme tout le monde, Stones et McCartney compris. Il faut savoir qu'un billet pour voir les Stones à la fin des sixties coûtait 8 dollars, aujourd'hui c'est 350 dollars. C'est moins que les Guns dont les places à Las Vegas coûtent environ 200 dollars... Voici un article d'ABC News qui explique le phénomène :
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/sto(...)age=1
En gros, tant que les fans accepteront de payer le prix fort pour voir leurs idoles, les prix continueront à monter. On en revient toujours au même : l'offre et la demande. Mais le phénomène touche surtout les vieilles légendes dont les fans ont de plus gros moyens que les jeunes fans d'artistes récents.
Miles Copeland, owner of Ark 21 Records and former manager of Sting, admits that Sting and other artists have a lot of control over ticket prices. If they seem greedy, Copeland says, it's because they're being ripped off every day — not by Clear Channel, but by their fans.
"Five years, 10 years, 15 years ago … every time you wanted music, you'd go to a record store and you'd have to fork out money to buy records. Well nowadays they say it's just OK to steal," Copeland said.
Pollstar's Bongiovanni says younger bands playing today know that their fan base can't afford the ticket prices that a Paul McCartney fan can. So, because they can get away with it, legends like McCartney, the Stones, Cher, and Billy Joel and Elton John put together the four top-grossing tours in 2002 — with a combined draw of $330 million.
As long as people are willing to pay huge sums to see the rockers of yesteryear, prices will keep going up.
