Paul McCartney I can understand - I mean the man is a living legend...  How
many people would give their right arm to see the Beatles lives?  It's not
possible any more, but McCartney is the closest you're ever going to get....
He's also been in the business for 40 years.

With regard to the other artists you mention - look at how many mouths need
feeding.  You're comparing a solo artist with groups - big groups who have
been around a lot longer than Sting.
Sure, Sting has to pay the band, but they aren't going to demand as the main
members of the Eagles, Stones, Fleetwood Mac etc....

And for your information, The Eagles on their last tour here, were priced
around the same as Sting when he last toured here...

And while we're on the subject of whiners...  Whining about them - doesn't
that make you a whiner?

J.



-----Original Message-----
From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com
[mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy (cheeky)
Sent: 19 November 2003 05:52
To: Brian Jacob; police@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: [Police] Re: "A list full of whiners"???


You tactfully ignored the point of my message.  Perhaps you should read
again:

a. Sting's tickets are overpriced
**

Brian, I do not feel the tickets are overpriced when taken in context of the
current market. While I agree that the New York tickets are higher than the
rest, they are still well in line with what the market charges these days.
The ticket prices for the rest of the shows however are relatively low
compared to the market. The front rows range from 60-90 bucks while others
are available for 40 bucks.

I am sorry, but this is just not a lot of money for what shows cost these
days. As I have said before, sometimes these things are about choices. If
you are telling me that you cannot afford 40 bucks or 90 bucks over the
course of a 3 year tour, then I do not believe you. There are some people
that can't afford it, but you are not one of them.

When you look at the market for tickets, and look at similar sized acts,
Stings prices are reasonable to lower end of the scale. This is fact,
McCartney, Eagles, Stones, Fleetwood Mac etc all charge more than Sting.

As far as whining goes, of course people are welcome to do it, but it gets
tired and it is a sad product of the society that we live in. People these
days have an appalling lack of accountability and just sue and complain left
and right. The Eagles even wrote the song "Get over it" about this

Yes it is a discussion forum, and yes you are all welcome to complain, but
it just feels that lately it is complaining for complaining sake.

Jeremy


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