Yes,% of profit is huge with little overhead

Bands used to make all their money on merch as ticket sales would barely cover the costs.
Now it's a little different. with no income from record sales, ticket prices have gone crazy.

While mugs keep paying, they will keep going up.

Posted By: usacanary on September 1st 2024 at 20:49:43

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Oasis ticker sales for the dates so far announced (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 1, 18:33:29
- Mind you , I wonder what the weekly revenue of British football is? Tickets, merch, (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 1, 22:58:27
  - Kids have it so easy these days...... (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 1, 23:28:58
- Many people go into debt for anything these days. Like it’s free money (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Sep 1, 20:36:58
- sad fuckers (n/m) (General Chat) - MonkeyPuzzle, Sep 1, 20:11:09
- They got eff all from me... I win (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Sep 1, 20:00:22
- Don’t forget that the sums mentioned above are only for the current dates. (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 1, 19:52:38
- The real money is in the merch.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 1, 19:24:52
  - Possibly, people who pay inflated tickets prices will probably buy tat as well. (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 1, 19:50:21
  - Does that still stand in the era of £150+ tickets? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 19:29:59
    - Yes,% of profit is huge with little overhead (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 1, 20:49:43
      - 👍 yeah and I guess if you’ve paid a couple of hundred quid already (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 20:53:36
        
        If you've paid £50 for 5 pints. May as well get a mug for £30 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 1, 20:56:20
- Only getting g 25% of that seems incredible (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 1, 19:16:59
  - I heard that USAC is getting the major slice (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 1, 19:59:26
  - Would imagine that the stadiums themselves and all the staff (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 1, 19:19:02
- Aside from the dynamic pricing (which is a scandal)…. (General Chat) - loz, Sep 1, 18:39:56
  - I'm never listening to oasis again (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 1, 21:18:19
    - Who! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 1, 21:54:30
    - According to Doug Stanhope (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Sep 1, 21:42:24
  - It will become obvious the moment they hit the stage if that’s the case (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am H2O, Sep 1, 20:42:10
  - 100% - they saw how much Taylor swift was making and wanted a piece of it (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 19:30:41
    - Taylor Swift refuses dynamic pricing. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 1, 19:55:16
  - Agreed, to me the whole thing smells of nothing more than a money making scam of sorts. (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 1, 19:13:14
    - To be fair, if I could announce a tour and sell tickets at £150 a pop (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 19:31:29
      - "Wrath of the Barclay, the Musical" (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 1, 20:00:41
      - If only the tickets were priced evenly, this progressive pricing (General Chat) - Kirrie, Sep 1, 19:48:41
  - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 1, 18:58:02
  - Yeah, the whole thing has been pretty cynical (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 1, 18:50:50
  - ^^^^^^ this (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 1, 18:48:07

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