Bruce Springsteen tickets

NEW laws will be needed to prevent promoters ripping off gig-goers if ticket prices skyrocket any higher, a Fine Gael Senator insists.Standing tickets.

If you’re the only show in town you can set the price. He told the Irish Sun: “I’m concerned about how high these tickets are to be honest. “It’s a sorry situation to be in because it means that we get less exposure as an event venue for concerts to come to, it’s more risky and then the end product is more expensive.” “On the other hand It’s not just a case of going to Sweden or Paris because there are all the associated costs too, transport, accommodation, hospitality and all that. “It’s up to the promoters who can put the price on it and it’s up to the consumer to purchase the ticket but I just think that it is excessive. She said: “It’s the same show at the end of the day if you go to see it in another country. “If this is a trend that is going to continue with significant hikes, while we’re criticising other parts of the industry for inflating the prices, I think we need to look at this for a general admission standard ticket. “We need to make all, whether its sports or music, affordable for people and I think it’s too excessive, similar to the issue of ticket touting, if we see significant increases of cost like that I think we would need to address it with some sort of legislation to not allow such high increases for concerts.” Springsteen fans in Gothenburg, Sweden will be able to buy tickets for the same European tour at less than half the price of €50.12 general admission compared to €131 here. She told the Irish Sun: “We have a false economy going on at the moment because we have a backlog of events that people bought tickets for during Covid but the attendance is going to drop off and we are seeing that the ticket sales aren’t what they used to be.” In both cases prices are subject to fees and subject to change, with the cost usually down to the gig promoter. Irish fans of the Born to Run rocker will pay more today to see their idol than those in the rest of Europe, as will Justin Bieber’s “Beliebers” when tickets to his Dublin show go on sale this afternoon.