The “American Heartbreak” singer-songwriter has pledged to stage his summer tour with ticket prices as cheap as possible. The announcement came along with a new album titled, “Seems there is a massive issue with fair ticket prices to live shows lately. I have met kids at my shows who have paid upwards of four-hundred bucks to be there and I’m done with it,” Bryan wrote on Instagram.
For the uninitiated, tickets at shows controlled by Ticketmaster generally have surcharges attached. These can include facility charges, a delivery fee, and a service fee, all of them adding costs to the price of a ticket that approach the base price. These are known as “junk fees” in the mortgage industry. Concert-goers have a more vulgar name for them.
Ticketmaster fees have been a sore subject with fans for at least 40 years. Artists and politicians have ranted against them and/or promised reform over that span. But there has been little change, other than the base price of tickets rising , thereby dragging fees upward as well. “I believe working class people should still be able to afford tickets to shows,” Bryan said in his statement. “I am so tired of people saying things can’t be done about this massive issue while huge monopolies sit there stealing money from working class people. Also, to any songwriter trying to make ‘relatable music for the working class man or woman’ should pride themself on fighting for the people who listen to the words they’re singing.
Bryan offered a mailing list so those interested in attending can be informed of his tour plans, along with information on “merch-drops and unreleased music.”
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