400 francs for a Taylor Swift ticket That's why concert tickets are getting more and more expensive
A Tina Turner concert for 35 francs? - That's history. With today's pop stars, you can easily add a zero. Watch the video to find out why and why we put up with it.
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- Concert tickets are getting more and more expensive, especially for stars like Adele or Taylor Swift.
- Who or what is responsible for the more expensive tickets and what can you do about it?
- Watch the video to find out how a ticket price is made up and why we are also partly to blame.
International pop stars have also announced concerts and tours this year. The anticipation is great, especially for Adele, who hasn't performed in Europe since 2016, and Taylor Swift, who will be giving two concerts in Zurich in July.
The ticket prices are all the more sobering: 200 to 500 Swiss francs for reasonably good seats at the Adele concert in Munich and similarly high amounts for Swift in Zurich. Where is this going to lead?
"We should lower our expectations"
However, a good show seems to be worth so much money to many people, otherwise they wouldn't fork out such sums.
But why have ticket prices shot up so much over the years?
Of course, general inflation plays a role, but the coronavirus pandemic has also had a certain influence on the pricing of concert organizers to this day.
Watch the video to find out what else adds up to ticket prices and how we as concertgoers can also influence ticket prices.
