I don’t like that attending the Eras Tour has become an elitist activity

[Anonymous]

I agree OP and have been really surprised at the number of people I know doing this. Thanks for giving some of us an anonymous space to note this. There are kids today who think this is actually a normal activity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t understand the need to pay those prices to then have to watch the broadcasted screen to even see the show from your way-up-there seats. Add in the traffic, long lines and being around fanatical people, no thank you.

Because your daughter can buy the shirt and talk to her friends who have the shirt or the hoodie about how great the show was and then look down on the kids whose parents didn't pay for them to attend

Being in a stadium of 60-70K fans all singing in unison is a pretty cool experience. It’s not all about the shirts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We entered the lottery to get a chance to buy tickets when they were released. It took hours because the site crashed and we were kicked to the back of the line to start over. I was able to get tickets for my daughter and a friend’s daughter in Philly. I went with my daughter and her friends. The concert was truly amazing. Taylor performed for 3 hours.

A lot of the issues OP raised are about our culture. I didn’t post about it on Facebook or instagram or snap chat or any other social media. Did I talk about going with friends? Yes, just like I talk about other aspects of my life.

We met plenty of other fans who got tickets like we did. Upon release by buying them. My biggest complaint is the monopoly that ticketmaster has on ticket sales. Stop following the influencers. Stop posting, viewing, and liking/commenting on braggy look at me and my amazing life photos on social media to people you don’t know if you don’t like how this activity is becoming elitist. You are helping to drive it whether you realize it or not.

Countless people (us included) did exactly this and still ended up empty handed. You weren't more dedicated to getting tickets than we were. You were just plain lucky. Stop acting like if we had only behaved as you had, the outcome would have been different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With tickets being impossible to purchase the only way one can attend the concert is buy paying the exorbitant resale prices and/or flying to another location.

A trip that will cost about $5k or more.

This is ridiculous

+1000

Got front row seats to Pink instead. Great person and artist. Better performer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elitist? It’s expensive, and it might be a status marker to some, but to me it isn’t “elitist.” That word has been co-opted by the far right. Is that what you mean, OP?

You’ve actually just defined what an elitist activity is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We entered the lottery to get a chance to buy tickets when they were released. It took hours because the site crashed and we were kicked to the back of the line to start over. I was able to get tickets for my daughter and a friend’s daughter in Philly. I went with my daughter and her friends. The concert was truly amazing. Taylor performed for 3 hours.

A lot of the issues OP raised are about our culture. I didn’t post about it on Facebook or instagram or snap chat or any other social media. Did I talk about going with friends? Yes, just like I talk about other aspects of my life.

We met plenty of other fans who got tickets like we did. Upon release by buying them. My biggest complaint is the monopoly that ticketmaster has on ticket sales. Stop following the influencers. Stop posting, viewing, and liking/commenting on braggy look at me and my amazing life photos on social media to people you don’t know if you don’t like how this activity is becoming elitist. You are helping to drive it whether you realize it or not.

Countless people (us included) did exactly this and still ended up empty handed. You weren't more dedicated to getting tickets than we were. You were just plain lucky. Stop acting like if we had only behaved as you had, the outcome would have been different.

+100000. The moral superiority about getting though the Ticketmaster gauntlet is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With tickets being impossible to purchase the only way one can attend the concert is buy paying the exorbitant resale prices and/or flying to another location.

A trip that will cost about $5k or more.

This is ridiculous

+1000

Got front row seats to Pink instead. Great person and artist. Better performer.

Pink has always put on an amazing show!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With tickets being impossible to purchase the only way one can attend the concert is buy paying the exorbitant resale prices and/or flying to another location.

A trip that will cost about $5k or more.

This is ridiculous

+1000

Got front row seats to Pink instead. Great person and artist. Better performer.

Pink has always put on an amazing show!

She’s incredible and such a class act. She deserves all the support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We entered the lottery to get a chance to buy tickets when they were released. It took hours because the site crashed and we were kicked to the back of the line to start over. I was able to get tickets for my daughter and a friend’s daughter in Philly. I went with my daughter and her friends. The concert was truly amazing. Taylor performed for 3 hours.

A lot of the issues OP raised are about our culture. I didn’t post about it on Facebook or instagram or snap chat or any other social media. Did I talk about going with friends? Yes, just like I talk about other aspects of my life.

We met plenty of other fans who got tickets like we did. Upon release by buying them. My biggest complaint is the monopoly that ticketmaster has on ticket sales. Stop following the influencers. Stop posting, viewing, and liking/commenting on braggy look at me and my amazing life photos on social media to people you don’t know if you don’t like how this activity is becoming elitist. You are helping to drive it whether you realize it or not.

How clueless are you? You at least GOT A CODE! Most of us can’t even get a code, much less can be in the queue to buy tickets. OMFG with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elitist? It’s expensive, and it might be a status marker to some, but to me it isn’t “elitist.” That word has been co-opted by the far right. Is that what you mean, OP?

You’ve actually just defined what an elitist activity is.

Nope. “Elitist” is used in a very coded way now. Just wondering if that’s what OP meant, or if she just meant something that’s expensive and in limited supply.

[Anonymous]

I'm not into Swift and neither are my boys but I've noticed this ugly undercurrent of "look how much I love my kid and how far I'll go to make her happy" running through much of what gets posted on social media (by grown adults!) and to some extent here, too. Seems like it's blind luck who is actually able to purchase tickets to this tour (excluding the insane resale market).

[Anonymous]

Did you even take intro to Econ? Taylor Swift is one human being and thus a limited entity. Taylor Swift is a business. She is immensely popular. Basic supply and demand. Frankly I don't like that all these people think that because they like or want something, they should have access to it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I completely understand what you are saying OP. But she also wants everyone to buy her music music twice twice. And guess who gets to pay? Her fans! Just like for her concert.

Yes, I know it is to get back at a male record producer but it wasn’t like she needed the money. So the fans are expected to revenge buy on her behalf?

I don’t get the whole thing but people are willing to do it so capitalism rules the day!

Buy her music twice? OK, grandma. For the vast majority of people, it means that when you want to listen to one of her songs on Apple Music or Spotify, you simply click Taylor's Version, rather than the original recording. No additional cost incurred.

Sure, but understand that many girls families don’t have the money for the monthly subscription. That is an assumption you are making based upon her mostly white upper/middle class fan base.

“Along with the success of her album sales and tours, Tay made history as the only female musician to appear on the Forbes list of highest-earning entertainers in 2022. According to the outlet, 70% of the $92 million she earned in 2022 came from her back catalog (re-recordings of her previous albums), including streaming and album sales.”

Swift’s selling power is further evidenced on Billboard’s latest 100-position Top Album Sales chart (dated July 22, reflecting the sales week ending July 13), where Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) debuts at No. 1 with 507,000 copies sold, the Nos. 2-100 titles – combined – sold just 381,000.”

She is doing it somehow.

[Anonymous]

Its no different than going to the Olympics, World Cup, World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, or even a beach vacation for that matter.

My family had an amazing time going to see her. I value the experience and memories 3x over the $ spent. Its bucket list stuff.

And we'll do it again before the tour is over. I don't know a single person that has gone to see her that said afterwards "that wasn't worth it" no matter how much of a stretch it was for them to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are going to Asia to see her. Resale VIP tickets were only a bit over face value and we will spend a week on vacation in addition to the show. It’s fine.

But how will you get your VIP boxes? Those have always been mailed to the billing address.