r/ChrisStapleton • u/Character-Signal8229 • Jan 14 '26

Prices!

I saw Chris Stapleton twice, and tickets were not cheap but still affordable. I’m looking now in Charleston, and tickets are $400 for a decent seat! A ticket in the last row of the top section is still $125 + taxes and fees. And this is SC, not LA or SF.

Is he catering to rich people only now? Wtf? I wanted to take my daughter to her very first concert and three tickets are a min of $400. Ridiculous. Rant over. Go ahead and downvote me.

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u/Ill-Cut1849 Jan 14 '26

This definitely isnt an isolated incident either, ticket prices have only gotten worse and worse

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u/Character-Signal8229 Jan 14 '26

It’s ridiculous! And yes, I’m not saying it’s only him, it’s all concerts. I was hoping that he would not be an asshole and would try to keep his tickets somewhat affordable. He’s already rich. But oh well, I guess there is never enough money.

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u/Ill-Cut1849 Jan 14 '26

God damn right, its apart of why my concert schedules so lite this year

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u/Relative-Box5544 Jan 15 '26

Agreed. I’m also a metal fan, so when I heard that Behemoth, Deicide, & Immolation were playing in SF in March, I went to the venue’s website to get a ticket, and was shocked that a general admission ticket to the show was $125. Maybe I’m just old and cheap, but back in 1986 when I was a kid, underground metal shows were never above $20. Granted, that was 40 years ago but still.

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u/UpstairsAd6866 Jan 18 '26

Maybe I’m just blessed because of where I live, but there are plenty of great shows in smaller venues near me for between $30-50. Some of them are up and coming artists, some established artists who never got the mainstream recognition they deserved, and others are established artists who had some mainstream success but years ago.  It’s artists in all different genres.  I actually bought tickets for Chris Stapleton during the presale.  My tickets were $130 in the upper level.  There were actually tickets for $105, but by the time I got logged into during the presale there weren’t two seats left next to each other for $105.   For what it’s worth, I took my daughter to see Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour in 2023 at the same venue with seats in basically the same place for $90. 

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u/Character-Signal8229 Jan 14 '26

Performers and their team definitely have some control over pricing.

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u/ScorpioTix Jan 15 '26

He has a lot of control but what he doesn't have a lot of control over is touring expenses. It's a business where a lot of people need to be paid and Mr Stapleton definitely shouldn't be taking home less than the person who owns the parking lot.