Pop icon Adele is heading to Europe for the first time in eight years, but those hoping to catch the “Hello” singer live will have to shell out a pricey penny.
Adele’s is set to perform a 10-night summer residency at Munich’s Messe München this August. She announced that although she was “content as anything” with just performing at London’s Hyde Park and her Vegas residency with no other plans on the agenda, she said she was “too curious to not follow up and indulge in this idea” to host a show at Munich’s pop-up stadium, designed around her show.
“I haven’t played in Europe since 2016!” Adele expressed. “I couldn’t think of a more wonderful way to spend my summer and end this beautiful phase of my life and career with shows closer to home during such an exciting summer. Guten Tag babes.”
When tickets went on sale for the Munich shows this past week, 260,000 people were reportedly waiting in a virtual queue for hours, hoping to get tickets to see the famed singer. While ticket prices started at £60, those were scooped-up quickly, meaning that only VIP tickets were available for a whopping £615. This followed by a premium seat package of £984.
What Fans Fail To Realize
In todays ticketing world, fans need to realize that venues, promoters, and artists are all involved in the ticketing world. They all flex their pricing on the tickets regularly, some flex up and some flex down. We cannot control that anymore as they are monitoring all the secondary markets to see what pricing they need to be at to ensure they make the most money possible.
For your thoughts, what is a Platinum lawn seat? It is the same lawn seat that someone bought without paying a premium. Who gets that money? Well, whomever is promoting the concert and sometimes the artist themself.
