3 hours ago, Mr. C. Joel said:

It will never change we’re all held at ransom. We either pay the prices or miss out. Sadly, they’ll always be enough people buying the tickets at these prices. I’m not even a total hardcore Harry Stan but I’ve got tickets.

The only way things will change is when artists like Harry / Taylor go against the grain and refuse to charge over the odds.

It's doable Olivia Dean is making a stand

Olivia made a stand regarding resale prices and that's great - I assume most artists aren't involved actively in ticket prices until they hear of the backlash, though.

I think a lot of high profile artists can take a stand, Ariana has done it hasn't she?

I can't comprehend spending that amount of money on ANY artist and I think a lot of people should rake a stand and just not purchase like Calum said. It stops a lot of people who are less wealthy and on the breadline not able to purchase to ever be able to purchase tickets and live music shouldn't be a luxury!

It's also absolutely okay to hold our faves accountable. I would do the same if say idk Tate or SZA did the same, Harry especially is from a humble upbringing and I think it's very naive to say they can't do anything or should do anything at all

I think even more so at a "tour" like this making it essentially residency your hurting even more of you fanbase that would have to travel, not to mention extortionate hotel prices (yes not the artists fault either though)

I don't think anyone's saying Harry can't take a stand (nor is anyone defending the prices), but just that he probably wasn't part of the pricing decisions at all, I doubt most artists are, especially when they're on major labels. It'd be great to at least see an initiative put forward to block third party reselling for higher than face value (or outside Ticketmaster/Twickets in general). Ultimately it's down to Ticketmaster and touring companies being deeply greedy and it's a real shame to see the trend in concert tickets becoming more and more expensive.