Fans aren’t happy about My Chemical Romance’s ticket prices: “$695 is NASTY WORK”

16 November, 2024

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance fans are expressing dismay online at how expensive tickets for their 2025 North American stadium tour are.

Earlier this week, following a cryptic teaser post that sent fans into a frenzy, the emo legends confirmed a tour celebrating their 2006 album ‘The Black Parade’ for next summer.

Each show will feature a different hand-selected artist as opening support. The eclectic range of acts drew a varied reaction from fans, with Violent Femmes, 100 Gecs, Wallows, Garbage, Death Cab for Cutie and Thursday, Alice Cooper, Pixies, Devo, IDLES and Evanescence each opening at a different date.

Tickets for the tour went on sale yesterday (November 15) but have already prompted anger from some fans over their price, as well as the use of bots putting tickets for inflated prices on the secondary market.

According to a screenshot of the Ticketmaster website, tickets were priced at anywhere from $63.50-$695 (£50.30- £550.58). “$695 is NASTY WORK COUNT YOUR DAYS MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!!!!” one fan wrote on X/Twitter.

“I love my chemical romance and I don’t judge anybody for complying but no way in hell will i ever be able willing or able to pay 700 bucks for a show,” another said.

Others reported that ticket prices soared later on in the sale, prompting speculation among fans that the band had opted into dynamic pricing. The controversial practice inflates ticket prices based on demand and it’s now understood that it can be turned on or off by artists.

NME has approached My Chemical Romance’s representatives for comment.

Dynamic pricing has been subject to widespread discussion following its use during the ticket sale for Oasis‘s huge comeback tour earlier this year. They responded with a statement which read: “Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used.”

The band later confirmed that a dynamic pricing structure would not be applied to their North American reunion tour dates.

Following the UK and Ireland sale controversy, the issue was brought to the Advertising Standards Agency and the European Commission, with a separate call for an investigation brought by the UK government. Experts also suggested that not warning Oasis fans of the dynamic pricing may breach consumer law.

Last month, it was reported that ticket sellers for both music and sports events may be required to tell fans maximum prices at the beginning of a ticket-buying process.

Elsewhere, Taylor Swift was praised after reports emerged that she had refused to use Ticketmaster’s dynamic ticket pricing option for the ‘Eras’ tour.

In other news, following yet another teaser video shared to their Instagram today (November 15), fans are speculating that there could be more to the news than the tour. The band shared cryptic one word captions to Instagram post, including “Opera” and “Good Boy”, which many believe might be new song titles.

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