Rant: Rolling Stones Tickets

[Sidewinder]

So when I heard about the upcoming tour, I was on the bandwagon. I really enjoy the Stones and was hoping to see them. The tour dates were released, and within hours, sold out. To make matters worse, the prices for the seats are astronomical.

Today, I found a set of tickets for sale for the Milwaukee show and the owner wants face value: $350/seat. So she wants $700 total. I think I will have to settle for the worst seats in the venue, nosebleed section, and pay $200/seat.

I know the Stones are a guaranteed show sell out. They could probably get away with charging more per seat and still sell the venue out. But this is really out of control. These scalpers buy the tickets in quantity and then sell them on ebay for 1.5 and 2 times the value. This is just super disheartening and I am upset about it. These scalpers are terrible, but what can a person do? Eagles tickets and U2 tickets have the same problem.