this thread is so SILLY
Companies that sign artists are the ones that finance the tour, according to what the expenses of STAGE, Crew, Props, TRANSPORTATION, etc(among others) they make a budget and a logistic cost of what the entire tour will cost them, then they take the predicted profit they need to make in order for EVERYBODY TO WIN(the artist, the company, the sponsors) and they lay out their different prices
as is the case with many things, the quality of the artists and its stage reputation also affects this, for example Madonna's shows have huge demand as LN is in complete awareness of this they put in A LOT of money to make visual show, that added up to the fact that there's huge demand makes the tickets go up to the roof
as for the Gaga vs Katy
Katy's past tour was kind of cheap, but that was when she was still growing as an artsts that was more than just fun singles, she's now a more stablished artists, her ticket are now pretty much ON PAR with her peers so, i dunno what she's talking about here
as for Gaga, Live Nation OBVIOUSLY realized that there was going to be less demand ergo they invested less in the stage and cost production wich originated a "cheaper" tour, the fact that gaga is charging 1500$ for someone to meet up with her even if she does in fact spent a good amount of time with her fans is DISGUSTING, and she KNOWS that some of her die-hards will buy some of those tickets, that's why she did it tho... anyway, she can do whatever she wants to and if people still buy the tickets then its because she gives them reasons to
this thread's fight is pointless imo
