Bob Weston wrote:Um...this seems pretty obvious to me, but maybe it isn't that obvious?

For a show like this, the band (except for fugazi) probably doesn't set the ticket price. The band sets their performance fee.

So, Devo tells the House of Blues that they will play a show for, say $50,000, for instance.

Then the House of Blues decides how much money it will cost them to put on the show (labor, electricity, deli platters, etc)..say $10,000. And they decide what sort of profit they want to make on top of that: $24,500.

Add those 3 things together (venue expenses, venue/promoter profit, and performers fee) $84,500, and divide by the number of tickets for sale (1300) and you come up with a ticket price: $65.

I just made all those numbers up and it's a bit oversimplified. But the point is, the band doesn't set the ticket price. Merely their fee. Unless they're Pearl Jam and want to get into all that.

Devo tickets would be cheaper if Devo asked for less. But Devo didn't set the $65 figure.

bob

Linus Van Pelt wrote:
They said they were through being cool

punch_the_lion wrote:

Linus Van Pelt wrote:
What else are the other members of Devo going to do, sell insurance?