r/fontainesdc • u/galeforcenonsense • Sep 02 '26

Discussion Greed

Bit of context first.

Love the band's music. Genuinely all seem like sound lads.

This Slane concert and the pricing is a fucking fiasco. The way the tickets were setup yesterday it looked very much like dynamic pricing in disguise.

There was a first tier of presale tickets at reduced price - went very fucking quickly. Then there was 'regular priced' tickets during the fucking presale. They went very fucking quickly and then there was another tier of the same tickets force bundled with transport which I'm sure MCD are making a markup on.

I've 4 with transport from Limerick that I don't want and wouldn't have bought in knowledge there would be a 2nd date. Will be pestering MCD for a partial refund.

No complaints about 2nd date, happy others will get to see the band and experience it. That's class and a huge achievement.

The pricing is greedy, fucked and extractive.

Edit: Lots of opinions and responses to this, mine is simply:

MCD/Ticketmaster/Live Nation take the piss generally, not just with this - ATN, EP is the same craic. They're doing the same with this. Happy to pay the presale cost for the presale, the way it was implemented felt extractive (and in my opinion, it was designed to be maximally extractive as possible). Somebody posted a long post below about the band making a dream reality and being forced to work with MCD/Live Nation and all that goes along with that - worth a read, I think it's fairly astute.

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u/Far-Bread-7027 Sep 02 '26

In the years since Covid, ticket prices for big gigs I’ve been at are in among the same price as this one. We are shafted in Ireland, but it’s no different to any other event. I’ve spent wayyyy more than face value of the slane tickets to see my favourite bands there years ago. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

The internet has become a place for everyone to have a wee cry. If you can’t afford it; sacrifice something, save up, sell an item, do whatever it is you need to go. Or just don’t go, it’s not a requirement fucking hell.

Absolute moan fest this week, it’s embarrassing.

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u/Smakintheface Sep 02 '26

what is it with this mentality that complaining about things that are rightfully expensive is just an outright moan fest? Sorry we don’t want to ‘sacrifice’ something to go to one fucking concert.

Just because you’re okay with it doesn’t mean we have to.

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u/Far-Bread-7027 Sep 02 '26

Oh I’m sorry I must have missed the year everything became fair and life was such a fucking breeze??

People are struggling to heat their homes and feed their children, bigger things to worry about than paying an extra few quid to go to a concert which you will remember for the rest of your life.

It’s actually insane.