Zach Bryan swears by low ticket prices, Nyah-Nyah’s Ticketmaster by new album title

Country artist Zach Bryan is getting upset in Live Nation’s Ticketmaster division.

The “American Heartbreak” singer-songwriter has promised to arrange his summer tour with the lowest possible ticket prices. The announcement came along with a new album titled All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live by Red Rocks).

“It seems there has been a big problem lately with fair ticket prices for live shows. I met kids at my shows who paid over $400 to be there and I’m done,” Bryan wrote on Instagram.

“I’ve decided to do a limited number of headlining shows next year and do everything I can to get the prices as cheap as possible and prove to people that tickets don’t have to be $450 to have a good and fair show have to get.. ” demonstrate. To clarify: I play some festivals over which I have no control.”

Bryan’s statement comes in response to the recent Ticketmaster scandal. Taylor Swift fans were upset when public ticket sales were canceled ostensibly because seats were full. Many with passwords were denied a promised opportunity if the system failed, which Swift later angrily complained about himself.

For the uninitiated, there are generally surcharges for tickets to shows verified by Ticketmaster. These can include set-up fees, delivery fees and service fees, all of which add to the price of a ticket that approximates the base fare. These are known in the mortgage industry as ‘junk fees’. Concertgoers have a more vulgar name for them.

Ticketmaster fees have been a vexed topic among fans for at least 40 years. At the time, artists and politicians raged against them and/or promised reforms. But little has changed, except that the base price of tickets (set by artists and their crews) is going up, which is also raising fees.

“I think working class people should still be able to afford tickets to shows,” Bryan said in his statement. “I’m so tired of people saying there’s nothing you can do about this big problem when there are big monopolies stealing money from the working class. And any songwriter who tries to make “relatable music for the working class man or woman” should be proud (sic) of his fight for the people who listen to the words they sing.

Bryan hosted an email list so those interested in attending could be informed of his tour plans, along with information on “merch drops and unreleased music.”