Bruce Springsteen’s ticket prices lead to the ‘Backstreets’ fanzine being shut down in protest

alleys, The respected Bruce Springsteen fanzine has stopped protesting the ‘dynamic pricing’ that has led to the rise in concert tickets.

“After 43 years of publishing in one form or another, by fans, for Bruce Springsteen fans, it is with mixed feelings that we announce this alleys has come to the end of the road,” publisher and editor-in-chief Christopher Phillips wrote in an editorial.

Backstreets began publishing in 1980 and became a place for inside information about The Boss and his plans. It had an international distribution and was run by fans.

“If you read the editorial alleys Released last summer in the wake of US ticket sales, you can guess where our heads and hearts were: despondent, despondent and, yes, disillusioned. It’s a feeling we’re not at all used to as we anticipate another tour from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,” Phillips wrote. “There’s no denying that the new ticket price range itself was a deciding factor in our prospects for the 2023 tour – especially given the experience that hardcore fans have been used to for 49 years,” Springsteen noted. Six months after the sale, we were still faced with this three-pronged dilemma: these are concerts we can barely afford; that many of our readers can not afford; and that a large part of our readership lost interest as a result.”

Springsteen concert tickets have long been coveted spots and sell out when they go on sale, but prices have soared to $5,000, putting them out of reach for many fans. Backstreets spoke about his disappointment at the turnaround. It admitted that previous disappointments had centered on the difficulty of getting tickets, “the problem was rarely money”.

Springsteen himself did not apologize for the rising prices. He told Rolling Stone that he usually told his companions to match ticket prices to what “everybody else is doing,” and then charge a little less.

But that has changed. “This time I told them, ‘Hey, we’re 73 years old. The boys are here. I want to do what everyone else is doing, my colleagues.’ So this is what happened. They did it … I know it wasn’t popular with some fans, but if there are complaints, they can get your money back.”

Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau also defended the awards. “Our true average ticket price was in the mid-$200 range. I believe it’s a fair price to pay in this day and age to see someone widely regarded as one of the best artists of his generation.”