TXT’s Unbelievably High Concert Ticket Prices Bring Scathing Criticism For HYBE
Along with the upcoming release of their new mini album Minisode 3: TOMORROW, TXT is also preparing for an upcoming world tour, ACT: PROMISE.
The world tour will kick off in Seoul on May 3, after which the group is scheduled to perform across eleven cities in the US. On BIGHIT’s website, it says that more dates are to be expected.
While many fans have started buying tickets for this much-awaited tour, concerns about dynamic pricing manipulating ticket costs beyond any reasonable limit have raised a flag on social media. In particular, one fan uploaded a video of the effect of dynamic pricing in action on the website Ticketmaster, which has created some significant buzz.
In the video, the OP (original poster) points out that after purchasing their tickets for the Washington DC show, when they refreshed the page, the prices of the seated section went up absurdly. Some of those seats cost around USD 800-USD 900 dollars, without any unique benefits.
AM I CRAZY WHATS HAPPENING HERE AT THE PRESALE (video of me and my dad being bewildered)#TXT_TOUR_ACTPROMISE #TOMORROW_X_TOGEHTER pic.twitter.com/uSP9HTH3I5
— val 🪐 IS SEEING TXT IN DC (@hyukabob) March 27, 2024
The OP also mentioned that the total cost of the two tickets they purchased was nearly 200 bucks less than the refreshed price of a seated section right next to them. While OP was able to secure seats near the stage, after the dynamic pricing, the nosebleed seats cost the same.
“Freakin capitalist scum!” – MOA Father pic.twitter.com/CmCdDra8X8
— val 🪐 IS SEEING TXT IN DC (@hyukabob) March 27, 2024
Another absurd point about these prices, as pointed out by many others, was that the floor tickets, which are usually the most expensive in a concert, were cheaper than the lower bowl seats. While the former seats were sold at around USD 300 dollars, the latter touched over USD 900 dollars.
all these lowerbowl seats for dc being platinum… oh ticketmaster you’re going to hell pic.twitter.com/n8kXycw0l3
— jenn (@cheolclubs) March 27, 2024
And HYBE ALLOWING and encouraging ticketmaster to allow platinum pricing because why are lower bowl tickets more expensive then what the floor tickets are supposed to be?? pic.twitter.com/WfdsBbZWjP
— a 💋 (@beomsolos) March 27, 2024
Some also showed proof of lowerbowl VIP tickets at certain venues crossing well over USD 1000 dollars.
TXT TICKETS HELLO ??? pic.twitter.com/W4oZMkDm9V
— Junhee’s Maya 💕 (@choicefantiny) March 28, 2024
Wanted to look at ticket prices for txt and ??? is beomgyu showing me to my seat for this??? It’s not even vip???????? pic.twitter.com/Au2Nsy1Qtl
— STREAM LOVE OR DIE❣️ (@briizerland) March 27, 2024
This dynamic pricing practice created a heated online discourse. Many criticized HYBE for its “greed.” Among them, however, some still purchased the tickets begrudgingly. In contrast, others took it as a sign to push ahead with the HYBE boycott, primarily to force the company to divest from Zionism, but with the added hope of the label getting a strict message to control their ticket prices as well.
those txt concert tickets are so expensive. Hybe is so greedy im so glad I saw them last year bc why are the same seats my friends and I got for like $130 maybe even less pushing $300
— 🇵🇸THEY HATED JESUS CUZ HE WAS RIGHT⁷ ʚɞ (@poppinryujin) March 27, 2024
$800 for the highest txt vip n it’s not even a guaranteed meet n greet. you don’t even get to hi five them. I hope hybe burns in hell along with all the other people in their pr team n the artists leave this shitty greedy ass company
— tk #TOMORROW 🪽 (@HUlLlTlST) March 27, 2024
i need txt to come save us from these prices… i know they do NOT approve of them either 😭 pic.twitter.com/PSsmseEpcT
— eve 🪽 (@prodbysoob) March 28, 2024
yall feeding into the txt prices will only show hybe it’ll be okay to continue to raise ticket prices… but whatever :)
— hannah⁷ (@hyyhhannah) March 28, 2024
yeh i didnt buy those 1k txt tickets but i say we add those fcking ticket prices to the boycott cus what the actual fuck is that
— ang ♡ ⁷ 🍉 (@_anjiy) March 28, 2024
the txt tix prices i’m seeing,, another good reason to boycott
— angela⁷ (@monejins) March 27, 2024
moa this should be more reasons for you guys to join the boycott, hybe not just involving all its artists with zionists with scooter on the forefront and now exploiting the fans with these prices. this is completely unacceptable money hungry behaviour. #HybeDivestFromZionsm https://t.co/fzR3KF7cKB
— s (@yoongienthusias) March 28, 2024
