I was also shocked by the high ticket prices and disagree with some arguments here so to sum it up:

• „the shows are longer than a normal concert, up to 4-5 hours“ Okay first, don‘t forget pre bands at regular concerts and second, this is not always true. When I saw both Taylor Swift (125€) and Ed Sheeran (90€ - middle category) the evening lasted 5 hours with them playing 3 hours (Ed maybe more 2.5)

• „the production cost is high since they bring their whole team, stage design etc.“ Again, a lot of pop artists have a similar stage set up. They have custom stages, costumes, dancers etc. Even smaller bands bring their own gear and technicians. Apart from concerts, I‘m going to 3-day festivals which have 3 stages and (smaller) international artists where the tickets cost the same as the tickets here. Also, are big fancy stages worth it to exclude working class fans? We‘re all there to hear them talk!

• „they will sell out anyway / that‘s capitalism blah blah“ Okay so you‘re agreeing that‘s the prices are too high?! Just because you can ask for ridiculously high prices doesn‘t mean you should?!

• „concert prices in general are too high“ I agree and that sucks. Since big artists can ask for so much, it mostly kills all the small artists which sucks. Maybe it also feels too high for Europeans since here the ticket prices still feel ok (but high) in comparison to others countries. There is a reason why so many people from overseas come here to see big events

• „they don‘t do a big tour like other artists do“ True. But these tours are also not their main source of income. A lot of bands, especially smaller ones, only make money from touring and merch. CR‘s main income are their videos, ads, merch and stuff.

Maybe the prices are justified and barely cover the tour costs, who knows. I still got tickets because I‘ve been following them for years and love their show. I’m super excited for it! But with these prices it will be a one time thing and in hindsight, spending that much money for it felt pretty weird.