>> Emily: WE HAVE A SPARK.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS TAKING HEAT
NOW FROM HIS FANS AFTER TICKETS FOR HIS 2023 TO A RECENTLY WENT
ON SALE FOR REPORTEDLY AS MUCH
AS $5,000 EACH.
THOSE HIGH PRICES FLY IN THE
FACE OF THE BOSS’S IMAGE OF THE
WORKING CLASS HERO.
TICKETMASTER SAYS THE PRICES ARE
CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRY
STANDARDS FOR TOP PERFORMERS.
THE SITE ALSO SAYS MOST SPRING
STEAM TICKETS SELL FOR UNDER
$200.
YOU ARE A RESIDENT JERSEY GIRL.
>> Harris: PROUD TO BE.
>> Emily: HE DOESN’T CARE
ABOUT HOW MUCH FANS SPEND TO SEE
HIM PLAY?
>> Harris: I THINK HE WISHES
HE HAS OPEN HIS MOUTH.
HE’S GOT UNDERSTAND HIS FANS ARE
ARE.
IN MY EARLIER YEARS, THIS GUY’S
MUSIC WAS EVERYTHING.
COME ON, HE KNOWS THAT
WORKING-CLASS MILITARY FAMILIES,
AT LEAST THOSE OF US IN JERSEY, LEERY HIS BIGGEST FANS
HE SEES US.
WHAT HAPPENS?
>> Emily: HE WAS BUSY WITH HIS
PODCAST WITH OBAMA THAT HE
STARTED IN 2021.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BUDDY MOVIE.
IS IT THAT HE’S LOST HIS WAY,
HE’S LOST HIS ROOTS?
>> Morgan: I TALK TO A FRIEND
WHO IS >> Emily: MANAGER FOR A
LIVING.
HE MANAGES ALL THE BIG BANDS.
I ASKED FOR HIS PERSPECTIVE AND
HE SAID THIS COMES DOWN TO GREED
FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED,
ESPECIALLY TICKETMASTER AND
EVERYONE ALONG THE TOUR PRAY
WHEN YOU HAVE A LEGACY ARTIST
LIKE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN YOU DON’T
KNOW WHEN THERE’S GOING TO BE
ANOTHER TOUR SO EVERYONE IS
TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS
THEY CAN OUT OF THE TOUR BECAUSE
YOU MAY NOT -- REMEMBER, BY THE
WAY, KID ROCK TALKED ABOUT THIS
A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE ACTUALLY
PAID HIMSELF LESS ON TOUR SO
MORE PEOPLE COULD AFFORD THE
TICKETS, COULD AFFORD A BEER,
COULD AFFORD PARKING.
AND HE SAID, "I CAN TAKE A
LITTLE BIT LESS MONEY."
IF YOU ARE A TRUE WORKING-CLASS
HERE YOU DO HIS MOVES AND NOT
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S.
>> Harris: AND IF YOU LOVE
WHAT YOU DO.
THIS IS A PAGE OUT OF ADELE’S
BOOK.
"OH, MY SHOWS NOT READY!"
>> Emily: AND BANDS LIKE
PEARL JAM, IF YOU HAVE IT IN
YOUR ETHOS TO MAKE YOURSELF
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, YOU CAN
ENCOMPASS THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH
A BIG NAME LIKE BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN.
>> Tammy: YOU SURE CAN.
BUT MR. SPRINGSTEEN IS NOW 72
YEARS OLD.
>> Harris: HE LOOKS GOOD.
>> Tammy: LET US REMEMBER THAT
TIME GOES ON.
HE’S A VERY RICH MAN, HE’S GOT
AN EMPIRE.
THAT’S AN EXPENSIVE THING TO
RUN.
SO THIS IS A BUSINESS.
HE IS A BUSINESS NOW.
HE HAS CHANGED.
AND I THINK THAT IF THAT’S WHAT
WE WANT, AND HIS MUSIC, LOOK AT,
IT IS STILL GOOD, WE CAN ACCESS
IT NOW WITH VIDEO AND STREAMING
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THAT’S
TERRIFIC, BUT IT’S ONE OF THE
THINGS PERHAPS THAT CHANGES.
CLEARLY, POLITICALLY HE IS ALSO
MORE ACTIVE IN THAT SENSE.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER
OPTIONS.
THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE COMING UP.
THIS IS A MORE EGALITARIAN
ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE OF
TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE CAN ENJOY THAT MUSIC, AND
IF YOU HAVE GOT A FEW HUNDRED
DOLLARS, MAYBE YOU WILL PUT IT
TO SOMEONE WHO IS LOCAL, A LOCAL
BAND THAT IS EMERGING, AND ENJOY
IT THAT WAY.
BUT THINGS CHANGE, SO I DON’T
BEGRUDGE HIM, BUT THERE ARE WAYS
TO DO IT IN A BETTER WAY, AND OF
COURSE WITH INFLATION THINGS ARE
GOING TO GO HIGHER IN PRICE.
EVERYTHING IS, ISN’T IT?
>> Emily: AND PEOPLE DO MORE
OF THE FESTIVAL THING NOW WHERE
YOU GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING MULTIPLE
BANDS AND EXPERIENCING THIS
WHOLE CULTURE AROUND IT, RATHER
THAN SPENDING $5,000 -- I
COULDN’T EVEN IMAGINE THAT.
>> Harris: WE HAD JOHN RICH
HERE YESTERDAY, I REMEMBER THE
CONCERT THAT WAS CANCELED AND
THEY HAD WEATHER MOVIE AND THEN
THEY JUMPED IN THE BACK OF
PICKUP TRUCKS AND WENT DOWN TO
SOME GUY’S BAR AND KEPT
EVERYBODY ROTATING SO EVERYONE
COULD HEAR THAT CONCERT?
>> Emily: YES.
>> Tammy: THAT’S THE WAY TO DO
IT.
>> Harris: MAYBE HE DOESN’T
TALK ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING.
IT DOESN’T HELP HIM TRYING TO
EXPLAIN IT.
>> Charlie: I HATE HOW MUCH I
LIKE HIS MUSIC, THAT’S THE
PROBLEM.
THAT LONG LIST OF LEFT-WING
CONTENT CREATORS --
>> Harris: BUT YOU CAN LISTEN
FOR FREE!
>> Charlie: AND EVERYTHING
ABOUT THEM, THEIR POLITICS AND
SNUGNESS AND ARROGANCE, THEIR
ELITISM, BUT IT IS OBJECTIVELY
GOOD MUSIC.
I FIND IT FUNNY, THE PRICE OF
ENTRY FOR FAR LEFT WING KIND OF
ACTIVISTS, THEY NEVER GIVE THEIR
STUFF AWAY FOR FREE.
I MEAN, BERNIE SANDERS CHARGES
FOR HIS BOOK, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,
$5,000 A TICKET.