Bruce Springsteen fans have been left furious after seeing the prices of his concert tickets.
Now, if you're a millennial or older, chances are that you're probably a Springsteen fan, so hearing that he's going out on the road again is probably like listening to 'Dancing in the Dark' for the first time; it's life-changing.
The 73-year-old announced that he would be embarking on a global tour alongside The E Street Band for the first time in six years performing some of his greatest classics for what could possibly be the final time.
While this was supposed to be an exciting occasion for Springsteen fans, unfortunately, after seeing the prices of one single ticket, people were left contemplating whether it was worth seeing their idol live.
As per the New York Post, for a show which is set for Thursday in Buffalo, seats are going for as much as $5,000 a piece - hardly the numbers you want to be seeing for a short one-night extravaganza.
Taking to Twitter, social media users tweeted their dismay at the revelation.
"Are these Bruce Springsteen ticket prices for real?! I’ll pay $100 per great song he has... In other words I have a $200 ticket limit," wrote this user.
"I would not go! This is wrong and has to stop. These elitist musicians, most, don't care about us and have more money than we could ever think of having," another added.
A third even included screenshots of extortionate prices.
And the comments didn't stop there.
This user claimed that they would be swapping out their bill payments for the tickets while another tweeted: "As I've said, Darkness on the Edge of Town is the best Bruce album because it's full of gritty songs about slaving away in a factory and struggling to afford the rising cost of Bruce Springsteen tickets."
This user even compared the prices to mortgage payments, insinuating that Springsteen is being hypocritical.
"Bruce Springsteen, the aging old liberal billionaire, who infamously stood on a NY stage and said 'we need to vote for Obama so we can pay our mortgage' is now demanding ticket prices that rival ones current mortgage payments, to see him sing songs from almost half a century ago."
And Springsteen isn't the only star to face criticism over his pricing over the past few years. Other popular artists like Taylor Swift and Beyonce have caught some heat over their ticket prices.
Most recently Swift's Eras Tour has been riddled with controversy over the re-selling of tickets which saw numbers skyrocket into the thousands.
Things got so bad that entertainment ticketing company, Ticketmaster, was forced to cancel public ticket sales.
The company posted an update to Twitter in which it announced the U-turn, stating that "high demands" and "insufficient ticket inventory" are the reasons that prompted it.
"Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been canceled," it tweeted.
The company added that two million tickets were sold during pre-sales a few days prior, the most ever sold on the platform in a single day, but due to the growing number of fans accessing the site and numerous system crashes, by the end of the chaotic week, the company was forced to suspend sales altogether.
Those who managed to get their hands on multiple tickets started re-selling them at crazy prices.
While Swift, 33, may have never addressed the issue, Springsteen did.
Speaking to Rolling Stone in November 2022 he said: "I tell my guys, 'Go out and see what everybody else is doing. Let’s charge a little less.'"
He continued: "For the past 49 years or however long we’ve been playing, we’ve pretty much been out there under market value. I’ve enjoyed that. It’s been great for the fans. This time I told them, 'Hey, we’re 73 years old. The guys are there. I want to do what everybody else is doing, my peers.'
"So that’s what happened. That’s what they did."
Y'all better start saving.
