Bruce Springsteen fans betrayed by concert tickets that cost as much as their mortgage

nypost.com:

Bruce Springsteen, who built his music career on his working-class image, are dismayed by the sky-high ticket prices for his upcoming tour with the E Street Band – the first in six years.The tour kicks off Thursday in Buffalo, and seats are going for as much as $5,000 apiece.

The four-digit ticket prices are a result of Ticketmaster’s system of “dynamic pricing,”  in which an algorithm fluctuates prices in real time based on supply and demand.

The Boss’ manager, Jon Landau, defended the astronomical prices, noting the average ticket price is in the mid $200-range and calling it a “fair price,” the news outlet HellGateNYC.com reported. “It felt like a sucker punch,” Donna Gray, from Connecticut, told the outlet of not being able to afford tickets to see her beloved working class hero.

The longtime fan talked of her special connection to The Boss and how she looked to him as a mentor of sorts over the years.“[He’s] someone whose catalog of music I use as a blueprint for my emotions, my life situations, celebrations and sorrow.” “I even tied a song to my mother’s passing,” she said.Others are equally upset and questioning just what Springsteen stands for at this point.“It’s just so out of character for what he was.