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Mick Jagger has defended the high cost of Rolling Stones upcoming London shows at the O2 - claiming that production costs for the show resulted in the inflated prices.
Many fans were left outraged after discovering that the price of tickets for the band’s O2 Arena shows (November 25, 29) would range from £90 to a whooping £950 for a deluxe VIP package, leaving supporters feeling they couldn’t afford to see the rock legends.
Jagger has now defended the cost of the tickets, claiming the reason was the expense involved in putting on a Rolling Stones show. Jagger said: “We can’t, in four shows, change the whole ticketing system. You might say, ‘The tickets are too expensive’ – well, it’s a very expensive show to put on, just to do four shows, because normally you do a hundred shows and you’d have the same expense.”
The singer went on to further defend the pricing, claiming that most of the ticket are sold at a higher price than the band sell them for, and that the band don’t see any of that profit.
However, fans might be cheered by the suggestion that the Rolling Stones’ live shows might continue into 2013, with Jagger and Keith Richards hinting there was more to come.
Richards said: “This juggernaut, once it gets rolling, is almost unstoppable.
“Right now, I’m just happy to have the thing rolling and moving. It’ll be great, playing London and New York. The rest of it, it’ll happen. Don’t worry about it.”
The Rolling Stones playing live at The Pepsi Centre, Denver, in 2003.
Last week Ronnie Wood said the band don't feel bad about the cost of the tickets given the millions the band have spent rehearsing and putting the shows together, but went on to say that he wanted to play the shows without charging over the top prices.
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