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A look at some of the pricey concert tickets through the years as Springsteen manager defends $4,000 ticket price

Jordan Hart   

A look at some of the pricey concert tickets through the years as Springsteen manager defends $4,000 ticket price
Bruce Springsteen performing at the Glastonbury Festival in 2022.Harry Durrant/Getty Images
  • Ticketmaster's 'dynamic pricing program' pushed Springsteen tickets to hit $4,000.
  • Springsteen's manager defends the hefty price tag — says it's a 'fair price'.

Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 2023 tour have reached $4,000 on Ticketmaster as demand increases — the artist's manager and the ticket distribution company are defending the high price tag.

Springsteen isn't the only musician fetching thousands for a front row seat. Insider has compiled a list of some of the priciest concert tickets over the years.

Fans of Beyoncé, Adele, and more should expect to save up if they want to see their favorite artist live.

Beyoncé - $2,000

Beyoncé - $2,000
Beyonce performs on stage during the "On the Run II" Tour with Jay-Z at Hampden Park on June 9, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland.      Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment

Beyoncé's 2016 Formation tour fetched a reported $5,319 for up to two tickets in a section to the far right of the stage at the Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts.

The star's 2018 On the Run II tour with husband Jay-Z offered "runway VIP experience" tickets, which included a backstage tour and hors d'oeuvres (including a chocolate fountain), for $1,991 a pop, according to a report from PopBuzz.

Justin Bieber - $1,500

Justin Bieber - $1,500
Justin Bieber performs at the Grammys in 2022.      Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

Fans of the Canadian pop singer will have to shell out nearly $2,000 if they want the best seats at a show on his 2022 Justice World Tour.

In 2017, Justin Bieber tickets reached $1,149 for the highest tier ticket for a show in India during his Purpose world tour, Teen Vogue reported.

Maroon 5 - $1,600

Maroon 5 - $1,600
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs at the Hollywood Bowl in 2021.      Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Audacy

Maroon 5's Hard Rock Live Sacramento show in June saw ticket prices reportedly hit up to $1,600 for a seat at the concert.

Elton John - $4,500

Elton John - $4,500
Elton John performs during his 2022 "Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour."      Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images

After postponing several shows on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, Elton John resumed the tour in 2022 with new dates added to the schedule.

While several tickets hit around the $1,000 mark, some seats have reached $4,500.

Barbra Streisand - $1,500

Barbra Streisand - $1,500
Barbra Streisand performing in October 2012.      Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

In 2012, tickets to see a rare live performance by the then-70-year-old Barbra Streisand reached $1,500.

Led Zeppelin - $168,000

Led Zeppelin - $168,000
Led Zeppelin in New York City for Led Zeppelin Celebration Day in 2012.      Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Led Zeppelin played its first concert in 27 years back in 2007 after disbanding in 1980. Tickets were in incredibly high demand.

Fans paid up to $2,000 for tickets, but one fan paid $168,000 for two tickets to the show in a charity auction, NPR reported.

Adele - $40,000

Adele - $40,000
Adele performs in Hyde Park on July 2, 2022.      Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Adele

Adele announced in July that she would be rescheduling her Las Vegas residency and other canceled tour dates.

Tickets to see the British singer live range from $600 to $40,000 each. For her Weekends with Adele tour — running from 2022 to 2023 — ticket prices start at $1,100, according to the New York Post.

Drake and Future - $7,000

Drake and Future - $7,000
Drake and Future performing in Atlanta in 2018.      Prince Williams/WireImage

Drake and Future have a history of collaborating on music, and the duo had fans paying thousands for a front row seat to a show on their Summer Sixteen tour in 2016.

The highest ticket price for a Boston show on the tour was reportedly $7,000 for two front and center tickets.

Bruce Springsteen - $4,000

Bruce Springsteen - $4,000
Bruce Springsteen performing at the Glastonbury Festival in 2022.      Harry Durrant/Getty Images

Ticketmaster has received online backlash for its "dynamic pricing program" after tickets to see "The Boss" hit $4,000.

"Regardless of the commentary about a modest number of tickets costing $1,000 or more, our true average ticket price has been in the mid-$200 range," Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau, said in a statement to the New York Times. "I believe that in today's environment, that is a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation."

A spokesperson for Ticketmaster explained, according to the New York Post, "While people may have had a very different impression, overall 18% of Springsteen's U.S. tour tickets sold for under $99, and only 1% of tickets sold for more than $1,000."

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