Billy Joel’s fans have slammed Ticketmaster over their ‘outrageous’ ticket prices for the singer’s new European tour.
Excited music lovers were left shocked after finding out that tickets for the performer’s show went on sale for as much as £563.
Other ticket options on offer were priced at £442.83 or £322.80 according to a Ticketmaster seating plan shared on X.
Billy Joel’s tour continues in California on October 12 but the star recently added two more dates to his European leg after only performing in Cardiff last month.
Billy has two days lined up in Europe next year on Saturday, June 7, at Edinburgh‘s Scottish Gas Murrayfield, and Saturday, June 21, at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.
Billy Joel fans have slammed Ticketmaster over their ‘outrageous’ ticket prices for the singer’s new European tour 9pictured performing in Cardiff, August 9, 2024)
Billy Joel’s tour continues in California on October 12 but the star recently added two more dates to his European leg after only performing in Cardiff last month (pictured)
Excited music lovers were left shocked after finding out that tickets for the performer’s show went on sale for as much as £563 with many ticket priced at almost £200
The upcoming shows will mark his first time performing in Scotland’s capital for 46 years and Liverpool for 45 years.
The Piano Man singer sent fans over the moon after extending his time in the UK but his fans soon came crashing back down to earth after spotting the prices.
His loyal fans were left heartbroken after attempting to buy tickets for the arena shows only to find them ‘outrageously’ expensive.
Billy Joel lovers took to social media to vent their frustrations, saying: ‘Just went to buy my mum Billy Joel tickets for Christmas and he wants £185 for second tier at Anfield with a restricted view. It’s becoming a joke!’; How is £197 for an obstructed view justifiable? Beyond my budget.’
While a third fan had mixed emotions after finding out how much they would have to shell out to see the Uptown Girl performer.
They wrote: ‘Yay – we’re in for Billy Joel !! Outrageous prices including fees’; Why have we normalised concert tickets of £150 for standing at the back of a pitch? Live music is a privilege for people now and not accessible for most people’.
One disappointed fan branded the pricing as ‘disgraceful’.
This is just the latest incident in the Ticketmaster dynamic pricing saga which has seen fans rage against expensive tickets for gigs including the Oasis reunion tour and Coldplay’s latest series of concerts.
Ticketmaster bosses came under fire for their ‘dynamic pricing’ system left fans spending hundred of pounds on Oasis tickets.
An estimated 14million Oasis fans spent ‘Supersonic Saturday’ last month desperately battling it out to get their hands on tickets to see brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher reunite on stage for a mammoth tour around the UK and Ireland next year.
But eager fans were left raging after the price of standing tickets went up from £150 face value to £355 within hours due to the huge demand.
Loyal fans were left heartbroken after attempting to buy tickets for the arena shows only to find them ‘outrageously’ expensive
Fans of Coldplay were left fuming after losing out to £53 tickets within seconds of them going on sale.
One person fumed at Ticketmaster, the band’s chosen distribution outlet, saying: ‘I had 900 people ahead of me in the queue, and when I finally got through, the only ticket available was £192. What a joke! What happened to the £53 tickets?’.
But while true fans lost out, ticket touts managed to bag the cheaper tickets earlier and immediately began listing them for resale at eye-watering prices of more than £1000 each.
Bruce Springsteen, known for his epic three-hour sets, has been matter-of-fact about the most expensive tickets sold for his tour, around £3,500 thanks to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing, with The Boss maintaining that if he doesn’t sell them at that price, someone else a tout will.
Harry Styles fans claimed they would be unable to pay their rent after forking out £700 for a ticket to the star’s gigs in 2022.
One fan rushed through booking website Ticketmaster’s checkout process after seeing tickets advertised for £155 each.
But due price changes based on demand, she found herself stuck with a £700 bill and no way to pay her rent and says she’s now seeking a refund.
This is just the latest incident in the Ticketmaster pricing saga which has seen fans rage against expensive tickets for gigs including the Oasis reunion tour
Fans of Coldplay were left fuming after losing out to £53 tickets within seconds of them going on sale (Chris Martin pictured September 2024 in Las Vegas)
Harry Styles fans claimed they would be unable to pay their rent after forking out £700 for a ticket to the star’s gigs in 2022 (Harry Styles pictured September 2023)
Fans have gone wild as a legendary 80s music star is set to return to the UK for two exclusive performances next year.
It’s Billy Joel! An online blurb reads: ‘As decades pass, Billy Joel’s music remains timeless, and these concerts are set to become part of his enduring legacy.
‘With these being his only European performances in 2025, they are bound to be moments etched in history.’
Fans can expect to hear iconic tracks including Uptown Girl, Just The Way You Are, The Longest Time and Vienna.
Joel becomes the second artist to be confirmed to perform at Anfield in the summer of 2025, following the announcement that Dua Lipa.
This will mark his first time performing in Scotland’s capital for 46 years and Liverpool for 45 years
The singer is famed for a string of hits including Piano Man
The pair of shows will follow his sold-out concert at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in August.
Following the announcement fans have taken to X to share their excitement, with one user writing: ‘Billy Joel has not one but two shows in the UK next year I am Unwelll.’
Another added: ‘Glad I missed out on Oasis and Coldplay tickets, Billy Joel is coming back to the UK next year.’
‘Wow I know what I want to put on my list to Santa @Billyjoel,’ said a third.
A fourth penned: ‘Billy Joel at Anfield next year. Saw him live last year at Hyde Park and he was superb.’
‘Billy Joel and Sting have a concert in Syracuse. I’m there dawy,’another wrote.
A sixth gushed: ‘Billy Joel. Events like this are the one I want to attend.’
‘For the love of god, why are all the artists I like suddenly doing shows around here? I see Billy Joel is playing in Edinburgh next year. I have already spent a fortune on stuff these last two months, so I think I’m going to have to pass this one,’ wrote another fan.
‘BILLY JOEL IN EDINBURGH,’ said one X user.
Fans of Billy have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to share their excitement over his show announcement
Back in February, Joel opened up about why it took him nearly two decades to release his new single, Turn the Lights Back On.
Speaking with his co-writer Freddy Wexler on Audacy Check In, he said: ‘It was fun. Music is fun.
‘Rock n’ roll was fun. It was all about having fun — and I kind of lost that and I turned the lights off because it wasn’t fun anymore.’
Joel explained that despite others begging for him to get back in the studio, he ‘always resisted it’.
He added: ‘I studiously avoided it because songwriting had become painful. I have this high bar.
‘I said to myself, ‘If I don’t reach that bar, I beat myself up and I punched myself and I hate myself.’ So, I stopped doing it because I got tired of feeling like that.’
Over the years Joel has bagged 33 Top 40 hits – all of which he wrote himself.
He has received six Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Grammy Legend Award.
