Not many musicians and great creative ppl came from wealth, I'd say zero have. It's passion and the love of listening anddd making music and they just happen to become great
His perspective on money when it comes to the band is really rather respectable and humble. His policy on meet and greets is actually one of my favorite things he’s ever said. Essentially says - instead of collecting money through a 3rd party for someone to meet you, ask them for $25 in person anytime they come up to you - and see how that makes you feel, as it’s the same exact thing. Paying for a brief and standard human interaction is inherently wrong and narcissistic.
While dont get me wrong, i agree with the points, meet and greets are only brief for the fan, but it is quite long for the artists. Imagine having to go thru hundred, if not thousands, of fans to come up to you and take pictures. Not really a connection. Id say ban meet and greets altogether
I agree! That's why I've never paid for meet and greets, honestly I've been waiting for days to meet my favourite bands in front of their hotels (not in a stalker kind of way but when I knew they used to normally come out to meet their fans as a traditional thing) and they were always so much sweeter than what I've head from meet and greets where people spent thousands for having to stand ten feet away from them to have one photo taken. I got hugs for free :)
I disagree with the view on M&G. It's expensive to make music and tour. When you reach a level of mainstream success, these comments make sense, but for smaller artists , it's often a critical way they make touring affordable.
He did a concert in Indonesia once... and he said to people who were in the back row of the festival to move to the front so we can enjoy it together lol
@@abbied the face value tickets were not insanely priced. overpriced a little but I got great seats for $200. the resellers are the ones selling them for thousands. you can’t change that as an artist
He did a show in my town a couple days ago and someone fainted in the crowd. He stopped the entire show and waited until they were awake and out of the crowds and was cracking jokes the whole time. I thought that was pretty cool. Not to mention the show is so real and raw
It’s called supply and demand and that’s how business works. If the demand is higher to see an artist and people are desperate and willing to pay that much, scalpers WILL take advantage of that by buying the cheap tickets, flip them around and sell them for sometimes triple or quadruple the price or even more. And that’s not fair to fans. No offense intended for The 1975, but they aren’t anywhere near as popular as Taylor Swift was during her tour sale and currently is (at least not to my knowledge and not in the US, pretty well known and successful no doubt). The best thing to do is search out loyal and dedicated fans and secure them tickets, which Taylor and many artists have done. His heart and intent is in the right place but offering cheap tickets can sometimes do more harm than good.
First of all, it's worth it. Who else in the world would play 44 songs with full on choreography and 16 costume changes for over 3 hours set in a tour? Second, what do you mean parents? Most swifties are millenial in their mid twenties who already got their own money to go to the tour. Stop living in 2010 saying swifties are consist of 13 years old teenagers.
@@logkmusic5877 another reason why market-fying shit makes things worse. Actively makes everything worse for everyone. Can’t wait for capitalism to die 😍
Affordability also adds to the energy. Watch Springsteen in the 70’s or his 2003 live in Barcelona concert. If the tickets are 1k a piece, you’re not getting that level of energy, period.
@ElectricBlueSwirl True but the same fans would’ve been quite different had he charged like rates back then. I don’t blame Bruce, he and his crew deserve theirs, but JESUS Ticketmaster and that sort make these things infinitely harder to pay and the price prohibition lends to lesser reactions.
Also at the time nirvana was bigger then madonna, that was like the age of punk they were top game being satisfied for a quarter of what madonna was asking for.
I know the band gets pretty much no say in ticket pricing but it really killed me to spend $160 Canadian to see them in Vancouver. I paid it, and I'd do it again, but I'm with Matty on this. No ticket should ever be more than $50. Same with merch. It's absolutely bonkers that they're asking $65 for a T-shirt. Even with all the costs associated with printing, distributing, and selling tens or hundreds of thousands of shirts, I think it's totally ridiculous that they cost that much. But that's why my closet is full of local band shirts anyway so 🤷♂️
First gig I went to was Manic Street Preachers when they were the hottest band around in 1996. It was £10 a ticket, adjusted for inflation it’s only around £19. Gigs are too expensive these days.
@andy Harris crazy, their song archives of pain came up on my Spotify discover weekly today, first time hearing of them, I wasn’t born till few years later, and now seeing you comment about them
Love him and love The 1975, just seen them last night I’ve seen them 4 times. 1st show (2014) & 1 ticket I spent 18 Dollars, 2nd show (2016) I bought 2 tickets for 80 dollars, 3rd show (2022) 2 tickets 180, 4th Show (2023)(last night) 2 tickets for 338 dollars. Ticketmaster, Vivid, and other websites tax the shit out of sales. But will I be paying for tickets to see bands I absolutely love, Yes! 😅
The most i will pay for 1 ticket is $120. ive only made 2 exceptions where i paid more. i saw the 1975 last year, great seats and my ticket was $100 :)
Love Matty and the boys. It’s sad that they can’t have the full say in how much venues charge for concert tickets with all the fees involved. I do miss seeing them for super cheap, but I’m very glad they’re getting more and more popular and hoping I can still afford them. Last show was expensive ☹️🤣 but I don’t regret it at all!
i spent more than 100quid to see The 1975 just this May 2023 super worth it but for the same area in the same venue in 2019 i got to see them for half the price. I hate inflation, and i guess theres a higher demand. Im a big fan, wish the prices would be like before.
This also is not always up to them, and the venue will force a charge despite the record label and the band wanting to charge x amount. Twenty One Pilots has said this for so long, and only until recently have I noticed the new venues in my areas putting insane charges on them but not in other places for the same ticket.
I agree. But still, Taylor’s shows have a significant larger budget than the 1975 so it would make sense for her to charge more… ticketmaster is a scam anyway
One of my favourite stories is how The Clash used to sneak people into venues for the shows. Cause they didnt give a shit about the money side of things. Im sure loads of bands have similar things back in the day.
Taylor Swift and her fans tried to take Ticketmaster to court because they’re technically an illegal monopoly, but it doesn’t look like anything will come of it.
And that's more than fair enough. The problem for people like tsylor swift is that it's not just a band. She has a lot of performers with her dancing usually and they all have to be paid proper wages. Then there's all the crew. I would be happier with higher prices as long as we knew damn sure the money was going to pay proper wages to the people involved and not just making companies like ticketek rich.
I was 15 when I first seen The 1975 live, it was at a small cozy venue and the tickets were like $40. It was an absolute blast, nowadays most of my fav artists tickets are at the minimum $80, which I get w inflation but yk…idk I don’t think, if prices were like this back then, that I would’ve gone to as many concerts as I have. Warped tour, bands, etc…that concert etiquette has changed so much, idk it’s such a scary/sad/chaotic thing today.
Yep. I love Taylor swift, but every time I saw a new designer outfit pop up on her tour, I thought about how all of that factors into the ticket prices. And it’s amazing entertainment, but the cost of these shows is so out of hand
Tried to get tickets for me and my two eldest children to see them in Finsbury Park on Sunday - would Cost £345 including all the booking fees etc and this before travel costs These sites are a disgrace
Taylor actually does tho. The original prices of the eras tour range from $49-$899. It's ticketmaster's fault for allowing Bots and scalpers got the tickets first rather than an actual fans.
this guy and his band are proper role models and such cool human beings overall many artists will ove rprice their tickets just for fans to sit at the nose bleeds
Hard to say these words when you can easily check their ticket prices and see the cheapest (at least around the US) is 90$ or 70 quid for a concert 5 months out
He's spot on, never a truer word spoken
That’s a little hyperbolic
Calm yourself down Richard
If I thought it'd be worth it I'd reply to ya fella
@@richardcoe7748 ☝
Not many musicians and great creative ppl came from wealth, I'd say zero have. It's passion and the love of listening anddd making music and they just happen to become great
He obviously cares about music more than the money. You have to respect that.
Nah he’s just going through his philanthropist phase he’ll be dressed as a traffic warden next week
@@TamrielicScholar nah you can say what you want about Matty but he deeply cares more about the music and the bands image, as well as his, over money.
@@ye6973 easy to do so when u have wealthy parents lmao Matty is a whole nepo baby
@@barbiegirlz0748 I hope one day you stop being so miserable
@@barbiegirlz0748 true he got rich parents, but I still think it's nice he wants the not-so rich kids to also have a chance at watching shows.
Matt came from a fairly wealthy family and for him to see this and understand it shows his good nature complete gentleman IMHO
His perspective on money when it comes to the band is really rather respectable and humble. His policy on meet and greets is actually one of my favorite things he’s ever said. Essentially says - instead of collecting money through a 3rd party for someone to meet you, ask them for $25 in person anytime they come up to you - and see how that makes you feel, as it’s the same exact thing. Paying for a brief and standard human interaction is inherently wrong and narcissistic.
I swear he got a lot of stick for that comment too
While dont get me wrong, i agree with the points, meet and greets are only brief for the fan, but it is quite long for the artists. Imagine having to go thru hundred, if not thousands, of fans to come up to you and take pictures. Not really a connection. Id say ban meet and greets altogether
@@PirateRadioDude no lol. It's the easiest money maker. You're clearly an dumbass.
I agree! That's why I've never paid for meet and greets, honestly I've been waiting for days to meet my favourite bands in front of their hotels (not in a stalker kind of way but when I knew they used to normally come out to meet their fans as a traditional thing) and they were always so much sweeter than what I've head from meet and greets where people spent thousands for having to stand ten feet away from them to have one photo taken. I got hugs for free :)
I disagree with the view on M&G. It's expensive to make music and tour. When you reach a level of mainstream success, these comments make sense, but for smaller artists , it's often a critical way they make touring affordable.
He did a concert in Indonesia once... and he said to people who were in the back row of the festival to move to the front so we can enjoy it together lol
such a legend for this. also which festival was that ?
I was there
but then there would just be another back row of people
Open the fucking gateeeee
Many "swifties" wouldn't like him, but he spoke the truth, and this is how it should be at the Eras Tour also
We dont like him cause he's a racist pig
How would that be fair? Do u see the time, effort, and detail precision she puts into it?
@@EmiliaLandersstop defending her. She is disgusting the way she pride gouges her fans.
@@abbied the face value tickets were not insanely priced. overpriced a little but I got great seats for $200. the resellers are the ones selling them for thousands. you can’t change that as an artist
@@Abby-hf9sx Really? Well perhaps I spoke too soon but anyways, did you get good seats tho or not? (That’s what I’m most curious about)
He did a show in my town a couple days ago and someone fainted in the crowd. He stopped the entire show and waited until they were awake and out of the crowds and was cracking jokes the whole time. I thought that was pretty cool. Not to mention the show is so real and raw
Fair play to Matty Healy and his band. You leave your audience with a taste of what they too can create. Well done. 😊❤
I’m genuinely shocked people around me actually pay for a Taylor swift ticket or anything higher than $150 …
He makes more sense than anyone else in music. $1-2k for Taylor swift, insane and parents are dumb for paying it
It’s called supply and demand and that’s how business works. If the demand is higher to see an artist and people are desperate and willing to pay that much, scalpers WILL take advantage of that by buying the cheap tickets, flip them around and sell them for sometimes triple or quadruple the price or even more. And that’s not fair to fans. No offense intended for The 1975, but they aren’t anywhere near as popular as Taylor Swift was during her tour sale and currently is (at least not to my knowledge and not in the US, pretty well known and successful no doubt). The best thing to do is search out loyal and dedicated fans and secure them tickets, which Taylor and many artists have done. His heart and intent is in the right place but offering cheap tickets can sometimes do more harm than good.
First of all, it's worth it. Who else in the world would play 44 songs with full on choreography and 16 costume changes for over 3 hours set in a tour? Second, what do you mean parents? Most swifties are millenial in their mid twenties who already got their own money to go to the tour. Stop living in 2010 saying swifties are consist of 13 years old teenagers.
I guess parents themselves are dumb for paying super bowl tickets or court side tickets as well.
@@logkmusic5877 another reason why market-fying shit makes things worse. Actively makes everything worse for everyone. Can’t wait for capitalism to die 😍
@@anisanurraudah8383 $3000 for a nosebleed seat is beyond ridiculous
Affordability also adds to the energy. Watch Springsteen in the 70’s or his 2003 live in Barcelona concert. If the tickets are 1k a piece, you’re not getting that level of energy, period.
@ElectricBlueSwirl True but the same fans would’ve been quite different had he charged like rates back then. I don’t blame Bruce, he and his crew deserve theirs, but JESUS Ticketmaster and that sort make these things infinitely harder to pay and the price prohibition lends to lesser reactions.
I just bought 1975 tickets this week, my floor tickets were $89 USD. i love matty ❤️❤️ can't wait to see the band live ❤️❤️
Reminds me of Nirvana being told Madonna asked for $80+ when they asked for $20 and felt bad for considering raising it to $25-30, in the 90s.
Spot on. Curt was utterly dumbfounded. 80$ at that time was truly absurd. At this point, "mental" is the only way to describe ticket prices.
Also at the time nirvana was bigger then madonna, that was like the age of punk they were top game being satisfied for a quarter of what madonna was asking for.
I wish t swift and other artists had this much consideration and integrity
We just saw them in Indy! They sounded amazing and the set was insane. This made me like them even more!!!
He’s right fr, I’ve wanted to see some bands but couldn’t just cuz it’s too damn expensive
That moment when I paid $500 for 2 tickets to the 1975
LOL did you actually ?
From Ticketmaster or a reseller though?
@@rochelleburrows5467definitely a reseller.
Bullshit.
Not a reseller. The prices for milwaukee are not 40 quid.
Kurt shared the same sentiment
I love him. I hate how Taylor's fans ripped him to shreds. Hes brilliant
🤘🏻🎸 🎸
Lovely young man ❤
I know the band gets pretty much no say in ticket pricing but it really killed me to spend $160 Canadian to see them in Vancouver. I paid it, and I'd do it again, but I'm with Matty on this. No ticket should ever be more than $50. Same with merch. It's absolutely bonkers that they're asking $65 for a T-shirt. Even with all the costs associated with printing, distributing, and selling tens or hundreds of thousands of shirts, I think it's totally ridiculous that they cost that much. But that's why my closet is full of local band shirts anyway so 🤷♂️
First gig I went to was Manic Street Preachers when they were the hottest band around in 1996. It was £10 a ticket, adjusted for inflation it’s only around £19. Gigs are too expensive these days.
@andy Harris crazy, their song archives of pain came up on my Spotify discover weekly today, first time hearing of them, I wasn’t born till few years later, and now seeing you comment about them
@@jjgunnee1428it's like learning a new word and then seeing it that day
Ok, Matty, you just won me over!😂❤
Thank you, Matthew!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 love this ! Not all of us can afford these ridiculous ticket prices☹️
THIS 👏🏼
I saw the 1975 twice in 2014 and 2016 and my tickets were def over that 😅
Matty is a visionary ❤
Ong we need more singers like this😭 concerts you want to see really bad and then can't go because you can't afford it
Not a fan of 1975, used to think matty was insufferable but I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. He’s very based.
same espexially after the laugh he was having in the adam friedland show i actually like him now lol
I didn't know who this lad was until last night I can see why he a decent lad his mum and dad are good people
You know what’s insufferable? Using the word based
@@paulelroy6650 that’s a based comment
@@paulelroy6650 not really. The way the world is based is an important word. What's annoying is the word " Woke".
Only rich kids are allowed at concerts. It’s just the way it is. Poor kids are left out of the live music scene.
Love him and love The 1975, just seen them last night I’ve seen them 4 times. 1st show (2014) & 1 ticket I spent 18 Dollars, 2nd show (2016) I bought 2 tickets for 80 dollars, 3rd show (2022) 2 tickets 180, 4th Show (2023)(last night) 2 tickets for 338 dollars. Ticketmaster, Vivid, and other websites tax the shit out of sales. But will I be paying for tickets to see bands I absolutely love, Yes! 😅
He's not greedy to amass wealth BUT CARE for the kids who just asked money from parents because they also deserve to be able to watch.
The most i will pay for 1 ticket is $120. ive only made 2 exceptions where i paid more. i saw the 1975 last year, great seats and my ticket was $100 :)
Exactly why we went and supported them. Great music, great show and your not in debt. Got this nailed on!
Love Matty and the boys. It’s sad that they can’t have the full say in how much venues charge for concert tickets with all the fees involved. I do miss seeing them for super cheap, but I’m very glad they’re getting more and more popular and hoping I can still afford them. Last show was expensive ☹️🤣 but I don’t regret it at all!
I couldn't love his brain more... ❤
I was pleasantly surprised that pit tickets for the UK & Europe tour were only 70€
Good guy to see this, as he would have come from a fairly wealthy background himself. God bless you Maty🙏💕🇮🇪
I just love Matty!
Well said Matty!.
Ok Taylor, I get it
I agree 100 percent. I’d rather see a newer band in a smaller venue than pay ridiculous prices for a bad seat. I’ll watch that show on TH-cam.
i spent more than 100quid to see The 1975 just this May 2023 super worth it but for the same area in the same venue in 2019 i got to see them for half the price. I hate inflation, and i guess theres a higher demand. Im a big fan, wish the prices would be like before.
This also is not always up to them, and the venue will force a charge despite the record label and the band wanting to charge x amount. Twenty One Pilots has said this for so long, and only until recently have I noticed the new venues in my areas putting insane charges on them but not in other places for the same ticket.
I agree. But still, Taylor’s shows have a significant larger budget than the 1975 so it would make sense for her to charge more… ticketmaster is a scam anyway
i’ve seen the 1975 live 4 times since 2014 and thursday will be my fifth. the tickets were the most expensive this time ):
One of my favourite stories is how The Clash used to sneak people into venues for the shows. Cause they didnt give a shit about the money side of things. Im sure loads of bands have similar things back in the day.
Who’s gonna tell him that tickets for The 1975 were definitely not £40-£50 at The O2 next year
I always loved this dude and this solidifies it
Saw them at the queen's social club ages ago. Basically a huge portacabin. It was so hot but reaĺly amazing. The guy seems pretty genuine.
Performers need to use whatever unionization they have to combat monopolies like ticket master and live nation.
Taylor Swift and her fans tried to take Ticketmaster to court because they’re technically an illegal monopoly, but it doesn’t look like anything will come of it.
And that's more than fair enough. The problem for people like tsylor swift is that it's not just a band. She has a lot of performers with her dancing usually and they all have to be paid proper wages. Then there's all the crew. I would be happier with higher prices as long as we knew damn sure the money was going to pay proper wages to the people involved and not just making companies like ticketek rich.
Really respect his views regarding fans & money plus love some of their music 🎶☺️
I’m liking him and this band more and more! The 1975
this band are great to their fans
Not me spending $250 to see them
Well said ....
I was 15 when I first seen The 1975 live, it was at a small cozy venue and the tickets were like $40. It was an absolute blast, nowadays most of my fav artists tickets are at the minimum $80, which I get w inflation but yk…idk I don’t think, if prices were like this back then, that I would’ve gone to as many concerts as I have. Warped tour, bands, etc…that concert etiquette has changed so much, idk it’s such a scary/sad/chaotic thing today.
okay matty, now pass this energy to your girlfriend pls 😂
I love this man so much he has always been so down to earth
👏🏼😌
His background is in punk and hardcore bands like converge and gorilla biscuits and stuff so I kinda get where he’s coming from.
When money isn't the most important thing, the world becomes a better place. Matty understands that.
I saw them about 8 years ago for free, I love that he still has this mentality
❤️Wants Kids to See the 1975, NOT just Rich Kids. 💕Matty...so kind ..Wants to Inspire Kids to Start their own bands.
This is why i never stopped loving him❤
This aged TERRIBLY. $120 per ticket for me and my wife, then $70 in additional fees. $310 total!! What a joke
Yep. I love Taylor swift, but every time I saw a new designer outfit pop up on her tour, I thought about how all of that factors into the ticket prices. And it’s amazing entertainment, but the cost of these shows is so out of hand
I love you matty ❤
Tried to get tickets for me and my two eldest children to see them in Finsbury Park on Sunday - would
Cost £345 including all the booking fees etc and this before travel costs
These sites are a disgrace
I love this guy matty
Miss taylor swift doesn’t give a shit how much her tickets are lol
Taylor actually does tho. The original prices of the eras tour range from $49-$899. It's ticketmaster's fault for allowing Bots and scalpers got the tickets first rather than an actual fans.
Matty for King of the World 2024. ❤
sadly i can't still afford the ticket when they come to the Philippines on may
I ❤ him
I was wondering why the tickets are not expensive, he's so cute 🥺❤
And that’ll last only about a year. Next year they’ll be charging $200-$400 as the production gets bigger and bigger
this guy and his band are proper role models and such cool human beings overall many artists will ove rprice their tickets just for fans to sit at the nose bleeds
Well said Matty
I like him🎉
I remember when gigs were £12-15 for big bands. It's gone crazy now..
Wowowowowowo what a man of the people
aww Matty I like him more
Ours was 70 Euro in Berlin, little more ;)
Still worth it!!
respect!
I love him so much ❤
Wow Matthy!!! ❤❤❤❤
Matty>
They definitely dont charge £40 to £50 and if they do, they dont do enough to circumnavigate the prices that we're held to ransom over
Respect
Its simple ....any tickets bought by aftermarket companies should be aromatically void and then it will be no point them doing it again
Well said!!!!
wish he could tell that to taylor, who priced $50 for nosebleeds and up to $800 for floor on initial sale 😅
Hard to say these words when you can easily check their ticket prices and see the cheapest (at least around the US) is 90$ or 70 quid for a concert 5 months out
I like this man. Much respect.
Thai makes me love him even more
No idea how anyone can be mad at this guy, he’s left without the idiocy of the left
Unifies everyone really
Great perspective 👌🙂💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Thank you Matty for speaking up in Malaysia. Indeed it is oppressive in Malaysia.
Breaking the law and performed drunk?