After a six-year hiatus, singer Faye Wong (王菲) will return to the stage in three concerts at the Taipei Arena in January.
Despite their excitement regarding the singer’s up-coming performances, many fans are grumbling at the high ticket prices.
“Supporting my favorite singer and listening to her live performances has become an impossibility,” a fan surnamed Chang (章) said, referring to the ticket prices.
Chang said the most expensive tickets cost NT$8,800, while the price for seats on the arena’s third tier were as much as NT$3,800.
Only a handful of tickets are available at NT$800, he said.
Chang said that A-Mei (張惠妹) and Jody Chiang (江蕙) had, prior to concerts, called on organizers to make prices affordable so that all their fans could enjoy their performances.
Wong is not the first singer with ticket prices as high as NT$8,800 at Taipei Arena, but with prices ranging from NT$3,800 to NT$6,800 for seats on the second and third tiers — generally regarded as the “general price” zone — some of Wong’s fans say they are being bled dry.
They said the most expensive tickets for a May Day concert at Taipei Arena last year were NT$3,280, which wouldn’t get them a third-tier seat at Wong’s concert.
In Music, the organizer of Wong’s Taipei concerts, said it was trying to reach all her fans by pricing tickets in the NT$800 to NT$8,800 range.
“We are open to opinions and suggestions, and will try to organize concerts as best as we possibly can,” the company said.
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