Take note you greedy superstar singers - US industry website Hits Daily Double cites sources that say that tickets sales for the upcoming Barbra Streisand US tour are not anywhere near as high as expected. They quote one insider who says "some dates are being called disasters", and who adds that the incredibly high ticket prices for the tour, which include previously unheard of $750 best seat tickets, are definitely a big factor in the slow ticket sales. The site asks whether cancellations may be required to reduce the potential losses that could be made for promoter Michael Kohl.
Those reports follow claims that tickets for certain upcoming Madonna live dates in the UK have also been selling slowly, and albeit denied rumours that some upcoming Mariah Carey dates are not selling as well as hoped. Such stories will heighten fears that the escalating ticket prices charged for premiere league artists' live shows are in danger of reversing the fortunes of the recently buoyant live sector, as costs rise above the prices that average gig goers are willing to pay.