Gene Simmons has canceled his ENTIRE solo tour, due to rumored to low ticket sales with high prices. He was charging $12,000 to be a ‘roadie for a day.’
NotSpecific1502 commented on Reddit, “$50-$70 dollar ticket would be reasonable with a MEET & GREET for a reasonable price like most of these older musicians charge. Not Gene but an example I took my wife to see Rick Springfield a year ago and tickets were like $65 before fees of course. However, at the Merchandise table he was selling RS guitars for I believe I remember it only being around $350 to purchase.
The purchase got you backstage for Photos and Meet and Greet where he also signed the guitar. Gene would have charged like $2500 or more just for a cheapie bass signature Hello and Pic. And Rick is still recording new material. So not just playing Only 1970’s-80’s tunes. I have seen ACE in smaller settings and those were like $60 tickets. Well worth it. Sooooo yeah. He just needed to set his sights a bit lower. Learn from those out there doing it already. Plus Gene would be less entertaining than say ACE. Paul were he still vocally sound.
