KISS’ Gene Simmons has a message for fans who were upset about the cost to go see Britpop band Oasis reunite for the first time in 15 years.
Simmons said in an interview with Forbes that fans who were upset when dynamic pricing was used to sell Oasis tickets are “entitled to (expletive) off.”
“You have the ultimate power, supply and demand,” the 75-year-old rocker told the outlet. “Whatever the pricing is, is all academic. Somebody sits in a room and tries to figure out how far the rubber band can stretch. And if you’re not selling tickets, guess what happens? The price goes down. Capitalism! If you don’t want to pay that amount, don’t go.”
“It’s a way to get attention,” Simmons added. “You don’t like the ticket pricing? Don’t buy a ticket.”
Fans have reported having “significant issues” with Ticketmaster while trying to acquire Oasis tickets, according to the U.K. government’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched an investigation into the problems.
The CMA is looking into whether Ticketmaster violated consumer protection law by using dynamic pricing, which is when ticket prices are inflated based on demand.