Re:If Madonna prices it, they will buy... (Score 1)

I agree--I actually thought the reason for the price increases (which have been going on BEFORE P2P) were that the artists saw that scalpers were getting outrageous prices for the tickets, so they decided to raise their prices, figuring that since fans were willing to pay these amounts anyway, the artists may as well price the tickets higher and take a bigger share.

Plus, let's be realistic here--they don't LOSE money on a concert tour. Tickets are sold months in advance for big acts. If too few tickets are sold by a given date to make $, the show will be canceled.