Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour is having ripple effects on the ticket market.
Ticket prices for an upcoming Macklemore performance are climbing after the rapper was dropped from the remainder of Sheeran’s Loop tour for making pro-Palestine comments onstage earlier this month. Meanwhile, secondary market prices for the remainder of Sheeran’s concerts have dipped.
Resale prices for Macklemore’s October concert at Red Rocks in Colorado are increasing this week, even though the performance was announced in March.
“The get-in price [or the price for the cheapest available ticket] for that show is up 45% in the past 3 days, from $108 to $157,” Keith Pagello, founder of price tracking company TicketData, said in a statement to CNBC on Thursday. “That’s a surge we can say with confidence would not have happened absent this week’s events.”
Macklemore said on social media on Monday that he was removed from the tour after stadium…
