Andrew Lloyd Webber condemns dynamic pricing for tickets
Andrew Lloyd Webber condemns dynamic pricing for tickets as ‘racketeering’
Andrew Lloyd Webber condemns dynamic pricing for tickets as ‘racketeering’ - The practice of increasing or decreasing prices based on demand has been compared to the way airline tickets and hotel rooms are sold.
Andrew Lloyd Webber slams dynamic pricing as 'racketeering' after Oasis Ticketmaster scandal
The composer, whose hit musicals include The Phantom Of The Opera, Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar, also criticised the lack of funding for the arts in the UK
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Dynamic pricing is racketeering – it's wrong
The composer and theatre owner was speaking to the Sunday Times and, in a wide-ranging interview, addressed ticket prices in theatre. Although he initially defended the price of tickets, highlighting how theatre is "very labour-intensive" he criticised the use of dynamic pricing, where prices increase or decrease depending on demand.
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The composer and theatre impresario Andrew Llyod Webber said he did not believe in "pushing prices up" and described the practice of dynamic pricing as "racketeering".
Andrew Lloyd Webber slams dynamic pricing as 'racketeering' after Oasis ticket scandal
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