..their national ‘On The Run’ Tour is not suffering from dismal ticket sales. According to Billboard magazine (which can easily be influenced by the glare of a star’s spotlight), the On The Run Tour is selling well.
But numerous national media outlets are detailing Beyonce and Jay Z‘s struggles to sell tickets to their upcoming co-headline tour. Many believe the brutal beating Jay Z suffered at the hands of his sister-in-law, Solange Knowles, has destroyed his street cred.
Buried deep within Billboard‘s optimistic denials and artificially inflated sales figures is this irrefutable truth:
“It is true that a fair amount of tickets are still available for sale in some cities on both the primary and secondary markets.”
Reality check: there should be no tickets left in any market for these 2 high profile stars. If Outkast — a group that hasn’t released new material in a decade can sell out an entire city park, why can’t Beyonce and Jay Z sell out stadiums?
From Billboard.com:
Sources close to the Live Nation-produced tour tell Billboard that, as of June 17, the tour has racked up about $86 million in ticket sales and is on a pace to gross close to $100 million from just 19 shows. The source says attendance is on a pace to top 850,000 tickets sold, and a Live Nation rep confirmed to Billboard last night that the tour is indeed nearing that threshold. That’s a whopping nightly take of $5.2 million, and an average attendance of nearly 45,000 per show — well more than two sold-out arena shows would generate in any given market. Numerous shows are sold out, and Live Nation cites “unprecedented” VIP and platinum ticket sales.
Two days later, Live Nation offered this statement to Billboard: “The On The Run Tour opens next Wednesday in Miami’s Sun Life Stadium to over 48,000 fans, then rolls to Cincinnati to a sellout crowd of more than 37,000 fans, and on July 1st more than 50,000 fans will pack Boston’s Gillette Stadium. With sellout nights across North America, these first three shows are indicative of the strong demand. Overall, the tour has sold well over 750,000 tickets, grossing more than $90 million, and has unprecedented VIP and Platinum ticket sales.”
It is true that a fair amount of tickets are still available for sale in some cities on both the primary and secondary markets. Regarding the latter, to pass judgment on the success of any tour by the number of tickets available on the secondary market is misguided. Those tickets have already been sold, at least once. Ticket resellers are, for the most part, speculators; they buy tickets at on-sale, speculating that they will be able to re-sell them at a higher price. Sometimes they win big, and sometimes they lose. Quite often, resellers purchase more tickets than demand dictates, and in many cases these tickets are priced higher than the market will bear. In such a situation, re-sellers adjust pricing or take a hit, and that’s when fans with patience can find deals as re-sellers slash prices in an attempt to cut their losses. In the end, supply and demand rules the day, as it does in most businesses. READ MORE
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If Outkast — a group that hasn’t released new material in a decade can sell out an entire city park, why can’t Beyonce and Jay Z sell out stadiums?
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Because we haven’t seen andre 3000 on stage with a blouse and bird wings with big boi in over 10 years
Donte
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hey bew !
I would go… but the way my account is set up……
Outkast is legendary! You can’t be legendary when you’re always in the spotlight….people get sick if you..
I was shocked to see that tickets were still available! Me personally I don’t want to see Jay Z. Some women only want to see Beyonce.. And some men only want to see Jay Z. I don’t think they should have done a tour together. Plus, what new songs does Jay Z have by himself ?
Reality check: there should be no tickets left in any market for these 2 high profile stars. If Outkast — a group that hasn’t released new material in a decade can sell out an entire city park, why can’t Beyonce and Jay Z sell out stadiums?
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But these folks just came off tour
hell folks trying to get they vacation on this summer…. besides ….. I mean damn what can you do different on this tour 
n1kk1a says:
Outkast is legendary! You can’t be legendary when you’re always in the spotlight….people get sick if you..
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Don’t give ya time to miss that azz
anyone need seats in atl get at me… good price too…
This sounds more than right.
You don’t add shows in certain markets if the tickets aren’t selling
That is just simple Math.
i had to buy my outkast tickets from stub hub.. i wish they were at phillips arena or ga dome
Y’all remember that Fresh Prince episode when Will was Ashley’s “manager” and he snuck into the radio station and played her song over and over again on the radio? Then when it was time for her meet and greet nobody showed up??
Many believe the brutal beating Jay Z suffered at the hands of his sister-in-law, Solange Knowles, has destroyed his street cred.
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Everytime someone mentions this I think of Stevie J telling Joseline. “Don’t Solange me” in the art exhibit.
Good morning or afternoon…..
Aryanna says:
I was shocked to see that tickets were still available! Me personally I don’t want to see Jay Z. Some women only want to see Beyonce.. And some men only want to see Jay Z. I don’t think they should have done a tour together. Plus, what new songs does Jay Z have by himself ?
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I wouldn’t give Jay Shyt… do you know when he came to Atlanta … that joker only performed for 15 mins and started late….. I’d be a fool to give that piece of shyt my money…. Bey on the other hand puts on a good show
but she not getting my money either
I think people were like me, they wanted to buy them, but couldn’t justify it.
I went to buy tickets, saw the prices and thought: didn’t both of them JUST finish tours. Couldn’t they have made the prices a tad lower, since they each pocked in excess of $50,000,000 from their tours in the last year.
I need my money more than Jay and Bey need my money. Eff that.
Jay Z has a whole album that came out less than a year ago.
I’m a bigger fan of his than hers and I’m a woman. I’ve been a Jay fan since nineteen hundred and ninety seven.
Since before his infatuation with auto’s lead to auto’s being sprayed.
They have mad songs together too; that have never been done live.
You don’t add shows in certain markets if the tickets aren’t selling
That is just simple Math.
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this aint about simple math, this is about trying to manufacture a crisis
and her baby got a picky head
and her man old
and her sister crazy
I ain’t been to a show in foreva… and have no desire to go to one either – until these celebs start pricing their tickets at rates their actual fans – not their celebrity fans – but everyday working folk can afford I ain’t doing it – they don’t need my $200 the way I need it… and a big part of the reason ticket prices are so high is because of the celebrities ridiculous riders – really Bey you need the entire dressing room repainted and decorated in all white and Jay you really need a 20+ bottles of $500 a pop champagne before you can do a show – get da phuck outta here – i’ll invest my bullchit $200 in a community sponsored event first….
Smonae I take it you got your tickets
this aint about simple math, this is about trying to manufacture a crisis
and her baby got a picky head
and get this turkey sammich!
and her man old
and her sister crazy
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I forgets UF let me just
I can’t wait for this On The Run concert. AND it’s the day before my bday. Winner, winner, chicken dinner
Man fugg this concert when the next ole skool concert coming up
cause I heard that Kilo one was popping …. to my A-town folks 
I dont give af who they are…them ticket prices are RIDICULOUS!! I wouldn’t dare spend that much money to see no damn body
Jenie
Hey ma
Yeah and it was hell trying to get em thru ticket master, so I had to buy mine from stubhub again.
I hate paying more, but I had to see this
libra80sbaby says:
I dont give af who they are…them ticket prices are RIDICULOUS!! I wouldn’t dare spend that much money to see no damn body
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Lol !!! Welp somebody buying em because they would be so high if no one was
No the tickets are not sold out. I just went to ticketmaster to double check. Beyonce gives a good performance but I feel like it would be the same ole stuff she’s been doing for years. And far as jay z goes.. He is Too old and crusty for me. Thought he said was he was going to retire years ago.
OpinionHated says:
I ain’t been to a show in foreva… and have no desire to go to one either – until these celebs start pricing their tickets at rates their actual fans – not their celebrity fans – but everyday working folk can afford I ain’t doing it – they don’t need my $200 the way I need it… and a big part of the reason ticket prices are so high is because of the celebrities ridiculous riders – really Bey you need the entire dressing room repainted and decorated in all white and Jay you really need a 20+ bottles of $500 a pop champagne before you can do a show – get da phuck outta here – i’ll invest my bullchit $200 in a community sponsored event first….
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Bruno Mars tickets are in the $90-$300+ range too
OpinionHated says:
I ain’t been to a show in foreva… and have no desire to go to one either – until these celebs start pricing their tickets at rates their actual fans – not their celebrity fans – but everyday working folk can afford I ain’t doing it – they don’t need my $200 the way I need it… and a big part of the reason ticket prices are so high is because of the celebrities ridiculous riders – really Bey you need the entire dressing room repainted and decorated in all white and Jay you really need a 20+ bottles of $500 a pop champagne before you can do a show – get da phuck outta here – i’ll invest my bullchit $200 in a community sponsored event first….
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Beyonce round here asking for Angel Soft tissue that has actually been breeved on by real angels…guhl bye
Today is my Friday
but when I get home I have to grind…. 
until these celebs start pricing their tickets at rates their actual fans – not their celebrity fans –
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Bruno can get the hell on too. Lol 300. .. Really ? Lol
jeniefrumdabloc says:
Today is my Friday
but when I get home I have to grind…. 
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on who??
Bruno Mars tickets are in the $90-$300+ range too
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No sirrrr. Bruno ain’t worth $100. He ain’t there yet
@smonae you going to the one in atl?
Instead of paying all that money, why not just watch it on YouTube?
VDot says:
Bruno Mars tickets are in the $90-$300+ range too
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I heard he be having that place rocking too
him and JT ….. 
I read all this like
This the post I gotta sit in for my lunch hour outside? 
Y’all better be ratchet in here. Lemme go read the comments
libra80sbaby says:
jeniefrumdabloc says:
but when I get home I have to grind…. 
Today is my Friday
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on who??
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He is Too old and crusty for me. Thought he said was he was going to retire years ago
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So you feel like “if you old then you old” and they he almost about to manage to die so he don’t need your $200? Got it
I believe Bruno puts on a damn show
I watch tons of his live performances on the youtube 
I like that dude
MisTaken is #unbothered
says:
He is Too old and crusty for me. Thought he said was he was going to retire years ago
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So you feel like “if you old then you old” and they he almost about to manage to die so he don’t need your $200? Got it
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hmmm.. close.. u almost got it.. try one more time
Dot says:
Can you define actual fans versus celebrity fans?
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Actual fans people who work for a living and miraculously like this couples “art” – people who are not in the entertainment/sports industry.
Celebrity fans – Basketball/Football Players, the Kardashians, Rhianna, Drake the ones who always seem to show up at a concert and look trashed…..
@MisTake,
Ain’t no ratchetness…..yet. Just pure logic and critical thinking. Of course, you know it don’t take much for a post to go left. Whatchu got on it?
lil bruno is 300.00 Super Bowl performers heads get blown up and they think they can charge those prices.
@Jenie – on you tube you say, heck that is free – minus your cable or phone bill. #boom
Just Looking says:
lil bruno is 300.00 Super Bowl performers heads get blown up and they think they can charge those prices.
@Jenie – on you tube you say, heck that is free – minus your cable or phone bill. #boom
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on who??
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<<<- I am so ready for this last season of True Blood
yass!!!
@Aryanna,
So you feel like he should be focused on aarp brochures instead of upcoming concerts and tours?
Celebrity fans – Basketball/Football Players, the Kardashians, Rhianna, Drake the ones who always seem to show up at a concert and look trashed…..
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I dont think those ppl buy tickets at all
if entertainers didnt charge X amount then they would be broke after paying their staff, etc. then yall would pick on them for being broke and driving a Rav4. cant win for losing.
@opinion,
That was a very accurate definition. Then ironically, these be some of the same peepa that don’t wanna be bothered with their fans, which of course are the regla folk. Tuh!
Will be at the first show here in Miami…paid $154 for my ticket…about the same as I paid to see Jay alone the last time. First time seeing Beyoncé so I get 2 for the price of one.
If Outkast — a group that hasn’t released new material in a decade can sell out an entire city park, why can’t Beyonce and Jay Z sell out stadiums?
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Unshakable says:
@Aryanna,
So you feel like he should be focused on aarp brochures instead of upcoming concerts and tours?
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Aretha Franklin could come out with a concert TODAY and charge $1,000 a ticket. Middle age ladies would be selling fish plates after church to get them tickets and nobody would say a word. how much you think it was to see Michael Jackson
and them fans would get to the concert just to pass out!
the issue is not the price or Jay Z’s age, the issue is that some ppl dont like Beyonce with her stankin loominatee ass. if the tickets were a dollar they would be like “oh well Blue Ivy hair still nappy and Papa Knowles is still a hoe!”
@UserFriendly,
If these so called starruhs lived well below their means like regla folk, they not have that issue.
I already seen both of them at the point when I was FANS of each of them.
Her when she was with the Chiren. Destiny Fufilled and once before that.
And him back when he was in his late 30’s/early 40’s… during the Hard Knock Life Tour of 99-2000.
Then their ticket prices got stupid and I moved on.
hmmm.. close.. u almost got it.. try one more time
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Nah I’m good. Wasn’t even worth the first try
Just saw pics of Kim K from her honeymoon getting out of a pool in an see through top with no bra and high cut bottoms. Ummmm if they were ok vacay in a private residence (Joe Francis) how did the paps get these high quality photo shop pics? :stop: After Kanye admitted how they spent hours on their Instagram photo I am confident these were also staged. Oh and @Man of you wanna call someone a hater.. Call Draya one. She replied to the pics of Kim’s butt saying it looks like sagging tittirs… Aka not natural and like a soggy diaper
Draya cute tho with a banging body per you so clearly she is not a hater 
User Friendly says:
Celebrity fans – Basketball/Football Players, the Kardashians, Rhianna, Drake the ones who always seem to show up at a concert and look trashed…..
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I dont think those ppl buy tickets at all
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I’m an actual fan, who is just willing to pay the money to see them. If necessary, I am also willing to travel (and take on the associate travel expenses) to see people in concerts.
Also, it’s not just the artists getting paid with these tours. There is SO much that goes into putting on a concert – dancers, assistants, lighting, equipment, transporting performers/crew/equipment, choreographers, etc.
MisTaken is #unbothered
says:
hmmm.. close.. u almost got it.. try one more time
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Nah I’m good. Wasn’t even worth the first try
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but you tried. Good job.
@User,
But if she practices in that stuff, why would that lower her ticket sales? Couldn’t she just appeal to other people who are a part of that following?
Unshakable says:
@UserFriendly,
If these so called starruhs lived well below their means like regla folk, they not have that issue.
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yeah, they should live like TLC did. live below….waaaaaay below
I saw Chili selling face cream on an infomercial this past weekend. Maybe Beyonce doesnt wanna sell face cream during her retirment.
Unshakable says:
@Aryanna,
So you feel like he should be focused on aarp brochures instead of upcoming concerts and tours?
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Nah. I just dont like him.
they should live like TLC did.
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Okay…1994 Rav-4’s for everybody!
You get one…and you get one…
:stop: hol up!!! so when did we decide that my new name was UFO?
Marc Anthony is legally single…
Will be at the first show here in Miami…paid $154 for my ticket…about the same as I paid to see Jay alone the last time. First time seeing Beyoncé so I get 2 for the price of one.
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Ummm Munch I don’t think there was ever (loud dramatic voice) ANNNNNYYYYYY doubt that you would have them tickets folk
User Friendly says:
:stop: hol up!!! so when did we decide that my new name was UFO?
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:eyeroll: You’re so late. Check the records, I’ve been calling you that.
Aretha Franklin could come out with a concert TODAY and charge $1,000 a ticket.
Tickets range from $109 to $491. I can’t be spending money all willy nilly right now, but I am going to purchase tickets for her show with my first paycheck 
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She will be at the Fox Theater on November 8
Nah. I just dont like him.
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the tix are more than I want to spend so Im not going but I wouldnt say that they should charge less. I also dont think porsche should make their cars cheaper just so I can get me one. everything aint for everybody.
now who should charge less is anybody talmbout gas for $6 a gallon. they done loss their ever loving minds with that
thats a real crisis!
i really cant with these 2 still promoting this dumb oss Bonnie & Clyde lifestyle jay better sit his old grandpa tail down before he CATCH a heart attack. both of them need to grow up! one person on my news feed said “so we just gonna ignore the fact that jigga looks like Bill Cosby in that ski mask?”
i was no more good
but you tried. Good job.
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*mushes Ary in the face like Kirk did Rasheeda mama*. Gone head on you play too much nah
the issue is not the price or Jay Z’s age, the issue is that some ppl dont like Beyonce with her stankin loominatee ass. if the tickets were a dollar they would be like “oh well Blue Ivy hair still nappy and Papa Knowles is still a hoe!”
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Looking and that burr.
User Friendly says:
Nah. I just dont like him.
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and there it is.
the tix are more than I want to spend so Im not going but I wouldnt say that they should charge less. I also dont think porsche should make their cars cheaper just so I can get me one. everything aint for everybody.
now who should charge less is anybody talmbout gas for $6 a gallon. they done loss their ever loving minds with that thats a real crisis!
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Idk.. I just like humble artists.. and sometimes their personalities can throw me off and not make me want to see them. I saw Miguel.. and he was very sweet… !!
And where are tickets avail? I cant find anything for Atl or Mia?
Buttercup says:
She will be at the Fox Theater on November 8 Tickets range from $109 to $491. I can’t be spending money all willy nilly right now, but I am going to purchase tickets for her show with my first paycheck
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I’m back! Who missed me? Wait no one even noticed I was gone
they should live like TLC did.
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Okay…1994 Rav-4?s for everybody!
You get one…and you get one…
June 19, 2014 at 1:34 pm
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@smonae you going to the one in atl?
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Chicago
i really cant with these 2 still promoting this dumb oss Bonnie & Clyde lifestyle jay better sit his old grandpa tail down before he CATCH a heart attack.
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Its big cause its funny right
Catch a heart attack..whew I die..
Okay…1994 Rav-4?s for everybody!
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Idk.. I just like humble artists.. and sometimes their personalities can throw me off and not make me want to see them. I saw Miguel.. and he was very sweet… !!
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girl Miguelito dont eem halfway like black ppl.
just say you dont like Bey and Jay and let it go. you keep trying to bring up the science to it. its ok, hun. you dont have to like whoever you dont want to.
if its any consolation, ion like Lupita
and that alone could get all my negro points confiscated. I really dont tho. 
@User :rotfl:
Will be at the first show here in Miami…paid $154 for my ticket…about the same as I paid to see Jay alone the last time. First time seeing Beyoncé so I get 2 for the price of one.
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Miami is outside right?
Tamar came to Charlotte and her tickets were like 35 dollars and I didnt want to go to her concert.. her personality is too stank for me. And she actually can sing.. these social networks can take alot from these celebs. They prob could sell out more if we didnt see them everyday on social media. Use to be a time where people died to go to a celeb’s concert because thats the only time u could see them up close and personal.
OH …Silly me I thought they had issued a statement
a lot of niggas gonna spend that same amount on weed and hennessey.
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Keep it trill please.
Hair. Folks spend a month of Sundays on hair but side eye other ppl for their indulgences.
I promise I hate when ppl spend other folks money.
Who Butter would like to see in concert before they manage to die:
Aretha Franklin
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The O’Jays (just missed them last weekend
Frankie Beverly and Maze (again)
Anita Baker (again)
Gladys Knight (again) <—-still sounds GOODT
Stevie Wonder
Smokie Robinson
Corinne Bailey Rae
I would spend what some people would think is an absorbent amount of money to see these folks. Never mind that half of them don't sound remotely like they did in their prime.
Man white folks be telling all they biz! Sitting next to this table of them and I know EVERYTHING about their households. This one man going in about his wife. But he is doing it so calm like it’s nothing. Saying she tricked him bc he thought she was cool when they were dating… No he realized she a snob, doesn’t cook and he hates her family. The women at the table like
Then they are fueling the fire adding their opinions revving him up. He is about to be divorced. One of the ladies old too. Now she know better. Old heffa 
girl Miguelito dont eem halfway like black ppl.
just say you dont like Bey and Jay and let it go. you keep trying to bring up the science to it. its ok, hun. you dont have to like whoever you dont want to.
if its any consolation, ion like Lupita
and that alone could get all my negro points confiscated. I really dont tho. 
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User Friendly says:
Idk.. I just like humble artists.. and sometimes their personalities can throw me off and not make me want to see them. I saw Miguel.. and he was very sweet… !!
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girl Miguelito dont eem halfway like black ppl. just say you dont like Bey and Jay and let it go. you keep trying to bring up the science to it. its ok, hun. you dont have to like whoever you dont want to.
if its any consolation, ion like Lupita and that alone could get all my negro points confiscated. I really dont tho.
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Go up a few comments Hun.. I said I wanted to see Bey and not Jay. You tried too.
and no.. I dont care about you not liking Lupita
OH …Silly me I thought they had issued a statement
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Drank the kooliad Cha.
Aryanna says:
Tamar came to Charlotte and her tickets were like 35 dollars
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Big Freedia is coming to NY in September
his tickets are 35 too. Imma be so stank, chile. 
OutsidetheBox says:
a lot of niggas gonna spend that same amount on weed and hennessey.
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Keep it trill please.
Hair. Folks spend a month of Sundays on hair but side eye other ppl for their indulgences. I promise I hate when ppl spend other folks money.
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People spend money on what benefits them.. a ticket to see a cocky celeb would only benefit the celeb.
:eyeroll: If you are a fan how does that only benefit the celeb. Strawman bullchit. Goo’day.
OutsidetheBox says:
If you are a fan how does that only benefit the celeb. Strawman bullchit. Goo’day
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Never used the one fan. I said people. Good day.
Ok wait wait what don’t you like about Lupita? What has she “done” to be unliked? You don’t like the looks or adoration she gets?
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I.dont.even.know
I want to like her but everytime I see her I be like, “here this ball headed bish go again, ugh!”
*word
People spend money on what benefits them.. a ticket to see a ****y celeb would only benefit the celeb.
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And the concert go-er, restaurants/hotels near the venue in the city, party promoters throwing after parties. A lot of people eat behind these concerts
And all the other workers I mentioned above that have a hand in putting on the concert 
People pay to be entertained its nothing new
We still in here!
That turkey sammich was the bomb!
VDot says:
People spend money on what benefits them.. a ticket to see a ****y celeb would only benefit the celeb.
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And the concert go-er, restaurants/hotels near the venue in the city, party promoters throwing after parties. A lot of people eat behind these concerts And all the other workers I mentioned above that have a hand in putting on the concert
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But once again.. if the celeb attitude is bad or if they are stuck up.. it will not benefit the concert goer. Kmichelle cursed this one fan out a few months ago OVER THE MIC because she tweeted and said that she had been waiting a long time and asked where she was…