Irish Examiner view: Pricey tickets

Springsteen concerts

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are set to play three nights at the RDS over the next few days. Picture: AP

Bruce Springsteen returns to Dublin for three concerts in the RDS, beginning tomorrow evening. The Boss’s live shows are legendary three-hour experiences ranging over a lengthy back catalogue that dates back five decades.

Those shows are also expensive. There was some controversy over the prices for the Dublin show, which ranged from €96 to €156 for seated and €131 for standing, before the addition of service fees by Ticketmaster (prices for Springsteen’s 2016 Dublin concert began at €65).