Andy Lau is going to hold a concert in China
It covers eight cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu and Nanjing
It will set sail from Shanghai in July 2024. According to the information currently available, it will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena for two consecutive weekends from July 5th to 7th and 11th to 13th
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Andy Lau, the idol in many people's hearts
Some like to watch his movies, and some like to listen to him sing
Of course, there are those who are conquered by his perfect personality
Lao Mo belongs to the latter
Andy Lau debuted for 43 years and has almost zero scandals
The development of film and television songs has been carried out, and all of them have made good gains
How can people not love such an all-round artist?
Now that Andy Lau is going to hold a concert, naturally, tickets have become the most concerned point for friends
Up to now, Andy Lau's concert tickets have not been sold
How much is a grandstand ticket, how much is an infield ticket, there is no specific amount
Andy is not in a hurry, some ticket-grabbing platforms can't sit still
The "Tickets" app shows that there is no pre-sale except for Beijing and Chengdu
The other six cities can "grab tickets".
The "ticket grabbing" here is not a manual ticket grabbing by fans, but a ticket grabbing through "proxy auction".
The "auction fee" of the "ticket" platform starts at 3,000 yuan, and the auction fee for the infield ticket is 1,000 yuan more expensive than the auction fee for the grandstand ticket!
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Generally speaking, Andy Lau is a singer of this level
Concert tickets start at 500 yuan and are capped at 2,000 yuan
Under the strong real-name system, it is not realistic to buy high-priced tickets from scalpers
If you want to increase the odds of grabbing tickets, you can only resort to ticket-grabbing platforms
The concept of the "Ticket" app is very clear: give me 3,000 yuan for the auction fee, I will help you shoot, I will shoot, the money will be given to me, if I can't shoot, the money will be returned!
This also means: a concert ticket of 500 yuan will become 3,500 yuan in the hands of fans, and an additional 1,000 yuan will be added to the infield ticket!
3,500 yuan to watch a concert for a few hours?
For the vast majority of wage earners, this is a very luxurious thing!
But for Andy's die-hard fans, or rich people, it's nothing!
With a 3,000 yuan auction fee, we can understand:
Why did Andy Lau hold the concert in a first-tier city, not a third- or fourth-tier city!
Not to mention the 3,000 yuan auction fee, it is a normal 500 yuan concert ticket
It will also keep friends in third- and fourth-tier cities out!
From this point of view, Andy Lau didn't plan to make poor people's money this time!
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Since the beginning of 2024
Many stars in the entertainment industry are busy holding concerts
Not to mention the increase in ticket prices, the performance cities have also become first- and second-tier cities
Few singers go to third- and fourth-tier cities
Why is this so?
Presumably it has a lot to do with the consumption power and consumption concept of third- and fourth-tier cities, right?
Holding a concert is a commercial activity, and artists pursue the maximization of profits
Holding five concerts in third- and fourth-tier cities may not make more money than one concert in first-tier cities
And celebrities going to a certain city to hold a concert can drive the development of other local industries, such as the hotel industry, such as tourism
Take Jay Chou as an example
Last year, Jay Chou held a concert in Haikou and sang for 4 days, and Haikou's economic consumption pulled more than one billion
The Hohhot concert is said to have boosted consumption of more than 2 billion
On the night of April 20, 2024, it rained heavily in Hangzhou, but it did not affect the enthusiasm of fans at all
The venue was full of 80,000 people, and tens of thousands of people outside the stadium were still singing in the heavy rain
More than 100,000 people are waiting to see a person sing, something you can't even think of, Jay Chou did it
According to media reports, the consumption he brought to Hangzhou is conservatively estimated at several billion yuan
Many people come to Hangzhou by high-speed train or plane
Hotel accommodation in Hangzhou has risen from a few hundred to more than a thousand
Small vendors outside the Olympic stadium earn tens of thousands of dollars a night
If Jay Chou goes to a third- or fourth-tier city for a concert
Many people will consider transportation problems, accommodation problems, and time costs, and finally decide not to go!
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Third- and fourth-tier cities are not as good as first- and second-tier cities
Does it mean that celebrities will give up this market?
Not absolutely!
In 2007, Andy Lau wanted to start a concert tour in China
He chose the first stop in the third-tier city - Hohhot
At that time, many people didn't understand that Andy Lau was the king
If you want to hold a concert, why is the first stop not a super first-tier city like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen?
Instead, it was set in Hohhot, which is very niche
It turned out that a male fan wrote to him, saying: Brother Andy, my family is in Hohhot, I have to take a plane to watch your concert, I am too poor to sit down!
Andy Lau suddenly realized: Since my concert is for fans, I should go to their city, instead of choosing a place in a first-tier city far away from them for convenient transportation and making more money!
Andy Lau turned out to be right
In this concert in Hohhot, Andy said to the fans in the audience very emotionally, I will not change my name in the next life and still be Andy Lau, so that everyone can recognize me!
Andy choked up and cried when he said this, and the fans in the audience couldn't cry!
17 years later, Andy Lau is still the best male artist in China
Everywhere I went, there was applause and flowers
Including this time, Andy is going to hold concerts in eight cities, and the comment area responds to it, saying that he will overcome all hardships to support him on the spot!
Regarding the matter of buying tickets to watch the concert, I personally think that everyone should do what they can
On the premise of not affecting work and life, combined with your own economic conditions, decide whether to buy a ticket
After all, it is used to adjust life, not a necessity
Last question, if Andy comes to your city and you happen to be a fan of him
Will you take out 3,000 yuan to buy tickets for the concert?
See you in the comments section!