The Weeknd: Fans react to restricted view concert tickets

The Weeknd volition bring his spectacular amusement to the Wembley Stadium stage, but immoderate fans won't beryllium capable to ticker him successful action.

"I couldn't spot the full signifier and astir the full catwalk," Rosalie Streenstra tells BBC Newsbeat.

The blocked presumption is owed to the singer's accumulation having a large inflatable satellite hanging successful the mediate of the arena.

Rosalie, 19, had a "restricted view" spot for his Amsterdam gig, but didn't expect the obstruction to beryllium truthful big.

She had been to the Johan Cruijff Arena earlier to spot Beyoncé and had the "perfect view", successful beforehand of the mediate of the signifier successful the apical ring.

But The Weeknd's prime of staging successful stadiums - meant to heighten the ocular spectacle - besides causes a blocked presumption for those successful that section.

Ticketmaster says each restricted presumption tickets are intelligibly labelled, and it sells these tickets "because for galore fans, a restricted oregon broadside presumption is not a problem".

An unrestricted presumption of The Weeknd tin outgo up to £150, truthful aft buying the cheapest 1 disposable for €50 (£43), Rosalie has nary regrets astir not being capable to spot a batch of the performance.

"It hardly bothered maine due to the fact that the ambiance during specified a performance is truthful good," she says.

The wider contented astir paying for tickets with blocked views has been discussed by galore euphony fans.

In the US, determination was a mixed effect implicit "listening-only" tickets being advertised for immoderate Beyoncé gigs - with seats being listed arsenic having "no view" oregon "no signifier view".

Liliana Cooper had a akin acquisition to Rosalie - though erstwhile she saw the Starboy vocalist successful London it wasn't the satellite but the presumption of the signifier which was blocking her view.

She says she paid astir £25 for the last-minute ticket, which was for a spot down the stage, having antecedently seen him execute successful Manchester, spending astir £300 connected a spot with a amended view.

"The quality successful terms is crazy," the 19-year-old from Essex says.

And for Liliana, her restricted presumption summons was much of a peculiar experience.

"You tin spot the backmost of the stage, each the setup that they have, wherever the dancers hole to travel on," she says.

"You tin besides spot him [The Weeknd] get successful his car.

"It's conscionable that small happening that you tin acquisition that not everyone other tin see. For the magnitude of wealth that I paid, it's 100% worthy the money."

It's besides a large enactment for fans who can't spend the much costly tickets, Liliana says, astatine a clip erstwhile seeing your favourite singers is getting much pricey.

Pre-sale tickets for Taylor Swift's Eras circuit adjacent twelvemonth were priced up to £172.25 and a VIP acquisition could acceptable you backmost much than £650.

A lasting summons to spot Beyoncé connected her Renaissance circuit successful London outgo up to £410, soaring to much than £2,000 for VIP.

"No substance wherever you bargain the tickets, you are going to get the afloat experience," says Liliana.

But immoderate fans person spoken retired astir the terms of the restricted presumption tickets, particularly erstwhile it comes to the likes of Taylor and Beyoncé's tours which are expected to beryllium among the highest grossing of each time.

Lily Redman, from Newport successful southbound Wales, managed to container Taylor tickets for her Cardiff and Wembley shows successful June 2024.

However she was disappointed erstwhile she realised her seats for the Wembley gig would beryllium down the signifier - adjacent though they outgo the aforesaid arsenic Cardiff seats which don't person an obstructed view.

"I deliberation it'll beryllium OK due to the fact that determination is simply a catwalk truthful I'll spot her spell retired but obviously, what everyone wants to spot astatine the commencement erstwhile the creator comes out, we'll conscionable person to ticker the screen," she says.

"You benignant of think, well, if I wanted to ticker the screen, I'd conscionable enactment astatine home."

The 23-year-old says she's been going to gigs since she was a teen and feels the rising terms of tickets is making shows "inaccessible" for many.

She thinks adjacent restricted presumption tickets tin beryllium overpriced and that it's unfair for artists to complaint truthful overmuch for them.

"I consciousness similar each azygous idiosyncratic successful that stadium arena, has travel to spot the amusement from commencement to finish," she says.

"They request to spot the stage, the artist, the production... they're not determination to ticker the screens fractional the time."

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