Im from BA too. man, its the trastienda, no more than 300 hundred people, see i would pay 200pesos to have jarvis from less than a meter, by the way, 200$ cost the general ticket so you would be next to him
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it's kinda difficult, there aren't anywhere the full dates, in argentina its confirmed the 11/3 and rumoured the 12/3 in chile its rumoured the 14/3.
i dont know any others.
If it wasn't march I would follow him all over the gig, i hate this month

200 pesos is just shy of £32.50, for anyone looking for some UK context. If it was here, it'd be overpriced, but hardly crazy-money overpriced. What's the average price of a concert ticket in Argentina?

Don't worry about long replies :) It's good to talk.

Anyway, a "top price" of 40 to 60 pesos would work out at around £6.40 to £9.50 a ticket, which I'm not sure is realistic for even a scrupulously honest promoter to pay for Jarvis and his entourage to fly out from France to South America and do a concert at a small 300-capacity venue, no matter how knackered the Argentinian economy is - when I was working as a promoter and putting bands on in a similar-size venue in Cardiff, Wales, we often had to charge about £10 (around 65 pesos) on the door for bands with much, much smaller profiles than Jarvis, just so they didn't lose money by travelling from London or wherever to play at a small club, even though they weren't famous enough to play a bigger venue. It comes down to whether Jarvis and his management and the local promoters are prepared to lose a lot of money touring somewhere in the hope of recouping that money in merchandise and in knock-on album sales. (And, of course, how much the promoters are shoving in their own pockets, as you point out).

But then I don't know what the usual cost of going to see a major touring band in a small venue there is. (I don't think Shellac is really a fair comparison - I'd expect Shellac to be a lot cheaper than Jarvis if they were playing in London too.) Nor do I know how popular Jarvis is in South America in the first place - is he a big star, or just some little-known British musician with a cult following?

Are Echo & the Bunnymen still really popular in South America, or is that just fiction?

I digress. It is a rough deal, but I don't know what to say, really. Rhetorical question for everyone (and I don't know what my answer is): How much should ticket prices reflect the state of the local economy, rather than factors like the costs of putting on the show, or how much the artist could make if they just played down the road from their house?

Ok Let's talk then :)

"Are Echo & the Bunnymen still really popular in South America, or is that just fiction?"

Well they came in 2006 and they did very well. They're not huge but still have a large fanbase. Wich might be a little stagnated hence the youger audiences doesn't give them much attention except for Goths -a urban tribe wich is stiil appealing here.

Talking about popularity I think Jarvis is not a cult act. Pulp were pretty popular in the late nineties specially with TIH (that was when I was introduced to them - i'm 26) And Jarvis popularity's still growing not for his solo album due to Pulp is a band that is still linked with BritPop. I guess Pulp would been gathered 10,000 people. Now, Jarvis solo must be 2,000, 3,000 fans. Because like Gaz said it's a once in a lifetime chance to see the man live with the still-skinny-appearance, wrist flicks, witty comments between songs included in a Pulp songless show. Now with those ticket prices that number would fall dramatically. One thing you leave out of the equation is sponsorship wich is really important here because like you said even with a £20 (almost half the price) wouldn't be realistic for any promoter to bring Jarvis straight from France. On the other hand. Yeah Shellac is no fair comparison but a five quid ticket can bring him and his entourage from the States? If that's so I want Albini's matter teleportation machine.

We -because there's a petition of 400 people bitching about it like me- believe that this system is monopolystic and it's aimed for exclusive shows for people who will roughly afford it (justified by the once-in-a-lifetimeness reason) and tourists (there's a lot of young people coming from Europe and the States) So we are against this tendency that -with Jarvis gig -reached its top and I'know it will peak again with another international visit. We know there are other ways to do it. But is crucial for the artist to be acknowledged. I don't want him to be dissapointed. I've seen it with Devendra Banhart (wich it was half the price in a similar venue) he couldn't believe what was going on.

About that rethorical question on this context of argentinian economy £5 would be ideal. But like you said is a rough deal. Especially if you're a Jarvis fan.

Cheers
Little Teeth