Lana Del Rey fans lash out at 'disgusting' ticket prices on Ticketmaster - as pre-sale for newly announced UK tour goes live
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Lana Del Rey fans have been left furious as they branded the price of her upcoming tour tickets 'disgusting'.
The Video Games hitmaker, 39, delighted fans after she announced her huge 2025 UK and Ireland stadium tour on Monday which will see her play London's Wembley Stadium on July 3, as part of her biggest headline run this side of the pond.
However, while fans were excited at first by the news, they were left shocked at the cost of the tickets which start from £70 after they accessed the artist presale on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for Lana confirmed to MailOnline: '90% are fixed price between £70-£162.50.
'Approx 10% of inventory is sold as platinum, up to 2.5 x the original face value. These are reserved seats located in premium areas throughout the venue.
'Tickets cannot be resold on the secondary market aside from face value ticket exchanges (including the Ticketmaster face value exchange and twickets).'
Lana Del Rey fans have lashed out at 'disgusting' ticket prices on Ticketmaster - as the pre-sale for her newly announced UK tour went live (pictured performing in Paris in August)
While fans were excited at first by the news, they were left shocked at the cost of the tickets which start at £70 going all the way up to £400
Some fans slammed Ticketmaster for not loading the seat map and being unable to use their pre-sale codes.
Ticketmaster insisted it is Lana's team who will have determined the pricing, telling MailOnline: 'Ticketmaster does not set ticket prices. The artist team plan all aspects of their event or tour - including the price of tickets.'
Taking to Twitter fans lashed out as they branded the prices 'vile' and admitted they weren't willing to pay such high amounts.
They penned: 'Lana del Rey ticket prices are vile'; 'i’ve wanted to see lana del rey for years but those prices are diabolical, £167 for seated?!?!';
'Whilst I’d love to see Lana Del Rey live, these are not prices I’m willing to pay and more so these are not prices I’m willing to ask my friends who are casual fans to pay. Considering this is a stadium, £80 as a starting point is beyond ridiculous';
'Concert ticket prices have definitely skyrocketed lately, and it’s no surprise fans are frustrated. Paying £100 for nosebleeds or £116 for restricted view tickets is a steep ask even for an artist as iconic as Lana Del Rey....';
'If the prices I'm seeing from posts on here about the Lana Del Rey @TicketmasterUK pre-sale are correct (£170 for standard standing tickets) then that's disgusting.
'Major-label artists and ticket companies are vultures preying on fans. Respectfully, get bent ma'am';
'Oh Ticketmaster and Lana Del Rey you are cheeky with those prices'; 'don’t particularly care for Lana Del Rey but those ticket prices are ridiculous';
'Lana Del Rey, are you having a laugh with your ticket prices ma’am?!'
One fan told MailOnline they managed to secure two platinum tickets for the London Wembley show for £671.65 with fees..
They admitted they were shocked to have secured the tickets for £315 each after they logged on to find themselves 75,000 in the queue and panic bought them.
Taking to Twitter fans lashed out as they branded the prices 'vile' and admitted they weren't willing to pay such high amounts
Ticketmaster bosses previously came under fire again for raking in profits after their use of dynamic pricing when Oasis tickets went on sale earlier this year.
Dynamic pricing sees companies ask the price for a product that is equal to the value a consumer attaches to it, so their willingness to pay more increases the value.
This way companies can calculate how many consumers are willing to pay for the product at each price point.
Music artists from Ed Sheeran to Taylor Swift and The Cure to Tom Grennan have refused to use dynamic pricing on tickets, yet it is unclear whether Lana has done the same.
Artists including Pearl Jam, singer-songwriter Neil Young and The Cure's Robert Smith have slammed the system, with Smith telling fans he was 'sickened' by Ticketmaster fees and calling dynamic pricing a 'greedy scam'.
It is unclear whether dynamic pricing has been used in this instance as general sale doesn't begin until Friday November 29.
Tickets go on general sale from 10am via Live Nation on Friday with an additional presale ballot for fans to sign up to for early release on Thursday November 28.
The Artist presale is currently taking place on Wednesday 27 November explaining how Twitter users have found out the prices.
Lana kicks off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on June 23 and before playing at Glasgow's Hampden Park on June 26, Liverpool FC's ground, Anfield Stadium, on June 28, and Dublin's Aviva Stadium on June 30.
The 'Born To Die' hitmaker has had a stellar 2024, having headlined Coachella in the US and Reading and Leeds in the UK, as well as Rock en Seine and her first stadium show at Fenway Park, Boston, USA.
Meanwhile, fans are awaiting a release date for Lana's upcoming 10th studio album Lasso.
The 39-year-old singer will play London's Wembley Stadium on July 3, as part of her biggest headline run this side of the pond
The Artist presale is currently taking place on Wednesday 27 November explaining how Twitter users have found out the prices
The Cinnamon Girl singer is known for her depressing lyrics, and whilst sonically the record won't be a 'bogue lana delheavy departure' from her Americana sound, she's teased the lyrics aren't as dark.
She recently told Vogue: 'All my albums are somewhat rooted in Americana, unless it's an album like 'Honeymoon' which has a jazz flair, so I don't think it will be a heavy departure.
'If anything, it will just be a little lighter lyrically, and more pointed in a classic country, American, or Southern Gothic production — which again, so many of my songs already are.'
Lana has worked with regular collaborator Jack Antonoff and country music maker Luke Laird on the new tunes.
Speaking at Billboard's pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles earlier this year, she teased: 'If you can't already tell by our award winners and our performers, the music business is going country. We're going country. It's happening.
'That's why Jack has followed me to Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Mississippi, over the last four years.'
In an Instagram video, she spilled: 'Jack's [Antonoff] in town, I'm going to see him work on some little songs. I've had a really beautiful week with [songwriter and producer] Luke Laird.'
The prolific star's last studio album was 2023's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.
Lana recently teamed up with former Migos star Quavo on the track Tough.
The 'Born To Die' hitmaker has had a stellar 2024, having headlined Coachella in the US and Reading and Leeds in the UK (pictured at Reading)
After the tour announcement, fans of Lana rushed to social media to express their excitement
After the tour announcement, fans of Lana rushed to social media to express their excitement.
They wrote on X: 'Lana Del Rey UKtour. I will be there no matter what!!'
'If I don’t get lana uk tour tickets you’ll never hear from me again.'
'LANA DEL REY UK TOUR!!??? OMGG.'
'Lana del rey doing a uk stadium tour I NEEED to be there.'
'Lana Del Rey is coming to Cardiff WHAT, a stadium tour what?! This wasn’t on my bingo card!!! Next year is looking good already!'
'LANA UK TOUR LETS GOOOOOOO.'
It comes after Lana opened up about her dream husband and relationship in a candid interview - conducted just before her shock wedding to Jeremy Dufrene.
The Honeymoon singer wed alligator tour guide Jeremy in September just weeks after debuting their romance - and spoke of her desire to marry someone 'who believes love is enough' ahead of the nuptials.
It comes after Lana opened up about her dream husband and relationship in a candid interview - conducted just before her shock wedding to Jeremy Dufrene
The star expressed her desire for a partner that wants a 'simple' love and revealed her plans to start to a family.
She said: 'Most of the people I met wanted Hollywood to be the third part in our relationship. When I get married, it’ll be to someone who, like me, believes that love is enough.
'I’ll be enough for him, and he’ll be enough for me. Someone to have children with if that happens, or just friends.
'I want it to be simple, I need to be with someone who wants to plan to stay home with me. Love is to be saved and that’s magic.'
'I want my whole life, and everything I sing, to be the positive result of something. I believe in magic because, to me, it means being optimistic, having hope, and being able to share it.'
Lana recently broke her silence following her whirlwind wedding.
She said: 'Jeremy is the one and only. And amazing. And we're very happy.'
