It’s a summer of low concert ticket sales, poor attendance and cancelled tours. Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, The Eagles, John Mayer and Lilith Fair are among those that have had to cancel or shuffle dates. But some acts are doing just fine. These include the Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift and Bon jovi. And Iron Maiden – the metal giants have been packing venues and selling out dates across Canada, including those in Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton.

Frontman Bruce Dickinson attributes at least part of this success to reasonable ticket prices and says acts who charge exorbitant fees get what they deserve when those tickets don’t sell.

The ridiculous prices, which can rocket into the near thousands of dollars, are attempts to recoup money lost from record sales in a dying industry. But, according to Contact Music, Dickinson says Maiden refused to bow to pressure from record industry bosses to hike costs.

Dickinson tells Sky News, “It’s a massive commitment to come to see a band. They deserve not just a great show but they deserve a reasonable ticket price. Other people have inflated ticket prices to obscene levels and it’s just not right. It’s a rock ‘n’ roll show, it’s not a cash cow.”

Maiden is heading into the European leg of their Final Frontier Tour.

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