Is it worth waiting for cheaper tickets?
Sometimes. In TourTicketCompare's price records, the lowest resale price fell at about half of shows in a tour's first fortnight and rose at about a quarter, so waiting is a gamble, not a rule. Here is what the records show, with sample sizes.
What happened after day one
For 1,608 US shows on newly listed tours, the lowest listed resale price two weeks after TourTicketCompare first recorded it was lower at 788 (49%), higher at 390 (24%) and about the same at 430. Prices fell about twice as often as they rose, but at roughly half of shows there was no fall.
Day one here is the first day TourTicketCompare recorded a price (between 9 August 2026 and 19 October 2026), not the official on-sale date. Figures as of 2026-11-03, 100 artists. Read the full day-one data.
In the last week before a show, the lowest listed price was lower than a week earlier at about 6 in 10 of 421 US shows (68 artists, as of 2026-10-30). Final-week data.
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US tours with at least 5 compared shows. Each show's lowest listed price on 2026-11-10 against 2026-10-27 (14 days earlier), on the same ticket site, UTC days.
Across all 1,839 compared US shows (122 artists): lower at 599, higher at 560, about the same at 680. "About the same" means within 2% either way.
Limits to keep in mind
What this does and doesn't say
- It is a record, not a forecast. A price that fell lately can rise tomorrow, and nothing here promises a drop.
- It is the lowest listed resale price, not every seat. A listed price is not a checkout total: fees, delivery and seat location differ by listing and site.
- US shows only. TourTicketCompare tracks too few shows elsewhere to say anything yet. Each ticket site is compared only with itself.
- Waiting can cost you. The cheapest seats may sell out, and official tickets at face value are a different market. This page makes no savings claim: the page shows direction and counts, not prices you would have saved.
- Gaps are not signals. A show with no reading on either day is left out.