Fans fume at Kylie Minogue ticket prices: ‘Do you want to meet fans or millionaires?’

KYLIE Minogue’s launching her new album with a handful of intimate concerts - but the price tag for tickets has been slammed by fans as “disgusting”.

Kylie Minogue’s new music video for her new single "Dancing". Source: YouTube

KYLIE Minogue will launch her upcoming fourteenth studio album Golden with a handful of intimate shows across the UK and Europe.

For any Kylie fan, it sounds like heaven - a chance to see the pop princess performing in venues that hold mere hundreds of patrons, rather than the arenas she usually packs out.

But while the venues may be small, the price tag is not.

Fans eager to attend Minogue’s London concert at the exclusive Cafe De Paris have baulked at the price for a Meet & Greet ticket to the show, which includes a photo opportunity with the woman herself.

That’ll set you back £965 - or just over $1700 in Aussie dollars.

Regular tickets to the show are going for £110 ($AU 194), while those who’d like early entry to the venue to get a good spot up the front will have to pay an eye-watering £265 ($AU 468) for the privilege.

As word spread that those who want a brief meeting with Ms Minogue will need to shell out close to a thousand pounds, fans took to social media to voice their anger - many tweeting Kylie directly:

Just seen the prices for Kylie at Cafe de Paris - £965 for meet n greet, £265 early entry (oo-er) & £110 to stand at the back ... I blame all of the streaming sites, artists need to make 💰 somehow

— ★★★ tony ★★★ (@tonydavidwood) February 14, 2018

@kylieminogue #golden rip off! £1000 for meet and greet? Especially in this day and age... tempting people to get into debt. Disgusting!

— Doug Gray (@dougray71) February 14, 2018

@kylieminogue please tell me your not charging £965 for meet and greet tickets!! 😱😱 #lovers have dreamed of meeting you for years and we can't afford that!!

— Sophie M (@kyliemadxx) February 14, 2018

@kylieminogue I'm really going to try for 2 tickets but disappointed at the pricing for meet and greet. I've saved for 2 years in the hope it was around £500... Can't afford nearly £1000 #disappointed #lovers all over 😂😂😂

— Sarah Steel (@sfletch78) February 14, 2018

And I knew M&G would be pricey but I find the concept of paying to meet someone really sad. @kylieminogue has been my idol since I was 8, I would adore to meet her (again) but to know I paid for it makes it feel cheap and not special. I just think the industry is sad now :(

— Leah (@LeahPardo) February 14, 2018

is kylie actually playing with those ticket prices lmao £965 for a meet and greet?? full offence gaga’s was cheaper and i got over an hour with her and an open bar so for almost a grand i would like a personal lap dance, thank u

— amber (@amberstefani) February 14, 2018

@kylieminogue do you want to meet fans or only millionaires? I'm disgusted. pic.twitter.com/9Nw6VBKdlC

— kissmetwice (@kissmetwice14) February 14, 2018

@kylieminogue very disappointed in your meet&greet prices.what a Joke! £https://t.co/oEsqfhVPoQ fans aren’t rich like you,we made you Rich!!No More Dancing😪

— Jason Wintle (@justjase75) February 14, 2018

Minogue’s certainly not the first pop star to cash in on fans’ desire to get up close and personal with their idol. Miley Cyrus charged fans $US950 for meet and greet tickets to her Bangerz tour, while Justin Bieber charged $US650 for a brief photo opportunity at his Believe tour.

Meet and greet tickets seem a less popular offering here in Australia, where upcoming tours by pop divas Shania Twain and Celine Dion both come with high-priced VIP ticket offers - without a chance to meet the singers.

These prices don’t impress me much

You could raise the Titanic for this price, Celine. Picture: AFP

$999 for a ‘Signature VIP’ ticket to Dion’s show will give you a seat in or near the front row, as well as a gift bag, digital photo book and ‘limited edition lithograph’ - but no face time with Dion.

The ‘Ultimate VIP’ ticket to Twain’s tour will give you a front-row seat, tour gift, VIP pass - but not a meeting with the country pop star herself. Oh, and it’ll cost you $1,249.

For those with the cash to splash, here’s what a 965-pound ticket to Kylie’s London show will get you, according to the UK Ticketmaster website:

-One seated ticket on the balcony to see Kylie live (ticket face value £100)

-Pre-show Meet & Greet with Kylie

-Individual photo opportunity with Kylie

-Red carpet entrance into the venue

-Champagne reception

-Bowl food and canapés served pre -show

-Complimentary drinks pre-show (beers, selected spirits and soft drinks)

-Merchandise item designed exclusively for package purchasers

-Souvenir Kylie tour laminate + lanyard

-Designated check-in with our on-site concert host

... Better make the most of your bowl food and selected spirits.

Originally published as Fans fume at Kylie Minogue ticket prices: ‘Do you want to meet fans or millionaires?’