Bono on U2 ticket prices: Floor spots start around $160 on the new tour, and the band has ‘no problem’ letting rich fans pay $1,500

Bono has a message for U2’s wealthiest fans: The band is happy to take your money.

“We also have no problem separating rich people from their money,” the U2 frontman said on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast in an episode released Oct. 17. “You know, as we say, rich people have feelings, too. If they want to pay very high prices, we’ve no problem.”

But Bono, 66, also made a rarer admission for a rock star about to launch a stadium tour: Many fans are probably overpaying. “If they’re in America, we want people to feel really good about the choice to pay a ticket—and probably pay too much for it—to see us,” he said, as Business Insider first highlighted.

The comments come as U2 opens presales for its Greatest Show on Earth world tour, which kicks off Feb. 23 in Mexico City. The band was also just named the halftime act for the NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve game, which streams on Netflix on Nov. 25.

U2 says it keeps the best seats cheap

Asked how much control the band has over ticket prices, Bono said “very little.” What U2 can do, he said, is protect the most coveted spots. “What we do in our band is we take the best seats in the house—we’ve done this all........

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