um...yes he does. to a certain extent of course he does. You telling me a band has no control if the promoter/venue decides to sell tickets for $500...or $1.
I just know what my experience is, having a husband who is also a The Talent. The Talent sets his price to appear and gets it (it's not like Moz is working a percentage-of-the-door deal!); if anyone wants to make money off the show they have booked into their venue, they do so by selling tickets at prices that make them a profit over what they've paid to hire The Talent.
Given that Moz is now Moz, Inc. and has tons of folks to pay as employees, it would seem certain that the price to have Morrissey play at yr venue is a good bit more than an artist with less overhead (and a good bit less than an artist with more overhead). Why do you think tickets for Madonna's last show were in the $100 - $500 range? It ain't cheap to hire Madonna, Inc. to come put on a show at yr venue, so you pass along the cost to yr customers, plus a little extra for yr profit.
So, yes, indirectly, Morrissey (or any artist) has some
effect on what the ticket price is, it's not as if he says, "I will play at XYZ SuperDome on Rocktober 37th, and the tickets will cost $73.31."
It's just the nature of the beast. That's why when a band like Pearl Jam insists that the tickets for their shows be cheaper than average, it's
news.
--jeniphir