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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Vas Deferens on November 17, 2006, 05:11:00 pm
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Mine is:
Bjork - Paramount Theatre, Oakland 2001
$100 + ticketmaster fees
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I think Coachella, but that was like $150 for 2 days...for a single show, I think the VIP ticket I paid for the Bob Mould Wedrock show. I think it was about $100 or so. But nowadays, I will be very reluctant to spend more than $40 unless it's something very special.
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A little over $50 each for 2 Tool tickets. Not too bad, it was worth it.
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$40 each for Kraftwerk last year and Dylan/Mitchell several years ago. But I've had a few comps that were higher.
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$120 each for scalped tix to radiohead this past summer (saw them at the tower theater). i've flown to europe specifically for a festival or three, those clocked in at over a thousand if you include all costs.
i don't consider paying $50 for a ticket that notable anymore... Shadrach and Beats, are you implying that y'all get comp'ed all the time?!? ("i'm not going if i have to pay"...)
BONUS QUESTION: was it worth it? most definitely was in my case, that show was amazing. i missed out on the previous 2 tours because of travel, so this one was worth every penny.
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Great topic! Not including multi-day festival tickets, I'd guess it was somewhere in the $250 - $300 range for a single Phish New Year's show ticket. Yep, those hippies love to turn a profit on eBay.
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i think i paid $50 for the beastie boys a few years ago. and last year's whfstival may have been close to $50. but nothing ever above that although that will probably change next year.
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$80 for one day at Coachella through Ticketmaster, $140 for the second day on eBay. Didn't decide to go until the last minute in 2004, and day two was already sold out.
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I paid about $160 for Stones tickets in Baltimore.
$125 for Clapton last month.
I think those are the only ones that broke the $100 mark. WedRock too, if bearman is right about the price.
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I'm not sure if anybody is gonna beat me on this one ... $650 on one front-row ticket to see Radiohead in Cleveland on the Kid A tour. It was the first time I had ever seen them and I just went all out. I had to eat bread sandwiches for the next 3 months, but it was worth it.
Yeah, it is pretty ridiculous to spend that much money on one show, but I was like 18 years old and eBay has this way of just driving you INSANE over winning an auction (for example: playstation 3 systems are selling for over $5,000 right now ... go check it out). I was working part time as an IT guy at my dad's office ... making like $9.00 an hour, too, so that was pretty much an entire paycheck-and-a-half.
The show was AMAZING, though ... so yeah, I definitely think it was worth it. After all, what is money other than something we get and give to make our lives (hopefully) better.
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I spent $40+ each on two Belle and Sebastian tickets, and boy did it suck.
I tend to look for good shows that are 20 bucks and less. There are plenty of them to be had, so why bother with the expensive ones?
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How much money do you give to charity each year?
Originally posted by delancie:
I'm not sure if anybody is gonna beat me on this one ... $650 on one front-row ticket to see Radiohead in Cleveland on the Kid A tour. It was the first time I had ever seen them and I just went all out. I had to eat bread sandwiches for the next 3 months, but it was worth it.
Yeah, it is pretty ridiculous to spend that much money on one show, but I was like 18 years old and eBay has this way of just driving you INSANE over winning an auction (for example: playstation 3 systems are selling for over $5,000 right now ... go check it out). I was working part time as an IT guy at my dad's office ... making like $9.00 an hour, too, so that was pretty much an entire paycheck-and-a-half.
The show was AMAZING, though ... so yeah, I definitely think it was worth it. After all, what is money other than something we get and give to make our lives (hopefully) better.
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I paid around $80 (give or take w/service charges) to see Morrissey at The Apollo. It was very worth it. I wanted tickets for a lot more nights, but at that price, I just couldnt afford it.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Shadrach and Beats, are you implying that y'all get comp'ed all the time?!? ("i'm not going if i have to pay"...)
I got comped a lot when I worked in record stores; I've been out of that biz for a few years now. I rarely go to shows nowadays. As it happened, I was surprised that Kraftwerk was only $40. I would have paid more (within reason, of course).
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does the IRS count as charity?
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
How much money do you give to charity each year?
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Originally posted by delancie:
(for example: playstation 3 systems are selling for over $5,000 right now ... go check it out).
People are asking that much, but they're not getting it. They're going for about $2500-3000 on Ebay.
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Obviously, these bids are BS, but still funny to imagine someone paying this much: $99,999,999.00 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Playstation-3-PS3-60GB-Free-Overnight-Shipping-Blu-ray_W0QQitemZ150059269467QQihZ005QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
$44,100.00 (http://cgi.ebay.com/PLAYSTATION-3-PS3-60GB-PRE-SALE-SHIPS-OVERNIGHT-11-17_W0QQitemZ140052208802QQihZ004QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
People are asking that much, but they're not getting it. They're going for about $2500-3000 on Ebay.
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Originally posted by delancie:
does the IRS count as charity?
Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
How much money do you give to charity each year?
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Sorry 'bout yr Uncle Milton (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111601366.html) :roll:
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$264 (face + ticketmaster fees) to see McCartney 5th row at Boardwalk Hall in AC in 2002. Relatively small arena that the Beatles once played in. Worth it.
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$350
Pearl Jam
Acoustic Benefit for YouthCare
Benaroya Hall, Seattle
October 22, 2003
If you're a PJ fan, you're probably familiar with the show, as you probably own this (or should, if you don't):
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It was worth it, let me tell you. Don't get me wrong, I'll be the first to agree that $350 is an absolutely outrageous price to pay to see a show. But for one so truly amazing and special, I decided to throw restraint to the winds for once. My only regret is that the majority of that amount didn't actually go to YouthCare, only the original ticket price. Had it all gone to charity, I wouldn't have felt as bad about spending that much. I actually got my ticket out front the night of the show, after standing around for over an hour. It was one of only two tickets I saw sold out there in that entire time.
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$110 for Madonna in DC in 2004. Face value.
$108 for U2 in DC in 2005. Each night. Face Value.
The other 3 times I saw them on that tour I had the cheap GA tickets, or I got them well below face value on Craig's list and Ebay.
And I think we paid nearly $100 for the acoustic Springsteen show at the Patriot Center. Face Value.
Was U2 worth it? Hell yeah. Was Madonna worth it? Mostly, but not entirely. Was Springsteen worth it? It's Bruuuuccccee! I'll pay that much for U2 and Springsteen again, not Madonna
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Bruce Springsteen at the Patriot Center a couple of years ago. With the ticketmaster fees it came to close to $100. I believe face value was about $80.
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This year's Bonnaroo, which including taxes and fees was $200. Well worth it.
As for single shows, the Stones at Soldier Field last year- $99.
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I paid $120 for that Radiohead show at Tower Theatre and had the inside aisle seat in the 3rd row, stage right. Excellent show! Up til that point the most I've paid is @$50.
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I think the most expensive ticket I've purchased was Dylan's quasi-secret show at the 9:30 Club a couple years ago. (I just looked it up: 2004/04/02.) I don't remember how much tickets were exactly, but I seem to recall $70-80 with tickets.com fees. For the record, it wasn't really worth it.
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Bruce Springsteen, 80 dollars for that acoustic show and 120 for a scalped ticket to see him with the E Street Band. Totally worth it. I honestly think he could be one of the greatest performers ever.
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I don't usually spend outrageous amounts on the tickets themselves; I can't recall the last time I bought from a scalper and most of the bands I really want to see don't go over $40/ticket. And usually it's more like $25 or less for the tickets. But lately I have gotten in a really bad habit of going out of town to see shows. Sometimes it's bands that I won't get the chance to see again for a long time (the Pogues in NYC was well worth the trip even though I saw both nights here too) sometimes it's not (I think I've seen Social Distortion 6 or 7 times this year) but either way it gets pretty expensive.
Like my trip to the Voodoo Music Festival a few weeks back... tickets to the Festival were a pretty good deal at $60 for a 2-day pass. Add in airfare at $350 and hotel at $190/night (in New Orleans these days, there's no mid-range hotels, only heroin-junkie dives and upscale) and it's a pretty expensive little outing.
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Originally posted by gradon:
I paid $120 for that Radiohead show at Tower Theatre and had the inside aisle seat in the 3rd row, stage right. Excellent show! Up til that point the most I've paid is @$50.
bitch! i paid $120 too for that exact same show, but only got mid-balcony...
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Face Value: Besides festivals, I think $160+ charges for ROLLING STONES.
For scalper: $400 for THE WHO doing TOMMY for the first time -- Radio City show. I think the face was $250.
But the most I paid, based on %%% over face:
U2 for THE JOSHUA TREE Tempe show that was filmed for Rattle&Hum. Tix were $5, but I paid $150 for one show and $75 for the other
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i think the most i ever paid for a show was when i drove to kansas city, MO to see the last get up kids show ever last july. it was a 23 hour drive each way, plus a night at a hotel; so i'm su re counting gas and such, the trip cost several hundred...but it was absolutely worth it. that band changed my life when i was 13, and if they ever reuinted, i would attend no matter where in the world it was, and how much the ticket price was. to me, if you really love a band, and that band means something to you, i dont think you can put a price on seeing and connecting with said band live and experiencing them for a few hours. i think moments like that are absoultely priceless, and something you can never get back or experience again.
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$90ish to see Springsteen the day after his birthday in KC a few years ago, taping it and getting away with it = priceless
aside from that I haven't paid more than $70 i think.
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$125 (face value) for Prince at the Warner a few years ago...midnight show...he played until 3...well worth it...watched the last half of the show with Larry Graham ...pretty great event
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$125 to a scalper to see Pearl Jam at Constitution Hall in 1998. I had always missed out on their ticket lotteries and really wanted to see them. Great seats, great show.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by gradon:
I paid $120 for that Radiohead show at Tower Theatre and had the inside aisle seat in the 3rd row, stage right. Excellent show! Up til that point the most I've paid is @$50.
bitch! i paid $120 too for that exact same show, but only got mid-balcony... [/b]
The most I've ever paid was for this show also - $150 for third row in the Loge. Amazing show.
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I paid face for this show, 3rd row pit :p
HEHEHE
Originally posted by amnesiac:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by gradon:
I paid $120 for that Radiohead show at Tower Theatre and had the inside aisle seat in the 3rd row, stage right. Excellent show! Up til that point the most I've paid is @$50.
bitch! i paid $120 too for that exact same show, but only got mid-balcony... [/b]
The most I've ever paid was for this show also - $150 for third row in the Loge. Amazing show. [/b]
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152 for Coachella 2004 tickets. worth every last cent.
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Festivals excluded...Peter Gabriel, I think $100'ish face+fees the first time and close to $150 face+fees the second. Don't believe in supporting scalpers, so that's the max for me.
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$400 give or take $50 three times in the past year. (Just saw 'em Friday night.) WOW! If they weren't in L.A. & Vancouver for the last 2 shows, I'd go RIGHT NOW. 60 year olds aren't supposed to rock like that. They're really not.
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coachella tickets were $70/day in 04.
i wasted $80 on white stripes NYE tickets (2003) and walked out before they even played.
but for a normal day of the year, the most i've paid for a ticket, i think, was ~$60 for roger waters at nissan in 2000. i don't forsee myself paying to go to anything at nissan again.
i think i might have paid more than $60 for the RH tickets for this year because of getting jacked with the exchange rates and such, but i am not 100% sure..
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$85 for a Pink Floyd ticket in 1994 or 95. Completely wasted on me since I only knew the big songs and did not have a freak out when the pigs inflated.
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Originally posted by chokeychicken:
i think the most i ever paid for a show was when i drove to kansas city, MO to see the last get up kids show ever last july.
as a big Get Up Kids fan, do you know why "impossible outcomes" never came out on an LP? it's my favorite song by them (excepting "dottie", maybe), but it's stuck on that "eudora" comp they put out ... what were they thinking not giving that song a proper release?
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$260 for a pair of 6th row, dead center tickets to oasis. :(
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Originally posted by MAXX44:
$125 (face value) for Prince at the Warner a few years ago...watched the last half of the show with Larry Graham...
I think Larry Graham and Prince are buddies. Both are members of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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spent $300 per ticket, two tickets, to see radiohead june 2, 2006 at the tower theater in philly.
well worth it. especially at a venue that small when they were experimenting with new songs theyve been working on in the studio for over a year, but still have not yet officially released.
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$300 is too much for radiohead for me still.
that being said i did go to 4 shows on the tour and had seats within 20 rows to all of them.
unless it was some sort of special show, i don't think i'd pay $100 for radiohead.
but i don't think radiohead are likely to charge that much. their prices are relatively low compared to what a lot of other bands are charging/what they really could charge.
i guess my real complaint is that starting with the 2001 touring they just didn't have as many dates per tour as they used to/could have.
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Originally posted by TheDirector217:
$400 give or take $50 three times in the past year. (Just saw 'em Friday night.) WOW! If they weren't in L.A. & Vancouver for the last 2 shows, I'd go RIGHT NOW. 60 year olds aren't supposed to rock like that. They're really not.
I was talking about The Stones by the way . . . .