Jay-Z is charging HOW MUCH??!??! Oh, then there's Ticketmaster...

[dave24]

unless you're made to stand in the lobby, $100 for jay z at the warner is pretty damn decent.

It's a shame that in this day and age that may well be true.  I'm not going to date myself - but I've paid far, far less for far better acts back in the day.  In today's landscape though, $100 isn't the worst news - you're right. However $375-$1,000 is still highway robbery, in my opinion - that I believe is shared by many (I could be wrong).

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[killsaly]

Jay Z is doing the same inauguration day/week mark up others are doing.  Wont eateries and other businesses be charging more during this time?  I do think it is a bit much though, but if someone really wants to see him that bad, then more power to him.  There isnt a single artist i would pay anywhere close to that for.  Maybe a week long festival, but definitely not a single artist show, Jay Z or other. 

[dave24]

Jay Z is doing the same inauguration day/week mark up others are doing.  Wont eateries and other businesses be charging more during this time? 

Eateries, bars etc will just be staying open later.  Raising prices isn't usually an issue.  I've been to two Super Bowls, and the price of a meal was the same in either host city as at home.  They generally just appreciate the increase in business.

I'm not sure EVERYONE is marking themselves up for inauguration.  Moby is charging $35 at the club.

[Firebutt McGee]

Tickets purchased. Can we now turn this into the Jay-Z rollcall thread?

[hutch]

people are willing to pay 500


supply and demand supply and demand..

[heather]

Tickets purchased. Can we now turn this into the Jay-Z rollcall thread?

works for me!  i bought a single "cheap" seat-- it's my bday week!

[Vas Deferens]

I was tempted to buy, but I have not enjoyed a rap show in my life except for the Coup. And Jay-Z ain't no Coup...

[Firebutt McGee]

C'mon, Joe! Come see Jay-Z!

[MonkeyPants]

Tickets purchased. Can we now turn this into the Jay-Z rollcall thread?

You know I'll be there   cheap seats totally worth it.  Jay-Z will bring it.

[azaghal1981]

Didn't he play the e-factory or sonar for $100-150 last year or the year before?


E-Fact is comparable to Warner in capacity and Sonar holds much less than Warner.

[azaghal1981]

Even Morrissey is only charging $75 on his new tour and I thought that was expensive.

I guess 40/40 club didn't pan out so well for Jay-Z.

Please.  I'd pay at least $100 just to see Jay-Z kick Morrissey's ass.

Seconded. Or at least a duet.

Speaking of Jay-Z and duets, you know what I always thought would've been a badass/awesomely awkward duet? A live mash-up of sorts of "Big Pimpin'"/Abdel Halim Hafez's "Khosara" (song Jay-Z sampled for that track) if Hafez were still alive.
They could've done an alternating of verses.

[RustyOrgan]

Can someone please PM me a JAY-Z presale password?? THANKS!!
or (GlenSColen@gmail.com)

[MindCage]

As expensive as this is, you have to consider that Jay-Z is pretty much top of the line when it comes to rap stars.  And he really doesn't do too many concerts.  And it is a comparatively small venue.

That being said, I think if this wasn't an "inauguration" concert, tickets would be significantly less expensive.

He doesn't do too many concerts? He was just here this past summer right after tying the knot with Beyonce...

As I  mentioned on someone's status yesterday, it wouldn't surprise me tickets are so expensive. For the last tour that stopped at Verizon, it was costing Jay-Z over $150,000 A DAY to run, that didn't include Mary J. Blige's side. Jay-Z had 14 tour buses and about 40 people in his "entourage" that did absolutely nothing at all other than catch a free ride and stay in the posh hotels will the crew and tour bus drivers got the HoJo or whatever out on New Ave with the hookers...

[Firebutt McGee]

Can someone please PM me a JAY-Z presale password?? THANKS!!
or (GlenSColen@gmail.com)

Its in yr email!

[Venerable Bede]

i would pay $100 to see this live.