What's the most you spent on a concert ticket?

[Vas Deferens]

Mine is:
 
 Bjork - Paramount Theatre, Oakland 2001
 $100 + ticketmaster fees

[bearman🐻]

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.

[Shadrach]

A little over $50 each for 2 Tool tickets. Not too bad, it was worth it.

[beetsnotbeats]

$40 each for Kraftwerk last year and Dylan/Mitchell several years ago. But I've had a few comps that were higher.

[sweetcell]

$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.

[thegazelle]

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.

[andyrichter]

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.

[alex]

$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.

[Bombay Chutney]

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.

[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.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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.

[xneverwherex]

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.

[beetsnotbeats]

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).

[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?