How much do you spend on concert admission per year?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Not counting drinks, merchandise, and travel to the show (unless you want to include that separately).
 
 My guess for myself: $200, though that may decrease now as I'm getting older and have a baby and wife at home...
 
 
 Now that I think about it more, I'm guessing I'm probably in the $150 range...

[walkonby]

i feel bad . . . i spent that in august alone.

[killsaly]

at least 400

[nkotb]

That's a good question.  I don't know off the top of my head, since I go in weird spurts.  If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere around $300 - $400 on an average year.
 
 I can't wait to see the Director & bnyce's tallies.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Last year I must have spent about...400.
 
 This year.....probably close to 400 already, considering i paid 60 for White Stripes and 200 for V Fest plus other shows here and there. And I just got wind of like 5 to 10 shows I wanna go to. Plus traveling [Philly to see Justice].

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by nkotb:
  That's a good question.  I don't know off the top of my head, since I go in weird spurts.  If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere around $300 - $400 on an average year.
 
 I can't wait to see the Director & bnyce's tallies.

Let's just say it has 3 zeros behind it & leave it at that.  Don't even make me think about including travel, drinks, merch, and the dreaded "et cetera" category.  Only those fortunate enough to kick it with me a show know about that.  Names are un-necessary.
 
 And my yearly total is prolly a slow quarter for bnyce.  

[danknugz]

i spent $150 on cure tickets for my girlfriend and i this year, and thats the most I've ever paid. i dont go to all that many shows a year, maybe 10 at the most. on average, i spend about $100-$150 a year. this year, i've probably spent about $300.
 
 only 2 other shows i have to go to this year, Mono @ Ramshead, and Doug Stanhope @ Arlington Cinema Drafthouse. i dont think im going to any others. maybe DMST @ black cat and Megadeth @ 930. but those are maybes.

[sonickteam2]

lets see, probably about $500 between me and the wife, she likes to go to some cheesy shows, which always seem to carry a higher ticket price. then add about another $150 for shows i go to without her, so i only have to buy one ticket.
 
  i'll go with $650. (more if we pick a festival, of course)
 
 and i would think the Bombay Chutney may have a lot of people beat too.

[miss pretentious]

I wonder if I spend more on concert tickets or clothes to be quite honest.
 
 As such, this year i've probably spent about $500 or $600... possibly heading upwards of $800 by the end of the year. And I didn't even have to buy Virgin Festival tickets...

[6949]

I would say just under $1000.  I wish tickets.com had a working order history.

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by le sonick:
 and i would think the Bombay Chutney may have a lot of people beat too.

Probably not as many as you'd think.  I don't go to very many "big ticket" shows or festivals and I don't go to nearly as many club shows as I used to.   I spend way too much, but I'm sure plenty of folks here have me beat by an indie mile.

[sweetcell]

i'm sure i'd be shocked if i came up with my exact annual spend, so i'd rather not find out.  i'm definitely into the four digits too, on tickets alone - but one must consider i'm buying for two 90% of the time, since in this couple concert tickets are my responsibility. i/we do tend to go to a lot of expensive "big ticket" shows.
 
     

Originally posted by nkotb:
 I can't wait to see the Director & bnyce's tallies.

i suspect that ixkpd-bk's total would be right up there with those two.  boardee trivia: what do all three have in common? (other than an addiction to live shows, of course...)  
 
 joe marshmellow is probably on the same level as me - a step below those three, but still boardline insane     :p      
 
 as thedirector said, it's an investment in my happiness.  i have the income to support this habit, and this is what i chose to spend it on as it brings me the most happiness.  for some it's shoes, for others it's cars, other it's financial investments... me, it's the unique high i get from a good performance.  it does take on a "chasing the dragon" quality at times.

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  I wonder if I spend more on concert tickets or clothes to be quite honest.
 
 As such, this year i've probably spent about $500 or $600... possibly heading upwards of $800 by the end of the year. And I didn't even have to buy Virgin Festival tickets...

as an addendum to my previous comment, my new year's resolution was to shift my money from clothes to shows...

[sweetcell]

i knew there was a good reason why i wanted you to spend more time with my girlfriend...
 
 j/k  :p

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
       

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  I wonder if I spend more on concert tickets or clothes to be quite honest.
 
 As such, this year i've probably spent about $500 or $600... possibly heading upwards of $800 by the end of the year. And I didn't even have to buy Virgin Festival tickets...

as an addendum to my previous comment, my new year's resolution was to shift my money from clothes to shows... [/b]

I don't even wanna think about the wardrobe budget.  But then again, one must keep up appearances.  Image is everything.      :cool:    
 
 Funny this thread pops up. I remember a conversation with a certain boardie here who
 until they opened their trap never made me even think about what I was spending on shows.
 
 I wonder who it was . . .       :mad: