I'm nineteen years old and have been listening to The Stones since as far back as I can remember. When I was two years old, I could properly recite to you the lyrics of Sympathy for the Devil, and this was before I even learned the alphabet! As you can see, my dad and I are huge fans. I've always wanted to see them live and when I found out they had scheduled tour dates near my hometown, I was more then excited! The day of the ticket sale came around, and not only did the concert pretty much sell out in an hour (all that was left was obstructed view and barely any seats right next to each other), but the CHEAPEST tickets were 65 bucks! FOR THE OBSTRUCTED VIEW!! Not to mention, if you wanted floor seats, you would've had to fork out 454 dollars. I was astonished. I went on Ebay to see if my luck would change, but tickets on there were going for around 6 thousand dollars. Can you believe that? When my dad was younger, his friend worked for Ticketmaster and when The Stones went on tour, she grabbed the first three tickets, which just so happened to be sixth row, center. He said that although it was a phenominal experience, he would've never in his right mind paid $454 for them. It's only a show. Does anyone else see a problem in this? Do The Rolling Stones have any say in how pricey their tickets are? Because if they do, it saddens me. Especially when, at the concerts, you'll find that the BIGGEST fans are in the nosebleeds.
They know people will pay a scalper above the $450 a ticket, so they figure they should get a bigger chunk. I would buy the $60 seats and move wherever you want to go, I got Stones tickets for three shows at Madison Square Garden for about $40 each, and went to a good section to enjoy the show. All you need to get is in the door, then you can kick it!
Yes they have a say in how much their tickets go for. And they go for wayyy too much, I was going to see them in Calgary, but it was around 300 for a ticket. Same with Paul McCartney, he was in Seattle, and i think it was over 200. I don't understand it, they really can't need the money, and Bob Dylan and Tom Petty both sell tickets for under $70.
They made some great music back in the day, but I wouldn't spend my money to go see them today, and I go to a lot of shows.
I payed about 60 for the obstucted view at a CSN&Y concert in 2000. Does this mean they too have sold out? Most of the concerts of "older bands" are really quite expensive. I did. however get to see the Stones at "Sarstock" and it was good times.
It's simple supply and demand, like in my state, they're doing one show at a 20,000 something seat arena in a state with 3.5 million people, of course the 20-25,000 people who get tickets are gonna pay big money for it.
yeah, but the stones were different for me. it's not like they NEED the money (obviously), so i just get frustrated when greed takes over yet another great band. especially MY great band
Last year I paid $99 for two tickets to see CSN at Verizon Wireless in Virginia Beach, VA. They were both second row center seats.
