ticket prices suck!!!!!!!! fuckin an they call themselves "hippies" or not..

AHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA,, na {cough} shes ,, to old for such antics,, or somethin like that(can you say heavily medicated but tryin to cope)...

 

$6.15? and hour is your minimum wage, damn that's shitty i'm lucky to make $5.00 working at a resturant... hmm

as for tickets, they are quite ridiculous, i just realized that when i was trying to get Atlanta Panic tickets and in like 2 seconds everythign was sold out thanks to lowly scalpers and high-end ticket buyers... it just sucks for the people that really want to go and have to pay out of the ass for sold out tickets, i was trying to get tickets to Asheville, and the cheapest i could find, $80 for a single ass tickets... when they started at $37.. plain ridiculous but i don't blame the band at all, they can't help it...

 

sorry to say but quit your whining... a ticket back in the 60s to see a great band was about the same price compared to now.... not meaning a ticket back then that was 15$ is now 15$ im saying its keeping up with how much people make a ticket back then im sure was just as expensive as now.... economy changes and people make more money than they use to in the 60s... its just something to deal with... people will pay the price wether you do or not.. a bunch of my friends and people on this forum were complainin about how much the dylan/nelson concert is... but hell man... 54$ is not as insane as you think... its well worth it to see two great people..... one of which the best damn folk singer to ever live....

 

ya i think the problem is more the scalpers that somehow buy up all the tickets so the folks that realy want to go cant get them unless they pay out the ass i think some promoters take a little mor than they deserve to leaves that much less for the the bands to make their payroll shit i dont think ive been to a fest. in 5yrs summers when i have to work to get me through the winter!!! aaaarrrrrr!! im determind to catch a few small ones this year though!!!!!! twist it up!!!

 

a credit card helps but i aint got one!

 

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drumminmama, that is awesome to know, thank you. those stats keep things in perspective.

ticket prices cover all sorts of costs we don't think of immediately, too. ticketbastard tacks their cut on, the record companies snag a cut, the venue makes money, not to mention band costs like gas, equiptment, etc. at the same time, though, i can't help but think of artists like britney spears who are probably served caviar and fancy bottled water, or whatever.

if i think the bang is worth the buck, i'll go to the show. if i pay a ticket price that allows someone to eat caviar while i go hungry, then i can only blame myself for buying into it.

 

Hmm... I'm seeing Gov't Mule, Xavier Rudd, and YMSB and it's only $25 a ticket... I've never paid $140 to see WSP.

 

a Black Sabbath concert in early 70s was only $6.50

 

Roll your over priced asses to Wakarusa. For the $99 tickets cost now you get 4 days of music at the festival with 5 stages of music. A couple stages run all night long. Also, 2 nights of music before the fest in town for free with your ticket.


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Chime, where in North FL are you at? I'm in Tallahassee and I'm always at SpringFest, MagFest, and anything at the Farm(Down on the Farm, Fools Fest, Uphonia, and coming up Freedom on the Farm). http://stillwood.us/ for more info on it.

Bob

 

I was offered $150 cash for a Dead ticket 16 years ago in Milwaukee...

About 5 years ago there were people offering $800+ to see the Smashing Pumpkins at the intimate digs of Chicago's very own Metro...

It's usually a supply and demand thing, but timing can really jack prices up too. In both cases, I was on my way into the venue. Needless to say I enjoyed the shows. Damn posers ain't gonna get me with daddy's money. As for brokers... they can simply rot in hell.

On the flip side, in '87 (also in Milwaukee), I ate a Pink Floyd ticket along with several other people at the show. When the gates opened, there were people passing their extras toward the back of the line just hoping some poor soul would get in and enjoy the show. One man's tragedy is a another man's miracle...

I still have a ticket to a Dead show that never happened. Due to gate crashers, it was cancelled after the riot that took place the night before.

The market place is going through a major change with online ticketing and festivals everywhere. Brokers are using software to get their hands on as many tickets as they want before the general public has a chance. Big festivals can be considered a bargain if you divide the ticket price by the number of bands, however these shows can draw a very mixed crowd and are sometimes more watered down by crowd-pleasing and/or shorter sets. I guess it doesn't matter to those who are there for the parking lot scene.

 

don't want to sound like I'm complaining here, but yeah, ticket prices are ridiculous!
I was really into performing and singing and stuff when I was younger, and there were a lot of things that I missed out on because we couldn't afford for me to go to concerts that other people who were in my chiors and stuff got to go to. It sucked.
Music shouldn't be a luxury that only people who make a certain amount of money can enjoy. That's bull. Music is out there to bring people together and feel good. Not emphasize the class gaps even more. Real musicians don't really care about profits. Yes, they have to pay their bills, but like someone said, Britney and caviar just prooves it. Anyone ever seen "the fabulous life of"? There's my point. This is why you usually find the most talented people in theatres and things like that doing what they love just because they want to share what they have.