I sort of stumbled across this one:

I don't want to go to America and be called a capitalist bastard because of what the tickets cost. In '69, I didn't know what the tickets were costing. You just go and play some music and when you get there you find out and you're in the deep end already. What were you paying in '66 to see us? Because I don't want to make the prices so high that there is a whole stratum of kids that can't afford to see us. They're probably the funkiest kids, you know? They're the ones that would come and dig to see it and have a good time at doin' it too.
- Keith Richards, 1971

The times they are a-changin'....

Yeah, my funky friends don´t come with me because of the high prices.

hey, where your friends put their money in... cars, restorants, shoes, foot ball, Ipod.. ?????. It's a choice, isn'it ??

What ever people do pay now, at least they can hear the Stones play - not like the 20 minutes of screeming as in the 60's.

Do you still stand by everything you said 35 yrs ago ???.

I don't think it's Keith who makes the prices, but rather Jagger or Cohl.

JumpingKentFlash

JumpingKentFlash Wrote:
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> I don't think it's Keith who makes the prices, but
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Maybe so...

But you don't hear Keith complaining do you?

If Keith had a problem I am sure he could affect the prices.

The Flasher Wrote:
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> Maybe so...
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> But you don't hear Keith complaining do you?


No I don't hear him complaining. Would you?

JumpingKentFlash

JumpingKentFlash Wrote:
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> The Flasher Wrote:
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> > Maybe so...
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> > But you don't hear Keith complaining do you?
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> No I don't hear him complaining. Would you?
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His quote goes to show that it is easy to be an anti-capitalist....as long as you don't make any major money....

Answer my question please. Would you?

JumpingKentFlash

How does a rock tour pay for a seven story stage, tons and tons of sound and lights, 30 semis to transport it and a staff well in excess of 300 people who require transportation, feeding and hotel rooms?

By charging $60 to $450 a ticket. Sure the Stones themselves are getting rich but the above mentioned accoutrements aren't free.

I remember Keith once saying that the new (Steel Wheels or Voodoo Lounge days) high prices were because of scalpers getting $300 per ticket and the band figured, they were doing the show, why shouldn't they make the money instead of some skeegy guy who woke up early one morning and got a good space in line, or hired homeless people to hold spaces and buy good seats.

"How does a rock tour pay for a seven story stage, tons and tons of sound and lights, 30 semis to transport it and a staff well in excess of 300 people who require transportation, feeding and hotel rooms?

By charging $60 to $450 a ticket. Sure the Stones themselves are getting rich but the above mentioned accoutrements aren't free."


I thought the corporate sponsorship was supposed to cover all that. At least that's the excuse that's been given.

I'm sure Keith could do w/o that rediculous parking garage of a stage set. I love how all that stuff goes dark during his set.