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TeddyB1018
My dad paid $12.50 a ticket to see the Rolling Stones in Los Angeles in 1969. The "regular" top ticket was either $8 or $8.50 but the front section was $12.50. I remember people were outraged.
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tatters
Let's see if we can pinpoint the exact moment things began to spiral out of control and, perhaps, even identify the culprit(s) who is most to blame.
Okay, I'll start.
1976: Paid $9.50 to see Paul McCartney and Wings. Seemed expensive because the industry standard was only $8.50 at the time.1979:
Paid $11.00 (cheap seats) to see the Who at Madison Square Garden.
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Ket
to be honest it is only these shows at the o2 next month that I have been outraged. even in 07, I thought yeah they are a bit more then other big acts but could live with it but now they are just taking the piss, 400 quid for a level 4 seat is just bloody nuts!
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trainarollin
The Eagles started this cluster @#$%& in the ticket prices in the Spring of 1994. Repeat it over and over. The Eagles started this cluster @#$%&.
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Send It To me
My Bruce Springsteen stub from 1992 is $25
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tattersQuote
Send It To me
My Bruce Springsteen stub from 1992 is $25
That was considered "top dollar" at the time, which is why those $32.50 Jethro Tull tickets (see above) seemed so expensive. How much were Stones tickets in 1989? I think it was $22.50 wasn't it? Well, that very same year, I paid $35.00 (face value) to see Lou Reed and John Cale at The Brooklyn Academy Of Music. $35 was an unheard of price for a concert ticket in 1989, but I would have gladly paid much more. You have to be a VU fan to understand what this meant. It was like seeing Lennon and McCartney.