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>> Was it really necessary to make one big financial killing and put your fans into such obvious discomfort? Was it also necessary to charge the same loyal fans £10 to see you? <<

If the reviewer knew what was to come 30 years later....!

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>> Was it really necessary to make one big financial killing and put your fans into such obvious discomfort? Was it also necessary to charge the same loyal fans £10 to see you? <<

If the reviewer knew what was to come 30 years later....!

Yeah, that jumped out at me as well. I can't remember what the average price for a concert was in 1982; I remember Springsteen was £25 at Wembley by the middle of the decade. In 1973 £1.50 to £1.75 was the going rate and the Stones were £2.25 so they've always been higher than average but never three or more times the average until now.

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>> Was it really necessary to make one big financial killing and put your fans into such obvious discomfort? Was it also necessary to charge the same loyal fans £10 to see you? <<

If the reviewer knew what was to come 30 years later....!

Yeah, that jumped out at me as well. I can't remember what the average price for a concert was in 1982; I remember Springsteen was £25 at Wembley by the middle of the decade. In 1973 £1.50 to £1.75 was the going rate and the Stones were £2.25 so they've always been higher than average but never three or more times the average until now.

Think I paid £2.20 to see the Stones at Wembley Empire Pool in 73.

Doesn't matter. The price is a steal considering the fact that the audience are standing on a field like cattle. A quid a stock would have been a more proper price.

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>> Was it really necessary to make one big financial killing and put your fans into such obvious discomfort? Was it also necessary to charge the same loyal fans £10 to see you? <<

If the reviewer knew what was to come 30 years later....!

Yeah, that jumped out at me as well. I can't remember what the average price for a concert was in 1982; I remember Springsteen was £25 at Wembley by the middle of the decade. In 1973 £1.50 to £1.75 was the going rate and the Stones were £2.25 so they've always been higher than average but never three or more times the average until now.

Think I paid £2.20 to see the Stones at Wembley Empire Pool in 73.

Hey, that's not fair. If I remember it well I paid 20 guilders to see them in Rotterdam 1973. It seems the pound wasn't sinking yet.

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>> Was it really necessary to make one big financial killing and put your fans into such obvious discomfort? Was it also necessary to charge the same loyal fans £10 to see you? <<

If the reviewer knew what was to come 30 years later....!

Yeah, that jumped out at me as well. I can't remember what the average price for a concert was in 1982; I remember Springsteen was £25 at Wembley by the middle of the decade. In 1973 £1.50 to £1.75 was the going rate and the Stones were £2.25 so they've always been higher than average but never three or more times the average until now.

Think I paid £2.20 to see the Stones at Wembley Empire Pool in 73.

Hey, that's not fair. If I remember it well I paid 20 guilders to see them in Rotterdam 1973. It seems the pound wasn't sinking yet.

In September 1973 £2.20 was about 18 guilders, about 26 euro in todays money.

A ticket for the Feyenoord stadium on the 1982 tour cost 40 guilders, twice as much as in 1973. 40 guilders in 1982 is about 32 euro in todays money.

Mathijs

"But some couples let the sun go to their heads--and made love in the open."

Nice concert atmosphere, at least.

And so the attendence was 80,000...plus I guess about 40,000 gatecrashers to get to the 120,000 figure that is often referenced today as the attendence. Or perhaps time has a way of inflating the numbers. (And on a related attendance note, this says that about 65K attended the show the day before at Sloan Castle.)

This is an intersting line:

"But sometimes the actions looked laboured and the wrist rested heavily on the hip."

And what's so wrong with a wrist resting heavily on a hip? Not sure I get the point of that.

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>> Was it really necessary to make one big financial killing and put your fans into such obvious discomfort? Was it also necessary to charge the same loyal fans £10 to see you? <<

If the reviewer knew what was to come 30 years later....!

Yeah, that jumped out at me as well. I can't remember what the average price for a concert was in 1982; I remember Springsteen was £25 at Wembley by the middle of the decade. In 1973 £1.50 to £1.75 was the going rate and the Stones were £2.25 so they've always been higher than average but never three or more times the average until now.

I remember paying $25.00 (US) to see the Stones in 1981! In 1978 it was $12.00. Hard to believe.

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"But some couples let the sun go to their heads--and made love in the open."

Nice concert atmosphere, at least.

And so the attendence was 80,000...plus I guess about 40,000 gatecrashers to get to the 120,000 figure that is often referenced today as the attendence. Or perhaps time has a way of inflating the numbers. (And on a related attendance note, this says that about 65K attended the show the day before at Sloan Castle.)

This is an intersting line:

"But sometimes the actions looked laboured and the wrist rested heavily on the hip."

And what's so wrong with a wrist resting heavily on a hip? Not sure I get the point of that.

I thought that was a great turn of phrase. The one about the wrist.

In October 82 AC/DC were accused of being greedy for charging £6.50 for their theatre shows that autumn.

I got to see that AC/DC tour at Manchester Apollo as a friend at school sold me his tickets so he could afford to go to this Stones show instead.

Not sure who got the best end of that deal....

I love the "Mick" jacket!

Just in case someone wondered who the singer was!

I saw Springsteen for £5.00 in 1981...
...so £9.50 for The Stones, J Geils, Joe Jackson & George Thorogood in 1982 wasn't that bad at all really...