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Limited view seats have been released on TM for Vancouver. Still too rich for my blood, though.

I went for it, $87 sounds good to me!!
So long as I can hear the band I don’t care how much I see.

Never seen them live I'm looking forward to tomorrow night ! Hopefully they play all their hits ><

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Never seen them live I'm looking forward to tomorrow night ! Hopefully they play all their hits ><

I was starting to think I’d have to pay through the nose to get in, I haven’t missed an Acca Dacca tour since 96 and given this is likely my last chance to see them I’m stoked to get in for less than a hundred bucks.

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Limited view seats have been released on TM for Vancouver. Still too rich for my blood, though.

I went for it, $87 sounds good to me!!
So long as I can hear the band I don’t care how much I see.

Cheapest seats I saw were 'limited view' in the uppers for $175 cad. $350 for lower 'limited view' seats is outrageous. In 2015 I paid around $100 for front side floor seats the day before the show.

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Limited view seats have been released on TM for Vancouver. Still too rich for my blood, though.

I went for it, $87 sounds good to me!!
So long as I can hear the band I don’t care how much I see.

Good for you Paddy, have a great time. I regret to say that i have never seen the band and now probably never will. My loss.

If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

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If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

Maybe for rock bands, but Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and probably a few others will still play stadium shows for years, I’d assume.

there will always be big shows... Metallica comes to mind a lot of country artists fill big stadiums...

"It's only rock n roll but I like it"

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Limited view seats have been released on TM for Vancouver. Still too rich for my blood, though.

I went for it, $87 sounds good to me!!
So long as I can hear the band I don’t care how much I see.

Cheapest seats I saw were 'limited view' in the uppers for $175 cad. $350 for lower 'limited view' seats is outrageous. In 2015 I paid around $100 for front side floor seats the day before the show.

Yeah it seems those $87 tickets went quickly, I messaged 2 mates to let them know and by the time they logged onto Ticketmaster all that was available were the tickets you listed. $350 for a limited view seat is as you say outrageous.

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Never seen them live I'm looking forward to tomorrow night ! Hopefully they play all their hits ><

You’ll have a ball, I’ve never seen a bad AC/DC gig. I just wonder how the sound in BC place will be, it’s hit and miss depending on the band.

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If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

Maybe for rock bands, but Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and probably a few others will still play stadium shows for years, I’d assume.

Of that bunch only Taylor Swift has done stadiums for a tour as far as I know. She could again but it's different for her than the Stones, AC/DC and U2 - her longevity will probably be completely different.

Take the 3 bands - DECADES of existence.

A solo artist... although what the public and fans like is no different, the longevity plays in: the people that went bonkers in 2023-24 for Swift will...?

Not so for the 3.

I'm curious to see what happens. Perhaps there's a crossing of the spectrum in regard to legacy act vs current raging solo artist, and Taylor certainly blew everything beyond... will she have the draw of the 3?

There's no logical way to figure that out in comparison to the 3 - the 3 have a meaning beyond the charts. Taylor may have that by now but will it hang on like the 3 have?

Not disregarding other acts like Metallica, Bruce and so on but the 3 have been a ritual for decades. When the 3 stop, which will probably happen in a short time span when they decide to stop, it will be oddly bizarre. Mostly because they've been around for so long.

Great gig tonight, they rolled back time. Sound was excellent where I was, better than 2015.

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Great gig tonight, they rolled back time. Sound was excellent where I was, better than 2015.

Seeing them in Nashville on May 20. Looking forward to it. First time!

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If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

Maybe for rock bands, but Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and probably a few others will still play stadium shows for years, I’d assume.

Of that bunch only Taylor Swift has done stadiums for a tour as far as I know. She could again but it's different for her than the Stones, AC/DC and U2 - her longevity will probably be completely different.

Take the 3 bands - DECADES of existence.

A solo artist... although what the public and fans like is no different, the longevity plays in: the people that went bonkers in 2023-24 for Swift will...?

Not so for the 3.

I'm curious to see what happens. Perhaps there's a crossing of the spectrum in regard to legacy act vs current raging solo artist, and Taylor certainly blew everything beyond... will she have the draw of the 3?

There's no logical way to figure that out in comparison to the 3 - the 3 have a meaning beyond the charts. Taylor may have that by now but will it hang on like the 3 have?

Not disregarding other acts like Metallica, Bruce and so on but the 3 have been a ritual for decades. When the 3 stop, which will probably happen in a short time span when they decide to stop, it will be oddly bizarre. Mostly because they've been around for so long.

Thanks for your thoughtful response. When it comes down to it, we’re really both just guessing. On another note, Beyoncé and Post Malone have both recently played at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

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If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

Maybe for rock bands, but Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and probably a few others will still play stadium shows for years, I’d assume.

Of that bunch only Taylor Swift has done stadiums for a tour as far as I know. She could again but it's different for her than the Stones, AC/DC and U2 - her longevity will probably be completely different.

Take the 3 bands - DECADES of existence.

A solo artist... although what the public and fans like is no different, the longevity plays in: the people that went bonkers in 2023-24 for Swift will...?

Not so for the 3.

I'm curious to see what happens. Perhaps there's a crossing of the spectrum in regard to legacy act vs current raging solo artist, and Taylor certainly blew everything beyond... will she have the draw of the 3?

There's no logical way to figure that out in comparison to the 3 - the 3 have a meaning beyond the charts. Taylor may have that by now but will it hang on like the 3 have?

Not disregarding other acts like Metallica, Bruce and so on but the 3 have been a ritual for decades. When the 3 stop, which will probably happen in a short time span when they decide to stop, it will be oddly bizarre. Mostly because they've been around for so long.

Thanks for your thoughtful response. When it comes down to it, we’re really both just guessing. On another note, Beyoncé and Post Malone have both recently played at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

and the likes of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran fill stadiums, too. Oh, an that little Mancunian, Oasis, have sold-out all their 2025 stadium shows.

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Great gig tonight, they rolled back time. Sound was excellent where I was, better than 2015.

Where were you sitting? Because the sound was terrible for us. Couldn't hear a word Brian was singing. My brother couldn't even tell what song was being played until it was almost over.

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If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

Maybe for rock bands, but Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and probably a few others will still play stadium shows for years, I’d assume.

Of that bunch only Taylor Swift has done stadiums for a tour as far as I know. She could again but it's different for her than the Stones, AC/DC and U2 - her longevity will probably be completely different.

Take the 3 bands - DECADES of existence.

A solo artist... although what the public and fans like is no different, the longevity plays in: the people that went bonkers in 2023-24 for Swift will...?

Not so for the 3.

I'm curious to see what happens. Perhaps there's a crossing of the spectrum in regard to legacy act vs current raging solo artist, and Taylor certainly blew everything beyond... will she have the draw of the 3?

There's no logical way to figure that out in comparison to the 3 - the 3 have a meaning beyond the charts. Taylor may have that by now but will it hang on like the 3 have?

Not disregarding other acts like Metallica, Bruce and so on but the 3 have been a ritual for decades. When the 3 stop, which will probably happen in a short time span when they decide to stop, it will be oddly bizarre. Mostly because they've been around for so long.

Thanks for your thoughtful response. When it comes down to it, we’re really both just guessing. On another note, Beyoncé and Post Malone have both recently played at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

and the likes of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran fill stadiums, too. Oh, an that little Mancunian, Oasis, have sold-out all their 2025 stadium shows.

Pink and Robbie Williams are coming to my mind. They're filling stadiums for years. They're filling like 10 German stadiums a year just like the Stones did in their best years.

Great show last night sound took a bit to get it right - Angus definitely rivels Mick for most energetic senior



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Awesome concert last night, better than I thought. From where I sat, the sound was pretty good, upper bowl towards the end. Sat in a similar situation on the opposite side in 2015 and that was terrible for sound.
Angus is unbelievable, 70 years old and running constantly, he moved around a lot more than Mick did last year. Still does the long solo during Let There Be Rock including dropping to the ground and rolling around in circles.
Seen them 9 times in Vancouver including 4 times at BC Place. That might have been the best yet.
Opening act was Pretty Reckless, never heard of them. The lead singer used to be in Gossip Girl tv show. They weren't too bad.

One cool thing is that I wasn't able to transfer a ticket to my friend on my phone so we went to the box office and got printed tickets!

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Great gig tonight, they rolled back time. Sound was excellent where I was, better than 2015.

Where were you sitting? Because the sound was terrible for us. Couldn't hear a word Brian was singing. My brother couldn't even tell what song was being played until it was almost over.

I was in section 403 in the rafters but there was a sound tower pointed directly at me. I got a major surprise when they kicked into If You Want Blood to amazing sound. My ticket was “limited view” and the sound tower blocked the whole centre stage, but for $87 it was perfect, depending where you are in a stadium you can end up watching a gig on the screens anyway and that’s what I did last night. 2015 I did that from the ground floor midway back with a way more expensive ticket and with shittier sound.

This gig was up there with the 2009 BC place show for me, better than 2015 that’s for sure. The whole thing felt tighter last night, there was moments where the groove was back. IF that’s the last time I see them they’ve left me with a really great show. Maybe because my expectations were low going in but they blew me away last night taking age into consideration. There were one or two fluffs, the intro to Thunderstruck was a mess, the “quite” part of the Rosie solo was fluffed, but hey it’s live music, they were killer.


Question though: ACDC merch queues are the longest I’ve seen over the years for any band, why the hell were there so few stands last night? People told me they’d queued for over an hour! I went into the venue at 7:50pm got a Pepsi and was headed to my seat at 8:15pm and the merch queue was still a mile long with the band due onstage at 8:30pm.

A bootleg eBay shirt will do me.

Zipping Through The Days At Lightening Speed.

TM released many floor and lower level seats now for Vegas. Prices just over $700 each including fees.

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Great gig tonight, they rolled back time. Sound was excellent where I was, better than 2015.

Where were you sitting? Because the sound was terrible for us. Couldn't hear a word Brian was singing. My brother couldn't even tell what song was being played until it was almost over.

I was in section 403 in the rafters but there was a sound tower pointed directly at me. I got a major surprise when they kicked into If You Want Blood to amazing sound. My ticket was “limited view” and the sound tower blocked the whole centre stage, but for $87 it was perfect, depending where you are in a stadium you can end up watching a gig on the screens anyway and that’s what I did last night. 2015 I did that from the ground floor midway back with a way more expensive ticket and with shittier sound.

This gig was up there with the 2009 BC place show for me, better than 2015 that’s for sure. The whole thing felt tighter last night, there was moments where the groove was back. IF that’s the last time I see them they’ve left me with a really great show. Maybe because my expectations were low going in but they blew me away last night taking age into consideration. There were one or two fluffs, the intro to Thunderstruck was a mess, the “quite” part of the Rosie solo was fluffed, but hey it’s live music, they were killer.


Question though: ACDC merch queues are the longest I’ve seen over the years for any band, why the hell were there so few stands last night? People told me they’d queued for over an hour! I went into the venue at 7:50pm got a Pepsi and was headed to my seat at 8:15pm and the merch queue was still a mile long with the band due onstage at 8:30pm.

A bootleg eBay shirt will do me.

The Stones had some nice boot ones on ebay

I was there too a great show.

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I was there too a great show.

How was the sound where you were?

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If The Rolling Stones tour in Europe or even NA later this year, the big shows big stadia tours are almost over.

AC/DC will do Europe summer 2025. Will that be it? They're done?

U2 will do whatever in 2026.

The Rolling Stones will...

It's all about to end. No one will get it until 3-8 years go by.

Maybe for rock bands, but Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and probably a few others will still play stadium shows for years, I’d assume.

Of that bunch only Taylor Swift has done stadiums for a tour as far as I know. She could again but it's different for her than the Stones, AC/DC and U2 - her longevity will probably be completely different.

Take the 3 bands - DECADES of existence.

A solo artist... although what the public and fans like is no different, the longevity plays in: the people that went bonkers in 2023-24 for Swift will...?

Not so for the 3.

I'm curious to see what happens. Perhaps there's a crossing of the spectrum in regard to legacy act vs current raging solo artist, and Taylor certainly blew everything beyond... will she have the draw of the 3?

There's no logical way to figure that out in comparison to the 3 - the 3 have a meaning beyond the charts. Taylor may have that by now but will it hang on like the 3 have?

Not disregarding other acts like Metallica, Bruce and so on but the 3 have been a ritual for decades. When the 3 stop, which will probably happen in a short time span when they decide to stop, it will be oddly bizarre. Mostly because they've been around for so long.

Thanks for your thoughtful response. When it comes down to it, we’re really both just guessing. On another note, Beyoncé and Post Malone have both recently played at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

and the likes of Coldplay and Ed Sheeran fill stadiums, too. Oh, an that little Mancunian, Oasis, have sold-out all their 2025 stadium shows.

Pink and Robbie Williams are coming to my mind. They're filling stadiums for years. They're filling like 10 German stadiums a year just like the Stones did in their best years.

World wide.

Consistently.

That's A LOT.

Ed Sheeran did not do that. There were a lot of arenas in play and his "record breaking" tour was way beyond what a tour is.

Taylor Swift did it for real. And made over $3 billion.

THREE BILLION DOLLARS!!!!

2009-2011 U2's 111 shows made a mockery of The Rolling Stones' A BIGGER BANG record setting tour by show 70 something attendance wise and a couple shows later of 70 something, financially.

While touring for a new album that sold poorly (at the time the during stages of bands that sold 10-15 million copies being over).

AC/DC will sell X amount of CDs, probably close to 500 k in the US (post-1995). A lot of AC/DC fans drive pick up trucks and there's probably not much streaming or satellite radio going on with them.

Maybe they sell a million. Whatever.

THIS amount of people will buy, THAT amount of people won't - but there's probably equivalent or more going to see the shows, which, like the Stones, are making huge amounts of money per show - so Spotify etc doesn't matter.

AC/DC and the Stones make money 24 hours a day from radio because of performance rights.

Not a lot of money - it's only $2 million a year.

No legacy acts are counting on Spotify etc for anything. They shouldn't. Spotify is pathetic.

They know going on tour is it.

At least AC/DC are playing recent songs.

"A lot of AC/DC fans drive pick up trucks and there's probably not much streaming or satellite radio going on with them."

- ha, ha... ouch!

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"A lot of AC/DC fans drive pick up trucks and there's probably not much streaming or satellite radio going on with them."

- ha, ha... ouch!

Yeah…. Says something about someone but I’m not sure it’s says something about the someone it was meant to.

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I was there too a great show.

How was the sound where you were?

Sound where I was not bad but could be better.

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"A lot of AC/DC fans drive pick up trucks and there's probably not much streaming or satellite radio going on with them."

- ha, ha... ouch!

Yeah…. Says something about someone but I’m not sure it’s says something about the someone it was meant to.

It's very simple, actually. It says plenty about the someone it was meant to. It's about context: I didn't say it was bad. It wasn't a societal dig.

That's how you perceived it. OK fine. Sometimes words mean just exactly what they mean.

My truck simply has an 8 track a gun rack and a set of devil horns on the hood..

Its a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll...



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