Let's see...6 shows, 4 r/t flights from Hawaii, a few hotels, 14 concert tickets, 6 t-shirts all add up to appx $7,000 USD over two years. Worth every penny!





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-27 02:56 by NumberOneStonesFan.

only went to two shows but the atlantic city postponement added to the cost.. for me and my girl:

$800

5 shows plus transportation. About 4500 U.S.

12 shows cost me an arm and a leg.

stoned in washington dc Wrote:
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> only went to two shows but the atlantic city
> postponement added to the cost.. for me and my
> girl:
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> $800


Ahhh . . . but when they finally got around to it, what a great show it was!

album 14.00 msg 100, giants 175, ft lauderdale 165.00, giants 350.00, and the beacon theater 35.00 - $825.00 + worth it.

8 shows + 2 roundtrip airline tickets to tour opener Boston, Moncton on stage and Vegas 3. (1 round airline ticket to NYC Beacon 2 cause I could only get one ticket) lots of hotels, some taxis, 14 tickets and a FEW hefty pre show bar tabs plus 7 T-shirts. Beacon 2 was the most expensive (but cheapest ticket price @ $28.50) thanks to EXTENDED expensive stay at NYC hotel due to concert being postponed and having to rebook airfare etc. Total cost around $ 9,500 USD over 16 months. O.K. so I now have a couple maxed out credit cards, which I am frantically working to pay off.

Of course, if I wanted to do this on a shoestring budget, sans girlfriend, driving to all shows (except Vegas) and staying in motel 6ish accommodations, drinking cheap carry out domestic beer (and not mixed drinks in bars before the shows) and buying cheap tickets in the parking lot, I think around $3,500 USD . I am sure some budget conscious Stones fans have done 8 ABB shows on a whole lot less - on the other hand if money were no object (Yeah I wish!) and I had bought all tickets (except Beacon 2 which obviously was not available) through Fan Asylum packages I shudder to think what the cost would be. Was it worth it? You bet!!!

drbryant Wrote:
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> stoned in washington dc Wrote:
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> > only went to two shows but the atlantic city
> > postponement added to the cost.. for me and my
> > girl:
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> > $800
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> Ahhh . . . but when they finally got around to it,
> what a great show it was!


yup..it was worth it! weird to say that but it was!

Well, $450. round trip ticket to Shanghai, $300 for hotel, $450 for the ticket...so $1200. Worth every penny to be part of history, and see a great show!

I feel like a cheapskate compared to others in here. I just went to the Giant's Stadium show last year. A little over a hundred for the ticket, maybe ten bucks? for parking and about five bucks worth of gas. In hindsight I should have tried to get to the A.C. show too. It must have been great.

2 shows. Horsens + Copenhagen $300 + transport and food

About 850 USD $ That is the same as 6000 SEK. That is for Denmark Horsens 06 plus Gimme shelter camp 2 days. Sweden Gotenburg Ullevi 07 and Denmark Parken Copenhagen 07
Transports and party. Worth every penny & Cent !!!!!!!

Its a lifetime invest



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-27 11:58 by Harlix.

About £750 in all- 3 shows, Barcelona, London #1 and #3. Completely worth it!

5 shows

MSG..................Sept05...$180....$0 (B'day present)
Philly.................Sept05...$160....$0 (Another bday present)
MSG..................Jan06.................$0
Radio City...........Mar06..............$0 (See here.)
Giants Stadium...Sept06...$50....$20 (Scalper)

COST: $360
I personally spent $20 for 5 shows (excluding parking, snacks, etc).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-28 02:24 by schillid.

16 shows - 3 trips to the US, 4 to mainland Europe..... wish I'd had that sort of money 10, 20, 30 years ago - could ahve seen a few more shows!

Amsterdam arena: around 130 euro
Nijmegen; around 150 euro
Paris: 250 euro
Barcelona: 500 euro

Wow, even though all concerts are icl. transport and food and drinks it is still 1000 euro. it was worth every penny though, even if the last three shows were a bit dissapointing (Keith performance wise).

Ps. I never buy t-shirts or other merchandise so people that do would really have to spent a lot of money...

Cheers,
Wuudy

Hell, I am still trying to pay off Voodoo Lounge...probably $20,000 US since Steel Wheels...but, I am retired now. No more road trips for me. Too many acetates to buy.

JR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-27 12:59 by stone-relics.

I can't compete with you guys....

Vienna 2006.........85€
Budapest 2007.......65€

PLUS transfer costs, snacks etc. a total of about 250 €

2004 Fender USA Telecaster

Zeltweg 1995 - Wr. Neustadt 1998 - Vienna 2006 - Budapest 2007

My electric bill must have gone up from all the extra computer usage.... $100.00 to $200.00 ???

cologne 2006 (50 ticket)
paris 2006 (80 ticket 100 hotel)
amsterdam 2006 (120 ticket)
nijmegen 2007 (90 ticket)
paris 2007 (70 ticket)
madrid 2007 (70 ticket, 50 flight)
dusseldorf (110 ticket)
dublin 2007 (120 ticket 100 hotel 80 flight)

total of 1040 euro's

Excluding gasoline and food, drinks..

So i think total of 1700 euro's

Just one show (Durham, NC). Two tickets for $75 each.
The experience? Priceless.

Sheffield 80£ + 25 Tour Book
Brno with hotel and train 130 Euro
Warsaw 65E Ticket + 10 E Posters

I should spend more money for this tour

Orporto august 2007 ticket- £00.00 (present) air fare £154 (but got my camcorder and phone nicked from my luggage!)

Slane castle, ireland,august 07 ticket £129, air fare- £235 hotel £180

London O2 third show August 07 ticket £113, hotel £26

This excluding t-shirts and programmws and so on!

8 shows in the USA. Two tickets for each show. Flights, hotels...about $9000. The best times I ever had in my life. God bless The Rolling Stones. I'd do it again everytime!!!!!1

Hmmm ... really prefer not to think about it and/or total it up. I've seen 25 ABB shows.

Fall 2005 States - MSG, Giants, Albany
Europe 2006 - Nice, Porto, 2 x Twickenham, Glasgow, Sheffied, Cardiff
Fall 2006 States - 1 x Beacon, Atlantic City
Europe 2007 - Isle of wight, Paris, Lyon, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Lisbon, Madrid, El Ejido, Rome, Copenhagen, 3 x O2.

Loved every single one for partly the same reasons and partly different ones, and yes it was worth making the effort of getting to every show. Outside of the cost of the tickets, obviously a lot of flights/hotel bills/spending money add up to a pretty penny ... the addition is probably best not done in case I give myself a heart attack !!

O well ... roll on whatever's next.

don't ask...

I met a dealer at the Bonnington Hotel who said he was at 53 shows. Holy moly.

Cologne 2006
120 Euro ticket
(No transport costs and hotel)

Werchter 2007
90 Euro
(No transport costs and hotel)

Paris 2007
105 Euro ticket
95 Euro transport
135 Euro hotel

Brno 2007 + Warsaw 2007 (Combination with a 2-days visit to Vienna)
55 Euro ticket Brno
110 Euro ticket Warsaw
300 Euro transport (total)
560 Euro hotels

London 2007
250 Euro ticket
120 Euro transport
300 Euro hotel

Total of 2240 Euro only to see the Stones and no other vacation

Anaheim 11/4/05 $20 x 2
Hollywood Bowl 11/6-8/05 snuck in
San Diego 11/11/05 free, friend won tix, spent money on train ($26 one way), gave friend gas money, bought beer, ate at Denny's waiting for the train to run again
Fresno 11/20/05 $90 total for a ticket, $50-60 for Greyhound, Sparks and Beer
Forum 3/6/06 $80 for a ticket, $3 for MTA day pass
Dodger Stadium 11/22/06 $110 for 4th row ticket

Also made about $60 somewhere along the way and also spent $6 on a bootleg T Shirt outside the Bowl

Durham NC
Atlanta 1
Charlotte NC
Atlanta 2
Churchill Downs
Tix, Transportation, Air Fare,food & drinks etc.
Probably around $3500.00. Guessing but in that area.
Fred Hardin
Pleased to meet you........