9VSPO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1575 times:
Madonna has kicked off her UK tour and is charging upto £150 a ticket. Would you pay that to see her live? Is it too much? Have you ever paid that or more to see a concert?
TheSorcerer From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2005, 1047 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1551 times:
I paid £116 for a U2 ticket last year, worth every bit. This was on Ebay though, can't remember how much the tickets were originally being sold for.
I wouldn't pay £150 for Madonna tickets, don't like her.
Dominic
ALITALIA,All Landings In Torino, All Luggage In Athens ;)
Saintsman From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 2065 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1544 times:
You can pay silly money for some concerts. There were some tickets going for £350 for the Stones at Twickenham (official tickets too).
What pisses me off though is that you buy the ticket and then they want a booking fee. I saw some the other day that wanted a £10 (per ticket) fee plus another £2.50 to post them to you.
IFEMaster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1527 times:
I paid $240 for two section A tickets to see U2 at The Pond in Anaheim last year. Worth every penny - best gig I've ever been to.
I also paid 2 x $85 for front section seats to Mark Knopfler last year at The Greek Theatre in LA, very good gig indeed.
What about sporting events? Anyone done anything ridiculous for a sporting event? Like the time I paid $550 for a ticket to see Liverpool win in Instanbul last year? I wouldn't change my mind on that for a minute - one amazing night and thoroughly glad I spent the money (although there were a few moments at half time when I couldn't believe I'd blown $550 to see Liverpool get thrashed)...
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1488 times:
I went to a Rolling Stones concert in Chicago back in 2000 or 2001 where tickets were about US$150 each...luckily, my aunt's company had a private box, so I got in for about $25
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1480 times:
Quoting IFEMaster (Reply 6): What about sporting events? Anyone done anything ridiculous for a sporting event?
Almost.
A friend and me wanted to pay 1000 EUR for two tickets for the semi-final Germany vs. Italy game. Unfortunately the price went up to over 1200 EUR 5 mins before the auction ended. 500 EUR per ticket was the maximum I had spend although it is already totally ridiculous.
On the other hand: I got tickets for the Superbowl in Detroit for free but a friend (the same as above ) and me had to spend a shitload of money for the flight to DTW.
So I would say that watching the Superbowl was the most expensive thing I have ever done when it comes to visiting events like concerts or football/soccer games.
Patrick
Edit: I am an utter moron, I wrote that "Greece" and not "Italy" played in the semi-final vs. Germany in the last World Cup. Incredible!
BHMNONREV From Australia, joined Aug 2003, 1283 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 1442 times:
Quoting Cfalk (Reply 7): I remember when you could see Eric Clapton or Thin Lizzy for $12.
Yes my friend, you are showing your age. When Pink Floyd was last on tour in '94 I bought two tickets thru a broker and paid USD33 each. I was appalled, but said what the hell, it's Floyd...
And as for me showing my age, I remember going to the Cotton Bowl in 1980 for the Texxas Jam, saw 6 bands, was entertained for 12+ hours in 120F heat, and I believe I paid 20 bucks. How times have changed..
Tootallsd From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 542 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1422 times:
Quoting Thom@s (Reply 14): First of all I wouldn't take the tickets if your threw them after me. Second, it's not really "live" when she performs, is it?
Dude, if you don't like her thats cool. I spent $300 / person last year to see her in Los Angeles. It was great. To Thom@s' point, because of the cost, the audience was really the 'faithful' so there was no annoying TALKING like we were all sitting in our living rooms listening to CDs. God I hate that.
It was a very energetic event. If you like Madonnna, you should see here live.
I just went to Elton John in Las Vegas, again nearly $300 per seat. But again, well worth it.
Ryangooner From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 969 posts, RR: 25 Reply 17, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1402 times:
Quoting Saintsman (Reply 5): There were some tickets going for £350 for the Stones at Twickenham (official tickets too).
You are quite correct here and on the face of it £350 is alot of money but The Rolling Stones are to be the first band to have seats available on stage with them!
The seats on stage are going for £350 , if i could afford it i would love to be seated up on the stage whilst the "boys" strutted their stuff!
DeltaGator From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 16 Reply 18, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1392 times:
$150/ticket for U2 is the most I have ever paid for tickets. Others have come close but they take the cake for cost.
VSLover From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 1886 posts, RR: 24 Reply 19, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1391 times:
lets see, back in 2001 (i think) my best friend stood in line for tickets to a U2 concert in BOS. well they said not to line up as the start of the line (where first person would be) would be arbitrary.
ie there was one huge line but the ticketing agents came out when it was time to open, walked down the line and randomly stopped somewhere and said that person was now first in line. well my friend was only a few people behind her. so he ended up buying something like 8 tickets for around $150 each. the thing is he sold them all on ebay or privately for a few thousand in total. i'd say the people who bought those qualify for most expensive tickets ever. haha.
Ffis34 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 318 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1389 times:
i spent 200 buck for a section 1 row 1 seating for a DMB concert in TPA...worth every damn penny, this year i spent 500 for 3 shows all in section one...again its going to be worth every damned penny
Chris, since we are in jail I need to say something to you. Dont drop the soap
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 21, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1374 times:
Quoting TheSorcerer (Reply 3): I paid £116 for a U2 ticket last year, worth every bit.
Quoting Searpqx (Reply 4): My partner paid $500 for 2 U2 tickets in SF last fall - he'd promised them as a birthday gift so he felt obliged.
Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 18): $150/ticket for U2 is the most I have ever paid for tickets.
And I thought they were a low cost carrier... The airfare you paid is higher than on British or Lufthansa.
Soren
All the things you probably hate about travelling are warm reminders that I'm home
BigOrange From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 2358 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1374 times:
Quoting 9VSPO (Thread starter): Madonna has kicked off her UK tour and is charging upto £150 a ticket. Would you pay that to see her live?
I won't even listen to her on the radio, so I'm not going to fork over 150 quid a ticket!
9VSPO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (6 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1365 times:
If the Madonna show was in my area then I would have gone but I wouldn't have paid more than £50 for a ticket. £150 is just extracting the Michael. On top of that she was charging £25 for a programme and £45 for a t-shirt. It might be her last tour though but that's going too far I reckon.
26 ORFflyer: $250 for two ticket to see the Stones. This was back in 81 or 82. A ton of money back then, but worth every penny. The good ole days.... most shows w
27 BCAL: Definitely not. She would have to pay me to sit through the sheer boredom of her concert! Madness! As I said too! The most expensive concert tickets?
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