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[BigJonsson]

This is insane... (In Canada at least)

I bought Bad Religion tix for 25 bucks, seemed fair enough but after service charges the price was up to 42 bucks! And this is for a club show!

Yea I paid it because I haven't been to a concert in months and I really want to see Bad Religion...

Today Velvet Revolver tix went on sale, they range between 40 and 55 bucks! No supporting bands were announced or anything!

It's a travesty that even club shows are this expensive! Arena/stadium shows are already too expensive to go too!

I can justify spending 70 or so bucks on a festival type concert, in fact I paid 100 bucks for floor tix to see Summer Sanitarium but that was Metallica, Linkin Park, Deftones, Limp Bizkit which all played full sets!

How can we get concert prices to come down in price? This is nuts!

 

[Spike Spiegel]

How can we get concert prices to come down in price?

Uh... stop going to concerts?

 

[Matlock]

This is insane... (In Canada at least)

I bought Bad Religion tix for 25 bucks, seemed fair enough but after service charges the price was up to 42 bucks! And this is for a club show!

Blame Ticketmaster and the music labels.

'course, I can't really complain about concert prices around here.

 

[BigJonsson]

That's essentially what I'm doing
Over the last year I went to 1 concert which was a fair price

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

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[RedDwarf]

Marilyn Manson's playing at a club in Boston and the general admission tickets are $41 before fees. Ridiculous. You can thank Clear Channel for most of this.

 

[Jason]

Since you're in the Toronto area...

http://www.rotate.com/tickets.php

Prices do not include a 10% service charge, which we use to line our pockets with. It is rounded down to the nearest $0.50, and is never more than $2.50.

 

[sefskillz]

Ticketmaster is of the devil. On rare occasions you can buy the tickets at the venue box office and avoid the charges...

 

[Fifty]

Since you're in the Toronto area...

http://www.rotate.com/tickets.php

Indeed, I swear by them.


Edit: Then again, he lives in Thornhill, I think.

 

[GG-Duo]

I've got nothing against Rotate... in fact, they're really good for tickets. but it's not the most transit friendly, especially for us northern folks.

 

[Jason]

Thornhill's close enough. Rotate This is only a 15 minute walk away for me.

 

[Seth C]

Eh, I only go see local shows. They range from $5 to about $15.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

this is why i dont go to many concerts anymore.

i wanted to see Ween in a few weeks, which is $25, but after charges for me and my GF the bill well exceeds $70 for 2 tickets. i know an extra $11 per ticket doesn't seem like much, but i'm pretty broke as it is.

there are 3 bands on this planet that i would "find" money to pay those extra charges for, they are as follows:

1. tool
2. nine inch nails
3. smashing pumpkins (if they were to ever do a reunion tour!)

 

[BigJonsson]

Yea, If the Pumpkins played again I'd be willing to pay quite a large chunk of $$$

 

[GG-Duo]

if the Pumpkins played again, i would proceed with caution....

i don't trust corgan anymore

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

You can't say they didn't try:

http://www.libertyhaven.com/noneoftheabove/fictionmusicorentertainment/pearljam.shtml

http://members.aol.com/corduroy19/pearljam/ticket_art.html