Bands you'd spend big bucks to see

[mina'smomma]

I'm not sure. I'm getting so disgusted with people buying up a bunch of tickets and then scalping them. A perfect example is the recent sales of the Hannah Montana tour. There are tickets out there selling for over $225,000.00 because she is in such demand. It's sad to see because that means some of these kids who save up there money for tickets don't get them because of ppl like this. Last concert I went to was an Alabama concert unless you count the Chipndales that my hubby sent me too with his mom.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Please someone say the Spice Girls! Due to a genuine mix up with ordering I have two that I don't need....

[Logan]

$225,000 for Hannah Montana? Are you sure?

I know that my husband would say "Elvis" or "Cher", his two favorites. Maybe even Robert Earl Keen, another of his favorites.

I'm at the point that I'll go buy the cd, some wonderful food and a good bottle of wine, sit in candlelight and listen at home. I don't think that makes me boring, just practical.

Logan

[angelbow20]

I would prolly pay good money for Johnny Cash if he was still around... Or maybe some one like neil young or led zeppelin.

[Pam]

I have been to see my three favorite performers (Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson and Brad Paisley) and would probably go again in the future. My hubby would say Pink Floyd as would my son. Actually our whole family went to see Pink Floyd many years ago in Philly.

[kuhio98]

Well, I've been wracking my feeble brain and I can't think of a single band that I would spend that kind of money to see. I'd rather sit home and watch on TV -- no crowds, no traffic, etc.

[caseysmom]

Well, I've been wracking my feeble brain and I can't think of a single band that I would spend that kind of money to see. I'd rather sit home and watch on TV -- no crowds, no traffic, etc.

I agree! I was thinking the same thing.

[mina'smomma]

$225,000 for Hannah Montana? Are you sure?

I know that my husband would say "Elvis" or "Cher", his two favorites. Maybe even Robert Earl Keen, another of his favorites.

I'm at the point that I'll go buy the cd, some wonderful food and a good bottle of wine, sit in candlelight and listen at home. I don't think that makes me boring, just practical.

Logan

Yep they had a big article on it on yahoo.com the other day

[RICHARD]

Here's a little primer on how and why tix get to be so expensive.

Scalpers and demand.

If you go to a ticket broker (scalper) you will pay a bundle.

There are a bunch of ways to get tix.

In the good old days you went to the location tix office, stood in line and got a bracelet with a number on it. You came back later in the day and when they called you # you got back into line and bought your four tix...Four was the limit.

Or you went to a Ticketmaster stall that was set up in a store like Montgomery Wards. You waited until they opened the doors and ran like the wind to get into line. That was a trip but sometimes dangerous. You always got some smart arse that pushed people into displays or racks of clothes.

Brokers would pay kids to stand in line, get the tix, pay the kids an inflate the price.

Now with internet and mobile phones arenas sell out in minutes. No fair to the 'poor' fans.

Way back when, the Forum in Inglewood sold a "Senate Seat" for a few thousand dollars. When you bought that seat you were guaranteed that seat for every event that year. Some people made extra money selling the tix for events that they didn't want.

Needless to say that the outrageous prices some people pay are 'broker fees' and it depends on how close you want to sit.

I saw the Kinks for 7.50 at Cal State Northridge I sat on a stinky canvas cover for the basketball court. I saw Bowie for 175.00. That night I was so close to the stage that I could not see the band.

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Three concerts that I would pay big bucks to see again are

Pink FLoyd.
Roger Waters and
YES.

Floyd fans.....
I got to go see The Wall at the L.A. sports arena in 80. IT's too bad that there are no films or tapes of that show.

Check out the Roger Waters DVD-In the Flesh Live. That was one of my top five concerts.

[The Cat Factory]

Pink Floyd, Rogers Waters, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Radiohead...

[binka_nugget]

Please someone say the Spice Girls! Due to a genuine mix up with ordering I have two that I don't need....

LOL If it was in Vancouver, I would snatch them up quick! I can't find any decent seats under $300! Have you tried Craigslist? People are making huge profits selling Spice Girl tickets on there!

[Flatcoatluver]

Trace Adkins
Dierks Bently
Brad Paisley
Brooks & Dunn
Kenny Chesney
Taylor Swift

[Alysser]

Yellowcard and Simple plan! But, I am waiting for them to come to six flags first. They are all free concerts there, I'll have to wait to see if they will be coming. Bands like Lone Star, the Jonas Brothers, Sugarcult, etc. played there.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I would love to see Hannha Montana! LOL, I know, I'm probably a little too old to be watching Disney Channel, but I just can't stop!

[jennielynn1970]

Can't remember the last concert I had to pay for. I just don't find it worth it to me when I can spend my money on something else I'd rather have... shoes, handbags, boots, lol.

I lived in Bethlehem, where we have Musikfest every year, and Celtic Fest, and most of the bands you listen to there are free. The big name bands HAD BEEN free, but then the corporate world got involved, and marketing and merchandising, and they decided to put all the big name bands on this "island" of sorts and charge for tickets. It started off as a community music festival, and now it's just commercialized and decadence. I haven't gone much at all the past few years... usually just went to listen to the small time bands and to get funnel cake and waffles w/ ice cream, lol.

This is what Musikfest has become...
http://www.musikfest.org/