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AZSkiffyGeek

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16. My first shows were around 82-83

Reply to yonder (Reply #15)

Tue Jun 27, 2023, 11:44 PM

Jun 2023

Genesis, Journey, Rush, Def Leppard, The Who. Didn't pay more than $15 for any of them. The Who had the Clash, Santana and Hooters on the bill, and it was only like $8. Hell, the Amnesty International show w/ Sting, Springsteen and Peter Gabriel mentioned in another thread was only $25!

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Taylor Swift tickets sold for $1468 per ticket in Pittsburgh. They dropped as the concert got near. [View all] debm55 Jun 2023 OP

$85 to see Page and Plant at The Gorge in ''95. Before that, $50 for the Stones Voodoo brewens Jun 2023 #1

The venue was at the baseball stadium. You can't let a kid go by themselves. So you would have to debm55 Jun 2023 #2

Yup. Some people have too much money if they can do that. People need to wise up. Those brewens Jun 2023 #3

$300 face value for a pair of Genesis tickets in 2007 AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #4

I would love to see Peter Gabriel. Do you know who sets the prices? debm55 Jun 2023 #6

I think it's a combination of venue/promoter/artist AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #7

I paid $50 for a ticket to see Bob Dylan in 2004 Walleye Jun 2023 #5

A lot of ticket scalpers looking to make money.... TheRealNorth Jun 2023 #8

$220 to see Iron Maiden a few years ago. Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #9

$60 Each: Bowie "Glass Spider" ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #10

I paid about $50 to see the Rolling Stones in 1989, Ocelot II Jun 2023 #11

Dynamic pricing should be illegal. nt Mosby Jun 2023 #12

Last week I was in line at my local Walgreens DURHAM D Jun 2023 #13

Not me, and not a concert AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #14

Don't know about the most but the least were less than $5.00. yonder Jun 2023 #15

My first shows were around 82-83 AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #16

That seems like an awful lot of money to... LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #17

I paid $400 something Tracyjo Jun 2023 #18