<p>Iron Maiden–I wouldn’t be anywhere near any of those anyway 
Guess I’ll be waiting a while…</p>
<p>In demand shows can sellout the best seats at those high prices instead of letting the scalpers make the difference. I paid around $300 direct each for 2nd row seats for CSNY several years back and it was worth it to me. Same for Adele recently from scalpers on Stubhub. No empty seats at either show.</p>
<p>Wow, you guys get some good acts in your neck of the woods. Red Hot Chili Peppers is coming to the Arena, as well as Madonna (hold me back). </p>
<p>We have a lot of festivals in NOLA, but they’re outdoor, usually get rained on, and are a drunken stinky mess.</p>
<p>The Foo Fighters finally came to NOLA, as the second to last act of Jazz Fest. If we weren’t moving son out of his dorm that weekend, I would have considered it.</p>
<p>I really, really wanted to take my mom to see Elton John when he came by a few years ago. Then I saw the prices and I literally felt sick to my stomach. Yeah… that didn’t happen. </p>
<p>We’re going to see Kiss and Motley Crue this fall. $50/ticket for not great seats (I think it might even be lawn). It’s ridiculous. </p>
<p>My parents and I went to see Rolling Stones a few years back. We were on the field and about third row, but our tickets were VERY reasonably priced because of a “blocked view” (there was no blocked view). The seats NEXT to ours were over 4x the price of ours. My dad and uncle waited in line for them and when they got to their car and looked at the tickets, they thought the people had made a mistake. </p>
<p>A lot of outdoor/multiband concerts are reasonably priced. Many of the “older” bands I want to see are not. It’s sad :(.</p>
<p>^^^Seriously. I mean, Boston is an oldie. I can’t believe they are charging 140 bucks to see them! Now, a popular group like the Foo Fighters, who won a bunch of Grammys for the album tour we went to, I would have thought would be three times the price.</p>
<p>I go to at least a few shows a year. My bellweather for concert tickets is Springsteen; he is admittedly my favorite artist, puts on a great show & has a decent sized band/crew. Most expensive tix for his shows have been $98 this tour (without the ridiculous Ticketmaster fees which annoy the ever loving something out of me!) If he can put on that show, with that cast & crew, I can’t really see the rationale behind other acts charging more, unless it’s a benefit show. Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks have their most expensive tix at $149.50 ($176.26 with fees) and I can’t imagine who’s paying that. The $49.50 tix I can see. </p>
<p>Even though I live in Music City, a lot of the “big” shows don’t sell out (I think there’s some type of music snobbery plus the population base really isn’t that big) so we’ve often bought the cheapest tix only to get to the arena & get bumped to a lower level so the place doesn’t look as empty. And there’s a number of smaller, less expensive venue</p>
<p>And don’t forget Dave Grohl, just had a hit movie!</p>
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<p>I can’t believe Boston is asking $140.
That is pretty hilarious.</p>
<p>Going to see Berlin (or what is left of them) for free at the Boardwalk this Friday. But then again, the entertainment is in watching the other attendees. :)</p>
<p>Elton John is going to perform at USF-Tampa soon. The $50-150 face value tickets are about double or more at StubHub now.</p>