How much have you paid recently to attend a gig/concert/play?
I ask because Ticketmaster have just emailed me some upcoming dates, and I want to know what prices are normal nowadays.

Edit: Cheers everyone
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:26, 29 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Between £13.50 and £45.
Depends on venue and gig.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Vippers' band are generally a quid.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:35, Reply)

With a free pint.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:37, Reply)

I'll have you know that you have to pay for your drinks
but it's only a quid about half the times we play, otherwise it is free.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:39, Reply)

And
a free coaster CD.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:44, Reply)

naa
they cost a fiver
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Welsh National Opera at the Bristol Hippodrome
after Ticketmaster have bumraped me for their advanced ticket fee (or online booking fee), 2 tickets come to a total of £89, which feels a bit steep for some midweek entertainment.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:48, Reply)

That's about right for WNO

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Cheers

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 12:14, Reply)

I saw Editors in London the tickets were £22

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:33, Reply)

That's a good price
my mate paid more than that to see them at the Bristol academy (or whatever it's called now).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Motorhead is about £40
The Stooges is (I think) nearer to £50
Honourable hippies Gong about £20

Since the advent of illegal downloads it's tickets and swag that actually pay the bands now, not record sales. Whilst this is a good thing, making bands get out there and play for a living, the downside is the outrageous ticket prices.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:34, Reply)

I blame AC/DC
they've been charging loads for decades.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:38, Reply)

*Spang*

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Is that some kind of electricty pun?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:39, Reply)

That depends, did you find it funny?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Not hugely although I'm pretty wired from too much coffee

I'm trying to wash it out with a black currant drink, but I just keep alternating between charged and feeling a little flat.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:42, Reply)

I expect there'll be a battery of puns now.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:44, Reply)

I'll resist it.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 20 Apr 2010, 12:53, Reply)

Shocking!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:40, Reply)

I think the Rolling Stones also have a lot to answer for.
They realised long before the download 'crisis' that no-one bought their shitty new albums anyway, and thus ticket sales were going to be their primary source of income (alongside reissues and 'greatest hits' albums).
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:44, Reply)

I blame the rolling stones for the London congestion charge, global warming
the sexualisation of children and the setbacks at the large hadron collider. They should be summarily excuted on stage.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:48, Reply)

I blame them for 9/11, 7/7 and 7/11

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:50, Reply)

I blame them for 1/8, 1/2 and 3 oz as well

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

IS THERE NOTHING THOSE SUPERANNUATED SWINE WILL NOT DO?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Kerry Katona

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Ticket prices would be high for that.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Couldn't agree more about the limp output from the Rolling Stones
They should have jacked it in about 30 years ago. I see more able bodied geriatrics when I go and visit my Gran in her nursing home.

As for tickets, I bought 3 on E-Gay for the Premier League of Darts at the SECC the other. Paid £30 each, the face value was £20, so it wasn't so bad considering it had sold out in one day.

It was a VERY strange evening. Necked a pill and ended up pretty fried. The atmosphere was incredible, like a mix between a festival, a football match, a Bank Holiday and a Roman orgy. Easily the most electric and 'on the verge of descending into chaos' atmosphere I have ever experienced. And for what, a few blokes throwing darts....this made it all the more surreal.

Canny wait for next year, floor seats FTW.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:59, Reply)

You dropped e for darts?
what would one take for snooker?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Mate
you have to experience it to believe it, easily more intense than a lot of clubbing nights i've had. The x merely amplified what was kicking off around me.

I went last year and woke up in A&E having my head stitched, totally the fault of the free bar, ended up completely hammered. No pills, no smoke, just the demon drink. I wasn't making that mistake again.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:11, Reply)

I agree, darts looks like a lot of fun to watch (a good party atmosphere)
my dad is a fan of darts and I have some mates who love watching it.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Muse and Rammstein are both £50
but Mindless Self Indulgence were only £15, so it really depends on who the band is and how awesome they think they are. Kings of Leon probably charge £850.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Rubbish though Rammstein undoubtedly are
From what I've seen, you actually get £50-worth of entertainment from their show. AC/DC are indeed very expensive but their stage set is fucking impressive and the performance is a good couple of hours.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I like Rammstein
unfortunately I didn't get to see them because I didn't have £50. I've seen their DVD though and it does look pyro-tastic. Also, one of the guitarists went crowd surfing in a dinghy which I thought was fun
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Did you see MSI then?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:03, Reply)

hell to the yeah

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Bass Clef
This Friday, Glasgow, only £10 £5. Now THAT is a bargain! A heady mix of Soca, Calypso, Dub and Rave. As soon as you introduce live trombone and theramin, poured through an evil echo chamber, you know you've got something special.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:05, Reply)

something special a headache
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:10, Reply)

Ha
Seriously though, it is superb stuff. In fact, here is a link to a gig I was at last year. Don't say i'm not generous.

www.sendspace.com/file/vaclla
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Moz at wembley... 3/4 years ago
was £50 including booking fee

Last gig I went to sadly, mainly because of the prices
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:37, Reply)

We decided a while back that experiences make better presents
than a lot of the cliched stuff you end up buying, particularly for people of a certain age who quite simply don't need more stuff.
Consequently at the weekend we booked tickets for my Mum's and my partner's Auntie's birthdays. Unfortunately this means that I get to spend £28 a ticket watching, not Neil Sedaka, but a musical based on his songs but my girlfriend gets to see Robert Cray at The Liverpool Philharmonic for a bargain £34.
The booking fees for Liverpool were quite reasonable too. The last time we went to the M.E.N. arena they were a bit steep and then they had the temerity to charge a delivery fee (I think it was £2 a ticket)even though we printed our own tickets.
(Cave Duck, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 12:52, Reply)