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GangstacroGangstacro Posts: 104
edited September 2008 in Other Music
Holy Sh*T! Tickets to MSG on the floor are over $250 a pop.

I know many artists are charging even more, but man, thats a lot!
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    yep... how they manage to sleep at night is beyond me... its a global economic meltdown and yet our most liberal music superstars are charging us the equivalent of Nicaragua's GSP to watch them play live... no thanks.. i'll watch the Raconteurs who charged me only $40 thank you very much :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,510
    $75 bucks for GA pit tix

    no?
  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    the thing that pisses me off about this is that Neil is one of those that likes to play all his newer songs and isn't crazy about playing his classics. anybody gonna pay $250 to hear his new songs, or to hear Cinnamon Girl and Heart of Gold?
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Get_Right wrote:
    $75 bucks for GA pit tix

    no?

    Yep, that's what I paid. $250 is steep, but Neil's been an expensive ticket for awhile.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,581
    merkinball wrote:
    Yep, that's what I paid. $250 is steep, but Neil's been an expensive ticket for awhile.


    Well then, since he's been overcharging for awhile it's ok then. ;)

    Seriously, I'd love to catch Neil in concert again, but no way am I going to pay that much $ to see him...hopefully, he puts on a show that makes it worth it for the people that do.
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  • Two BirdsTwo Birds Posts: 256
    Yeah it's a lot of money....i would love to see Uncle Neil again. haven't seen him since 1981? when I cried through the whole concert but I have too many other bills to pay and can't do it....I'm bummed because my sister got a ticket for TO.
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  • arielariel Posts: 191
    Get_Right wrote:
    $75 bucks for GA pit tix

    no?



    That's what they are in Toronto...
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    So no one catches you?
  • hailhail82hailhail82 Posts: 330
    GA tix are $75. The $250 seats are the best seated seats. For the older crowd that would rather sit I guess.
    This is the first GA tour Neil's done in the US in a long time and the price for those tix seem pretty reasonable. I paid around $75 for PJ 10c tickets in Santa Barbara in 2006.
    Using the word "methinks" in your message board posts doesn't make you look smart.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Well then, since he's been overcharging for awhile it's ok then. ;)

    Seriously, I'd love to catch Neil in concert again, but no way am I going to pay that much $ to see him...hopefully, he puts on a show that makes it worth it for the people that do.


    Supply and demand. If people are willing to pay, I'd rather Neil get the $ then some scalper. When he did the theater tour last year, ticket prices were the same, I made the decision to buy the cheap seats, but at least I was in the building. I'm not paying $250 this tour either, but providng the GA tickets for $75 is a great move on his part, I'm more than willing to pay that much to see him.

    Seriously, if Neil made the tickets $50, the best seats would be up on ebay or stubhub for $250 anyway.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    hailhail82 wrote:
    GA tix are $75. The $250 seats are the best seated seats. For the older crowd that would rather sit I guess.
    This is the first GA tour Neil's done in the US in a long time and the price for those tix seem pretty reasonable. I paid around $75 for PJ 10c tickets in Santa Barbara in 2006.

    Long time, or ever? When was the last time Neil did a GA tour in the U.S.?
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    they are $115 to $150 AUD here in australia in January next year
    PJ were $115 last tour over here on 06
    Yeah, concert tickets are stupidly expensive here
    i will shell out $150 bucks for Neil
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

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  • pjfan020pjfan020 Posts: 426
    shoulda paid the $75 for GA ticket...i paid that much for my ten club tix with service charges and i'll be much closer for Neil...i'd love to only pay $40 to see him but ticket prices go up for every band every year...you're gonna have to deal with it or not go to the show.
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  • greaticedteagreaticedtea Posts: 229
    me and my bro tried to get msg tickets this morning but we got on the ball a little late by accident and when we checked out the tix the cheapest tickets left were 100 bucks. its a bummer because i love wilco as well
    MSG II 6/25/08
  • hailhail82hailhail82 Posts: 330
    merkinball wrote:
    Long time, or ever? When was the last time Neil did a GA tour in the U.S.?

    Actually, my first instinct was to think of the '91 tour as GA, but thinking about it more (not that I was there), I think that was seated. You might be right. Any veterans attend the '76 Crazy Horse tour?
    I can probably say with some certainty that most of Crazy Horse's '70-'71 tour were to GA audiences, like at The Palomar Junior College gymnasium near here. But clearly Neil hasn't enjoyed that anonymity in his reputation since. So yeah it's a stretch. We are seeing something unparalleled in Neil-land, and I'm glad I'll be a part of it.
    Using the word "methinks" in your message board posts doesn't make you look smart.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Get_Right wrote:
    $75 bucks for GA pit tix

    no?
    thats what i paid for GA in chicago... CANT WAIT! very reasonable $ for a legend like neil
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  • greaticedteagreaticedtea Posts: 229
    me and my brother wound up biting the bullet and getting more expensive tickets than we wanted to the msg show. all i can say is i think it will be worth it.
    MSG II 6/25/08
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    $80 for GA is pretty reasonable I would have thought... not sure why the further you go back the more expensive the tickets are but anyway. I'm buying the $100 price 2 tickets to the spectrum just because I feel like watching NY for the first time beign able to see the whole stage.
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  • Dissident67Dissident67 Posts: 570
    better than the 450 you had to pay to see the stones from the floor at msg a couple years ago, and i think U2 also was about 250 the last time they stopped in at the garden too
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,510
    I got GA tix to MSG and Philly

    $90 with all the BS fees and thats the cheapest Ive paid to see NY in a long time-tix on the greendale and the chrome dreams tours with Peggy opening were $150

    The wilco opener is just a bonus.

    these should be great
  • gozzo5058gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    Gangstacro wrote:
    Holy Sh*T! Tickets to MSG on the floor are over $250 a pop.

    I know many artists are charging even more, but man, thats a lot!

    not much different for the ACC shows in Toronto...i don't get it, just outrageous...
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i got 2nd row in the closest section side of stage for Sydney
    MMJ opening
    $150
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    holy shit that hurt.
    $115 for sidney myer music bowl.
    last time i saw neil young it cost me $21
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    We paid around double the usual cost for the concerts in London earlier this year, although it was a smaller than expected venue of only 3000 or so. I was happy to pay that price for a great seat in a great venue, rather than the going rate in a cavernous arena.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i swear if he plays needle and the damage done i will self combust on the spot.

    * must remind jeanie to bring fire extinguisher* :D
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    catefrances wrote:
    i swear if he plays needle and the damage done i will self combust on the spot.

    * must remind jeanie to bring fire extinguisher* :D


    He's played it a lot this year so far. I just can't figure out why he's been playing Mother Earth just about every show recently, and has given a one time only airing of Time Fades Away. I've Been Waiting For You disappeared from the setlists too.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    merkinball wrote:
    He's played it a lot this year so far. I just can't figure out why he's been playing Mother Earth just about every show recently, and has given a one time only airing of Time Fades Away. I've Been Waiting For You disappeared from the setlists too.

    hes just gotta. tis my favouritest song ever. i'll cry. seriously i will. and then ill self combust. :D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    catefrances wrote:
    holy shit that hurt.
    $115 for sidney myer music bowl.
    last time i saw neil young it cost me $21

    i paid $150!!!!!
    this will be my first Neil show.
    my melbourne and not sydney?
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    vedder_soup wrote:
    i paid $150!!!!!
    this will be my first Neil show.
    my melbourne and not sydney?

    sydney crowds suck. eddie told me that. ;):p:D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    catefrances wrote:
    hes just gotta. tis my favouritest song ever. i'll cry. seriously i will. and then ill self combust. :D

    Hopefully you're talking about Needle and the Damage Done, and not Mother Earth!
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    merkinball wrote:
    Hopefully you're talking about Needle and the Damage Done, and not Mother Earth!

    mm hopefully. ;):D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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