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  • ultrapig
    ultrapig South Dakota Posts: 172
    Zod said:
    mookeywrench said:
    Yeesh, 500-700 to actually see them. And 200-400 to watch them on the field's big screen. 

    Pass for me. Looks like they learned from Taylor and figured they might as well dive right into the aftermarket pricing.

    I mean, even before Covid we paid $400 USD to be on the side closish to the stage it was $500 for the pit.   The've always been expensive.  Probably because they're the most veteran band, and veteran bands command $$ :(
    High ticket prices for the Stones started on the Voodoo Lounge tour. They were charging $35/ticket for Steel Wheels tour in 1989 and saw what they were selling for on the secondary market, so they figured why shouldn't that $ go to us. I think tix for the Voodoo Lounge tour were around $100. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    I saw The Jimi Hendrix Hendrix/ The Buddy Miles Express/ Dino Valenti  at Winterland in 1968 for (I'm pretty sure it was) $4 and was maybe 30 feet back from the stage.   About the same deal to see The Who/ Blue Cheer in '68, Jan Jose Civic, second row.
    In today's money, that would be about $35 per ticket.

    Concert prices today are ridiculous. 
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,887
    brianlux said:
    I saw The Jimi Hendrix Hendrix/ The Buddy Miles Express/ Dino Valenti  at Winterland in 1968 for (I'm pretty sure it was) $4 and was maybe 30 feet back from the stage.   About the same deal to see The Who/ Blue Cheer in '68, Jan Jose Civic, second row.
    In today's money, that would be about $35 per ticket.

    Concert prices today are ridiculous. 

    They are, but I often wonder if bands of old underpriced their shows.  That was the entire reason scalping worked.  Bands underpriced their shows and scalpers could sell for profit.  It seems people are willing to pay big $$ for experiences.
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Also concerts in 1969 probably cost a fraction of what they do now.  Not defending Ticketmaster etc; but ticket prices 50 years ago is a little like comparing the ability to view sporting events from then and now.  It’s just very very different. I’m not sure a comparison between the two is helpful to sorting out the frustration with pricing now.
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  • brianlux
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    edited December 2023
    Zod said:
    brianlux said:
    I saw The Jimi Hendrix Hendrix/ The Buddy Miles Express/ Dino Valenti  at Winterland in 1968 for (I'm pretty sure it was) $4 and was maybe 30 feet back from the stage.   About the same deal to see The Who/ Blue Cheer in '68, Jan Jose Civic, second row.
    In today's money, that would be about $35 per ticket.

    Concert prices today are ridiculous. 

    They are, but I often wonder if bands of old underpriced their shows.  That was the entire reason scalping worked.  Bands underpriced their shows and scalpers could sell for profit.  It seems people are willing to pay big $$ for experiences.
    Well, it's true that the "extravaganza factor" has increased. Even for big acts like Hendrix and The Who, stage props were generally not a big thing, if any at all.  Light shows were basically created with spots, color gels in stage lights, and overhead projectors using oils and colors to create incredible stage lighting.

    I always though those shows were amazing.  A nice light show, some seriously great music- that's all we needed or wanted.
    vant0037 said:
    Also concerts in 1969 probably cost a fraction of what they do now.  Not defending Ticketmaster etc; but ticket prices 50 years ago is a little like comparing the ability to view sporting events from then and now.  It’s just very very different. I’m not sure a comparison between the two is helpful to sorting out the frustration with pricing now.

    Times have changed, for sure. 
    And I don't mean to be disparaging or unhelpful in my comments, but I just don't understand why virtually all of today's big acts are so bloody expensive and, for that matter, why people are willing to pay as much as they do.  And not just for show tickets.  Merch these days is outrageously expensive.  At most shows at places like the Fillmore, and Winterland, posters could be had for pocket change (and often were free at the door), and amazing handbills- smaller reproductions of the show posters- were always free.



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  • Loujoe
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    Yep. True BL.  And good for those that want to/can pay. I think 2010 pj tix were 79 bucks.. but hot dang. Prices for fuel alone must have gone way up. So fans pay. 
    Yes. It's a different animal. Even 14 years ago.
    Stones should be hot, so enjoy all who r goin to a go-go.

    My favorite band I'll never see and don't care.  Just spin my beat up old records and take a nap!!
  • brianlux
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    Loujoe said:
    Yep. True BL.  And good for those that want to/can pay. I think 2010 pj tix were 79 bucks.. but hot dang. Prices for fuel alone must have gone way up. So fans pay. 
    Yes. It's a different animal. Even 14 years ago.
    Stones should be hot, so enjoy all who r goin to a go-go.

    My favorite band I'll never see and don't care.  Just spin my beat up old records and take a nap!!

    Same here, somewhat sorry to say.  I would have wanted to see them early on with Brian Jones still around or, maybe better yet, during the Mick Taylor years.  
    I had a chance to see them play at the infamous Altamont Free Concert.  One of my roommates was going and asked if I wanted to go with him.  It was pretty much last-minute and I decided to pass.  My roommate got back home the next day dead tired and bummed- not because he had witnessed to carnage near the state, but because by the time he got there he was way far back from the stage and even at that distance, the vibe was awful.  No regrets having missing that show!
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  • Zod
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    When I was a kid I really wanted to see the Steel Wheels tour.  It's the first memory I have a band tour being an actual thing, and wanting to go so bad.  I was maybe 11 or 12 at the time, so never happened, but I finally got to see them in 2018. I had a pretty good time at the show.  Like most of the best concerts you need the crowd to be on fire just as much or if not more than the band.  It was a pretty good show.   We might have paid 400usd for tickets, but I'm glad we went.   Ticket prices will keep me from going this time, but I'm glad I got to see them once.
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,126
    Zod said:
    When I was a kid I really wanted to see the Steel Wheels tour.  It's the first memory I have a band tour being an actual thing, and wanting to go so bad.  I was maybe 11 or 12 at the time, so never happened, but I finally got to see them in 2018. I had a pretty good time at the show.  Like most of the best concerts you need the crowd to be on fire just as much or if not more than the band.  It was a pretty good show.   We might have paid 400usd for tickets, but I'm glad we went.   Ticket prices will keep me from going this time, but I'm glad I got to see them once.
    I kick myself for not seeing them back then. I was clueless and figured they would just be playing new stuff. Plus...I thought they were too old. I skipped a few great bands back then for the same reason. Crazy that they are still out there and I want to see them again. I saw them in 2015 at the Indy Speedway....great show.
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  • Zod
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    Gern Blansten said:
    Zod said:
    When I was a kid I really wanted to see the Steel Wheels tour.  It's the first memory I have a band tour being an actual thing, and wanting to go so bad.  I was maybe 11 or 12 at the time, so never happened, but I finally got to see them in 2018. I had a pretty good time at the show.  Like most of the best concerts you need the crowd to be on fire just as much or if not more than the band.  It was a pretty good show.   We might have paid 400usd for tickets, but I'm glad we went.   Ticket prices will keep me from going this time, but I'm glad I got to see them once.
    I kick myself for not seeing them back then. I was clueless and figured they would just be playing new stuff. Plus...I thought they were too old. I skipped a few great bands back then for the same reason. Crazy that they are still out there and I want to see them again. I saw them in 2015 at the Indy Speedway....great show.
    The scary thing for me now, is some of those veteran acts I did get to see in the late 90's/early 00's like Black Sabbath, The Who, Neil Young etc.. I think they were younger at that time, than Pearl Jam is now, and yah we thought they were old at the time.. lol.   I guess the Stones are kind of the litmus test of how long can a band really stretch out a career.  It's been 60 years now?  That's going to be hard to top.
  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Happy birthday Keith! The Human Riff turns 80 today. Here's to the next 80!
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  • josevolution
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    Edved82 said:
    Happy birthday Keith! The Human Riff turns 80 today. Here's to the next 80!
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  • brianlux
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    Nice one, Keith!
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  • vant0037
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    Houston Set last night

    Start Me Up
    Get Off of My Cloud
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  • ultrapig
    ultrapig South Dakota Posts: 172
    vant0037 said:
    Houston Set last night

    Start Me Up
    Get Off of My Cloud
    Rocks Off
    Out of Time
    Angry
    Beast of Burden
    Mess It Up
    Tumbling Dice
    You Can't Always Get What You Want
    Little T&A
    Sympathy for the Devil
    Gimme Shelter
    Honky Tonk Women
    Miss You
    Paint It Black
    Jumpin' Jack Flash


    Encore:
    Sweet Sounds of Heaven
    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
    Weird there was only one Keith song. Awesome that he did Little T&A though. Hopefully it's on the setlist when I see them in AZ next Tuesday.
  • vant0037
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    ultrapig said:
    vant0037 said:
    Houston Set last night

    Start Me Up
    Get Off of My Cloud
    Rocks Off
    Out of Time
    Angry
    Beast of Burden
    Mess It Up
    Tumbling Dice
    You Can't Always Get What You Want
    Little T&A
    Sympathy for the Devil
    Gimme Shelter
    Honky Tonk Women
    Miss You
    Paint It Black
    Jumpin' Jack Flash


    Encore:
    Sweet Sounds of Heaven
    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
    Weird there was only one Keith song. Awesome that he did Little T&A though. Hopefully it's on the setlist when I see them in AZ next Tuesday.
    Agreed!  Nice to see the setlist mixed up some.  The warhorse finish is mostly the same concept, but they appear to have mixed it up some.  I like it.
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  • JOEJOEJOE
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    Little T & A is a big surprise....suprised they dusted it off in this day and age.
  • SVRDhand13
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    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Little T & A is a big surprise....suprised they dusted it off in this day and age.
    I've never seen the Stones and I am tempted to go to Metlife Stadium.  You think its worth a $100 ticket to be a million miles from the stage? lol (top of the football stadium).  To be honest, I never loved their live stuff, but I feel like theyre the last legendary act I have not seen.  
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  • JOEJOEJOE
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    SVRDhand13 said:
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Little T & A is a big surprise....suprised they dusted it off in this day and age.
    I've never seen the Stones and I am tempted to go to Metlife Stadium.  You think its worth a $100 ticket to be a million miles from the stage? lol (top of the football stadium).  To be honest, I never loved their live stuff, but I feel like theyre the last legendary act I have not seen.  
    It is definitely worth it to see them once.

    I first saw them in 1981...I was 15, and tickets were only $15 for GA.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,887
    edited April 2024
    SVRDhand13 said:
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Little T & A is a big surprise....suprised they dusted it off in this day and age.
    I've never seen the Stones and I am tempted to go to Metlife Stadium.  You think its worth a $100 ticket to be a million miles from the stage? lol (top of the football stadium).  To be honest, I never loved their live stuff, but I feel like theyre the last legendary act I have not seen.  
    I would say yes.   We went in 2018, for the same reason. One of the last legendary gigantic rock bands still touring that'd I'd never seen live.  Paid something like $375USD per ticket back then to be someone what close to the stage in the wings.  Don't regret it.   Won't do it a 2nd time, but I don't miss the $$ like I would of if I had skipped that experience :)

    To be fair, I think the Stones were the band that made me aware of the existance of concert tours.   I remember as a kid at end of the 80's completely enthralled with the commercials and wanting to see the Steel Wheels tour so bad (but my family didn't have that kind of disposable income).  I was pretty stoked to finally get to see the band, that started the burning embers of me wanting to go to concerts :)
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