The Who - Live

ekwipt · May 21

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

mickeyrat · May 21

I think I recall paying 80 per in 2022?

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great time. great idea with the breakdown of the performance in 3 sections. well done.

GlowGirl · May 21

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

That’s crazy. In 2022 I did splurge on some close floor seats - maybe 11the row or something. But they were around $250.

ekwipt · May 21

GlowGirl said:

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

That’s crazy. In 2022 I did splurge on some close floor seats - maybe 11the row or something. But they were around $250.

And those are “standard”. They’ll still sell you VIP or Platinum for double that price. Delusional.

brianlux · May 21

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

I'm pretty sure my 2nd row seats at the San Jose Civic Auditorium cost me a walloping $3.50

DJ253147 · May 23

brianlux said:

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

I'm pretty sure my 2nd row seats at the San Jose Civic Auditorium cost me a walloping $3.50

I should try to find my ticket stub from April, 1980 in Vancouver. It would be nice if some of the legacy bands could take those 1960’s and 1970’s prices and apply only the rate of inflation to come up with a 2025 price.I would bet it’s well under $100.

Fantastic show in 1980 though unfortunately Keith Moon had passed away not long before. I believe it was a Monday in Vancouver so after working all day Wednesday we headed for Key Arena to catch the Seattle show.

Lerxst1992 · May 23

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

There’s such a double standard for musicians.

They can’t sell luxury tickets or suites. Heck, around here, they should sell the best tickets for $185. Doesn’t this seem absurd? And, you literally had to be in the club 35 years ago to get the best deal here.

Every sports team that we love either does this for every game on the schedule, and you need to buy the season, or wishes they are in a market that could do it. But a musician? Double standard. And yes, The Who prices are too rich for me as well.

DE4173 · May 23

I'm all for artists setting prices for how they see fit. I don't know all the ins and outs of the costs of touring these days.

The market will determine whether or not the prices are worth it. Not comparing The Black Keys to The Who historically or musically, but they set up a tour of arenas and set their prices. They found out the market isn't there for them at arenas and at those prices, so the scrapped the whole thing, reevaluated and announced a different tour.

I'm all for artists getting the profits of ticket sales and not scalpers, if artists set the price too low.

ekwipt · May 23

Lerxst1992 said:

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

There’s such a double standard for musicians.

They can’t sell luxury tickets or suites. Heck, around here, they should sell the best tickets for $185. Doesn’t this seem absurd? And, you literally had to be in the club 35 years ago to get the best deal here.

Every sports team that we love either does this for every game on the schedule, and you need to buy the season, or wishes they are in a market that could do it. But a musician? Double standard. And yes, The Who prices are too rich for me as well.

No double standard for me. I quit attending basically all local sporting events here because I find the experience no longer justifies the price. These Who prices are absurd and deserve a laugh. Other artists I’d put in their category/level (Stones, AC/DC, Paul Simon, Springsteen etc) sold the same seats for less than 1/2 the price very recently.

josevolution · May 23

Not sure it’s even worth going to see Daltrey & Townsend! With Pete not into being on stage and Daltrey being a pumpus ass, just retire

GlowGirl · May 23

DJ253147 said:

brianlux said:

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

I'm pretty sure my 2nd row seats at the San Jose Civic Auditorium cost me a walloping $3.50

I should try to find my ticket stub from April, 1980 in Vancouver. It would be nice if some of the legacy bands could take those 1960’s and 1970’s prices and apply only the rate of inflation to come up with a 2025 price.I would bet it’s well under $100.

Fantastic show in 1980 though unfortunately Keith Moon had passed away not long before. I believe it was a Monday in Vancouver so after working all day Wednesday we headed for Key Arena to catch the Seattle show.

Here are a few of the earlier shows I saw. $22.50 in 1989, $34.00 in 2000. Last few shows I saw were over $200.

brianlux · May 24

DJ253147 said:

brianlux said:

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

I'm pretty sure my 2nd row seats at the San Jose Civic Auditorium cost me a walloping $3.50

I should try to find my ticket stub from April, 1980 in Vancouver. It would be nice if some of the legacy bands could take those 1960’s and 1970’s prices and apply only the rate of inflation to come up with a 2025 price.I would bet it’s well under $100.

Fantastic show in 1980 though unfortunately Keith Moon had passed away not long before. I believe it was a Monday in Vancouver so after working all day Wednesday we headed for Key Arena to catch the Seattle show.

That would be a treasure!

I wish I had started saving my ticket stubs earlier. I didn't think to do that until the early 80s.

I love your idea of legacy bands using inflation rates to apply to 2025 prices. Yeah, almost all shows would be much more affordable. I don't understand the rationale for today's prices.

JOEJOEJOE · May 24

brianlux said:

DJ253147 said:

brianlux said:

ekwipt said:

I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣

I'm pretty sure my 2nd row seats at the San Jose Civic Auditorium cost me a walloping $3.50

I should try to find my ticket stub from April, 1980 in Vancouver. It would be nice if some of the legacy bands could take those 1960’s and 1970’s prices and apply only the rate of inflation to come up with a 2025 price.I would bet it’s well under $100.

Fantastic show in 1980 though unfortunately Keith Moon had passed away not long before. I believe it was a Monday in Vancouver so after working all day Wednesday we headed for Key Arena to catch the Seattle show.

That would be a treasure!
I wish I had started saving my ticket stubs earlier. I didn't think to do that until the early 80s.
I love your idea of legacy bands using inflation rates to apply to 2025 prices. Yeah, almost all shows would be much more affordable. I don't understand the rationale for today's prices.

seems like ticket prices have become a function of market value.

OfThePearl · May 24

October 2022 my seat was $248.
Not floor, but fairly close Pete's side.

*actually quite close (looked it up) 3rd row section closest to the stage. (No GA)
So, other than the 1st few rows floor, one of the best seats in the house. Feels like a Bargain 🎶, now.
At today's prices, probably the best (Who tix) I'll ever have.

HughFreakingDillon · May 26

$40 for Van Halen/Alice in Chains in 1991.

adjusting for inflation, that should be no more than $93.92 today. There is no excuse for these ridiculous prices. But companies and artists figured out that experiences can be marketed as once-in-a-lifetime and thus, deserve to be catastrophically more expensive to better adjust to their "worth". it will only change if everyone stops going. It will never, ever happen.

OfThePearl · May 26

I think its also just an observation of what many are willing to pay on the secondary market.
Even if a band does not want to take advantage of loyal fans, if they keep prices reasonable and undervalue their services, scalpers get the extra $ that should rightfully go to the band. So its a balancing act to try and retain some of that $ up front, without pricing a large # of fans out of the market.

I get it, but I still don't like it, and it definitely restricts some of the shows I can go to.

brianlux · May 27

HughFreakingDillon said:

$40 for Van Halen/Alice in Chains in 1991.

adjusting for inflation, that should be no more than $93.92 today. There is no excuse for these ridiculous prices. But companies and artists figured out that experiences can be marketed as once-in-a-lifetime and thus, deserve to be catastrophically more expensive to better adjust to their "worth". it will only change if everyone stops going. It will never, ever happen.

The Dream Syndicate (formed in 1981), Harlow's, Sacramento, Calif., 7/29/22, $25

RatherStarved · May 27

Saw the Who once. I’m good.

HughFreakingDillon · May 27

RatherStarved said:

Saw the Who once. I’m good.

Me too. Kind of a “might regret it if I don’t” thing. Went with my dad.

Never really understood the appeal.

brianlux · May 28

HughFreakingDillon said:

RatherStarved said:

Saw the Who once. I’m good.

Me too. Kind of a “might regret it if I don’t” thing. Went with my dad.

Never really understood the appeal.

Hate to say it but to have really appreciated The Who I think you would have had to have seen them between 1967 and maybe 1976.

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