Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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.
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.
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.
1993: 11/22 Little Rock
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa 2022: 9/20 OKC 2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth
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.
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.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I'm pretty sure my 2nd row seats at the San Jose Civic Auditorium cost me a walloping $3.50
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.
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.
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa
2022: 9/20 OKC
2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth