The Who - Live

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  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 908
    I open this screenshot and laugh every day 🤣 


  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 43,490
    I think I recall paying 80 per in 2022?

    box checked
     great time. great idea with the breakdown of the performance in 3 sections. well done.
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  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,859
    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. 
  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 908
    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. 
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,227
    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
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • DJ253147DJ253147 Posts: 699
    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. 
  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,382
    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.
  • DE4173DE4173 Posts: 2,535
    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.
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  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 908
    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. 
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,924
    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 
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  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,859
    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. 
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,227
    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.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,784
    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.  
  • OfThePearlOfThePearl Posts: 946
    edited May 26
    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.
    Post edited by OfThePearl on
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,153
    $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. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • OfThePearlOfThePearl Posts: 946
    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.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,227
    edited May 27
    $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
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • RatherStarvedRatherStarved Posts: 5,651
    Saw the Who once.  I’m good. 
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,153
    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. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,227
    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.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,294
    edited May 28
    Saw The Who in 2007. When they released videoboots of their shows. 

    A lot of older-than-middle age women with wine glasses a-bit-too-drunk down on the floor. Mixed with not that interesting songs to begin with.

    I'm good.

    (Who's next is great though)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,294
    edited May 28
    $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. 
    Adjust also for percentage of revenue streams for an artist. 

    Like my successful Swedish artist friend said; "back in the 80s/90s the tours were there to drive the CD/LP/Cassette-sales - we didn't make any money touring."

    But like you said, obviously it's an eventification part of it all also. The same with movies in a way.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • EL91640EL91640 Posts: 310
    brianlux 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.
    They were my favorite band for a long time. I saw them in 2000 when they still had John and it was incredible! Would have loved to seem them between 67-76, but had that issue of not being alive yet. 
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,851
    Ticket prices wouldn’t be as high if people bought music instead of streaming and stealing music. I blame millennials 😄
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