Pretty much my policy - won't go see anyone charging £20 or more per ticket. But Underworld are special. I've loved everything they've done from dubnobass and since. I'll be looking forward to their new stuff too. I don't think there's one single other band I can say that about.
[i]Was tempted for a bit by JAMC playing Psychocandy last year [/i]
If the gig I saw 5 years or so ago was anything to go by, that would be even worse. Going through the motions, sums it up.
Especially compared to how Psychocandy was played originally (check the youtube vids).
won't go see anyone charging £20 or more per ticket
£12 was my ceiling for years, but even £20 is getting difficult now. Tame Impala later this year is something like £25!
I blame the Flaming Lips for that, ticket prices when they toured for Yoshimi were a good jump higher than average and they blamed their elaborate set, but everyone just seemed to follow suit and suddenly gigs were more expensive.
Nick Cave wants £65 this year! I'd expect him to cook me a meal for that.
My sister went to see Noel Gallagher the other night, for the ticket cost I'd be wanting Elvis Presley himself, back from the dead.
A £20 limit would stop me seeing most of the acts I want to see. I don't know if London prices are higher than elsewhere but I'd struggle to see many folk under it.
[url= http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2015/nils-frahm/ ]Nils Frahm at Camden Roundhouse from £20[/url]
[url= http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/the-cinematic-orchestra-hammersmith/ ]Cinematic Orchestra in Hammersmith from £27.50[/url]
I'd still get to see [url= http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/ulrich-schnauss-2/ ]Ulrich Schnauss[/url] if the booking fees are not too bad.
Suits me. Small bands in small venues. Last time I paid £20 it was for MF Doom and it was shit.
Glass Animals Monday - £10 (well, I actually paid £20 for 2 tickets and my mate bailed on the night, so I guess that cost me 20!)
Sleaford Mods tonight - £11 🙂
A mate lives in Amsterdam, so with a tour date there I'd hoped to get tickets and go and see them. It seems tickets for that gig were as common as snowballs in hell........
