Just to put the ticket price into perspective, here’s the ticket prices for the Belgian F1 Grand Prix:
http://www.bookf1.com/f1-belgium/tickets.htm
I think the maximum amount I spent for a live concert was £20 and that was doing a friend a favour to accompany him to Robert Plant’s (that bloke from Led Zeppelin) concert in Birmingham NEC in the early 89. I mean the way that bloke move while singing was like a snake … eeeww … What a torture … the supporting band was a lady called Alannah Myles who was famous for singing Black Velvet. Think she was wearing cat suit while singing so I was ogling her rather than her song.
The whole thing was very loud … ffs … why don’t they turn down the volume a bit.
Then another friend asked me for a favour to accompany him to Metalica’s concert at London Wembley. FFS! They were loud! Can’t they not shout or head bangs? But fun to look at coz they are funny … so are the audience banging their heads.
That’s it no more concert for me as I have had enough … errmm … but again I was dragged to a theater play (Blues brothers and that bloke Huggy Bear) by a mate because the wife did not want to go … ffs! Two blokes at a theater. What a torture.
Anyway … how you guys enjoy those stuff I don’t know.
Very, very easily. It’s the experience of actually seeing the artist/artists who’s music you really love, performing right in front of you. And in some instances, actually getting getting to meet the artist after the gig, and getting things like CD’s, vinyl albums and set-lists signed.
And I wear ear protection as well.
I was also at that Robert Plant concert too.
I also saw Led Zeppelin at Earle’s Court in London, on the Physical Graffiti Tour.
Tickets for that were £2.50…
Times have changed somewhat.
But even small venues can charge up around £18-20 these days, I can’t afford to do 39 concerts a year, like I did back in the 90’s.
Jamie – Freeloader!
I’d be more pissed off at the £10.50 booking/handling fee, than the £135.
Yeah, well, it does stick in the throat somewhat, but when you get shafted for £5 handling on a thirty quid ticket it’s even more galling!