Crazy money for concerts/festivals

anniehoo

Anyone else think the price of tickets is astronomical for concerts/festivals lately. I cant afford to go to any of them this year. Just seen a friends Facebook status looking to sell 2 Michael Bublé tickets for €185 each. I read it first of all as the 2 for €185...but nope...€370 for the 2 :eek::eek: This is Michael Bublé FFS...he'd want to be in my sitting room giving me a lap dance aswell for that money.

Electric Picnic was also crazy moolah aswell..€240 with no option of a one day pass.

I think €70 at the MAX is reasonabe to pay to see anyone in concert. Opinions? Or am i just bein a stingy fecker?

GLaDOS

Supply and demand, that's how it works. If people are willing to pay it, that's the right price

easyeason3

You're being a stingy fecker for suggesting €70 as an appropriate price.

mikom

anniehoo wrote: »

I think €70 at the MAX is reasonabe to pay to see anyone in concert. Opinions?

You are dead right.
Add in a drink or two at the gig and you'll have little change from 100.

WindSock

easyeason3 wrote: »

You're being a stingy fecker for suggesting €70 as an appropriate price.

For a concert? It should be much less.

Pookah

€70??

I paid €22.50 to see reggae legends 'Toots and the Maytals' at the Tripod recently.

bullpost

Limit yourself to up-and-coming bands. They're cheaper to see and your street-cred goes up

easyeason3

WindSock wrote: »

For a concert? It should be much less.

She mentioned Electric Picinic just before it so I assumed this is what she was getting at.

€70 to see one band is ripping the piss.

_feedback_

anniehoo wrote: »

Electric Picnic was also crazy moolah aswell..€240 with no option of a one day pass.

What is the story with that? The sales must not have been the best. They were giving away tickets on every show (literally) on Today FM during the week leading up to it.

Cuddlesworth

Why don't you take a seat and tell me all about it?

bonerm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Supply and demand, that's how it works. If people are willing to pay it, that's the right price

Exactly. The Irish are renowned event-junkies and that's why you'll see we get charged more for sporting and music events than neighbouring countries. You know something is wrong when in some cases you can hop on a plane go to a neighbouring city in the UK or Europe and see a band for less than it might cost to see them in Dublin etc.

People need to start refusing events at these prices before anything will get done about it.

anniehoo

€70 seems more than fair to me. I honestly cannot get over the fact Michael Bublé is €185....i wouldnt even pay that for U2 or the likes and they have a serious amount of stage set up goin with it.

Nozebleed

I wouldn't pay more than €30 to see anyone. festivals in this country are ****e..second rate acts. kids music. as for michael buble..****ing joke karoke singer who thinks he's italian.

easyeason3

anniehoo wrote: »

€70 seems more than fair to me. I honestly cannot get over the fact Michael Bublé is €185....i wouldnt even pay that for U2 or the likes and they have a serious amount of stage set up goin with it.

No offence but I wouldn't pay €0.85 for a U2 ticket.

WindSock

anniehoo wrote: »

€70 seems more than fair to me. I honestly cannot get over the fact Michael Bublé is €185....i wouldnt even pay that for U2 or the likes and they have a serious amount of stage set up goin with it.

He needs to get his Bublé burst by the sounds of things.

super_furry

People are starting to vote with their feet. Electric Picnic was far from sold out this year.

bonerm

easyeason3 wrote: »

No offence but I wouldn't pay €0.85 for a U2 ticket.

What if you had some life-threating disease and Bono promised to personally come down from the stage and cure you?

ejmaztec

Anything more than €10 is far too much to pay to see any of the greedy bastards.

easyeason3

bonerm wrote: »

What if you had some life-threating disease and Bono promised to personally come down from the stage and cure you?

I'd ask him to take off his man booties first because he looks like a proper d!ck when he wears them.

And he would probably be too busy lecturing everyone else on world poverty to notice little old me dying in the corner.

ejmaztec

easyeason3 wrote: »

And he would probably be too busy lecturing everyone else on world poverty to notice little old me dying in the corner.

He'd probably come down and throttle you to death for stealing his air.

MCMLXXXIII

Previous posters are right - get 'em early!

I paid $25 to see Lady Gaga in a small theatre (maybe 700 people - all general admission), and then two years later paid $75 to sit half way back in an arena with 22,000 seats.

...I also paid $400 to see Madonna from the 11th row (in a football stadium) that same summer. :rolleyes: Yes, it was an expensive year!

Cuddlesworth

MCMLXXXIII wrote: »

Previous posters are right - get 'em early!

I paid $25 to see Lady Gaga in a small theatre (maybe 700 people - all general admission), and then two years later paid $75 to sit half way back in an arena with 22,000 seats.

...I also paid $400 to see Madonna from the 11th row (in a football stadium) that same summer. :rolleyes: Yes, it was an expensive year!

Lets play a game of spot the homosexual.

rossie1977

it was £150 for a 3 day pass for download this year, which i thought wasn't too bad, still expensive but better than anything in this country

saw limp bizkit in the olympia a few weeks ago for €45

rossie1977

easyeason3 wrote: »

No offence but I wouldn't pay €0.85 for a U2 ticket.

too bad, they put on a great live show, one of the performances of last year for me in croke park and i ain't a u2 fan

sensibleken

€60 for a weekend at vantastival a few months ago. great bands, byo booze, that was a propper festival for a propper price

Mr. Incognito

It says 50+ on ticketmaster for Michael Bubbles.

Your mate is obviously a greedy C^nt and this has nothing to do with mainstream prices.

super_furry

Still though anything over a tenner to see that Frank Sinatra cover act, Mickey Bubbles, is a rip-off.

aDeener

MCMLXXXIII wrote: »

Previous posters are right - get 'em early!

I paid $25 to see Lady Gaga in a small theatre (maybe 700 people - all general admission), and then two years later paid $75 to sit half way back in an arena with 22,000 seats.

...I also paid $400 to see Madonna from the 11th row (in a football stadium) that same summer. :rolleyes: Yes, it was an expensive year!

they sure saw you coming

Devil08

Sure forget about tickets, the price of turnips is unbelievable nowadays

MCMLXXXIII

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Lets play a game of spot the homosexual.

Aahhh...you caught me! Your location reminds me of a saying (based on the Las Vegas adverts): "What happens over the rainbow, stays over the rainbow."

...does it matter that I also saw the Eminem and Jay-Z concert last weekend? :rolleyes:

starbelgrade

I'm off to a 3 day festival in Sligo in a few minutes... the car's packed with booze & a tent and the tickets were €60 for the whole weekend.


And the good news... the sun is beating down - happy days!!

Kimia

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

It says 50+ on ticketmaster for Michael Bubbles.

Your mate is obviously a greedy C^nt and this has nothing to do with mainstream prices.

Don't blame Michael for this!!! F8cking touts. (As in, I agree with the above)

MagicMarker

Pfft, Michael Buble! I'm going to download his discography tonight and then delete it all. That'll show 'em!

yrwhu8jxtni06a

I dont know why people pay €230 for an oxygen ticket when you can get pissed upon and beat up for free on a sat night out..

anniehoo

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

It says 50+ on ticketmaster for Michael Bubbles.

Your mate is obviously a greedy C^nt and this has nothing to do with mainstream prices.

No she said its face value. Theyre up the front though so just lookin there myself on ticketmaster it says €166.50 is the top price...so the 50 squids one must be miles down the back. Not sure wheres shes gettin €185 then..but still pricey!

Professey Chin

MCMLXXXIII wrote: »

...does it matter that I also saw the Eminem and Jay-Z concert last weekend? :rolleyes:

Youre really not helping your case here

conor678

Like a previous poster said people are voting with their feet.

Oxygen was far from sold out, both camping and one day passes, and is known for being a blatant rip off.

Concert organizers have been getting away with ripping people off at large scale events for years. The point upgrade I say still has to be paid for afaik.

Next year I'd say there'll be a decrease in the price of major festivals and concerts. Nonetheless the big single acts like U2, Springsteen, McCarthy etc will still sell out no matter what price they charge.

yrwhu8jxtni06a

conor678 wrote: »

Oxygen was far from sold out, both camping and one day passes, and is known for being a blatant rip off.

Its a bloody insult for your money,only have to read in the oxygen forums amount of scumbags it seems to attract every year and f'ck all security around,then you get some Z list celeb in the paper appearing and smileing at the festival,you dont see them up to eyes in filth..

30H!3

Just point blank refuse to pay it, I've stopped going to festivals and concerts in this country for the last few years because of this. They can't rip you off if you aren't there!

Herb Powell

Megadeth for €35
win

LowOdour

the festival in sligo this weekendseems great value, 60-70 euro i think. Tickets for The National's concert in Dec are 35e...now thats value for an amazing band

El Weirdo

anniehoo wrote: »

Anyone else think the price of tickets is astronomical for concerts/festivals lately. I cant afford to go to any of them this year. Just seen a friends Facebook status looking to sell 2 Michael Bublé tickets for €185 each. I read it first of all as the 2 for €185...but nope...€370 for the 2 :eek::eek: This is Michael Bublé FFS...he'd want to be in my sitting room giving me a lap dance aswell for that money.

Electric Picnic was also crazy moolah aswell..€240 with no option of a one day pass.

I think €70 at the MAX is reasonabe to pay to see anyone in concert. Opinions? Or am i just bein a stingy fecker?

So you think 70 lids to see 1 gig lasting a couple of hours is ok but 240 for a 2 day, 3 night festival including camping is crazy? Can't see your logic there I'm afraid.

Hank_Jones

Much rather go see up and coming acts on the cheap, don't think I'd pay to see any of the big acts now.
They generally are just a let down anyway.

kelle

After my colleague paying €110 to see Whitney Heuston earlier this year and leaving early because basically it was a sh*t concert (and I read all the angry reviews afterwards), this has completely put me off wasting my hard-earned money on going to these concerts!

Knifey Spoony

Herb Powell wrote: »

Megadeth for €35
win

Definatly worth it.

Then there is Shrinebuilder for €18 in November. Not bad considering the background the lads in the band have. I've also seen Glyder a couple of times for €10. Like has be said before, you really have to catch them before greedy promotors realise that they can make a quick buck off them

Herb Powell

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

Definatly worth it.

Then there is Shrinebuilder for €18 in November. Not bad considering the background the lads in the band have. I've also seen Glyder a couple of times for €10. Like has be said before, you really have to catch them before greedy promotors realise that they can make a quick buck off them

Damn right, they played all of Rust in Peace, was a class show in general
Yup, that's the way it's heading. Glyder are really good too

Arthurdaly

A large percentage of people illegally download music these days so I guess the artists need to push up the price! Agreed though, some of the prices for gigs are ridiculous, esp the oldtimers with a good catalouge of albums!

RolandIRL

paid €20 to see the Coronas during rag week last year. good enough gig as well. paid €60 for u2 last summer and that was a terrific show. worth it imo

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm off to a 3 day festival in Sligo in a few minutes... the car's packed with booze & a tent and the tickets were €60 for the whole weekend.


And the good news... the sun is beating down - happy days!!

enjoy temple house don't get too many STDs :P

Herb Powell

Arthurdaly wrote: »

A large percentage of people illegally download music these days so I guess the artists need to push up the price! Agreed though, some of the prices for gigs are ridiculous, esp the oldtimers with a good catalouge of albums!

not really

Arthurdaly

Herb Powell wrote: »

not really

My bad!! The majority of people pay to download their music!

fergpie

€103 for a 4 day pass to EXIT festival in serbia. Far better value than oxygen or electric picnic and i got a mini holiday out of it as well