Most Expensive Concert in a Venue

but1er

Just after seen what Nicki Minaj is charging for the olympia 55 euro

is that the most expensive in that venue? surely has to be

id put my house on paul simon in vicar street at 80 euro to be the most expensive there

what about the o2 dearest concert there to date?

AdMMM

Tickets on the secondary market for Adele in the Olympia were some of the highest I have ever seen (over €1000!)

ghostdancer

but1er wrote: »

Just after seen what Nicki Minaj is charging for the olympia 55 euro

is that the most expensive in that venue? surely has to be

id put my house on paul simon in vicar street at 80 euro to be the most expensive there

what about the o2 dearest concert there to date?

i'll take that bet! pretty sure Neil Young in Vicar St. a few years ago was around €110.

Thundercats Ho

Wasn't at it but i remember the Paul McCartney gig at the O2 a few years ago being from €85 to €155 or thereabouts.

NIBBS

but1er wrote: »

Just after seen what Nicki Minaj is charging for the olympia 55 euro

is that the most expensive in that venue? surely has to be

id put my house on paul simon in vicar street at 80 euro to be the most expensive there

what about the o2 dearest concert there to date?

you'd be loosing your house but1er

definitely been stuff over €60 in Olympia (just can't remember which gigs off the top of my head)

there's been a few in Vicar St over €100, Neil Young was one - was €105 I think and there was 2 nights if I'm not mistaken.....

plenty of stuff in the O2 with the stupid price ranges of €70 - €155 wether or not they'd still be able to get those prices is a question now though...

ConcertKing

Andrea Bocelli at the O2 Arena,Dublin,Monday November 22nd.

Paid €155 a ticket and that's not includin' the €6.35 booking charge.

What a voice though and was in the Front Row so was just amazin'.

The Nal

Van Morrison is 125 quid in the O2.

Barbra Streisands tickets a few years ago were priced between £100 and £1500.

Yep you read that right. One thousand five hundred Euro.

And people paid it!!

StaticAge11

Wasnt Witney Heuston pretty expensive for the last show she did here, remember people fuming about ticket prices at the time

The Nal

StaticAge11 wrote: »

Wasnt Witney Heuston pretty expensive for the last show she did here

Is that some Whitney Houston tribute act?

delbertgrady

I'd need to check my tickets, but my recollection is that seats on the flat in front of the stage at Simon and Garfunkel in the RDS were around €135. Neil Young in Vicar Street was about €113 (over the counter price). Paul McCartney in the RDS in 2003 was about €135, as I recall.

Elton John: The Red Piano, O2, 2009, €162.60 (but the whole tour ended up being cancelled due to illness)
Tom Waits, Ratcellar, 2008, €137.60
Fleetwood Mac, O2, 2009, €132.60
Leonard Cohen, O2, 2009, €131.35
Elton John and Ray Cooper, O2, 2010, €112.60

Mickolution

Isn't €50odd standard for an international act in The Olympia? I think I remember Massive Attack being around that a few years back.

CiaranK

Barbra Streisand Fiasco in Castletown House was €500 a ticket

The Nal

delbertgrady wrote: »

Tom Waits, Ratcellar, 2008, €137.60

Thats the only gig Ive really wanted to go to that I passed on due to price.

Ry Cooder in the Olympia a few years ago too I suppose. €125

Al Green in Vicar St too actually. That was 80 quid and I knew he only did 55 minutes so gave that the flipside too.

CiaranK wrote: »

Barbra Streisand Fiasco in Castletown House was €500 a ticket

We should've done what the Romans did and protested and got that gig cancelled.ticket prices reduced.

Shocking.

but1er

i am shock when i hear these prices

113 euro to see neill young :O

and your only talking to last 3 4 years prices have gotten so high

bring back the 80s prices (wasnt even born) but stubs looked pretty cheap

Dermo

but1er wrote: »

bring back the 80s prices (wasnt even born) but stubs looked pretty cheap

It was £15 to see Springsteen at Slane in '85

westmeathband

don´t forget the Tom Waits gig a few years ago. the stub expense was one thing, (€120 per ticket plus €17.60 in booking fees, CC fees etc) but the fact the tickets were non transferrable, had to be issued with name printed on them and had to be shown with ID was ridiculous.

and this was in the RATCELLAR!!!!!!!!

10 years ago i saw him in the Gaiety for 10% of that, and that was a ticket from a tout!

The Nal

but1er wrote: »

i am shock when i hear these prices

113 euro to see neill young :O

and your only talking to last 3 4 years prices have gotten so high

bring back the 80s prices (wasnt even born) but stubs looked pretty cheap

Neil Young was nearly 10 years ago now.

The more we buy tickets at this price the more they will charge.

Simple solution. Dont buy them.

RangeR

I saw a-ha in RDS back in 1988 for £12.50
I saw George Michael in O2 a few months ago for €130~ a pop. Was in 3rd or 4th row. Awsome experience. He cancelled the rest of his tour two days later, I think. Fooker nearly died.

The Nal

RangeR wrote: »

He cancelled the rest of his tour two days later, I think. Fooker nearly died.

Probably with the guilt when he saw his bank balance after the gig.

RangeR

The Nal wrote: »

Probably with the guilt when he saw his bank balance after the gig.

He actually had very bad case of pneumonia, was rushed to a Vienna hospital [his gig that night] where he was there for a month. He was on the brink.

AaronPunk

Mickolution wrote: »

Isn't €50odd standard for an international act in The Olympia? I think I remember Massive Attack being around that a few years back.

Nah, it's normally closer to the €30 mark.
Out of the seven gigs I went to in the Olympia (which, admittedly, two I didn't pay for or have tickets with the prices for) the dearest was Ocean Colour Scene at €35.

scudzilla

I think Korn in The Olympia last weekend was 60Euro

CiaranK

Dearest gig I was at in the Olympia was €60 for Robert Plant last time he was here with the Band Of Joy

dixiefly

westmeathband wrote: »

don´t forget the Tom Waits gig a few years ago. the stub expense was one thing, (€120 per ticket plus €17.60 in booking fees, CC fees etc) but the fact the tickets were non transferrable, had to be issued with name printed on them and had to be shown with ID was ridiculous.

and this was in the RATCELLAR!!!!!!!!

10 years ago i saw him in the Gaiety for 10% of that, and that was a ticket from a tout!

And, in my humble opinion, the concert was crap. I was so disappointed as I am a big fan of his ballady stuff but didnt like most of the songs he played on the night I went - looking at the setlists I would have probably preferred the other 2 night but c'est la vie.

delbertgrady

Rolling Stones in Slane 2007: €131.50 seated
The Police in Croke Park, 2007: €106.50 Gold Circle
U2, Croke Park 2009, €131.50 seated

Some Olympia prices from the higher end of the spectrum:

Jackson Browne, 2004, €69
PJ Harvey, 2007, €64.80 (and worth every cent)
Yazoo, 2008, €65.70
Jackson Browne, 2009, €71.25

delbertgrady

dixiefly wrote: »

And, in my humble opinion, the concert was crap. I was so disappointed as I am a big fan of his ballady stuff but didnt like most of the songs he played on the night I went - looking at the setlists I would have probably preferred the other 2 night but c'est la vie.

My favourite was the middle one. Loads from Rain Dogs.

poundhound

Those Neil Young tickets were €105.
I went to the 2nd of the 3 shows he played.

I seen him in Madison Square Garden (with Crazy Horse) a month later for $35!

Motley Crue

I remember doing security at a gig in the old Point, it was Luciano Pavarotti and he was charging an incredible amount at the time. I know they had to bring a special company in to redesign him an entire dressing room just for that performance.

He'd also cancelled the year before, but when he did perform in 2006, he was really sick and he was dead within six months.

blastman

westmeathband wrote: »

don´t forget the Tom Waits gig a few years ago. the stub expense was one thing, (€120 per ticket plus €17.60 in booking fees, CC fees etc) but the fact the tickets were non transferrable, had to be issued with name printed on them and had to be shown with ID was ridiculous.

and this was in the RATCELLAR!!!!!!!!

10 years ago i saw him in the Gaiety for 10% of that, and that was a ticket from a tout!

There were more sh!te seats in that venue than any other venue I've ever been in, for the price they were charging it was criminal.

Mickolution

AaronPunk wrote: »

Nah, it's normally closer to the €30 mark.
Out of the seven gigs I went to in the Olympia (which, admittedly, two I didn't pay for or have tickets with the prices for) the dearest was Ocean Colour Scene at €35.

Well I meant big acts, not dross like Ocean Colour Scene who'd play the opening of a fridge. They'd never get away with charging that amount.

delbertgrady wrote: »

Some Olympia prices from the higher end of the spectrum:

Jackson Browne, 2004, €69
PJ Harvey, 2007, €64.80 (and worth every cent)
Yazoo, 2008, €65.70
Jackson Browne, 2009, €71.25

Exactly, anyone who can will charge €50+ for the Olympia. I haven't been there in a good while though, thankfully. Not a good venue at all.

Savman

Barbara Streisand ftw.

Mr Simpson

scudzilla wrote: »

I think Korn in The Olympia last weekend was 60Euro

Yep Korn were €60 last Sunday, pretty expensive for them tbh, but afaik it was sold out or close to it.

lordgoat

Generaly Olympia tickets for a halfway decent act are at least E30. I've rarely seen them les that that these days.

Normal price is 50, if it's someone i want to see it's 60 generally.

green day rule

Mickolution wrote: »

Isn't €50odd standard for an international act in The Olympia? I think I remember Massive Attack being around that a few years back.

No Sure I Seen Bruno Mars(don't Ask) For 21 Euro

Mickolution

green day rule wrote: »

No Sure I Seen Bruno Mars(don't Ask) For 21 Euro

Just because one act was cheap doesn't mean €50 isn't standard. As others have said in the thread, anyone who can get away with that price (or higher) will charge it.

LisaC251

but1er wrote: »

Just after seen what Nicki Minaj is charging for the olympia 55 euro

is that the most expensive in that venue? surely has to be

id put my house on paul simon in vicar street at 80 euro to be the most expensive there

what about the o2 dearest concert there to date?

I am sure I paid more for Interpol in 2011

Just Like Heaven

I've payed 20 euro for gigs in the olympia often. Payed 50 though. And yeah Korn was 52.50 last weekend What can ya do.

Think I payed something like 17 euro for Airbourne in the Olympia actually.

lc180

westmeathband wrote: »

don´t forget the Tom Waits gig a few years ago. the stub expense was one thing, (€120 per ticket plus €17.60 in booking fees, CC fees etc) but the fact the tickets were non transferrable, had to be issued with name printed on them and had to be shown with ID was ridiculous.

and this was in the RATCELLAR!!!!!!!!

What is/was the Ratcellar?!? I've seen it mentioned a couple times on this list. I'm pretty new to Dublin but I've never heard of this venue!

The Nal

lc180 wrote: »

What is/was the Ratcellar?!? I've seen it mentioned a couple times on this list. I'm pretty new to Dublin but I've never heard of this venue!

Temporary venue set up in the Phoenix Park for the gig.

blastman

It was a tent...

MadsL

I will never forgive Ticketmaster for tossing me back into the online wait line when I scored a front row seat (A17 I think) by the time I got tickets I was back in row Q!

€137 very well spent however, as was the Leonard Cohen gig.

CardBordWindow

MadsL wrote: »

I will never forgive Ticketmaster for tossing me back into the online wait line when I scored a front row seat (A17 I think) by the time I got tickets I was back in row Q!

€137 very well spent however, as was the Leonard Cohen gig.

Ticketmaster are the cause of the majority of violence in society!



...may be an exaggeration

RangeR

CardBordWindow wrote: »

...may be an exaggeration

Not much

rubadub

Mickolution wrote: »

Isn't €50odd standard for an international act in The Olympia?

yeah, I was wondering if the first post was a windup!

but1er wrote: »

bring back the 80s prices (wasnt even born) but stubs looked pretty cheap

I collect my stubs In the mid 90's I was going to the point quite a lot, mainly to acts like the prodigy or chemical brothers. I remember it was just a little more expensive than going to some nightclubs at the time. Like £12-18 for some.

I hate the fact the bigger venues usually cost more, though they have far more punters with worse views & sound. I remember seeing kings of leon in templebar music centre, I think it was about €16, and they were not unknown then, they were doing tracks off the second album. Though I think it was subsidised by a sponsor.

AdMMM wrote: »

Tickets on the secondary market for Adele in the Olympia were some of the highest I have ever seen (over €1000!)

You have to watch these claims, a journalist looking for a good story can easily log onto ebay and put up tickets with a starting price of €1000. The completed listings will show a different story though -and even then a journalist could sell a ticket to himself for the sake of a good story.

I wonder what the highest mark up has been on touts. I would say some for Bob Dylan in vicar street went for big money.