Ticket prices shouldn't surprise me anymore, but...

Gordo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:30 pm

...just got an email about Steely Dan at the Beacon in NYC. $154 for orchestra seats? Just plain, old (not first 10 rows or anything) orchestra seats?

Isn't that kind of steep? I mean, this isn't a reunion-type gig or a one-time event.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

yeah, that sounds pretty wild. even the best bjork tickets for her chicago show next month are $130s. it's ridiculous. i blame it all on the eagles and stones.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:28 pm

That is high.

I used to pay $100 per ticket when I saw matchbox twenty, because I was part of the fan club and wanted the best seats possible. When I started down my current music path, I was amazed by how cheap the tickets were. I'll never complain about a $30 ticket, so I thank my humble beginnings for that, I suppose.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:29 pm

Yeah I was thinking about getting tickets for that Rock The Bells show in NYC but apparently they sold out within minutes and the lowest they were going for on EBay was like $400.

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:33 pm

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it's ridiculous. i blame it all on the suckers who are willing to pay those prices

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:12 pm

i max out at about a 30 dollar ticket

d · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:48 pm

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

I used to pay $100 per ticket when I saw duran duran, because I was part of the fan club and wanted the best seats possible. When I started down my current music path, I was amazed by how cheap the tickets were. I'll never complain about a $30 ticket, so I thank my humble beginnings for that, I suppose. but I will still pay $100 to see duran duran again.

FT · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:49 pm

All those Dan fans with $500-a-day coke habits in the '70s/'80s are now clean, sober and armed with their former drug cash as disposable income to be used for shows exactly like this.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

FT Wrote:

All those Dan fans with $500-a-day coke habits in the '70s/'80s are now clean, sober and armed with their former drug cash as disposable income to be used for shows exactly like this.

Says the guy who remembers the 70's.

FT · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:42 pm

Saint Patrick Wrote:

FT Wrote:

All those Dan fans with $500-a-day coke habits in the '70s/'80s are now clean, sober and armed with their former drug cash as disposable income to be used for shows exactly like this.

Says the guy who remembers the 70's.

I really only vividly remember like 1973-79. I can only recall bits and pieces of 1970-72. Must be early onset Mad Cow.

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