Taking my oldest to see the Black-Eyed Peas on Friday and am wondering how much I'll have to shell out for a t-shirt at the show.
I'm thinking that if it's any more than $30, there is no damn way.
Any clues for the big shows like this?

I'm gonna guess more than $30. It's a big part of how bands make $$ these days.

How are those Hop On Pop CoaB shirts coming along, by the way?

i'd say $35.

most shirts for headliners at lolla were $30-35. and even most smaller bands are in $20 range now. i can't remember the last time i even went to metro and saw less than $20 for a shirt.

Not doing it. Costs too much and there is really no interest.

As to >$30 for a t-shirt: that is fucking ridiculous. I'll find some other (less-expensive) keepsake for the guys.

For the BEP I wouldn't be surprised at $40.

Cheapest tee lately was when I saw Mike Watt and he was selling them for $10.

God love Watt.

Completely, and he always hands out free stickers:

When I took my son to see Pearl Jam in May the tee was $35. Normally I would have said no, but it was his first big concert and it was for his birthday. So there was no way I wasn't gonna offer.

I bought 2 PJ shirts when I saw them at the Spec last year. Both were limited to that city--the "wrecking of the Spec" shirt commemorating the final concert ever at the Spec, and then the Phillies-themed PJ shirt.

Oh man, if I see a band I like and they would have a Phillies themed shirt? I don't care how much they sucker me into paying--it'll be mine!

huh, the last time i bought a shirt at a show was april '08. (i've been to 150 shows since then without feeling the need to buy a shirt.)

most i've spent for a shirt was $50 at a wu-tang show but ghostface signed it.

Todd, within the past week, on vacation, I've taken my son to see KISS, Green Day and Kings Of Leon, and at each show the tshirts I bought cost either $40-45 depending on the graphics. But, we did discover the parking lot bootleggers selling their knockoffs for $15 or $20 for 2 or $10 after the show. Have fun!

Front.

Here's a horrible & reversed pic on an ebay listing showing the back.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pearl-Jam-Phillies-Shirt-10-31-Medium-M-Spectrum-ames-/190429146881?pt=US_CSA_MC_Shirts

minimum $40

i miss having watt nearby

BEP t-shirts are probably $50 or so to compensate for the huge chunk of merch % going to an arena.

I'm not sure I've ever bought a shirt at a show. Maybe in high school.

almost all my t-shirts are from concerts and quite often it's american apparel garment for not more than 15 € so it's basically 2 € more as if I bought them in the american apparel shop without a print. most of the time nobody knows the bands who are mentioned on the shirts so, it's a nice way to have some more or less unique shirts.
I guess, the most expensive shirt I bought was at the opeth show for 30 €. but that was ok. my first pearl jam shirt I bought in 96 was 30 DM, means 15 €, the last one in 06 I think was 25 €.

there I have a question: why is an US small size equvalent to a european medium size? and so on? with the exception of american apparel, that seems to be the same here and there. that was pretty irritating for years as I often bought shirts that were to big.

Most shows I go to the shirts are in the $8-15 range, but these are small bands without shitty contracts to live up to. I'll consider shelling out more for reunion-types of things.

Americans are some big motherfuckers, yo.

The design will usually get me to buy a shirt or not. I bought my first DBT tee on The Big To-Do tour because it was a good looking design/color.

A lot of bands are doing AA or Fair Trade shirts that cost like $10 more. It really sucks when it tacks that much on.

I remember when I saw Sigur Ros they had hand-made shirts for sale @ $50/each. In hindsight I should've bought one and framed it. I think the last tee I got was the Animal Collective ODDSAC screening tee. It was $15.

Yep, and American Apparel runs small-ish/fitted. Read somewhere that American clothes are now labeled one size up because most Americans won't admit to themselves they don't wear, for example, a 36 waist in mens or a size 8 womens, so a size 36 is more like a 38 and size 8 more like a 10. Some designers still stick to the old/pre-obesity epidemic sizes, so in that case a Large might fit like a Medium so on and so forth.

but one for $5 outside the show from a sketchy bootlegger. It'll be a good story for your kid.

the logo will be all fucked up, and at an awkward angle and it will fit all weird.

clearly the best option.

"yo dees shits iz limted adishin"