What's it Worth to You, Really? (Ticket prices)

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Exactly, Steve!
We paid $350 each, for 15th row floor, in Indy.
IF Chris weren't back, and John hadn't been battling cancer last year, and they weren't a million years old, I wouldn't have paid that. BUT, those three things are true. And they've literally been the soundtrack to my entire life, so I really had no choice. How many more tours are we going to get? Hopefully at least one, but the end is inevitable, so I had to be there!!!


That said, I am interested in going to at least one more show this tour, but I'll do nosebleeds if I do.

Well, you forgot to mention that we spent most of the time at 3rd row, thanks to the fender

And do you regret it? Was what you would have spent that $350 on worth the memories of that concert? NO!!

[Macfan4life]

Can you believe when I saw Stevie Nicks and Joe Walsh in 1983 great seats were $12.75

You could go to a concert for about the price of the album. Unbelievable!

[nicepace]

I think I paid $10 for the tickets the first time I saw them. (Oct. 1975)

I broke down and bought a ticket for the Providence show. But I bought the cheapest seat available. It was a little over $60 with the fees. To me that's a reasonable price for a concert. If I can't be in the first two rows, there's no point in me being on the floor. I am 5'2" and would not be able to see. I will be about as far from the band as it is possible to be, but this arena (Providence Civic Center) has steeply sloping rows of seats in the balconies and I will have a nice view. I will bring my binoculars and should be able to see everything well, and the sound will be good from back there (as good as sound can be in these big arenas).

I hesitated to go at all, because I am not happy about all the pre-recorded tracks they're using. If I go to see a live band, I want the music to be live, for goodness' sake, even if that includes an occasional mistake. But I am extremely happy that Christine is back in the band, and the fact that I could get a ticket for such a reasonable price decided me.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Can you believe when I saw Stevie Nicks and Joe Walsh in 1983 great seats were $12.75

You could go to a concert for about the price of the album. Unbelievable!

The first Fleetwood Mac show I saw was on the Mirage tour. My ticket cost about $15 (service fees were only a few dollars). These were the times just before Wall Street completely took over and corporations became people. I can take into consideration that inflation and the higher costs of expenses over the years would drive up the prices of tickets. But it seems way out of proportion. Corporations have taken ownership of concert venues and brand them in their name.

I'm grateful that I can still go see a show at an independent, cool vibe, beautiful old vaudeville venue and see artists of caliber like Neil Finn, Amy Mann, Graham Nash in an intimate setting and only pay $35. Get there a little early, stand in the cue before the doors open, and you can sit wherever you want. I usually have the option to sit the the first row, but usually choose the third row. I imagine this experience is similar to the 1960's, when there were numerous clubs on the Hollywood strip, San Francisco, New York and other cities, where you could afford to see many legendary artists without spending hundreds of dollars. I have an advertisement for a 1967 Mamas and Papas show: ticket prices ranged from two to five dollars.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

Well, you forgot to mention that we spent most of the time at 3rd row, thanks to the fender

And do you regret it? Was what you would have spent that $350 on worth the memories of that concert? NO!!

OMG, you're back!!!!

I told the Fender T-shirt/security guard/how we got to 3rd row story in another thread.

Not to mention the Stevie top hat that you were wearing!!!

Regret it? Hellz to the no!!! A night I'll never forget. And with the best company to be found!!!!