What's it Worth to You, Really? (Ticket prices) - Page 2

sparky · #16 11-04-2014, 05:01 PM

I haven't seen a show this tour, and I probably won't. Two friends are coming to LA to see the show and offered to buy me a seat and I turned them down. I didn't feel it was fair to them to pay that much for a ticket, as if it was tit for tat for staying at my house.

In the past I have spent so much on tickets. 500 a seat for front row Dance at the Bowl. I am sure I did the same for at least one TISL show. I have snapped up pairs of front row and second row seats to take friends or bfs numerous times. Money was never an object. I don't even remember anymore how many times I flew places to see Stevie, though with some effort I could. It has been an easy 25k over my lifetime. I never went into debt for it. But oddly now I don't feel like paying for it LOL.

I have seen them so much. Maybe I will flip at the last second and go. I doubt it. It is the principle of the thing also, like someone else mentioned. I think they are charging too much. Way more than most people can afford. I wouldn't blink at the expense, however I do not feel like supporting the idea of it.

For anyone who wants to go, I say do it. I have no regrets about any of the shows I have been to, or the cost.

SteveMacD · #17 11-04-2014, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Thank you all for your responses. I have seen FM before, several times, but not with Chris...I have the money, it's the principal of it.

I hear you, but if you haven't seen them with Christine, then you really haven't seen them. There's a completely different vibe when Christine's with them, and given their age, there won't be too many opportunities to see them. It's the full classic line-up, and most bands their age can't do that. Years from now, when it's long over, you'll be more upset at having missed the opportunity while it was there than the money you spent.

Steviegirl · #18 11-04-2014, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I hear you, but if you haven't seen them with Christine, then you really haven't seen them. There's a completely different vibe when Christine's with them, and given their age, there won't be too many opportunities to see them. It's the full classic line-up, and most bands their age can't do that. Years from now, when it's long over, you'll be more upset at having missed the opportunity while it was there than the money you spent.

This is so true.

Moz · #19 11-04-2014, 05:32 PM

I paid face value ($224.00 each) for two floor tickets in row 6 in front of Stevie.

Was it worth it to you?

Yes, it was. I have never seen FM with Christine before and unless they tour again (and have a date in my province), this will likely be my only chance to see the five.

Do you have any regrets?

See my answer below...

If you could've done something differently, would you have (i.e., buy better seats, regardless of the cost)?

I did buy better seats. I went on Ticketmaster the moment they went on sale and the only available floor seats started in row 20

I bought two tickets in row 20 and checked occasionally throughout the summer to see if better seats popped up. About a month ago, entire rows in the first floor section became available. I sold my old tickets for $200 each and bought the new seats.

I lost $60, but it was worth it to me. I could afford the tickets, the venue is nearby, and I knew I would regret it forever if I passed over a FM concert with Chris, even if it's another greatest hits tour.

Macfan4life · #20 11-04-2014, 06:41 PM

I paid face value and with fees it was about $200 per ticket and I bought 2. It was totally worth it for me. I still listen to Christine McVie solo records all the time. I had just about given up on the Mac because the Stevie and Lindsey show seemed to never change. I thought I would NEVER hear Chris live again in concert. I cant tell you what a treat it was to hear her singing live again!

Musicman408 · #21 11-04-2014, 07:11 PM

I have never and will never spend more than face value for a ticket!

jkmaletic · #22 11-04-2014, 07:20 PM

Alright guys. After reading all of your thoughtful and honest posts, I broke down and bought two tickets for $299 each for the 11/28 L.A. show. I will be seeing the Mac on Black Friday! We plan to make a day of it. Maybe Amoeba Records on Sunset will have some great Black Friday specials.

Along with your posts, I looked at it this way - I'm basically paying each band member (not including back-up musicians and vocalists) $60 each to watch and listen to them play together on which may be one of their last tours. I also went on vacation recently and came home with a lot of unspent spending money, so that helped as well. So, thank you all again for your input.

Jamie

HelloMonster · #23 11-04-2014, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Alright guys. After reading all of your thoughtful and honest posts, I broke down and bought two tickets for $299 each for the 11/28 L.A. show. I will be seeing the Mac on Black Friday! We plan to make a day of it. Maybe Amoeba Records on Sunset will have some great Black Friday specials.

Along with your posts, I looked at it this way - I'm basically paying each band member (not including back-up musicians and vocalists) $60 each to watch and listen to them play together on which may be one of their last tours. I also went on vacation recently and came home with a lot of unspent spending money, so that helped as well. So, thank you all again for your input.

Jamie

They will! Here's a nifty list.

http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Myself, I'm looking forward to that Grateful Dead vinyl and maybe the Bowie one.

jkmaletic · #24 11-04-2014, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by HelloMonster

They will! Here's a nifty list.

http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Myself, I'm looking forward to that Grateful Dead vinyl and maybe the Bowie one.

Rad! Thanks!

Mr Scarrott · #25 11-05-2014, 05:54 AM

I paid about £130 (face value) for a seat about 20 rows back at London last year. No regrets at all- it was one of the nights Christine came back and there was no way I was going to miss that...

I don't go to that many things, but the events I really want to see I will do my damnest to go to. I paid £995 to go to the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony (pure madness, I know, but hey...) so after that I kind of have a different perspective on things....

FuzzyPlum · #26 11-05-2014, 03:54 PM

Every time I've seen them I've paid what I consider to be a tidy sum of money but only ever had decent tickets. However, I always come away vowing to go all out and spend big for top, top tickets next time. Will probably be the same next year. When they come to London I'll probably pay a few hundred pounds for decent tickets and then curse myself on the night for not spending a thousand.

HomerMcvie · #27 11-05-2014, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

given their age, there won't be too many opportunities to see them. It's the full classic line-up, and most bands their age can't do that. Years from now, when it's long over, you'll be more upset at having missed the opportunity while it was there than the money you spent.

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.

michelle2677 · #28 11-06-2014, 07:09 PM

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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 · #29 11-06-2014, 07:27 PM

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 · #30 11-07-2014, 01:07 AM

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.