I have no idea what a Robbie Williams or Stones for example want from the fans but I bet it´s more.
Anyway, I like your link text. ;)
Markus.
> £45 is very close to being outrageous considering he'll
> probably not play more than 2 hours. For that price I'd
> want a couple big name support acts to do 40 minutes each
> and then at least 2 hours from Meat.
> For a bit of fun I thought I'd look at upcoming concerts
> and see how much they're costing.
>
> Lionel Richie £50 (plainly ripping off the fans).
> Westlife £30 (like it or not, they're one of the
> biggest names in the pop industry, but £30 is about the
> most any ticket (except festivals) should be).
> WASP £15 (that's a reasonable price for a band of that
> stature, i.e. not terribly famous but with a dedicated fan
> base).
> Riverdance £37.50 (if you're willing to pay that much
> you deserve to sit through 2 hours of that shite).
> James Taylor £40 (no support, so he's plainly topping up
> the retirement fund and doesn't care how much he's
> shafting his fans to do it).
> Johnny Winter £25 (that's more like it. Johnny's not
> worried about retirement- he's just glad to still be
> alive).
>
> All of which leads me to draw the conclusion that £45 for
> Meat Loaf represents albeit not a Justin Timberlake sized
> daylight robbery (£50, honestly) but just a minor
> shafting.
>
> Enjoy the show,
> Will
>
>
> > This has cost me £45 a ticket, a bit
> > much but not outrageous.
> > If those other bands can sell tickets cheaper and there
> > are probably equal number of people in all of them AND
> > have a bigger tour budget why can't the meat when his
> > tickets are a little more expensive?
> > If this is gonna be the meats last full on outing (and I
> > think it will) I hope there is a little bit more cash in
> > the pot to send him off in a good way and for people to be
> > coming home thinking they got their monies worth.
> >
> > P.s. can you tell I am an accountant?
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