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Lordy 11:17 am UTC 04/02/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Money Money Money - Dr_Rock 07:05 am UTC 04/02/07 |
| To be fair I don't mind paying £45 if I see sommert for it. I have have seen Elton John, Madonna, U2, Queen + Paul rodgers, George Michael, Mariah Scary and the rolling stones - and paid tonnes more than 45 quid. However these shows were huge productions. Eventho I only 24 - the older groups are by far the best!!! > £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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