8BitsAtATime
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Thats is pretty cool of him. I saw Rush last year and it cost me $80 for nosebleeds, the beer was $8 (got 2), the parking was $10.
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Kid Rock calls Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z ticket prices "garbage"
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hawkshockey11
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Our university concert featured
-Bad Rabbits
-Krewella
-Kendrick Lamar
-Steve Aoki
and it still only cost non-students only $35.
Anything above $20 for a single act is bullshit.
-Bad Rabbits
-Krewella
-Kendrick Lamar
-Steve Aoki
and it still only cost non-students only $35.
Anything above $20 for a single act is bullshit.
Those 4 combined don't have 1/4 of the star power Jay-Z has let alone JT......I'm not saying their prices are fair, but it is two of the biggest guys in entertainment today.
arts&crafts
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I am buying Japandroids tickets on friday in Toronto, it is at a venue I have never heard of I am hoping they be real cheap as I will end up buying at least 2 beers.
It's how artists make most of their revenue.
FUBAR McDangles
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Both Jay Z and Timberlake would be beyond boring to see live. Cool, you saw them in person, that's fantastic. I'm sure I'd have fun going, but Kid Rock would be a blast. Everybody absolutely hammered, screaming, rocking out, dancing.
I can't see Jay Z or JT being much fun. That's what it comes down to for me.
Agree to disagree. There is no way JT wouldn't be a blast to see. That guy is a hell of a performer. I really don't care THAT much about Jay Z, but I've heard really good things.
Mushroomer25
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I totally agree. I paid over a hundred bucks to see MUSE live - and as beautifully perfect as that show was, it was still somewhere around $50 per hour of entertainment. That's fucking absurd.
Sho_Nuff82
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I'm going to see Jay and Justin at Fenway in August and he's not wrong. $250 is what I would expect to pay for a pair of football tickets, not one ticket to a concert. Last time I saw Jay at Boston Garden w/Mary J Blige tickets were "only" $75 or so.
adamsappel
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My wife really likes that Uncle Kracker song and the duet with Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. I like to point out that both of those songs are about adultery.
If I was a performer I would be happy with making say 10 million a tour and that would be fine. Some make crazy amounts of cash and still charge out the ass. Even increasing prices the next tour when they made literally hundreds of millions the previous tour.
U2 made over 1.2 BILLION dollars touring from 2005-2006 and 2009-2011. Sure touring isn't easy by any means and being on the road for 2 years each turn takes it toll. The 360 tour was nosebleed = $40 plus charges and floor seat = $250 plus charges. Should have been 100 bucks per ticket floor seats. $50 ideally. Even at 5 times less they would have made over 250 million those years.
U2 made over 1.2 BILLION dollars touring from 2005-2006 and 2009-2011. Sure touring isn't easy by any means and being on the road for 2 years each turn takes it toll. The 360 tour was nosebleed = $40 plus charges and floor seat = $250 plus charges. Should have been 100 bucks per ticket floor seats. $50 ideally. Even at 5 times less they would have made over 250 million those years.
Byakuya769
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If jay-z and jt limited the price to $20, there would be some very happy ticket scalpers.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Yeah. Ticket prices are so insane. I haven't been to a major concert in years, and it'll probably stay that way as long as ticket master is around (so, forever).
I paid $30 to go to Lollapalooza 1993 and also paid $30 to go to Lollapalooza 1992. So I paid $60 in total to see these artists when I was a teen.
Primus
Alice in Chains
Rage Against the Machine(twice since they were second stage first time and main stage the next year)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ministry
Ice Cube
Ice T and Bodycount
Front 242
Dinosaur Jr.
Fishbone
Tool
Screaming Trees
Luscious Jackson(twice)
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Lush
House of Pain
Porno for Pyros
Booyaa Tribe
Cypress Hill
Arrested Development
Fishbone
Babes in Toyland
L7
Stone Temple Pilots
Both Lollapalooza 92 and 93 are regarded as some of the best tours ever. I'm convinced we will never see value like this again.
Primus
Alice in Chains
Rage Against the Machine(twice since they were second stage first time and main stage the next year)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ministry
Ice Cube
Ice T and Bodycount
Front 242
Dinosaur Jr.
Fishbone
Tool
Screaming Trees
Luscious Jackson(twice)
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Lush
House of Pain
Porno for Pyros
Booyaa Tribe
Cypress Hill
Arrested Development
Fishbone
Babes in Toyland
L7
Stone Temple Pilots
Both Lollapalooza 92 and 93 are regarded as some of the best tours ever. I'm convinced we will never see value like this again.
He's been actively fighting Ticketmaster. He views them as highway robbery and rightly so.
Huffington Post had an article about it (ignore the title it's kinda click-bait).
Say what you will about him/his music but he seems like a pretty level-headed and for-the-fans guy.
Best concert ever for me was at 86th Street in Vancouver. Faith No More, Angel Dust tour. Only about 300 people, but the sound was perfect and the atmosphere has not been matched by any concert I've seen to this day. Mosh pit was crazy good, but not in a psycho Pantera concert way. It had flow and was bobbing to the music. Girls could crowd surf without getting groped and there were tables in the back to rest at since it was a bar. I was too young, but they lost their ability to sell alcohol when a bouncer tossed a dude out on his head. So it was an all ages venue for a while.
Saw Alice in Chains play there, too. Great set, also. Although I like their unplugged Lollapalooza set more with bongos and shit.
Saw Alice in Chains play there, too. Great set, also. Although I like their unplugged Lollapalooza set more with bongos and shit.
Thug Waffle
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Giving up 50-100g's so his audience can have a much better time at a much better price?
Newfound respect for Kid Rock. I didn't dislike him or anything before, but still. Good on him.
Newfound respect for Kid Rock. I didn't dislike him or anything before, but still. Good on him.
usually 12$ bucks a beer at the venues near me. for a can.
Yeah. If you want to get drunk at a concert it's usually an extra 100 bucks out of pocket. What gets you one drink would get you 6 times the amount at an actual store. Maybe even 12 times the amount since they use shit beer most of the time.
MrToughPants
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I went to Lolla in '93 Dallas. My first concert and it was one of the best experiences of my young life as a freshman
At our venue though they had George Clinton & Parliament. I believe Snoop played with them as well, but uh...err....yeah. I won't say why I can't remember that right now.
mingoguaya
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You guys would die if you saw ticket prices in Puerto Rico. I think the Stones charged like $400 for a ticket. Metallica was $125, Maiden was $140. (that's Arena ticket prices but still too freaking high!)
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