Michael McDonald is playing The Belly up in San Diego in may and tickets are $90 bucks. Is that too much?

2 Day passes to Coachella were $178.75 in 2005 - now they are $400.

Jim Gaffigan cost $50 to see in 2006, it's $85 now.

Are ticket prices too high? Or have they always been expensive and I'm just not "into it" as much as I was in the past??

Or was it "affordable" in the past - and now is sold more as a "luxury?"

Poll result (10 votes) Yes (9 votes) Vote No (0 votes) Vote Maybe (1 votes) Vote

I definitely see concerts and then check the price and be like...”I’ll just play the album really loud at the crib”

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than the year of your original price point. Between that and inflation that explains most of the price hike.

I know you said concerts and not music festivals but you get the point...

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>Michael McDonald is playing The Belly up in San Diego in may
>and tickets are $90 bucks. Is that too much?

id pay that

>2 Day passes to Coachella were $178.75 in 2005 - now they are
>$400.

2005
it was two day and 5 tents
headliners: Coldplay NIN

2018 its
6 days spanned across two weekends and 7 tents and the he
headliners: Em,Beyone and the Weeknd (guest spot for Ariana)

Id say that's justified

>Jim Gaffigan cost $50 to see in 2006, it's $85 now

15 years of good work should get you raise


no...you just don't like new shit

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With the bullshit fees the price is usually significantly more expensive.

I just bought Roots tickets and they went from $55 to $75 with fees. That's almost 40% of the fucking ticket price.

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I'm going down to the actual physical box office to get tickets so I pay the $2 processing fee and not that $15 dollar one.
Unless it's a show I know is gonna sell out right away, I am not trying to buy tickets online.

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>Or was it "affordable" in the past - and now is sold more as a
>"luxury?"
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The so-called tastemakers wanna find ways to make these events more exclusive for a specific clientele.

In 2005, the average artist wasn't playing those events. Now, all of the "Pop" artists, including rappers who are somewhat on a popular uptick/swing, are performing.

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To answer your question directly

No, I don't think it's the cost of the actual tix

it's the resale market and fees that are ridiculous

Never understood why I have to pay a fee for an electronic tix?

IRT Coachella...here's the 2005 lineup;

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a0/20/6e/a0206e569026542eb44db1673b889720.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/298645019036660542/&h=852&w=640&tbnid=Hsn_x-EhDukPxM:&q=coachella+2005+lineup&tbnh=160&tbnw=120&usg=AI4_-kQYpNpjwCbvqF5etA7aOHT2X4p4bQ&vet=12ahUKEwiD7fv30OHfAhWpslQKHcKACGEQ9QEwAHoECAYQBg..i&docid=09NzqE4p8A0fXM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD7fv30OHfAhWpslQKHcKACGEQ9QEwAHoECAYQBg

Compared to 2017...the year I went;

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/592f59ef7aede031a9f57c4c/master/pass/file&imgrefurl=https://pitchfork.com/news/70100-coachella-2017-lineup-radiohead-beyonce-kendrick-lamar/&h=827&w=620&tbnid=sHJkkDXHW8q77M:&q=coachella+2017+lineup&tbnh=160&tbnw=119&usg=AI4_-kQyi2p1MAjoP2gM2WSbHq9pnTo1Jg&vet=12ahUKEwi514iZ0eHfAhXp0FQKHURBATwQ9QEwAHoECAYQBg..i&docid=ug-G3MDQOR7EHM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi514iZ0eHfAhXp0FQKHURBATwQ9QEwAHoECAYQBg

If I remember correctly, DAMN came out a couple of weeks before the festival

I was thinking of going to see Radiohead anyway...so I would have been happy to pay just $400 for the 3 days

on the resale market and after fees, it was over $600

No, I wouldn't pay $90 to see Michael McDonald

Somebody brought him out at a recent concert...I want to say it was Thundercat/Flying Lotus...he did a couple of songs

but he doesn't have the pipes anymore

it was cool.

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