How much woudl you pay for a concert?

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

March 12 2009 22:40 GMT

So I'm a really huge fan of a country-pop singer named Taylor Swift. Her voice, beauty, grace, and words are simply perfect. She going on tour for 6 months, with one of the stops in the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia PA. I live 10 minute drive away, but the tickets solds out in 10-15 minutes. Of course there's eBay tickets that range from 250-400 dollars. I know there's going to be future TS concerts but this one feels like i must attend.

Which brings me to the question how much are you guys willing pay for a concert/game tickets that you want to see extremely badly? My best friends father spent 500 on Game5 of the World Series to stand up the whole time, but said it was worth it whether the Phillies were crowned Champs or not.

MarklarMarklar

Fiji1823 Posts

March 12 2009 22:42 GMT

150bux

but then again my favourite artists mostly are underground n cheap to see

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

March 12 2009 22:44 GMT

Haha taylor swift, yeah she's pretty and a good singer.

Romeo, save me, I don't wanna be alone
I love you and thats all I really know
I talked to your dad, said go buy a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

JohnColtrane

Australia4813 Posts

March 12 2009 22:53 GMT

maybe max ~40 dollars australian.

i think its like 65 dollars for a morbid angel ticket for their concert, but personally i wouldnt pay any more than 20 to see them lol. actually i wouldnt go at all even if it was free

a few of my friends spend like 90-100 bucks on tickets to really shit acts like linkin park, but 250 bucks for an ebay ticket sounds outrageous to me

skronch

United States2717 Posts

March 12 2009 22:56 GMT

Most I've ever spent was $85 to see Radiohead.

I wouldn't spend over $50 on most other artists though. $30-$40 is pretty average for a decently popular band here in nyc

brjdrb

United States577 Posts

March 12 2009 23:05 GMT

i would never pay that much. i think my max would be 150 or so

LordWeird

United States3411 Posts

March 12 2009 23:11 GMT

It reallllly depends on the show. I would pay like 200 bucks to see my top 5 bands play my favorite songs.

s.a.y

Croatia3840 Posts

March 12 2009 23:14 GMT

i'm spending 130 euro to go to Primavera festival in Spain this Summer ( 26 of May).

Oystein

Norway1602 Posts

March 12 2009 23:14 GMT

I spent 500$ on 3days pass at Coachella music festival on Ebay + another 100$ for camp tickets. And I would easily go several k$ for that again, however for a single concert I am not sure, all depends on how much you like the music and how cheap you are. I would have no problem spending 300-400$ on a concert if it was something I REALLY wanted too see.

esla_sol

United States756 Posts

March 12 2009 23:15 GMT

#10

spent 70$ to see radiohead last summer, but made up the money from scalping other tickets.

this summer:

10$ to see no doubt, 55 for coldplay, and 55 for depeche mode.

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

March 12 2009 23:19 GMT

#11

On March 13 2009 07:40 sung_moon wrote:
So I'm a really huge fan of a country-pop singer named Taylor Swift. Her voice, beauty, grace, and words are simply perfect. She going on tour for 6 months, with one of the stops in the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia PA. I live 10 minute drive away, but the tickets solds out in 10-15 minutes. Of course there's eBay tickets that range from 250-400 dollars. I know there's going to be future TS concerts but this one feels like i must attend.

Which brings me to the question how much are you guys willing pay for a concert/game tickets that you want to see extremely badly? My best friends father spent 500 on Game5 of the World Series to stand up the whole time, but said it was worth it whether the Phillies were crowned Champs or not.

Theres going to be future TS concerts.

No really, there will be future TS concerts, that's by far most important.

I would spend MAX 125 dollars for someone I wanted to see unless it was something like Coachella, in which case I would be willing to spend upwards of 1000 for no problem.

For a single concert it really isn't worth 250-400 imo, up to you in the end though.

Varn

United States33 Posts

March 12 2009 23:22 GMT

#12

For a single concert? I'd top out at about $200 if it was The Tangent. But seriously, tickets to NEARFest run $170-200, and that's three days and ten bands. $250 for one person is borderline insane.

Ichigo1234551

United States649 Posts

March 12 2009 23:23 GMT

#13

dude i love taylor swift. I would pay like $300 for her ticket.

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

March 12 2009 23:25 GMT

#14

On March 13 2009 07:44 il0seonpurpose wrote:
Haha taylor swift, yeah she's pretty and a good singer.

Romeo, save me, I don't wanna be alone
I love you and thats all I really know
I talked to your dad, said go buy a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

Cuz I'm not your princess, This aint a fairy tale
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well,
this is a big world, that was a small town,
there in my rearview mirror disappeared me now, and now its too late

her words and voice are just beautiful

LosingID8

CA10825 Posts

March 12 2009 23:25 GMT

#15

lol taylor swift

Pawsom

United States928 Posts

March 12 2009 23:32 GMT

#16

lol ;x

she's a cutie i suppose

p4NDemik

United States13896 Posts

March 12 2009 23:36 GMT

#17

jesus I could go to like 3 summer music festivals at that price and see like 50 artists that I'd like to see. If it's a concert with only one artist that I'm really interested in I'm not going to spend any more than like $80.

Astrogation

United States477 Posts

March 12 2009 23:38 GMT

#18

I'm spending $125 this year on Korean Music Festival >_<
I had intended to get $150 seats but the website was overloaded with Korean fangirls and kept timing out, and then the $150 and $200 seats were sold out within 10 minutes.
$150 is probably the most I would spend on a concert though

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

March 12 2009 23:39 GMT

#19

I might pay $200 if it was a band I really wanted to see and would never get the chance to again. Otherwise withing the $50-$125 range.

renegade_zerg

Korea (South)525 Posts

March 12 2009 23:42 GMT

#20

i paid $300 for 3 day pass to coachella x 2 tickets plus $100 for camping fees. I attended Coachella in 2007,2008 and im going this year also. I'd probably pay up to $600 for 3 day passes if I hadn't already bought tickets and I was desperate.

SchOOl_VicTIm

Greece2394 Posts

March 12 2009 23:44 GMT

#21

I wouldn't give more than 100$ regularly. In the special case of original lineup of Sabbath like 2004 (where I paid ~60$), I could have spent up to 200$ if I had to, no more than that though

micronesia

United States24637 Posts

March 12 2009 23:47 GMT

#22

I rarely have any interest in concerts and wouldn't go if the cost was 0 :p

Urth

United States1248 Posts

March 13 2009 00:05 GMT

#23

On March 13 2009 08:25 LosingID8 wrote:
lol taylor swift

LuMiX

China5757 Posts

March 13 2009 00:06 GMT

#24

I would pay up to $200 for Muse tickets...

eXigent.

Canada2419 Posts

March 13 2009 00:38 GMT

#25

Im in edmonton, and I heard on the radio today that The Jonas brothers are coming, and floor seat tickets are going for $1,100 EACH!! WTF!!!!

Apparently, they sold tickets at other venues for $4,500 for front row seats / floor seats...Thats fucking unbelievable.

Hypnosis

United States2061 Posts

March 13 2009 00:43 GMT

#26

pusssssayyyyy

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

March 13 2009 00:44 GMT

#27

probably 50 bucks for a 3-4 hour concert. An all weekend music festival would be an obvious exception.

tonight

United States11130 Posts

March 13 2009 00:53 GMT

#28

I paid 90 to see Metallica and I really felt like shit about it.

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

March 13 2009 00:56 GMT

#29

On March 13 2009 08:25 LosingID8 wrote:
lol taylor swift

poilord

Germany3252 Posts

March 13 2009 00:56 GMT

#30

I don't pay more than 40€ to see any band...

yubee

United States3826 Posts

March 13 2009 01:08 GMT

#31

On March 13 2009 08:47 micronesia wrote:
I rarely have any interest in concerts and wouldn't go if the cost was 0 :p

uh huh
although i share the same sentiments if the concert in mind is taylor swift

liger13

United States1060 Posts

March 13 2009 01:11 GMT

#32

hmm... 10, maybe 15...
id rather just have the CD and jam out to it...

Steelflight-Rx

United States1389 Posts

March 13 2009 01:35 GMT

#33

i would pay $600 for a weekend of phish ez

TryThis

Canada1522 Posts

March 13 2009 01:39 GMT

#34

i spent about 180 seeing ratm at the rock the bells 08'

FragKrag

United States11549 Posts

March 13 2009 01:51 GMT

#35

Well, it depends on the bands, but I would pay like $80 to see Kreator with Destruction, Exumer, and Exodus. Shame it probably won't happen.

Anything over $100 that isn't a festival (Wacken, Hellfest) really isn't worth it to me.

ambit!ous1

United States3662 Posts

March 13 2009 01:52 GMT

#36

$80 sounds resonable

deL

Australia5540 Posts

March 13 2009 01:56 GMT

#37

I spend max like $75 on my very favourite bands but wouldn't expect to go over $50-60 for anyone else.

epicdoom

United States489 Posts

March 13 2009 02:06 GMT

#38

I'm gonna go with about 150 dollars. About as much as a basketball game with nonshitty but decent seats so yeah I'd pay the same amount i'd pay to see a basketball game

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

March 13 2009 02:22 GMT

#39

Concerts here are pretty reasonable depending upon which band/singers you want to see. I went to Big Bang's 2007 December concerts for $55 per night with pretty awesome seats and a tonne of freebies.

paper

13196 Posts

March 13 2009 02:41 GMT

#40

On March 13 2009 08:23 Ichigo1234551 wrote:
dude i love taylor swift. I would pay like $300 for her ticket.

i would pay $300 for her "ticket" too : )

Zeller

United States1109 Posts

March 13 2009 03:13 GMT

#41

On March 13 2009 08:25 LosingID8 wrote:
lol taylor swift

United States6173 Posts

March 13 2009 03:32 GMT

#42

Normally I wouldn't pay more than $50.

I don't like going to big outdoor festivals anymore...I prefer smaller venues.

The most I've paid for a concert ticket myself was like $60 for a Dream Theater show. I think the most expensive one I've been to was some opera for like $80? But I didn't pay...lol.

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

March 13 2009 13:41 GMT

#43

On March 13 2009 09:38 eXigent. wrote:
Im in edmonton, and I heard on the radio today that The Jonas brothers are coming, and floor seat tickets are going for $1,100 EACH!! WTF!!!!

Apparently, they sold tickets at other venues for $4,500 for front row seats / floor seats...Thats fucking unbelievable.

yea my little cuz's best friends mother just spent 1K for a Jonas Bro. ticket. fucking insane

but hearing people spend 1K on those guys really makes me want to spend 300..... i must resist.....

Dante08

Singapore4126 Posts

March 13 2009 17:15 GMT

#44

On March 13 2009 08:25 LosingID8 wrote:
lol taylor swift

Issit because ALOT of TL members listen to metal bands?

Yizuo

Germany1537 Posts

March 13 2009 17:50 GMT

#45

100€ (130$) max i guess..

Happily paid 50€ (65$) for Rage Against The Machine last summer

lovelyrose

Canada160 Posts

March 13 2009 18:56 GMT

#46

100 dollars, maybe up to 300 if I was traveling for it. although, I usually don't go to concerts that cost more than 30 dollars.

Moff

United Kingdom166 Posts

March 13 2009 19:48 GMT

#47

If they're going to play again in the future then I personally wouldn't spend that much money to see them, but if it's like their last time they will play there then i def would, example ACDC concert soon, i can't remember the exact price, but it's my Dads favourite band of all time, and he spent a TONNE on those, mainly because they're getting older now and the chance they're gonna play many more times is slim.

tldr; Go see them/her if you want too that much,

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