How much ....!!!!?????

[sev112]

Mrs sev112 said to me tonight "I nearly bought you a Xmas present today, but when I saw the prices I changed my mind"
Or words to that effect

me : "what was that then?"

Mrs sev112 : "Ticket for Ritchie Blackmore live in Birmingham next June, except the cheapest ticket was > £200"

What!!!!???? I had a look on the web and the tickets go from £200 to >£1000 and that doesn't include hospitality.

For that price I'd expect a White Fender Strat as part of the deal

Must be getting old

 

[Pin-seeker]

Never heard of him.

 

[sev112]

Never heard of him.

Astonishing

deep Purple, Rainbow plus some late 60s early 70s influential stuff

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Ouch that is serious dosh. Not sure he's worth that much per ticket personally

 

[Pin-seeker]

Astonishing

deep Purple, Rainbow plus some late 60s early 70s influential stuff

Aaaahhh I'm with you now,I do actually like a few deep purple tracks.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Jeez!!! I think I paid about a fiver to see Rainbow at the Glasgow Apollo

 

[ManinBlack]

His current band, Blackmore's Night, is brilliant, play an entirely different kind of music from DP & Rainbow & don't charge anything like £200 admission.

 

[sev112]

Jeez!!! I think I paid about a fiver to see Rainbow at the Glasgow Apollo

Yeah I remember paying circa 7 or 8 quid seeing Rainbow at the Rainbow in about 1985

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Is Rocky Blackhead still alive then?

That is serious dosh, especially when you consider that a weekend camping ticket for The Reading Festival is £213

 

[Tashyboy]

Me finks Missis sev 112 has her head screwed on the right way. 👍

 

[Region3]

It's the thought that counts

 

[chrisd]

Squeeze were on in one of the O2 venues and the tickets would have been about £60 with all the additions. I like them as a band and have seen them a few times but I'm beginning to think that my days of live gigs are coming to an end with the profiteering of the likes of Ticketmaster

 

[Tashyboy]

Squeeze were on in one of the O2 venues and the tickets would have been about £60 with all the additions. I like them as a band and have seen them a few times but I'm beginning to think that my days of live gigs are coming to an end with the profiteering of the likes of Ticketmaster

My lad wanted tickets for the stone roses, he missed out initially then got some when they released more dates.
He was telling me that Ticketmaster have set up a sister company and Ticketmaster have sold thousands of tickets to said company who have marked the prices up massively. Said there was a massive backlash on social media.

 

[Piece]

I wouldn't pay £200+ to my favourite band. Get the DVD when it comes out ;-).

 

[Crazyface]

It could just be a gimmick to stop the ticket touts from snapping them up early. I'm sure not even they would buy the tickets at that price. What could they mark them up to to sell them?

 

[6inchcup]

this has been going on for years,problem is its all legal.