There are a lot of us that spend what 'normal' people would consider unreasonable sums on wine. But I also will spend a lot on concerts, especially when it is someone my wife loves.

I just spent an ungodly amount for Justin Timberlake / JayZ tickets (10th row) this summer in Chicago...all I will say is I could have purchased a couple bottles of my beloved SQN 17th Nail in My Cranium

Anyone else?

A co-worker was just telling me she got 7th row tickets for that concert. I think she said they were $250.

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Originally posted by eyesintime:
A co-worker was just telling me she got 7th row tickets for that concert. I think she said they were $250.

But for the fact that I don't like those singers (though JT is a terrific host on SNL), 7th row at a major concert for $250 sounds like a steal to me. Not that the prices are necessarily nearly that high, but I would gladly pay that to get prime real estate at, say, a Leonard Cohen concert. No brainer.

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Originally posted by eyesintime:
A co-worker was just telling me she got 7th row tickets for that concert. I think she said they were $250.

That $250 apiece would be face value. I'm sure patespo1 paid an "agency premium" for the tix he got his wife.

FWIW, Bruce Springsteen charges no more than $100 for the best seats in the house at his 3-hour-plus concerts, which are still the best in the business.

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Originally posted by winetarelli:

I would gladly pay that to get prime real estate at, say, a Leonard Cohen concert. No brainer.

A no brainer indeed.

I'm a small and proper venue guy, and the smaller the better, so pricing is always much higher yet always worth it to me.

About 10 years ago I paid $200 a pop for second row seats for a benefit concert. IIRC, the line-up was LeAnn Rimes, Jewel, Goo Goo Dolls, John Meyer and Def Leppard.

I love going to concerts, but I don't think I've ever crossed the $100 threshold. $90 for the 2007 Eric Clapton Crossroads Festival may have beeen the highest, but it was a bargain for the lineup.

$500 Rolling Stones 2012, side stage, slightly obstructed view, worth every cent

I've spent $300 on a Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds acoustic concert. Good but not great seats.

Spent $330 for 3 seats, 11th row, for Michael Buble, only to have some drunk, Canadian female fans in the 12th row screaming, "Woo-hoo!" in our ears for most of the concert.

Just dropped $78 for a so-so seat to see an Ann & Nancy Wilson accoustic set, a few days before they get inducted into the R&R HoF.

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Originally posted by LBJ2012FinalsMVPisclutch:
I've spent $300 on a Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds acoustic concert. Good but not great seats.

Wow, was that recently? I only saw them once, back in 1999 or 2000 while I was in college and know I didn't pay much. I've been thinking about wanting to check them out next time they go out together, but not if the prices are in that range.

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Originally posted by mneeley490:
Just dropped $78 for a so-so seat to see an Ann & Nancy Wilson accoustic set, a few days before they get inducted into the R&R HoF.

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Originally posted by mneeley490:

...some drunk, Canadian female fans...

I am often willing to pay a little extra just to be seated among them.

paid $550 each for a couple of tickets that included a preshow nosh and a chance to tour the stage (no artist meet). Ended up selling them (at cost) and buying two other tickets for $205 each that were in a special reserved GA area next to the stage.

Ended up that the original tickets would have been a terrible deal since with a $45 GA ticket one could have showed up at the show 30min before the gates opened and been in the 2nd-3rd row in front of the stage.

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Originally posted by finz:
paid $550 each for a couple of tickets that included a preshow nosh and a chance to tour the stage (no artist meet). Ended up selling them (at cost) and buying two other tickets for $205 each that were in a special reserved GA area next to the stage.

Ended up that the original tickets would have been a terrible deal since with a $45 GA ticket one could have showed up at the show 30min before the gates opened and been in the 2nd-3rd row in front of the stage.

Who did you see?

Spent $ 250 ea. for a Bono concert at Anaheim Stadium a few years ago. He hurt his back and they postponed the concert for a year. Seats were not that great and we left early.

Well, a "free" VIP concert performance by the group Chicago that I was invited to by Caesar's Palace ended up costing me $5K or so........

I paid 6 bills to see McCartney once, but that was the most...

I just bought two tickets to five gigs next month for less that $200 total...

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Originally posted by LBJ2012FinalsMVPisclutch:
I've spent $300 on a Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds acoustic concert. Good but not great seats.

Wow, was that recently? I only saw them once, back in 1999 or 2000 while I was in college and know I didn't pay much. I've been thinking about wanting to check them out next time they go out together, but not if the prices are in that range.

This was a special concert in Vegas and we bought the VIP tix to make sure we had good seats. I think regular tix were about $125.

I paid $250/ticket to see Simon & Garfunkel at the MGM Grand in 2003.

Before the show, I won $500 playing blackjack and then laid it all on UT (-3) at OSU, a game they won by 39 points.

The Everly Brothers were introduced in the middle of the concert and played a small set of songs.

Great show.

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Originally posted by finz:
paid $550 each for a couple of tickets that included a preshow nosh and a chance to tour the stage (no artist meet). Ended up selling them (at cost) and buying two other tickets for $205 each that were in a special reserved GA area next to the stage.

Ended up that the original tickets would have been a terrible deal since with a $45 GA ticket one could have showed up at the show 30min before the gates opened and been in the 2nd-3rd row in front of the stage.

Who did you see?

U2.

I've always liked that about U2....good GAs are well priced. PJ are good for that, too...

Now Madonna....LOL.

My mom loves Barbra Streisand and I paid $500 apiece for her and a friend to see her here in Toronto at the Air Canada Canter.

I spent $10 in 1964 to see The Beatles live at Maple Leaf Gardens. My, the times have changed.

I've become a seat snob for concerts/sporting events, and I'm not afraid to admit it. If I'm going to ditch my kids for an evening, it better be for a good seat/view, otherwise I'll stay home and watch it on tv or listen to them on the iPod.

I think we paid 500$ for an upfront seat for a Tim McGraw charity concert at a small theater in Yountville (but that also included dinner and wine at Chiarello's Bottega). I loved it. I paid 20$ last month to go see Social Distortion and all I could think about was how bad the 50 year old punkers next to me smelled, as I was squished into the bar area at a House of Blues. All it did was reinforce my thoughts that I'll take a reserved seat any time, and gladly pay extra for it.

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Originally posted by DoktaP:
My mom loves Barbra Streisand and I paid $500 apiece for her and a friend to see her here in Toronto at the Air Canada Canter.

Did I ever send you my half?