Waiting for the husband the other day….. (I swear, that man will talk to a rock) I sat aimlessly, playing with my phone.
Scoped Apple news, saw an article on concerts in Las Vegas and thought, we have timeshare resorts there…. I’ll take a look.
Lady Gaga in October?
That could be fun.
Or not…
I believe my jaw literally dropped open.
Okay, I get it.
I’m old.
My concert going days ended with the Grateful Dead and CSN. Back when a record was an actual vinyl record… (look it up kids, V- I- N- Y- L)
But mother of god!
$8,097 for 2 tickets?
For that price I’ll want Gaga to rip some of that meat off her dress, cook me dinner and do the dishes when she finishes singing.
Who the hell can afford that?
Again… I know, I’m old. 55, that’s practically dead.
And the last ticket price I paid was probably $75.
But damn.
You shouldn’t have to mortgage your house to see a show.
That is ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous! And you’re only “old” when you have to pluck chin whiskers.
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Isn’t it?
Okay… I realize the $21 general admission price of my misspent youth is gone, but eight thousand bucks? No.
Just, no.
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I always do that! Forget to press reply.
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If I have to pay more than $20 for a ticket, I’m not going. And even then, I’d balk.
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To be honest, I don’t even know what real concerts are going for these days, it’s been so long since I went to one. But if they’re $8,000? I won’t ever be going again.
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That’s holiday money. People must be loaded or insane to spend that much on concert tickets.
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I’d like to be loaded enough where $16,000 is just a nights entertainment. Damn!
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Think about it: This way, she only has to have one concert and, if it gets sold out, she can retire…
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I do wonder what percentage of tickets sales the house takes. I mean, heck… it is Vegas.
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I’m going there in February… I’ll ask somebody…
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I don’t gamble so I’ve never been. But maybe someday, just because…
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And that probably doesn’t count the $800 ticket master fee that goes along with a price like that.
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Oh Hell, I didn’t even think of that…
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Recently Duran Duran was playing in Florida, and I wanted to get my wife tickets, but I couldn’t see spending $300 (yes only 300) per ticket for an outside venue with no seating (lawn chairs not allowed). Gone are the days for good/cheap tickets. 😦
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And that’s an old band. I can only imagine what the new artists are getting….
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No such thing as a “free” Woodstock type concert any more.
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Well, to be fair…. Woodstock wasn’t supposed to be free. It was a $16 dollar ticket, but the crowds were so crazy there was no way to enforce it…. so it became free later on the first day.
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While I didn’t know that, I will add that there was far more than the one performer entertaining the crowd back then, AND there was no need for any techno explosive smoke screens or computerized music. 🙂
That being said, even I would say that the $16 ticket price may have been fair. The amount to hear Lady Gaga? Not so much. ***In my opinion
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I’m sorry, I misspoke. It was $18 in advance, $24 at the door. FOR ALL 3 DAYS!
A far better value than Gaga in Vegas to be sure.
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Don’t worry about it… we are only human.
Even with all the rain and mud, still better entertainment.
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I found tickets….check your email………..?
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It keeps trying to download, but at 1.22 mb with my slow broadband it may be a while….
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ok…..
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I just left it for 20 minutes and it still wouldn’t load…. not sure what’s up.
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Gaga tickets are $700 – $1800 in Vegas which is STILL stupid crazy . I couldn’t find any for $8K …. so not sure what…..my search skills must be on the blink….
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Well, that’s better but still crazy. Can’t remember exactly where I found that. Some article I was reading in the news app.
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Haha I remember paying $18.50 to see Ozzy Osborne back in 1982 and I thought that was a lot! My parents were like who pays $18 for a ticket to a concert? But $8k that is ridiculous, it should be the price as you said, for dinner, the show AND a weekend at the hotel, pppfffttt…..
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Mind boggling. Who the heck can afford that?
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I love Streisand but the last time she was here ‘good’, not great, seats were $500 plus–and to think just ‘yesterday’ (1964?) I paid $12 for a front orchestra seat to see her in the show “Funny Girl”!!
Like Gaga but unless it includes a full week with all expenses paid, including a penthouse suite, I am not spending MY $8,000!!!
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Agreed!
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I can’t think of anyone that I would spend $8K to see. Not even if a failed Presidential candidate that refuses get off the stage performed a self-immolation.
I suspect that the Casino’s will comp a significant portion the price for some of their loser … err … clients.
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I can’t say there’s anyone I would pay to do anything for that price. Well, maybe to hear my husband admit he was wrong… God knows that’s a rare thing.
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*Huff!*
Husbands are NEVER wrong …
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So they say…
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Huh. So you’re not going to this concert. That’s what you’re telling me here? [Who in their right mind would pay that much?]
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No, I won’t be there. Though it makes me wonder what an $8,000 seat feels like.
🤣
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The 90s ruined me for cheap concert tickets. Anything over $25 seems like highway robbery to me.
I realize just using the term “highway robbery” makes me an old person.
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Welcome to the club. Grab a cane and hobble on over…
😉
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I agree! Some of these ticket prices a utterly stupidly ridiculous and to think people actually purchase them because let’s face it if they didn’t have the market for it then they wouldn’t be able to charge such outrageous prices.
I have been trying to get to Beyonce for years and unless you’re going to be in the nosebleed section of the stadium (she doesn’t do arenas anymore *insert major eyeroll here”) you’ll still be paying a few hundred for those tickets. Thoroughly insane!
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I’ve never been particularly interested in her or her music, but between the meat dress and the ticket prices, I’m utterly disgusted. She better be donating a trillion dollars to charities for any hope of absolution. This is not about age, Rivergirl! It’s not you… it’s her!!
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I think my Stones tickets in high school were my highest, almost $200. Worth it, but painful. I am fine with hearing Gaga on the itunes.
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It’s been so long since I attended an actual rock concert, I’d probably be complaining about the noise. A sure sign the next step is death…
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I have NO interest in attending rock concerts. I am good with the symphony or small sit-down venues, like Tori Amos.
If someone else bought me a U2 ticket, I’d go, but I would never spend the money.
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I used to love them. But that was back in the stone ages when you paid $30 for general admission and fought to be right in front of the stage…
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