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[โ€“] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 123 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (22 children)

Man I miss when concerts and events weren't just for rich kids and people with disposable incomes. I remember going to see Metallica, $40 mid tier tickets. I saw AC DC for about the same. Rob zombie with Ozzy Osbourne. I even saw a WrestleMania for like $80 and that was a lot then for great seats.

Now concert tickets for Metallica are running $400-500 mid tier each. Even smaller bands and events are more than what a premium event used to cost. The development League hockey games cost more than the NHL games used to. Working class people have been priced out.

[โ€“] cheddar@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Now concert tickets for Metallica are running $400-500 mid tier each.

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And here I thought 80 EUR for GNR was too much.

[โ€“] TheFonz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Let's be real, GNR aren't really in their prime....

[โ€“] cheddar@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Neither is Metallica. That's not how this works, isn't it? People come because they know the band name, remember good old songs, and so on.

GNR doesn't have any concerts right now, so I can only use this data: https://www.rateyourseats.com/tickets/guns-n-roses

The average ticket price for all shows was $365

That's still much more expensive than 80 EUR (which includes taxes).

[โ€“] TheFonz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I suppose you have a point. ACDC just finished a tour and it was also sold out. I just didn't think GNR were ever that big in the first place but I'm not the target market

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