The most you’ve paid…..
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It was just shy of $200 I think for good seats at the Rolling Stones show in New Orleans 8 or 10 years ago. Well worth it. Really fun show.
My wife has Meneres. Its finally 'controlled' after 20 years, but those first few were *****. I feel your pain.
13.99/month for Youtube Premium with Youtube Music Premium for daily concerts in my truck.
2nd row. But yeah, Holy Sh*tballs. (Its also why I'm siting alone. My son paid $400/ticket for 2 half way back on the side.) I usually peak at $150/ticket, and only if it is inside 10 rows. Further back from that, I'll watch it on YouTube because I wouldn't be able to see it worth a crap anyway.
I have tinnitus, and a wee bit of hearing loss starting decades ago. For the last 20 years, i've worn some version of Etymotic Research Hi-Fi earplugs. They are awesome and I swear by them. Let some definition in but kill a lot of the high ear pressure stuff. I'm not versed enough to give a better explanation...
Hmmm, I can't recall the most I have spent on a concert, but I do remember in 1978 at the Superdome with 80k plus seeing Van Haley, Doobie Brothers and Rolling Stones for $15. The roof inside looked green with all the smoke from the pot!
What a concert!!!
P.S. I saw the Doobie Brothers in Brandon (paid around $50 or so) not too long ago and was amazed how good old men can still perform, LOL!
What a concert!!!
P.S. I saw the Doobie Brothers in Brandon (paid around $50 or so) not too long ago and was amazed how good old men can still perform, LOL!
I have tinnitus also. Nothing you can really do about it. Mine does not cause any issues; it is just always there if you listen for it. Kind of like working in a chicken house. After a while you don't smell the chicken sh**. I started wearing hearing aids 4 years ago and they have helped reduce the volume of the ringing.
I don't know when I first noticed it but I recall it for the last 50+ years now. Nothing I've tried helps. I sleep with a fan going or a sound machine with white noise, rain storm, air conditioner sounds etc
I work hard so my wife and daughters can invest aggressively in Taylor Swift tickets.
Being in my 40s I've notice a serious decline in my hearing with bad tinnitus. When I go to a show in a small bar all I can hear is a loud roar rather than the music. Last year I had a set of custom electronic ear-pro for hunting and sporting clays made and when I was getting my impressions done we had a conversation about my hearing loss. He recommended that I needed to wear earplugs more often in loud environments (even concerts) to prevent further serious hearing loss. I had them make me a set of ear-pro for concerts with a 10 decibel filter so I can actual hear the music rather than a loud roar and will protect my hearing in the long term. They have really made concerts more enjoyable. The company that makes them got their start making in ear monitors and hearing protection for musicians.
Here is a link to the concert plugs.
Alclair Audio
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Geez…
I’ve been partially deaf since birth so it’s not like it’s something I’ve had to get used to; the tinnitus though…
It’s taken a while but it’s the background for me now…
And that means music at work, music on the road, music at the house…
$3.50, front row of the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, to see Jerry Lee Lewis in 1958.
At the age of 49 now and dealing with hearing loss I really wish I would have but never did. I am definitely paying for it now
Do you wear hearing aids?
I hear the music very easily when wearing them over my tinnitus when I’m at venues…
Maybe I’ll talk to my ENT… Currently I’m doing fine but I wonder about sustainability…
I'm trying hard to keep from being dependent on hearing aids. I've notice a huge difference when I wear my electronic ear-pro so I figure I'm not far from needing heating aids. My hearing loss isn't a volume issue but everything is muffled at certain frequencies.
It is worth a conversation about concert plugs. I didn't know what I was missing till I saw James McMurtry in a small bar and I couldn't hear him sing over the music. I figured it was a bad mix till I went to the can and I could hear everything clearly. This is what made the guy with Alclair recommend a set of concert plugs. There is a night and day difference especially in a small venue.
Also once you get a set of custom ear-pro made it is hard to go back to foam ear plugs. I have set of the electronics, the silicone concert plugs with multiple filters and a set of solid acrylics that I wear on job sites and cutting the grass.
$250 each for Ragweed, Turnpike, Boland, Stoney, and The Great Divide in Stillwater in 2025. Then again for the 2026 show in a couple weeks.
We bought 4 tickets for the Millennial Eagles concert at the Staple center for $125. Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt opened the concert but they started doing metal detectors for that concert. We stood in line for 2 city blocks. When we final went to our seats Linda was finishing up. One of our seats didn't exist. There was a support post where the seat was supposed to be. I went to will call and told them. I was shocked when the lady asked me if I wanted $800 or $1000 tickets to replace my nose bleed seats. I told her I'll take the $1000 tickets. We were just left of the stage about 6 rows up. Unbelievable good seats. The floor seats were $1250. They served champagne at midnight.
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$250 for Metallica. They were damn good seats. On the flip side, I paid $60 for Roger Waters seats that didn't exist and got front-row of the bottom bowl as replacements.
If I got to a seat that didn't exist after that long, I'd be in prison today for homicide.
Fully respect the enjoyment y'all get out of watching these concerts, but the prices are just insane to me honestly. And I really enjoy music.
They are high, but orders are high for everything these days. Live music is my happy place, and if I am spending money these days on entertainment odds are that’s where it goes
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Here’s my thinking: You Only Live Once
(Yeah I know…
)I love live music, and I’m now in a position where I can go to more shows and pay more for tickets than I have previously…
In real life, I’m an extremely boring guy. I really don’t have much of a social life.
Consequently, live music is both my therapy and social outlet…
It’s money well spent to maintain my happiness, and I’ve met many of my friends through going to shows…
according to @OG Goat Holder its better that you bought it off of stubhub and paid the fees vs buying it on sixpack!!
I paid 650 a piece to see the Eagles at the Sphere a couple of months ago. It was against everything I stand for but it was worth it I guess.
Here’s my thinking: You Only Live Once
(Yeah I know…
I love live music, and I’m now in a position where I can go to more shows and pay more for tickets than I have previously…
In real life, I’m an extremely boring guy. I really don’t have much of a social life.
Consequently, live music is both my therapy and social outlet…
It’s money well spent to maintain my happiness, and I’ve met many of my friends through going to shows…
Truly no judgement here. I'm happy for what the music provides you.
I guess what gets me is it simply shouldn't be that expensive. I don't think it's a supply demand thing. It seems like a broken system with too many hands in the jar, that needs reform.
Here’s the thing…
It’s not always that expensive…
One of the more enjoyable shows I’ve seen this year was Cigarettes At Sunset at Duling Hall earlier this month. It cost me $20 to see them
Today they announced that they’re opening for Rainbow Kitten Surprise for some shows in the UK in May and June…
I see some expensive shows, and there are gigs that don’t cost much at all…
$17.50 Rolling Stones, George thorogood and the Destroyers and the Neville Bros, Super Dome 1981(ish), the same year the Worlds Fair was in New Orleans, I think.
The prices are that high because people are willing to pay them. When I saw the Eagles at 650 a pop, there was a butt in every seat.
I have been wondering that for years. As long as people continue to pay they will continue to charge. I just got tickets to Billy in New Orleans and Huntsville this morning. New Orleans were 120 each and Huntsville were 80 each and they will both easily sell out. I guess I don’t even think about it anymore
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