And I thought people had no money!!!

Adele tickets were selling at around £600, and that was almost 7 years ago.

We paid £60 twenty years ago for Dave Brubeck’s last ever tour of the UK, we didn’t bother when he came back the next year

Even a trip for x4 to see a popular stage show in London, plus train tickets, travel once there, plus meals your looking at around £600 for a day out.
I gave up trying to get Oasis tickets, but I wouldn't pay over £200 for them.

I saw many, many 60s stars too BlueBelle including The Beatles four times, Stones twice, The Kinks, Tom Jones, Cilla, Gene Pitney, Animals. Too many to list. Happy days.

Will any of you be like this....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDKF8KkD7rE

Brilliant!

Just before lockdown we saw Michael Bublé at the NEC. I think it was about £90 but what a show he put on. Our seats were great - we could have touched him. I restrained myself!

I was a 60 s girl and saw all the 60 s groups for about 10 bib at a local hotel
The stones, the searchers, Freddie and the dreamers, Gerry and the pacemakers, little Richard, The hollies Marianne Faithful a bit later Thin Lizzie were here saw The sweet and all the black crooners Brooke Benton, The Drifters, and so many more names
Those were the days

I saw on our FB page someone grumbling about how she got carried away and paid far more than she had expected to.

“I shall be paying it off the credit card for ages!”

Oh well done to anyone lucky enough to get Oasis tickets, sadly my brother didn't
Have a wonderful time

I'm not quite sure what point OP is making 🤔
I went to see Stevie Nicks last month, tickets weren't cheap (weren't £400 each either), paid for flights to London, 3 nights in Kensington hotel plus food and drinks, train fares etc.
Last year bought VIP tickets to see Hollywood vampires in Birmingham, again flights,hotel, train fares, food and drink.
Lost count how many times I saw David Bowie live in concert.
I've worked since I was a teenager, rarely go out socially (other than to music gigs), haven't had a holiday since before covid, drive an old Peugeot.
Who has the right to judge how other people spend their money?
Each to their own

Each to their own! I suspect the OP was trying to get a controversial thread going about Cost of Living etc., but failed. I am not a fan of Oasis but I am delighted for those of you who are and have succeeded in getting tickets.

We weren’t successful sadly. My DS, DD, DDoutL and I were all trying to secure tickets but no luck. I do think there may well be additional dates but tickets will come up on the legitimate resale sites so there’s still a chance that they will get to one of the concerts.

I am getting in a proper muddle here 🤷‍♀️😁

FriedGreenTomatoes

We are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary at our party this Saturday night and I will ask the DJ to play some Oasis songs. We live in Manchester so I bet there will be many rousing renditions!

So sorry that was meant to be a PM 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I suppose a concert is a one off expense, a bit like a holiday.

lemsip

it's credit cards all the way!

Given that buying tickets online is really the only way to do it now, how else are you meant to buy them unless you use a credit or debit card?

FriedGreenTomatoes

We are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary at our party this Saturday night and I will ask the DJ to play some Oasis songs. We live in Manchester so I bet there will be many rousing renditions!

Welcome back 😁

Bob Dylan is at the Albert Hall this autumn
Cheapest ticket £220 and nearly all gone

Strange comment lemsip. When you buy tickets online, using a credit card is the only sensible way to do it? Using a credit card doesn’t mean you don’t have the funds to pay for the tickets.

it's credit cards all the way!

My sisters have loved Rod Stewart from the start of his career. They have seen him every time he came to Birmingham, the first tickets being £1. Last year was the first year they didn't go as the prices were outrageous. It's not that they can't afford it but they felt it was taking the Mick.

Kate1949

It cost me 50p to see The Beatles in 1964

10 shillings and 6 pence in 1963

Kate1949

It cost me 50p to see The Beatles in 1964

What a bargain! But when it comes to gigs, if you are a diehard fan of a particular band, then yes, you will pay what others may think is over the odds to get a ticket.

Our son and daughter in law were lucky, they got in straight away and paid £100 each for the tickets. I remember queuing for tickets for the Beatles Concert in 1963 and paying 10 shillings and six pence. I queued for tickets for the Rolling Stones, Searchers, Cliff Richard, Adam Faith etc.etc. I think I saw every single pop star of the 60's live in concert. I also queued for their records when they were released. I queued for three hours to buy Buddy Holly's Think it Over record in 1958 when I was 15.

Kate1949. That would have been 10/- or ten bob. I saw them as well at Margate Winter Gardens and they just bounced out onto the stage. So much screaming you couldn't hear them. No idea what my ticket cost.

I hope it is televised at some stage. It will give all the cities a boost.