Concert tickets. How much would you pay?

If I was mad on Rod (which I'm not) and had lots of cash to spare (which I don't) then yes I would

I gather I'm in the minority here! Used to have the same conversations at work.
Personally I'm just glad that I seem to enjoy the things I go to as much, if not more, than those who want to see big shows.

My (premiership) rugby team have seats under £20 (free parking)
You can also go to see the Autumn Women's Internationals for £15 at some venues.
Children's shows touring the small venues can be great fun and we pay under £15 a seat.

To each their own!

We saw Michael Buble in 2019. It was the best show we've seen and we've seen a lot, including Elton John, Tony Bennett, Beatles, Stones and many more. My husband wasn't keen but is now converted!

I wonder what ticket sellers your sisters are looking at? I'm presuming that they are looking at going to the Utilita Arena Birmingham in which case do try theticketfactory.com. This is the official box office for UAB
Heres a link to the arena page (Hope this is ok to put on here) www.utilitaarenabham.co.uk/whats-on/rod-stewart/

Just trying to be helpful, I love live music and I'd love it if your sisters can get to see Rod for a better price.

The price seems about right it's just a matter of if you can afford them. In June 2019 my husband won tickets to see The Eagles in Liverpool in a radio competition. The show they put on was fantastic and lasted over 3 hours with 2 encores (no support group). We had fairly good seats but the ticket price for each was £250! I doubt we would have considered going if we'd had to buy the tickets ourselves so I'm grateful my husband entered the competition

Thank you mrsjonesy that's very kind. I think they have been using The Ticket Factory. They were definitely not going due to the cost. They are now wavering They won't get tickets for this show as there are no decent seats left. He usually puts another night on. We'll see.

I'm a self- confessed crazy Elton John fan and was looking yesterday to see whether I could get a ticket for one of his farewell concerts.
I've always been seated no further than 3 or 4 rows from the front and my last tickets cost about £180 each and those were a few years ago. Imagine my horror when I saw the cheapest ticket anywhere near where I would want to be being £483 and one in row 4 at £1,275!
I REALLY want to go but there's absolutely no way I can afford or be able to justify that for a couple of hours' entertainment regardless of how fantastic it would be.

I must really be in the minority here - there's no way I would (or even could) pay those kind of prices for a concert ticket! There's a comedian I really like who is coming to Edinburgh and I looked at tickets to see her, but they're more than £50 and even that I balk at paying. I remember when Leonard Cohen was playing at Edinburgh Castle a few years back and I just couldn't pay the price they were asking for tickets then - if I'd known then I'd never get the chance to see him again, I might have.

You're welcome Kate, hope they get there in the end. Rod's a great showman and I saw him in concert a couple of years ago. Such a good night!

I love rod and saw him last time he was at the arena in Newcastle the tickets were way over what I would of paid and I could hardly see him. However loved the fact I went and enjoyed it.

It seems to me that concerts, plays etc are becoming more and more available to only the better off who have the excess income to pay the high prices charged these days! Fine for artists who represent popular culture, I suppose, and those prices have always been relatively high. However I am concerned that there is going to be a whole generation of children (and adults!) who will never know the delights of seeing live drama or classical music or dance because of the cost. While I appreciate such productions are expensive to stage, although I do wonder just how much it actually DOES cost, it is a crying shame that the much vaunted ‘levelling up’ of society does not include the arts, in whatever shape or form. We will all be the poorer because of it.

I paid £25 each for 3 tickets to see Michael Jackson at Wembley in the early 90s. We had to travel from the NW and stay over so it was an expensive trip for a single Mum but my girls loved it. We paid a lot more, years later, to see Travis but they were well worth it.

I would sell my body to see Sir Rod.

Just as well the sell by date has passed.

Ohh,I may get shot down on here but just paid over £250 to see Adele next year at Hyde Park in July.
I’ve always wanted to see her ,it will mean a London hotel stay for one night and train fare but already booked and looking forward to it with a few girlfriends.
I still work and it’s my treat to myself.

I definitely would not pay £174 for a concert ticket. I could have a weekend in Amsterdam or Paris for that. Ridiculous.

I saw Rod Stewart (and the Faces) in 1974! Hammersmith Apollo, I think. He wore a turquoise satin jumpsuit thingie, a bit like Agnetha from Abba's.

Didn't pay £174 - or even the equivalent in 1970s prices. Maybe 2 or 3 quid?

£250 to see Adele? Ludicrous!

MissAdventure

Oh Ian Dury.
My teen crush!
I love his music.

Ian Dury had the photos for his album New Boots and Panties taken outside Axfords in Vauxhall Bridge Road. The shop was owned by a good friend who was a bit miffed that he wasn’t asked and only found out when he bought the album.
Axfords used to sell secondhand men’s clothes alongside tarty lingerie that was bought mostly by strippers and drag artists. My friend also had a factory in Brighton making beautiful corsets and had a great business until the Chinese started producing cheap copies.
Anyway, that’s drifted from the main topic of the price if concert tickets. I’ve seen most of the artists and bands I’ve wanted to see, some all together at places like Glastonbury. The prices have skyrocketed over the years, I couldn’t afford to go now, but actually I couldn’t stand the noise and the crowds these days.

Most we've paid was £80 each to see the Eagles(couple years back) and worth every penny. I'd pay lots to see Freddie Mercury again, best concert ever.

If I had the money and he was still alive I would pay any amount to see George Michael again. In the mid noughties someone bought me a ticket and I wasn’t even a huge fan. I’ve seen hundreds of live bands and performers but GM blew me away and no one ever came close after that night. So much so I virtually stopped going to concerts although have seen Coldplay and The Killers since. They’d have to pay me to see Rod Stewart.

I saw Rod a few years ago, I can't remember the price of the tickets, but whatever it was he certainly gives great value for your money, he was on stage the whole time with only a short break, very impressed as I know a lot of stars only do the bare minimum and rely on backup bands, to fill a n the time Rock on Rod...

Thank you, HannahLoisLuke.I've often wondered where that picture was taken, and thought it looked an interesting shop.

It all depends on your budget. An extremely wealthy person won't mind spending a grand to see Adele.

I paid £70 to see Blondie a few years ago. I thought this was rather reasonable. I was slightly concerned that age might have flattened her somewhat but no, she was fabulous.

I don't have a problem with people who want to pay that much - up to them, but Amalegra - as I've posted, you can see good music, and theatre at very reasonable prices.
Just before Covid, I took my grandchildren to a lovely piece of original theatre. £15 for adults, £10 children. Parking under £5.

No I wouldn't pay £174!! By the time we had added in a hotel for the night as I am beyond running running for the last train it would be ridiculous!!