None. Not worth the exorbitant prices.
Small clubs dont charge much. Most shows I attend are in the $25 to 30 range. Who would pay outrageous prices to see a band perform in an 20,000 seat arena with horrible acoustics?
None. Not worth the exorbitant prices.
I was asked, in a sort of accusational way, by a friend why I, as a musician myself, never bother to go to concerts. I told him the price - especially the part added by the ticketing company - was insulting and I couldn’t, in good conscience, supprt the concerts by paying that much.
That being said, when you have a large 4k TV and blue ray player, you can enjoy them at home for a fraction of the price, better seating, less parking hassles, less rude people, less vomit, and no long drive home.
It’s a win-win. I kinda would have liked to see brit floyd, and even started to buy a really good seat for around $50, but at the online checkout, the fee added by the ticket company was prohibitive. It wasn’t that I couldn’t afford it. It was the principle.
On the surface, there isn't a plethora of really strong contemporary acts nowadays or anything out there good is pricey...
OR...Maybe not.
How many of us listen exclusively to Classic Rewind or Classic Vinyl on XM but won't take a chance on Underground Garage or Octane or any other new music channel?
When was the last time people got out to clubs and soaked in 5 or 6 unsigned bands for a $10 cover charge? Yea, most of them will suck but there WILL BE one or two that are good enough to compel people to maybe part with $5 for their self-recorded/totally DIY CD or other merchandise.
I love my Who and Hendrix, but I believe if I don't try to listen to, and buy some new band's music then rock will go the way of blues, jazz, and classical and become a marginal art form. Indeed, had we not been willing to take a chance on Trump, we'd have President Clinton beating Jeb! in the last election.
I would submit that there IS a supply of good, young (and maybe middle age) bands out there...our job is to find them otherwise all we're going to get is corporate, spoon-fed globalist dreck like Arianna Grande, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran et al.