Admittedly, I’ve never been to a concert. I will put that out there when I say that I cannot imagine what would cause somebody to lay out $200 for some concert tickets when you can just download the songs you like.
Good, economic self destruction. I hope they cancel it and wake up the fools who think this economy is sustainable.
Never heard of 85% of the artist at Cochilla, more so in recent years. I live only 90 miles away and never really even considered going other than 2016 when they had The Desert Trip Festival aka Oldchilla weekends with The Stones, The Who, Dylan..... I doubt too many 45 and older folks have much interest in the acts that show up now, and they have the money to attend.
The concert needs to be free so people can attend. In addition, all food and merch should be free. I would also throw in, white, Judeo/Christian hetero men be banned so that the attendees feel safe.
This concert needs to be funded by the US taxpayer because it is serving the greater good. I mean seriously, if No Doubt and Dojocat are performing, it will a life changing experience for the attendees.
On a lighter note, $66k for a TayTay ticket is nuts, especially since the fans will experience the spectacle via the lens of their cell phone camera. It reeks of white privilege and should be immediately shut down.
Yikes! Are those seats on stage or what?
$66K to see Taylor Swift? I can’t even imagine. The most I ever paid to see a band was about $2k — but that included the tickets, a weekend stay in a B&B and a round trip ticket to London back in 2000. But this was really special band and it was a once in a life time experience.
I was also making serious money working in finance at the time — so it was a drop in the bucket.
Now... unless two of the Beatles came back to life and the band reformed, would I even consider spending money on a band again.
I’ve also seen KISS about ten times, and countless classic punk bands... so my music days are over.
Bidenomics coupled with over-priced events = headed for the rocks in a speedboat. But the problem is the people just fail see how good the economy is as, the Biden fool tools keep squawking on the boob-tube.
People don’t spend money on discretionary spending items when the economy is bad. Maybe if Biden offered a credit plan to buy tickets and a promise to write off the debt, sales might improve.
Amazing. And I thought I was cheap when I didn’t like paying $30 to see artists like Night Ranger or David Bowie.
That’s just plain nutz!
We had a legendary time at Woodstock in Aug ‘69, for $28/ 3 days.
It’s because modern bands suck. Bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman brothers, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. simply do not exist anymore. The three axe attack of Southern rock is long gone. That’s why they have to have flaming fireworks, laser light shows, smoke bombs and everything else on stage. Nothing out there even approximate it’s Willie Nelson live on stage back in the day, modern music is a joke
Was Coachella ever actually iconic? It was always the rich people festival that mostly people made fun of for being so snooty. But it paid great so they got good acts.
Good Lord! I’m a solidly middle-class guy with a little money in the bank, and there’s no way in Hell I’d consider $1,500, let along $66,000 (!!!) to see ANYBODY. Who the heck are these people, and why are there so many of them? Weird, if you ask me...
Send all the illegals there.
That, and it takes gas to get out there - and last time I checked (yesterday) gas was over $5.00/gallon in So Cal.
I do believe that the next concert there is Stage Coach and it was sold out fast. Country music lineup.
Just a guess. With cost of living increases and rising interest rates on credit cards some young people are getting a dose of reality..
Is this the same thing as Burning Man festivals?
That too, is wearing thin as the attendees age out and burn out of the target consumer groups.
I just checked. My ticket to see The Beatles in Dodger Stadium in 1966 was $6.00