CelticBomber wrote:My first concert I went to without my parents was Black Sabbath opening for WASP. It was the I F*** like a beast tour.... heh. I was 14 and it was awesome! That opened up the flood gates and I slept out for tickets to tons of shows. That used to be as fun as the concert you were getting tickets for! I think the only time people sleep in line to get in somewhere now is for Black Friday so everyone can trample each other all to get $15 off a crappy toaster oven.
Back when good seats cost $20... now it's $200 for obstructed view. I got to see The Stones, Bowie, Motley Crue, Springsteen, U2, Def Leppard etc etc. I was lucky enough to get tickets for the Amnesty International tour with Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Joan Biaz and some African singer who's name I cannot remember. That was an amazing night! Wild Turkey made it better! My only regret was skipping a Floyd concert for some chick who's name I don't even remember.
Have you checked out Wolgangs.com? Ton's of live show's from every decade. It's an amazing site.
Cool.
Memories make us rich and you got to see some major artists.
Back-in-the-day, concert tickets used to go for $3.50 (...not a typo...) to $5.50. My sister-in-law had a friend that worked inside the HIC Arena box office where most of the big shows were held, so we would get our prime seat tickets through her...except for the Stones, we hadda sleep over for those. Somewhere in my “Box of Memories”, I have ticket stubs from my favorite shows.
I agree that ticket prices are getting ridiculous but for all the audio and visual improvements most shows now employ, I’m kinda okay paying the $150-$200 prices. What I don’t like are the fees that Stub, Ticketmaster, etc. charge. F’ing ripoff!