Led Zeppelin at TODAY's prices

["Josh Mooney" <jmooney10@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Assuming I have a time machine? I'd want to see Zep in '71 or '72 in the
States, or on the spring '73 European tour. In any case, tickets for those
shows were less than the $10.50 I paid to see them in '77. That was the most
I ever paid for concert tickets up to that time. I was happy to do it, of
course, though it meant getting an advance on my allowance from dear old
dad.

Certainly strikes me as obscene that a band 35 years past its prime-- the
Stones-- can command that much money per ticket in the 21st century. 

I just heard that Barbra Streisand tickets for her London shows are going
for 500 pounds. That's one thousand dollars at today's exchange rates. I
think I'll pass.

---Josh



Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:32:32 -0400
From: TheCosmicEnergy <thecosmicenergy@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: The Pontiac Silverdome: 30 Years Gone

    Thanks Chris, but that's not exactly what I meant. I guess I
should have phrased the question this way: how much would a Led
Zeppelin ticket cost today if only the band were somehow magically
deliciously transposed 30 years later to 2007? Transported by a time
machine exactly the same as they were in 1977. Now if the Rolling
Stones can get away with charging up to $450 (with scalped tickets
going into the multi-thousands), what would/could Zeppelin fetch?
Alas, it wouldn't just be $35.92 to account for the cost of inflation.
               Ramblin' On,
                        Cosmicº°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø


>On 4/30/07, Milazzo, Chris <cmilazzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Which is $35.92 in 2006 money - still a bargain!
>
> http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owners-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owners-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Buckeye
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 4:58 PM
> To: FBO Led Zeppelin
> Subject: Re: The Pontiac Silverdome: 30 Years Gone
>
> If I recall, it was $10.50!  Those were the days.......
>
> Bruce the Buckeye
> http://www.ledzeppelin.ws
>
>
> TheCosmicEnergy wrote:
>
> >    I got all tingly just reading it! I must have been channeling your
> > excitement. Just curious........how much did that ticket to greatness
> > cost you 30 years ago? $15? Wonder what they would be charging if it
> > were in today's prices.