Re: Led Zeppelin at TODAY's prices

[TheCosmicEnergy <thecosmicenergy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/1/07, Nathan Hevensone <nhevensone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What would the asking price be?
>
> I'm thinking maybe $200 just for the semi-semi-decent seats (the ones
> you need a pair of binoculars for).
>
> How much was a Page/Plant ticket in '98 (I did go to the Madison
> Square Garden show in July, but I was 10, so I don't remember how much
> it cost)?  That should give us an idea...

      I went down here in May 26th of '98, but I got my ticket at the
venue, and my head was getting a little Vodka soaked at the time, so
now I don't remember exactly how much I paid: probably $40 or $50.
Anyway like I said before though, I'm not talking about how much
Page/Plant could/can/did charge. I'm talking full on Led Zeppelin in
their prime. Surely more than the Stones can charge, not that they
would, but they could.


> Prices are ridiculous.  I don't care what anyone says.  Today's ticket
> prices are way too high.

     Actually that was sort of my point all along. Look at how
inflated some of the top touring artist's ticket prices are. Much
higher than just taking into account the cost of inflation/devalue of
the American dollar. Supply and demand I guess though, huh?


> On 5/1/07, Josh Mooney <jmooney10@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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.


    Exactly. I mean how much were they even charging back in the day?



> > 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,
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