Radiohead Headlining 2017

[jparx]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

Take That - £104.50 for best seats, and that's not including the VIP Standing Package which is £154.95, or the VIP Sitting Package which is £199.95. an extra £45 for the luxury of sitting

It's a bit worrying that you can pull out Take That ticket prices so easily FF 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, jparx said:

It's a bit worrying that you can pull out Take That ticket prices so easily FF 

ha only because i remembered they'd announced their tour not long ago and assumed the prices would be extortionate. £80+ for Radiohead is still maddening, but nice to know other fanbases are getting swindled worse than us  

[jparx]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

ha only because i remembered they'd announced their tour not long ago and assumed the prices would be extortionate. £80+ for Radiohead is still maddening, but nice to know other fanbases are getting swindled worse than us  

It just reinforces my view that you may as well not bother going to arena gigs all year round, and just attend a festival once a year. Glastonbury + smaller ~£10 shows throughout the year is the way forward. There are only two bands I would pay £70+ to see at an arena - Radiohead and TOOL.

[Spindley Stallion]

10 minutes ago, russycarps said:

What other bands have charged this much at that venue? Anyone know?

 

I've got tickets for Black Sabbath - The End in January and that was £84.

[ericlered]

11 minutes ago, Johnkhutch said:

I think a standing ticket for The Cure was pushing around the £70-75 mark? Closest I can think of.

The Cure wasn't anywhere close to £70 as far as I can remember.

[russycarps]

7 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Take That - £104.50 for best seats, and that's not including the VIP Standing Package which is £154.95, or the VIP Sitting Package which is £199.95. an extra £45 for the luxury of sitting

 

Just now, Spindley Stallion said:

I've got tickets for Black Sabbath - The End in January and that was £84.

Blimey. It's a crazy amount of money.

Most I've paid is just over £100 for leonard cohen and the same for paul mccartney (not in manchester though). No regrets, but it's not something I could do more than once every few years.

 

[Spindley Stallion]

Got 4 standing tickets for the 5th for me and my pals from home, then managed to get 2 for my sister and her boyfriend. It also happens to be my sister's birthday so that's nice.

Now to just get through on the Glastonbury resale. Must. Be. There.

[Hutchmaster]

Just now, ericlered said:

The Cure wasn't anywhere close to £70 as far as I can remember.

D'oh you're right! A seating ticket in Tier 1 is £57 inc. booking fee.

[nikkic]

My 6....

Reckoner

There There

Weird Fishes

2 + 2 = 5

Idioteque

Street Spirit (Fade Out) 

[Spindley Stallion]

 

17 minutes ago, russycarps said:

 

Blimey. It's a crazy amount of money.

Most I've paid is just over £100 for leonard cohen and the same for paul mccartney (not in manchester though). No regrets, but it's not something I could do more than once every few years.

 

Yeah, a huge amount of money. I've never seen Sabbath and this seemed like my last opportunity so I bit the bullet.

[jparx]

6 songs for Manchester night 2:

Fog [Again]

True Love Waits [acoustic]

Jigsaw Falling into Place

Motion Picture Soundtrack

Kid A

Sit Down. Stand Up.

 

[ThomThomDrum]

I spent €140 (not a touted price!) on a Tom Waits ticket back in 2008..........God knows what that would be in today's money!

Once in a lifetime...........expensive, but no regrets at all

[scaryclaireyfairy]

It feels like they're stopping touting by taking the initial prices up to the brink of what actual fans are willing to pay.  That service charge is an utter joke.

That said, I got tickets for both nights.   (Only cos I have family I can stay with in Manchester that keeps my costs down.)

[jparx]

1 minute ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

It feels like they're stopping touting by taking the initial prices up to the brink of what actual fans are willing to pay.  That service charge is an utter joke.

That said, I got tickets for both nights.   (Only cos I have family I can stay with in Manchester that keeps my costs down.)

Ed's gonna get a restraining order at this rate...

[scaryclaireyfairy]

3 minutes ago, jparx said:

Ed's gonna get a restraining order at this rate...

[Hugh Jass]

Sadly we are at the stage now where £80 tickets don't seem too outrageous. I remember having a hissy fit four years ago when the KOL Tour tickets were about 65 notes. Still paid it though, and therein lies the problem.

To see any top tier act in an arena or stadium will set you back at least £70 these days, prices have become ridiculous.

[arcade fireman]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sadly we are at the stage now where £80 tickets don't seem too outrageous. I remember having a hissy fit four years ago when the KOL Tour tickets were about 65 notes. Still paid it though, and therein lies the problem.

To see any top tier act in an arena or stadium will set you back at least £70 these days, prices have become ridiculous.

Yep and Glasto's increasing prices are part of this same picture - since they have to factor in a lot of similar factors when fixing their ticket prices too. 

[Gucci Piggy]

38 minutes ago, jparx said:

It just reinforces my view that you may as well not bother going to arena gigs all year round, and just attend a festival once a year. Glastonbury + smaller ~£10 shows throughout the year is the way forward. There are only two bands I would pay £70+ to see at an arena - Radiohead and TOOL.

In terms of bands that actually exist at the moment I think I'm probably the same in that I'd only pay it from Radiohead or Tool.

Obviously any crazy reunions like Led Zeppelin I'd be willing to stretch for, too.

To be honest I doubt I'd have gone for Radiohead tickets on top of Glastonbury if it wasn't for the fact I'm going with family who aren't going to Glasto.

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sadly we are at the stage now where £80 tickets don't seem too outrageous. I remember having a hissy fit four years ago when the KOL Tour tickets were about 65 notes. Still paid it though, and therein lies the problem.

To see any top tier act in an arena or stadium will set you back at least £70 these days, prices have become ridiculous.

yep £70 seems to be the standard price for any well established arena act these days. guess we'd all like to think that Radiohead would be above that, but why would they have lower prices when other similar sized acts rake it in? and like you say, we/people continue to pay it. sad to think that in another ten years it'll be £100+ standard for one of these types of shows

[jparx]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sadly we are at the stage now where £80 tickets don't seem too outrageous. I remember having a hissy fit four years ago when the KOL Tour tickets were about 65 notes. Still paid it though, and therein lies the problem.

To see any top tier act in an arena or stadium will set you back at least £70 these days, prices have become ridiculous.

This will be the first arena show I've been to in 2 years. I used to go all the time, but I just cannot justify that much money each time. I can afford it, I just don't value the tickets that much. Radiohead though, of course, is the exception!

[sheffieldlady]

I think I could justify the cost for a once in the a lifetime thing, but given that I will hopefully see Radiohead elsewhere, it seems slightly insane.

Beyonce charged over £100 for her tour. Bjorks shows were £99. Roundhouse for Radiohead was £70. The cost of seeing bands live is shocking.  Inflation for tickets have been running above anything else. Worldwide average gigs are £60.

The Stone Roses comeback in 12/13 were £55, their summer shows were £75. I don't think it's just the big bands charging lots of money, smaller acts do as well.

Do you think the promoters and agents are happily lining their pockets, equally, if the bands management think they can take £1million in one night, and you can get away with charging £100+ for tickets, then why wouldn't you?

I wonder if the touring costs have gone up to? You know, equipment hire, trucks, crew wages, catering etc. Most people expect massive productions now. That's why Bjork's shows are so expensive, she isn't exactly what most people would call a best seller. 

Sadly, I think it's just a decline in recording music, record companies aren't providing as much tour support as they used to. Bands need to raise money from ticketing to cover the costs. I doubt they are getting a better show for it.

Throw in the secondary ticket market, it's going to put pressure on the price. I know a lot of bands and even promoters are against it, but they will be looking at the prices in the secondary ticket market and thinking that they've under priced the primary tickets.

Either way, it's the fans who are out of pocket. And hardcore fans who can't avoid to go because paying the rate isn't feasible when you have other outgoings. It's pricing poorer people out of the market. You're backed into a corner - you either pay the stupid prices or don't go. I'm now leaning towards the not going side of things. Nothing will change until everyone reaches there limit and demand for tickets decreases, shows stop selling out, so touts are no longer interested

For me, going to a gig is about the music, I want to hear them play their songs, I don't think I'm that bothered about it being a show. 

Not entirely show any of that makes any sense... 

[russycarps]

it looks like I paid £72.75 for a ticket at the o2 back in 2012, so I suppose a tenner increase in 4 years isnt too surprising

[crocodiles]

I  paid 100 plus for kate bush well 200 plus as bought my wife's ticket plus accommodation but had to go as waited 35 years . Lots of 60 to 90 plus now it's the way it is unfortunately 

[Tuna]

@sheffieldlady The (alleged) original reasoning behind the 2012 ticket prices for Radiohead was that they were paying everyone involved the living wage. Somehow I doubt Take That follow suit. 

[Hugh Jass]

Thinking on it I'm fairly sure that Radiohead tickets have also been above average price-wise. Now this may be due to the scarcity of their tours, never playing huge venues such as stadiums (cricket ground notwithstanding) or because the band themselves or their management know that they offer a premium product that people will pay extra for. the more I think about it the more I realise they've always been like this.