Linkin Park?

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, mjfromthelane said:

Jesus - I was thinking I was almost definitely going to do LP at Wembley having missed out on Glasto. Firstly thought ticket prices were going to be more reasonable than the o2 was (supply/demand) and secondly thought they would struggle to sell out initially.

 

I have presale access so just looked and standing is sold out already and they are charging over £100 for bang average seats!

 

Fortunately I had tickets for their o2 comeback gig but I think I'll try my luck with standing tickets nearer the time. But in addition to what's already been said about the prices of big gigs these days, I also hate bands like LP doing the front/back/vip standing sections which seem just to be there to rip off people in desperation.

 

Also at these price points now it's hard to get mates involved who aren't mega fans but could have been persuaded before. Looking at well over 200 quid minimum now for ticket, travel and drink/food for the day.

 

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Yeah, it's crazy. I might justify paying a little more for a Manchester gig due to reduced travel overheads, but it's still.

 

Won't go triple figures for any show before fees so this one can stick and twist for now, alas.

 

Yeah I would understand that but those prices above madness. An LPU pit, Zero pit, Front standing and Rear standing areas....£100, £150 and then over £400. This to me has the makings of a band looking to come back for two years to make money and then call it a day. I don't personally think the album is strong enough to take them much further and they had they had long enough to work on this one than I don't see a follow up reaching the heights of this.

[NorthernSoul52]

Not sure it is so much a case of plans to call it a day as potentially with the caveat that it might be the last time for matters outside of their control.

 

Among twenty-first century bands, Linkin Park will know this more than most.

 

But they're far from the only one charging well over the odds - though of course, you have the factor the sheer cost of touring too.

[NorthernSoul52]

Despite vowing not to, the £59 tickets proved too tempting when the opportunity did arise yesterday.

 

They are my sister's favourite band, and she is absolutely elated - full-on happy-snot crying. So in that sense, I feel I've done a good deed.

[dotdash79]

It’s emotional reasons like this is the reason prices keep going up. FYI I’m not having a go at you, just showing how even with the best intentions FOMO is a powerful thing. 

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

It’s emotional reasons like this is the reason prices keep going up. FYI I’m not having a go at you, just showing how even with the best intentions FOMO is a powerful thing. 

Oh, absolutely. I'm a shocker of a hypocrite - though I will say that I said in either this thread or another that I have set limits for what I consider acceptable per act.

 

This ultimately fell below that threshold - just - and indeed, the emotional reaction factored into it.

 

I'm taking her to see Falling in Reverse week after next - now that is one I could quite happily bin off...