How much have you spent on concert tickets?

[Tinyandpetite]

Not so much an AIBU, posting here for traffic! I’ve got to the age of 36 due to various medical conditions, I’ve never been to an actual music concert. I went to watch my daughter at the Manchester arena the other night ( young voices) it was brilliant! I looked up a few people playing, and was quite surprised at the price of tickets. Out of interest who did you watch, where and how much were your tickets? Thank you ;)

I've been to many concerts over the years seeing a range of people including Kylie, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Olly Murs, Beyonce and Lady Gaga. They've varied in price but is say around the £50-£70 mark. The most expensive tickets I've ever bought are for Michael Buble at Harewood House in August with my Mum. We're both huge fans - those cost me £200.

Kate Bush, 5 years ago and it was over £400 for one ticket as there were only the VIP tickets left, and there was no way I was missing out on seeing her. The ticket was a Christmas and birthday gift from dh and ds.

The most expensive tickets I've every bought was £75+ each ( can't remember exactly) to see Madonna at Hyde Park.

I've been to so many gigs, I couldn't possibly list them all and the prices!

The most...£185 in total over the years I would guess over £400 this year alone. It's what I do in my free time.

£413. Vip meet and greet, front row, photos and a kiss from each of them. Excellent evening will never ever regret it I waited 25 years for it!!

I paid £80 to see AC/DC at Wembley Stadium, but most gigs I go to are around the £40. We saw Five finger death punch on Friday at Wembley arena and that was £45 each.

We go to quite a few concerts , the most expensive ticket I’ve used was to see Cher at the O2 last year , VIP tickets so £350+ , I don’t know exactly as I didn’t buy them . I actually wasn’t keen on going as I’m not a fan but my dsis bought them and it was a fantastic show . The most expensive tickets I’ve bought were £150 ish each for George Michael and the same for Bruce Springsteen .

Individual ticket? About £100 the last couple of time’s at Take That. First Take That ticket was £16.50 in 1993. First Oasis gig was 1995 and cost £22 - went to Liam Gallagher last year and it was £50. I go to a lot of gigs - at least 5-10 big names a year.

Festivals are usually £200+ nowadays, but my first one was £54 including camping in 1997!

I go to lots of gigs. The big arenas are pricey, I think Pete Tong at the O2 was £70 each, as was Chemical bros, but I also saw 2 door cinema club there for less than £40.

Have a look for album launch gigs. They are arranged by independent record shops and tend to be in small intimate venues and for less than £20, include a cd. They are HOT tickets though so you have to be fast at buying them. Will be a short 1 hour gig instead of the a full tour set.

Incidentally I saw my daughter at young voices, I thought it was bloody dire. I liked the shires thought, fab boots.

Depending on which day you went, I was there with my class. And yes, it was amazing!

I've been to see Imagine Dragons at about £50 a ticket. And have Lana Del Rey tickets to take DD2 (15) to see in late feb for £75 each.

Floral, I would have loved to have seen George Michael.
Saw Bruce a few years ago for £35.
Most expensive I guess, were £150 each for Killers tickets.

£250 per ticket to see guns n roses a couple years ago at Olympic park

("VIP" which was basically just the closest seats at the arena and a private ish bar)

Sound at the arena was terrible! Was much better when we paid 40 to see them in Nottingham about 12 years earlier!

Don't just look at big names OP. Support some up and coming artists. By lots of gigs I mean every week. I saw Georgia a couple of weeks back for £12 inc CD. She is listed by radio 1 as one to watch this year. You don't have to spend hundreds.

One of the best gigs i went to was at a cafe in sheffield about £8 per peson i think

Average for us is probably £50

I saw George Michael a few times , always excellent . Dsis has got us Killers tickets for London in June but I’ve no idea what she’s paid , we always get seats though because dd has CFS and can’t stand for very long .

Sam Smith at the O2- £35 per ticket
Ed Sheeran at Wembley- £85 per ticket
MCR at Milton Keynes this year - £92 a ticket.

I won't go above £100 a ticket as it's usually 2-3 of us going.

VIP package for Rammstein at Milton Keynes, last summer. Cost £150 each bu they were the only tickets left.

Were you surprised at the prices as being higher than you thought, or lower?

Highest I’ve paid is £140 each (Madonna) and they were the cheap seats. Lowest is cover bands in our local small venue £7. And a whole range in between!

If you are near Leeds have a look at www.crashrecords.co.uk

£270 on a resale site for a Harry Styles ticket.
It was for my 40th birthday and I absolutely love him, it was worth every overpriced penny, but, long story short, I ended up with an extra one which I sold for £100, so I got some money back.
I'm seeing him again this year and paid £80 for it.

BTW Don’t want to hijack the thread but is VIP worth it?

I paid just over £100 to see Lionel Richie and he was great 😀

Paid over £150 to get into a club on NYE 1999 - I'd lost my ticket and had to pay again on the door... 😦

£20 a ticket for the Proclaimers was a bargain (DH loves the) and they sang for ages and were brilliant.

I took my daughter to see Ariana Grande last summer at 02 I paid £170 each so £340 total

WWE front row in Melbourne was around 1500 to 2g for 2 with a meet and greet

Totally worth it, would do it again in a heartbeat