Concert tickets - Just how much would you pay to get tickets for a gig???

Hi, I dunno whether it was a lie or not but I'm sure I heard that someone had sold their 'Take That' tickets for £100,000 on Ebay! There is no way I would pay that much to see anyone live! I would pay a couple of hundred tops (So jealous of you getting to see Iron Maiden, I wanted to go but had all sold out and didn't see any tickets on ebay for the dates I wanted to go) I guess if you're a real fan and have been waiting to see your favourite band for ages, then I guess paying what you can afford but I don't think paying over £500 is excessive for one ticket!

Hubby and I are going to see the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Melbourne next month. Man, it was sooo hard to get hold of tickets, they sold like hot cakes on a cold day! We ended up with cheapo tickets sitting in the back of a field a trillion miles away! Still at least we'll get to hear them play. To answer your question - I won't go over the ticket price to get them. I don't believe in putting money in scalpers' pockets! Bad karma to them for ripping the public off I say. lol

I used to care more about going to concerts before. SOmetimes we used to pay a bit more over the ticket price to get them, but often we would get them way in advance and paid just the regular price. Now I'm not sure. I think that if I know there is a concert coming that I would really like to go I would try to get the tickets at regular price, if not.. I'm not sure if I would pay more.

Can't say this 100 percent but I am pretty certain I wouldn't pay over the odds - I think the touts should be put out of business and would if non of us paid their inflated prices! I mean sometime the tickets never arrive and others they are fake tickets - why take the chance?

Let me start by saying that I rarely attend concerts (although I like them) and I am really a frugal person, BUT................ I paid an incredible amount to see Paul McCartney, $250...I would never, ever pay that to see anyone else. And it was worth every single penny. He did not disappoint! He played for about 3 hours....lots of Beatles songs and Wings songs, too. Wow, it was amazing!

It depends if i love the artist. I am willing to sacrifice my allowance for a week to afford a ticket. smile ;D

I think that the way ticket prices are being marked up is just unreal. Their is also a risk of getting fakes when you purchase over the internet. The only way I would buy a ticket is "the old fashioned way" either calling up to the ticket place and charging the ticket over the phone, or waiting in line to buy one!

No way, man! Unless I am freaking rich, it's hard to imagine myself splurging a few hundred bucks for a ticket. I am glad I have not liked any performer that much. :P If it is free, I will CONSIDER spending my time there, ha!