And Scott & Charlene's Wedding  are playing there next month! Could just be the excuse I need!

Saw Maiden with Jimmy the Lips at Twickenham a few years ago.  That was a fucking expensive night out.

Worth every pint.

Been subjected to The Skints tonight. I need to shoot the guitarist/singer. Also there is some cunt from Scuzz djing between sets. He's fucking awful, and playing worse music.

Still, Less Than Jake to come.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Also, fuck lighting at gigs that blinds the audience. Yeah, I'd like to actually see the band please lighting guy.

I'm with you on this, incredibly annoying.

Weren’t the Bronx and the Skints both playing the UK together this week? Supporting Less Than Jake, I think.

I saw LTJ a lot in the late ’90s. Haven’t kept up with them since. They always used to be fun.

I hear good things about The Skints from old mates in the ska/punk scenes but I’ve never seen ’em play.

The Bronx are The Bronx. (Except when they’re Mariachi El Bronx, I suppose.)

£40 for Metallica. Death Magnetic tour I think, but all the hits too. They put on a hell of a show, so totally worth it.

Most of my gigs are £10 to £20 range.

What's the venue, Empress Ballroom? Saw Placebo there 10 years ago, brilliant venue.

Blocks100 wrote:

Just splurged a ton a pop on a touted tickets (well, GetMeIn.com which is a ticketmaster tout site in all but name)  for Chemical Brothers in Blackpool in December. 

I recall the Empress Ballrooms being great  (well it was for  Radiohead back in 1997)  And ain't seen the ' Brothers since V97 either.  Feck I feel old.   I am long due for some BLOCK ROCKIN' BEATS .

Which begs the question, what's the most anyone's paid for a gig ticket, and was it worth it or did you end up regretting the purchase?

I think I did 120 for a Tool gig years back and MJK cooked the first half, lost the lyrics to Vicarious and then gave up partway through something else. Killed the second half though, belted it out.

Aye Empress Ballroom is a superb venue. The White Stripes gig there many moons ago was amazing, they (he) blew the roof off. Then came back on the little stage so everyone had to turn to carry on watching and meaning that different people were now at the front of the gig. Great stuff.

Most expensive -

£80 for -

Front row Tom Waits (worth it)
Billy Joel and Elton John (not worth it)
Depeche Mode in Manchester (worth it)
Bob Dylan (mostly worth it)

Paid about £50 for Louis CK at the O2 a few years ago. Music-wise it'd probably be CHVRCHES at the Hydro this year. £40 and worth every penny.

Cheapest? Or best value?

Paid £9 to see Brand New at King Tuts just before they got "Kerrang huge". Always like rubbing that one into folk that say "they're like, my fave band ever yknow?"

I just can’t bring myself to buy expensive gig tix. I think it’s a hangover from growing up going to punk and indie gigs at local pubs. My price-reckoner for gig prices was set low at a young age.

I think £30-ish has been my limit. Beyond that I question my ability to spend so much on a couple of hours’ entertainment (especially given that I generally buy a pair of tix, not just one).

I can’t really comment on my cheapest gig. Too many years of blagging in for free, or just going to tiny shows. I think I paid £2 to see Green Day at the Hull Adelphi, in the days before they released Dookie. That’s a good example.

going to see twenty-one pilots at ally pally in november. Will be the 2nd time i've seen them this year. Absolutely storming set at Leeds. 

Tickets were £30 or so, now reselling for £160 on websites. Is that normal?

mk64 wrote:

Tickets were £30 or so, now reselling for £160 on websites. Is that normal?

Sadly, yes. Reselling is the new touting. Parasitical, outrageously priced, questionably legal, and run on the sly by the original ticketing companies.