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zepgen8 
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Posted: November 23 2010 at 09:34 |
Reason for the thumbs down folks, Is The ticket prices....Flippin eck !..
It is getting to a point where Fans like me and others cannot afford these inflated charges...
I have been a fan for 30 years, seen them a dozen or so times..Yes I love'em..But .This is outragous..
Anyway, for those who can afford to go !, hAVE A GREAT TIME.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 23 2010 at 09:36 |
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You forgot to tell us the price!
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chopper
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Posted: November 23 2010 at 09:46 |
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I've just had an email about presale tickets released tomorrow at 9am but there are no prices. I will consider going to the O2 but I was a bit disappointed last time by their tendency to play everything exactly the same as the studio versions.
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iguana
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 02:17 |
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never mind about exact pricings. they have been too high for too long and many local promoters here in germany are already saying, that the line has now been reached. welcome to half-empty-arena-land, bands & players...
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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zepgen8
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 03:57 |
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Sorry , cheapest price back of the Nec..45 plus booking fee..Close to stage 65 pounds plus booking fee and transfer's....Planet Rock have had many emails of complaint about these price's...Pearl Jam charged 30 pounds for tickets last year, So why do Rush fans have to pay so much...It's beyond me...There is a recestion on for pty sake.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 04:36 |
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It is a lot......but it is a three hour show.
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SFranke
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 08:52 |
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People said the prices were too high for the US dates, and there were several sell out dates and most shows were very highly attended. It's the US performance that prompted the second leg after all. That tells me like the ticket prices were set correctly. Higher than the OP wants to pay, perhaps, but not too high in general.
Don't these venues have lawn seating? Those seats were about $30 (~20 pounds) on the US tour if I recall correctly.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 08:54 |
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Lawn seating? Indoor lawns?
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zepgen8
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 09:43 |
I agree totally...I saw Transatlantic in manchester for less then 30 pounds 31/2 hour show..value for money..plus a fantastic performance...Also In a venue you could actually see them up close..
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zepgen8
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 09:44 |
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Well, 25 pounds an hour...I would like to earn that !!!.
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Marty McFly
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 13:05 |
1) Price is too high, true. Jethro Tull gig that happened last year here in Czech Republic cost about 1.800 Kč ( $90 ) and I don't think it was longer than two hours.
2)However cost of different kinds of people that helps to make gig alive is rising more and more, so this is probably the cause. I don't know how much musicians get, but I don't think that if ticket costs 25 pounds, it won't be more than 12 pounds.
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lazland
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 13:13 |
I haven't seen Rush since the Moving Pictures tour, so I wouldn't mind going, but the prices really are ridiculous. By the time I get two tickets for the wife & I, travel up to Birmingham or wherever, book a hotel for the night, and have a meal after the gig, you are talking about the price of a holiday, which is just incredible. Its the reason why I don't go to as many gigs now as I used to. As a civil servant, I'm on a pay freeze for two years, so it can only get worse 
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Pekka
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 13:39 |
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In Finland it's 69 euros (92 dollars, 59 pounds approx) to the field standing area, and that's something of a norm for the big gigs nowadays. The prices are going up all the time, on the Snakes & Arrows tour it was 59 for the best seats. That would seem almost cheap now.
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Catcher10
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Posted: November 24 2010 at 23:15 |
Well I am not going to defend ticket pricing as they have been outrageous for the past 5yrs, getting worse. You have to weigh in your need, want, desire to see an artist live. Lazland, that is a longtime to not see Rush and you know as well as I that in 20 more yrs they will be in a nursing home...go see them.
I posted a review of the show I saw in San Francisco back in August. The Time Machine show is well worth the ticket price, you do not get shorted for the price. In my post I added some pics that my wife took....amazing eye show.
I was in the same boat with the Roger Waters Wall tour.......ticket prices here in the US were USD100-250. It was funny as when I went to buy tickets all the "cheap" tickets of USD75 were gone...only left were USD125-250. The decision to not go was solved as my work has me out of the country next month when it is here in Tacoma, WA....That saved me probably USD500 with dinner and t-shirt and parking.
Rush was only USD75.00.........well worth it.
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richardh
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Posted: November 25 2010 at 01:30 |
Can't understand the moaning.Those Rush boys must be down to their last few million given the hard times. Perhaps a wip round at the concerts might be appropriate to help them out?
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paroxix
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 19:53 |
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In Toronto (Their home Town :D) you coudl get tickets for around $120 for decent seats or like $95 for lawns compared to Iron Madien and dream theater who played the same venue 7 days earlier but for $40 less for teh same seats. compared to that it seemed a silly choice to go see rush becuase i was gonna see either or not both so the dream theater/maiden one seemed like the only choice i heard rush was amazing though so i'm a little disapointed
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lazland
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 11:44 |
 Catcher10 wrote:
Well I am not going to defend ticket pricing as they have been outrageous for the past 5yrs, getting worse. You have to weigh in your need, want, desire to see an artist live. Lazland, that is a longtime to not see Rush and you know as well as I that in 20 more yrs they will be in a nursing home...go see them.
I posted a review of the show I saw in San Francisco back in August. The Time Machine show is well worth the ticket price, you do not get shorted for the price. In my post I added some pics that my wife took....amazing eye show.
I was in the same boat with the Roger Waters Wall tour.......ticket prices here in the US were USD100-250. It was funny as when I went to buy tickets all the "cheap" tickets of USD75 were gone...only left were USD125-250. The decision to not go was solved as my work has me out of the country next month when it is here in Tacoma, WA....That saved me probably USD500 with dinner and t-shirt and parking.
Rush was only USD75.00.........well worth it. |
Fair point  That review, and the pics, was tremendous. Now all I have to do is put your exceptionally well argued and reasonable point to the wife 
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RMR
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 15:08 |
Chiming in late on this one.
Although that i agree the ticket price was high, it was worth every penny, and ticket prices are dictated based on what the audience is willing to pay. I saw them at Boston Garden, and it seemed to be as close to sold out as you can get, so if people are willing to pay the price, I don't foresee them going down.
I went with my wife and we made a vacation out of it (which I guess made it even more expensive), but they killed the performance. I've seen them about 10 times, and the Boston show as by far the best.
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Blacksword
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 15:46 |
I think thats nearly twice the price of the R30 tour when I last saw them... 
Not sure I can be arsed this time, to be honest. They're great etc, but I've seen them four times. I may save the cash for bands I've not yet seen.
Edited by Blacksword - November 28 2010 at 15:46
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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The Neck Romancer
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 16:18 |
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I was not going to shell out 250 reais (about 140 dollars) to see a tired trio performing songs exactly as they appear on the album, except for some mistakes, the possibility of gear problems and Geddy's depleted voice range. And I LOVE Rush. Honestly, I prefer to spend my money on something more spontaneous like a Porcupine Tree/Opeth/Jaga Jazzist/Haken ticket.
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