At what income does one pay thousands of dollars for concert tickets?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a colleague who went to see her show. Flew somewhere. 30ish, single, no kids. Doesn’t make a lot of money, but can splurge on this instead of childcare, etc.

Pretty much this. I used to do such crazy things when I was young. My income probably tripled since my early 30s, but there is no way I would spend $4k on concert tickets these days.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people responding to this post have completely lost the point. It is that concert ticket prices are obscene, they didn't used to be this way, and as an average person with an average income it is inconceivable that anyway would have thousands and thousands of dollars to spend a couple of hours one night, when many are worried about making rent or feeding their kids. It is a level of inequality we have never seen, and it is unsustainable. I think it is very clear from your posts where most of you land in that equation.

The ticket prices themselves are actually not obscene. It's the bots buying up all the face value tickets to resell them at obscene prices. I don't understand why we don't have the technology to avoid this. Ticketmaster/Live Nation is just being lazy about it and that is why there is an investigation. After losing out on any face value tickets to the first round of shows last summer, but some miracle we got face value tickets to one of the Miami shows. They were under $250/each including fees for fairly decent seats. We are using airline miles and hotel points to fly and stay for free. We still need to pay for rental car, parking and food. Overall it's still more than I would spend on myself for such an experience, but for my two teen daughters I know it will mean a lot to them. I know we are incredibly lucky to have gotten a presale code and then actually get face value tickets. We were not willing to pay the price for resale tickets.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people responding to this post have completely lost the point. It is that concert ticket prices are obscene, they didn't used to be this way, and as an average person with an average income it is inconceivable that anyway would have thousands and thousands of dollars to spend a couple of hours one night, when many are worried about making rent or feeding their kids. It is a level of inequality we have never seen, and it is unsustainable. I think it is very clear from your posts where most of you land in that equation.

I don't disagree about inequality, but this is a difficult to impossible to stop function of the insane demand for Taylor Swift tickets. Face value tickets were expensive, but not outrageously priced; it's just that way more people wanted to go than could ever be accommodated. It's a long tour with lots of shows in big venues, and there's still enough demand on the resale side to lead to crazy prices.

To answer the question, our HHI is $175K and I saw Taylor. I was lucky enough to get face value tickets from a friend of a friend, so the real cost was about $1000 when you factor in flights and hotels, for me and a friend to see the concert and spend two days in Nashville. If the cost of the tickets had not been face value it would have been too much.

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Her brand is a bit of a cult. Many younger people seem to feel compelled to go or else they are an outcast. Kind of like the pressure to buy whatever brand the cool kids are wearing. I think it is a complete waste of money for a few hours of music. There isn't anyone I would pay thousands to go and see in concert. There are a million better uses for money than wasting it on a concert. She isn't even an amazingly talented singer. Just popular.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people responding to this post have completely lost the point. It is that concert ticket prices are obscene, they didn't used to be this way, and as an average person with an average income it is inconceivable that anyway would have thousands and thousands of dollars to spend a couple of hours one night, when many are worried about making rent or feeding their kids. It is a level of inequality we have never seen, and it is unsustainable. I think it is very clear from your posts where most of you land in that equation.

I don't disagree about inequality, but this is a difficult to impossible to stop function of the insane demand for Taylor Swift tickets. Face value tickets were expensive, but not outrageously priced; it's just that way more people wanted to go than could ever be accommodated. It's a long tour with lots of shows in big venues, and there's still enough demand on the resale side to lead to crazy prices.

To answer the question, our HHI is $175K and I saw Taylor. I was lucky enough to get face value tickets from a friend of a friend, so the real cost was about $1000 when you factor in flights and hotels, for me and a friend to see the concert and spend two days in Nashville. If the cost of the tickets had not been face value it would have been too much.

My family got Swift tickets. At face value on day of sale, we paid around $300 for nosebleed seats. Then, add in the hotel room, gas, tolls, meals out it ended up being maybe $750. It was absolutely worth it. That said, I wish she had been playing closer to DC. That would have cut the price down a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

+1. She is a 34 year old self-made billionaire.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

+1. She is a 34 year old self-made billionaire.

Since when are rich, trust fund kids self-made? Yes, she is successful but she is no more self made than the Kardashians.

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a ridiculous thread. People value different things.

I am an experience person. I will pay for a luxury hotel, a great meal, the best seats at a Broadway show, a concert ticket. People pay that much for a really nice spa day. Not my thing but just another example. I would never want a second home (could afford one) and never buy name brand clothing or bags of any sort. Own nearly no jewelry. Drive a modest and old car.

Who cares. Anyone going to TS who can afford it without going into debt, have fun.

Above should have said luxury hotel

I don't get the appeal of a luxury hotel unless I was staying in the hotel and not doing anything else. I just need a clean bed and bathroom.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

+1. She is a 34 year old self-made billionaire.

Since when are rich, trust fund kids self-made? Yes, she is successful but she is no more self made than the Kardashians.

What? No. She is not a rich trust fund kid. Why are you even on this thread? And sorry, the Kardashians ARE self-made. I happen to think their profession is as stupid as they come. But I can't help it if idiots watch their dumb show and buy their product placements.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

+1. She is a 34 year old self-made billionaire.

Since when are rich, trust fund kids self-made? Yes, she is successful but she is no more self made than the Kardashians.

Forbes gives her a self-made score of 8/10. Haters gonna hate.

https://www.forbes.com/profile/taylor-swift/?sh=135ef0b018e2

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

+1. She is a 34 year old self-made billionaire.

Since when are rich, trust fund kids self-made? Yes, she is successful but she is no more self made than the Kardashians.

What? No. She is not a rich trust fund kid. Why are you even on this thread? And sorry, the Kardashians ARE self-made. I happen to think their profession is as stupid as they come. But I can't help it if idiots watch their dumb show and buy their product placements.

Dude, her father is a millionaire wealth investment manager. He is the principal founding member of the Swift Group and has done incredibly well for himself. Taylor, with the aid of her millionaire father, was able to tour and secure contracts as a young child, who supported and bolstered her career. She was not and has never been a struggling artist. On the contrary, she is a rich kid, with rich parents, who is able to take risks and be an artists precisely becuase she has so much money to fall back on.

Swift, Kardashians, and Donald J have all done well for themselves - but the loans from parents equaling over $1M is easily what sets them apart from other budding entrepreneurs.

But sure, self-made.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Yeah, Taylor swift crashed Ticketmaster. Is she really this popular???

Clearly, umm, yes. She is.

+1. She is a 34 year old self-made billionaire.

Since when are rich, trust fund kids self-made? Yes, she is successful but she is no more self made than the Kardashians.

What? No. She is not a rich trust fund kid. Why are you even on this thread? And sorry, the Kardashians ARE self-made. I happen to think their profession is as stupid as they come. But I can't help it if idiots watch their dumb show and buy their product placements.

You don't know what "self-made" means and confuse that with "successful". Because one is successful does not mean that they are self-made. There are lots of people with generational wealth who are successful but not self-made. All individuals mentioned above fall into that category.

[Anonymous]

I really don't like concerts. Most of the few I've been to, I'd rather have been home streaming the music.

But there are a few artists who put on a good show. I'm a little lethargic about it now, but if my kid wanted to see one of them, I'd pay larger amounts.

It would be a once in a lifetime thing for me though, as we don't have that much money for entertainment.

[Anonymous]

I just spent $1000 on four tickets to see Billie Eilish and that made me slightly ill. The most I’ve ever spent on concert tickets. No way would shell out $1000 for ONE ticket.