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

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For everyone I know, more like “at what debt level”. All my old friends who are still drowning in student loan debt went to Swift concerts last summer.

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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.

This is not true. Her father was a wealth manager. At times he did well. She grew up MC and then UMC. Her father was not rich if by rich you mean 10 million worth. In fact he was close to broke when she started. That is why he had the time to manage her. She did not grow up rich. And there was nothing to fall back on.

NP but no, this is not accurate. The family moved to Nashville to support her career. There was some financial risk in this and it's true her dad wasn't some billionaire hedge funder. But they were firmly upper middle class and had the funds to make that move and to invest in things like private guitar and piano teachers, studio time, and the expense of cutting her demo. But Taylor never struggled. They never went without a comfortable home and food on the table every night, and she has two college educated parents who had genuine financial security. They absolutely had stuff to fall back on if Taylor didn't work out. They were not living out of their car praying Taylor would make it and save them.

None of this is a knock on Taylor. It is simply the truth. She is not some rags to riches story. She was an UMC kid who got a ton of investment and support from her parents at a very young age and it panned out. This is the story of the vast majority of people under 30 who really hit it big -- musicians, actors, athletes. Most of them have extremely supportive families who have the money to pay for coaches and classes and travel to support their kids' dreams. There are also tons of families just like Taylors whose kids don't hit it big and they are fine. They spend thousands on trying to make their kids successful at music or ice skating or skiing or dancing or whatever, and it doesn't pan out, and instead those kids go to college and the parents stay in their UMC jobs and life goes on and nothing bad happens to them. It's not a totally risk free investment but it's also not some desperate story of scraping together pennies by busking and playing seedy nightclubs to get enough studio time to cut a demo. It's actually a pretty comfortable path to success.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to take my daughter so so bad. I have been looking at resale tickets even nosebleeds at any US destination are around $3,000 with all the fees. The greed of the resale market is just too much. I really wish there was a limit to what you could resell your tickets for. I would even pay double but paying $3000 for $300 tickets is just more than I can stomach. I did try to get tickets but I didn't go crazy creating 10 different Ticketmaster accounts. I guess I should have.

Just let it go. You just have to let this stuff go. Especially with kids. There are many ways to create great memories with your kid that don't involve racking up 6k in credit card debt or spending down her college account. It's not worth it. IT. IS. NOT. WORTH. IT. The people going have money to burn or are willing to go into debt for it. They likely also spend money on other stuff you don't, like staying in expensive hotels or giving DoorDash $40 to bring you $30 with of Chipotle. Be smart and let it go.

Here: buy a little digital projector for the back yard, string up a sheet, invite some of her friends over and stream the concert movie in the backyard. Make kettle corn and other treats. They'll have a blast, it will still feel special, it will cost you a tiny fraction of buying tickets and you can do it guilt free.

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Somewhere on a men’s forum they’re justifying the cost of superbowl tickets

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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.

This is not true. Her father was a wealth manager. At times he did well. She grew up MC and then UMC. Her father was not rich if by rich you mean 10 million worth. In fact he was close to broke when she started. That is why he had the time to manage her. She did not grow up rich. And there was nothing to fall back on.

NP but no, this is not accurate. The family moved to Nashville to support her career. There was some financial risk in this and it's true her dad wasn't some billionaire hedge funder. But they were firmly upper middle class and had the funds to make that move and to invest in things like private guitar and piano teachers, studio time, and the expense of cutting her demo. But Taylor never struggled. They never went without a comfortable home and food on the table every night, and she has two college educated parents who had genuine financial security. They absolutely had stuff to fall back on if Taylor didn't work out. They were not living out of their car praying Taylor would make it and save them.

None of this is a knock on Taylor. It is simply the truth. She is not some rags to riches story. She was an UMC kid who got a ton of investment and support from her parents at a very young age and it panned out. This is the story of the vast majority of people under 30 who really hit it big -- musicians, actors, athletes. Most of them have extremely supportive families who have the money to pay for coaches and classes and travel to support their kids' dreams. There are also tons of families just like Taylors whose kids don't hit it big and they are fine. They spend thousands on trying to make their kids successful at music or ice skating or skiing or dancing or whatever, and it doesn't pan out, and instead those kids go to college and the parents stay in their UMC jobs and life goes on and nothing bad happens to them. It's not a totally risk free investment but it's also not some desperate story of scraping together pennies by busking and playing seedy nightclubs to get enough studio time to cut a demo. It's actually a pretty comfortable path to success.

You don't have to be "rags to riches" to be self-made. Bezos and Gates had nice upbringings too. But they didn't inherit their wealth, they made it and so did Taylor.

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Anonymous wrote:WOW. I had no idea. As a classical music lover, I gripe about the cost of those tickets... which have nothing to do with the prices you're mentioning. I wonder how ordinary TS fans get to her concerts. Is that par for the course for pop music?

You can go for normal prices, but it takes HOURS online to find and get the tickets.

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Anonymous wrote:WOW. I had no idea. As a classical music lover, I gripe about the cost of those tickets... which have nothing to do with the prices you're mentioning. I wonder how ordinary TS fans get to her concerts. Is that par for the course for pop music?

You can go for normal prices, but it takes HOURS online to find and get the tickets.

Unless you buy the tickets directly from Ticketmaster (original sale, not resale) it’s pretty much impossible. The only reason we are going is we managed to get face value tix. Most people I know who went or are going also got face value tickets. I can’t think of anyone I know paying the crazy resale prices.

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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.

Fly to England. The tickets for the Liverpool concert are only $800 I've heard.

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I have really good NFL football season tickets. My face is like $300 each and I often sell them $1,000 each for a really really big game. I have six seats. I rarely go but I have seen families in the seats near me and if three kids
$5,000 tickets alone let alone parking and food.

My seats are good as I had them 25 years and only long term season ticket holders have them. I am always amazed.

My season ticket bill is huge I can’t imagine paying double or triple.

Buy every game my section full.

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My husband’s bucket list has included center court seats at Wimbledon and the French Open. Each trip has cost $15-20,000 which is crazy but we have a blast and he’s living his dream. We are retired so he jokes that he is enjoying our kids inheritance.

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This sort of thing doesn't make logical sense, but it does provide enjoyment and happiness for many. If you are able to pay all of your regular expenses and meet your savings goals and still afford expensive event tickets, then it is perfectly fine to buy them. Money is useless if it is not spent, and an occasional irrational splurge like this is perfectly fine for many otherwise responsible people. I personally wouldn't do it for event tickets, but I have spent similar amounts on hobbies and vacations and would do so again in a second, because they have provided me with joy and memorable experiences.

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We spent five figures on World Series tix when the Nats were playing - any they didn't even win the game we watched! Worth it? Hmmm. I guess? But we aren't in debt.

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I have a close friend who's taking her two daughters to TS in Lyon in the beginning of June. Cheaper to fly to France, stay in a hotel and get tickets there or in Amsterdam of Fourth of July than paying those prices domestically.

Oh, and she has less than $8,000 saved outside of retirement funds.

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Instead of spending $5K for a concert, you can go to a Taylor Swift party, like these that were hosted last month: https://northernvirginiamag.com/things-to-do/things-to-do-features/2024/04/18/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s mostly NOT parents taking kids. It’s mostly childless women who are treating themselves. And why shouldn’t they.

I have a few friends from college going. One of them delayed putting her kid in half-day preschool for a year ($10K cost) to save money and is incredibly cheap. She spent $6K for one ticket. I imagine with flights, hotels, and transportation to/from the concert she will spend $8-10K. Priorities!