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How much do you spend on concert admission per year?

lily1
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:58 AM UTC #
i know that in 2001 i spent close to $700 on concert tickets and cab fare-and those were all local shows! i gleefully told my coworkers that i couldn't afford vacation because i was going to see BDB, Travis, Dplan, U2, Madonna, etc etc etc. That music was my vacation. How f'n music geeky of me! HA!

but yeah, i too, have gone well into 4 digits. i think i'd rather just not tally the amount. so much for using that entry in microsoft money!

i will travel for shows. typically its just philly but a train ticket and hotel room is over $150 combined. and once you start going further-nyc, chicago, san fran, the price of your concert ticket was the cheapest thing!

it also depends on the artist touring that year. i know for prince, madonna, springsteen, u2, its going to cost $100 a ticket versus $15 for the frames. and if its u2, i'm going to see them multiple times on the tour.
bnyced0
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 04:27 AM UTC #
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:

And wow, yeah I know I'm somewhat of a newbie here and all, but I had no clue the big spenders in the show-going category were all black. Awesome.
Of Color , don't forget about Joe, his parents would faint if they knew he was considered "black" in DC :o
xneverwherex
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 04:30 AM UTC #
Originally posted by wanderlust featuring j. marshmallow:
I'll attend 25 shows in September and October. I'm slightly ahead of you! :D

Originally posted by sweetcell:
joe marshmellow is probably on the same level as me - a step below those three, but still boardline insane :p

im right up there with you joe. ill be lucky if i only attend 25 shows in sept/oct. everytime i go out with friends, inevitablly they want me to go check out some other band, so the amount of shows keep going up. and im not even beginning to yet think about cmj.

and if the rentals play DC, they rocked! i highly encourage everyone to check them out.
thatguy
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 07:47 AM UTC #
i can't remember the last time i paid to see a show, and i go to a fair amount (not counting shows i work). one of the perks of being in the business for a while is good connections.
demsrock
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:09 PM UTC #
My friend and I decided to cut back on shows because we've been to so many good ones that we're now hard to impress. Do any of the big spenders here or you well connected kids find yourself getting bored just because you go to so many shows?
bnyced0
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:18 PM UTC #
Originally posted by 6949:
My friend and I decided to cut back on shows because we've been to so many good ones that we're now hard to impress. Do any of the big spenders here or you well connected kids find yourself getting bored just because you go to so many shows?
I don't know if I go to all that many, in a raw number sense, probably average three a week over the year, but I hit more festivals than the average person which I would count as one each.

There really isn't anyone I want to see that I haven't seen, so I try to find new bands, as well as reliable favorites.

I love to travel so that's a big part of it, so going someplace new with a show being the excuse is common.

I also don't have as much free time as most so it's about convenience over cost, so if someone I want to see is playing in NY on the weekend and DC or Baltimore during the week I'll likely opt for NY with the added bonus that post show options are o'plenty.

Plus I usually consider a show as the beginning of the night, I like to go dancing and generally party pretty hard so weeknights are again not optimal cause I leave for work pretty early.

My spending is large mostly because of those constraints and prerequisites, not so much because of sheer number of shows, I'm at a point in my life where time and convenience is far more scarce/valuable than cost/money so that always takes precedence.

So no boredom is not a problem, I'm pretty selective, I don't have time just to go to a show because I don't have anything else to do, it's pretty calculated and I'm always planning 6-9 months ahead of time, especially for setting up festival runs.
Rhett Miller
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:20 PM UTC #
That's my thought. The less is more theory. The less I go to, the more I enjoy those that I do so. Or at least moderation.

And like you, having gone to so many shows makes me tough to impress!

Originally posted by 6949:
My friend and I decided to cut back on shows because we've been to so many good ones that we're now hard to impress. Do any of the big spenders here or you well connected kids find yourself getting bored just because you go to so many shows?
sonickteam2
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:22 PM UTC #
Originally posted by thatguy:
i can't remember the last time i paid to see a show, and i go to a fair amount (not counting shows i work). one of the perks of being in the business for a while is good connections.
no lamb of god show for you last night? fun times…
sweetcell
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:29 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bnyced0:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by bnyced0:
Speaking of denial, am I the only one who has noticed that the biggest spenders, and most obsessive, are boardies of color?
*ahem*:

Originally posted by sweetcell:
boardee trivia: what do all three have in common? (other than an addiction to live shows, of course…)
i guess this means you win the prize, sort of… :(
demsrock
Joined: August 23, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:34 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
That's my thought. The less is more theory. The less I go to, the more I enjoy those that I do so. Or at least moderation.

And like you, having gone to so many shows makes me tough to impress!

Originally posted by 6949:
My friend and I decided to cut back on shows because we've been to so many good ones that we're now hard to impress. Do any of the big spenders here or you well connected kids find yourself getting bored just because you go to so many shows?
ok I'm a little flustered now. I thought I would get the ol' "no, your taste in music just sucks" response so I came back here ready to defend my statement. But you agree with me. Wow.
nkotb
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:35 PM UTC #
Looking at some of these totals, I had two thoughts:

1) I think I need to revise my guess. I have a feeling I'm way too low, and I probably don't catch more than 4-6 shows a month at the most.

2) Having a trust fund must be awesome :D

3) Christ, after typing #2, I think I'm turning into Rhett :eek:
bnyced0
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:45 PM UTC #
You're not white, you're canadian, haven't you read the rule book?

Originally posted by sweetcell:
I was including Joe…..so that makes four
so according to you, i don't make the cut into the big spenders club? not even as the token whitey? :(
TheDirector217
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 01:46 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by bnyced0:
I was including Joe…..so that makes four
so according to you, i don't make the cut into the big spenders club? not even as the token whitey? :(
You're a little more soulful than the average Canadian I've encountered. I'm considering giving you an honorary black person pass. Just don't forsake it/us while you're driving. ;)
skeeter
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 02:15 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
I don't go to very many "big ticket" shows
Ummm…unless you count the tickets I bought today.
:(
SalParadise
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 02:24 PM UTC #
about a $1000
demsrock
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 02:24 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
I don't go to very many "big ticket" shows
Ummm…unless you count the tickets I bought today.
:)
bnyced0
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 02:30 PM UTC #
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by bnyced0:
I was including Joe…..so that makes four
so according to you, i don't make the cut into the big spenders club? not even as the token whitey? :(
You're a little more soulful than the average Canadian I've encountered. I'm considering giving you an honorary black person pass. Just don't forsake it/us while you're driving. :(
andyrichter
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 03:24 PM UTC #
so far this year i figured about $120. an average year probably $300-$400.
ixkpd-bk
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 03:29 PM UTC #
Originally posted by 6949:
Do any of the big spenders here or you well connected kids find yourself getting bored just because you go to so many shows?
For a lot of the bands that I've seen multiple times, with the exception of maybe Daft Punk or Massive Attack, their setlists change (sometimes radically) from show to show, which keeps me on my toes. I don't really get bored at shows. Tired sometimes, but not really bored.
sonickteam2
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Re: How much do you spend on concert admission per year? August 24, 2007 at 03:40 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bnyced0:
You're not white, you're canadian, haven't you read the rule book?
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