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Originally Posted by melon
Well as far as a back row seat goes it was quite expensive, $132, where most of the time for a back seat you'd pay around $99. Most of the big bands seem to be around $132 for the "cheap" seats out here. I'm not sure what the people at the front and in the standing section were paying, but it was quite pricey.
The Rolling Stones are coming soon and their tickets were way too expensive for me to even consider.
I actually remember watching the people way down at the front getting excited and jumping around during the show and all my memories of how I felt at the front for Meat's shows in the UK.
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I don't know what the ticket pricing was like in Australia, but in the U.S., the best seats and GA standing costs about the same as it does for higher up in the arena. It takes a bit of work to get those front spots, though; in Europe, people start lining up literally days before the concert. The arenas in the U.S. don't want to be responsible for people on the premises for days, so in the U.S. they use a lottery system, which still requires several hours of your time, and you still might not make the pit.
I did the European-style lineup one time, and each method has it's advantages. Both are totally worth it, IMO.
Bruce's top ticket price in the U.S. is around $100.
The Stones prices were ridiculous here as well, but I totally lucked out with a pair of $85 "mystery seats" that ended me up in the pit.
It happened here that they adjusted prices closer to the show dates, as I assume tickets didn't sell at the higher price points- kind of a good strategy, actually, IMO. That's not to say they weren't still pretty expensive, but less so. Decent seats could be had for $125 or so. Maybe they will do something similar Down Under.