I always thought artists were grossly underpaid for what they did live back in the eighties. I don't mind forking out a couple hundred bucks or more to see a good act.
I'm not rich, so I do mind.
I call BS that my older brother who turns 50 this year was able to see AC/DC, Kiss, Aerosmith, Journey, Queen, Rush, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, J. Geils Band, etc... as a teenager on a minimum wage job with no help from my parents whereas now you better have a very well-off job if you want to see that many artists. I think its wrong when people like Justin Bieber charge $200 when none of his fans can even afford that, that's probably six months babysitting right there. Those girls have to put off buying anything else and save save save just so they can see a millionaire brat. My parents bought me great seats to Michael Jackson when I was eight, four tickets cost around $100 total... Michael Jackson then was one of the hottest artists in the world and yet eight tickets of his in 1988 is the same as one to see the same seat for Gaga or Bieber now? That is wrong... MJ was by far hotter then.
$100 is the absolute max a concert should cost, and that is if you're in the best seats possible. Anything above that is pure rock star greed demanding us little people support their lifestyle.
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