06-12-2026, 12:52 AM
It's ridiculous how much the tickets are. They'll be in CT in November and the scalpers verified resellers are trying to sell $400 tickets for $1,100 and it's not even a sold out show. Even the $400 is way more than reasonable. How can a concert ticket cost 1/5 of your average rent? The problem are the stupid rich and the just plain stupid. If people actually complained with their wallets and didn't go to these shows then prices would come down. But instead, people complain and then say "oh well, it is what it is" and fork over the money.
Accounting for inflation, $400 today would be like spending $200 back in 1999. Although, the Iron Maiden tickets I got, if I compare it to the last time I saw them on their Somewhere on Tour back in '87, it would have been equivalent to a $43 ticket. A bit on the high end, but manageable...
Accounting for inflation, $400 today would be like spending $200 back in 1999. Although, the Iron Maiden tickets I got, if I compare it to the last time I saw them on their Somewhere on Tour back in '87, it would have been equivalent to a $43 ticket. A bit on the high end, but manageable...