The Shameful Cost of the Modern Day Concert Ticket

How much would you pay to see your favourite band? We all found out recently that people were willing to spend a small fortune to see Oasis and there reunion tour in 2025.
Tickets went on sale for arounf the £100 mark, but quickly were affected by Ticketmasters Dynamic Pricing, shooting the price up to a crazy £350. Many people ended up paying this price, out of fear of it rising even higher, or tickets completely selling out.
I decided to look into it. I took to the streets of Manchester and asked the people on the streets if they tried to get tickets, were successfull or not, and what they thought about the price.
To me it is pure greed. The arena level specitcal that these shows take on, strip it of any actually enjoyment and it becomes a self serving profit machine. I do actually quite like Oasis, but I would not pay anywhere near what has been going on.
Let me know your thoughts,
Until Next Time,
W.T
#Oasis #Scam #money #concert #ripoff

[@Silentghos]

After 6-7 hours I got through and it was £1035 for 3 tickets due to dynamic pricing I was like ok let’s do it. Then it went to checkout and crashed. Gutted but also relieved as that was a lot of money.

[@wanderingturnip]

I’m relieved for you 😂

[@uw0tm838]

I've had a similar situation happening to me. NEVER regretted it. NEVER. Thank your gods for the crash or whatever. Everything's for the better.

[@Bwercs]

Shoulda just gone on gigs and tour's, got my tickets for £75 each 👍

[@DMWBN3]

So many people are hooting because prices are too high, then you've got so many people saying they'll pay anything.

[@whatnow9653]

​@@DMWBN3yep, boycott all ticketmaster gigs for 12 months or just bendover, your choice.

[@TubbyMTB]

I’d rather pay a tenner for an Oasis tribute band at a local pub, have a few drinks, sing along, bit of a laugh , kebab, and back home in bed before midnight!

[@Jonnydea]

What a stupid comment.

[@chelfyn]

You'll probably get a more professional show.

[@josephstevenson9549]

Exactly what me and the wife are thinking, as long as pubs don’t charge to get in that is 🤔

[@Stringer13ell]

I wouldnt

[@discinfiltrator_games]

paid 35€ for Oasis in 2007, it was 20€ too much.

[@andreahodson7031]

the problem is so many sheep will pay

[@differentname5867]

Exactly. Just don't buy it you chumps.

[@whatsahellhell]

I really don't think it helps that the live music industry has become extremely monopolised. Not just ticket sellers, but venue owners, concert promoters etc. With minimal competition to lower prices, it's no wonder they're rising so much

[@TheCho-k4m]

Yep, all the phoneys and wannabe fake Manc badboys.

[@Lonewolf__00000]

Yep.. always loads of gullible sheep 🐑

[@paulfrancis8764]

👏

[@stevewiles7132]

The Oasis "time to top up the bank accounts" tour.

[@curtisducati]

Yes both bankrupt as useless on there own , both are crap , together there great but after 15 years there skint alright

[@EllisWR]

Couldn't think of anything worse than paying to stand in a sea of people holding a phone in front of their face. Nobody lives in the moment anymore, sad times.

[@skyepalmer5719]

Absolutely 💯

[@Mistressofthegroove]

So true!

[@visceratrocar]

Concerts cost so much now your memory alone isn't worth the money

[@EllisWR]

@@visceratrocar That's a terrible thought process. There is literally no point filming the exact same thing as 50,000 other people at the same time. New generation value online gratification more than actually enjoying real life. Bizarre.

[@visceratrocar]

@EllisWR Again, when you're 60 years old and barely remember going to a ridiculously overpriced concert, you're gonna wish you had a video. At least the DVD / streaming equivalent.

[@rare_medium]

I paid $5.95 to see Oasis in Providence in 1995. Still have the stub. You can listen to the same show for free on KZbin now. It's impossible to make the leap to current prices when your prime concert days were in the 90s.

[@nelliemelba4967]

Absolutely right. I used to see lots of bands in the 80s and 90s. Tickets were under a tenner then and even accounting for inflation, there is no way I could justify paying the prices asked for now! And it all seems a bit hysterical now too.

[@kbur9292]

It's very easy to make that leap today because nothing new is being created and only decay is visible. You can see it in films and all other forms of media where old films are remade and old bands return because the quality of things today is awful and uninspiring. Oasis returning today is basically everyone from the 90s being given a chance to relive a time of an older Britain that they remember fondly.

[@unusedsub3003]

@microfarming8583 He’s right and you’re wrong.

[@unusedsub3003]

@microfarming8583 Perhaps change your haunts then…..

[@rare_medium]

@@kbur9292 It's true that the musicianship was objectively better in the 70s - 90s and the writing was certainly better for films and television. I think there is also a large contingent of younger people going to see Oasis who weren't born or old enough to catch them the first time around.

[@tonywozere909]

Classical orchestral concerts start from £14 to about £60. Different style of music obvs, but youll get 70 very talented musicians, the best acoustics in great halls and an interesting repertoire that can definitely rock your soul maybe My choice now for a night out's music at affordable price, supporting many people. Bridgewater Manchester, St Davids Hall Cardiff, Royal Festival Hall, London, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Brum Symph Hall

[@FSWGN]

The problem is not because artists ask this price for tickets, the problem is that people ready and pay this much money.

[@jiggersotoole7823]

Spot on. The "punters" are the problem.

[@jonjohnson2844]

I was a ridiculous Oasis fan in the 90s as a teenager, spent all my money on every bit of merch and CDs, I earn a relatively good wage now in my 40s....absolutely no way I'd spend more than £100 for a ticket.

[@leechapman-ri9rb]

A lot of money to hear some ripped off melodies.

[@bepitan]

@@leechapman-ri9rb you are the loser for not being able to enjoy their music ..you let your mind and opinions get in the way ..too bad.

[@emp12345]

I wouldn't waste my money on them, as for a working class band who supported Tony Blair, Labour 97' just a real piss take of a beatles rip off

[@bepitan]

@@emp12345 ..and yet i can hum their tunes in my head and they sound pretty good ..and you remember them quite easily even thirty years later ..go figure.

[@amasim86]

They were shite last night on the Wembley fight

[@seattlebeard]

I'm 64. When I was in my early 20s I went to local shows where it was 3 bands for 3 dollars. When I saw Elton John in the 74 the ticket was $7, which amounted to less than 3 hours pay at minimum wage.

[@99fruitbat94]

Same age here. 😂 £5 to see Status Quo back in the seventies

[@aunch3]

Well thanks for raising the prices for us

[@ShapeyFiend]

Similarly priced cheap gigs still happen all the time. Just go to regular gigs you'll see some of the same acts in their prime will be charging 200 bucks in 20 years time.

[@leewhite2195]

​@@ShapeyFiendThat guy who mentioned The Strokes reminded me,my uncle saw them years ago in a local small venue,holds about 200.

[@martinjenkins8359]

I live in Indonesia and here there are many decent gigs from 5 to 40 quid. Dont bother with major artists - not interesting anyway.

[@somewheredifferent]

Saw them for £25 a ticket at Knebworth, thought they where pretty average then. £350 to see a couple of old grumpy men? I can do that at home for free :) Great coverage of topic that needs questioning for sure. Well done :)

[@lemsip207]

It's their arrogance that gets me. I was asked if I wanted to go with a colleague to see them in 2006 locally when it was much cheaper and Kasabian and the Foo Fighters were supporting them. As much as I wanted to see those two bands I refused. I saw those bands the following year at Live Earth. Plus Oasis weren't the greatest band in the world even when Noel said it. REM.and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were bigger than them at the time. Blur weren't selling as many records but they came onto the scene just before them. Their music is very different as it's less catchy and requires a few listens to get into. The lyrics are a lot deeper. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol has the opposite attitude that the Gallaghers have. He often compares Snow Patrol unfavourably to other bands. He idolises Dave Grohl as Nirvana inspired him to take up the guitar and to strive be a rock star. I saw him posing for a photo with Dave Grohl at a festival on the 00s and he looked more like a chuffed fan than a fellow rock star. There's 7 years between them.

[@domfjbrown75]

I was there on the Saturday. Booting Beatles blew them off the stage, let alone OCS and Prodigy!!!

[@lancpudn]

I stopped going to gigs about 14 years ago because of the ridiculous price of tickets, Ain't no way am I being ripped off by these vulture ticket companies, They can go pound sand.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

All gighing is a nonsense stand in a field PAY FOR IT … stand in a hall shoulder to shoulder PAY FOR IT the songs are free on yt and apps and download

[@LoCoAde87]

Same time frame as myself. 2011 was my last gig. And I have no regrets.

[@import_xlsxwriter]

Why not go to some local gigs in small venues? Even today you can see so many amazing performances for less than a tenner if you look beyond the big names.

[@lancpudn]

@@import_xlsxwriter Yes, I do go to band nights down the pub to support local bands, I do miss seeing the big name bands at top venues though, but I'm not going to be fleeced by these greedy companies, It's a real shame as lots of people myself included have been priced out these days.

[@chazaroony123]

Don’t worry they are pounding the pockets of people that will instead 😅

[@AnnAndNala]

Geez, the greed has gone completely out of control. It's gross actually. Those celebs and the entire music industry are some of the wealthiest people in the world, and what they're doing to their fans (who are their bread and butter) is absolutely disgusting. I wish fans would just stop going to the concerts unless the prices are scaled down to a reasonable price. Force them to respect their fans. When I was young, we could go see an amazing top tier concert for literally under $30.

[@CraftySven]

Great video. What puts me off most is the fact that a lot of people are on their phone during these shows. Every time I see a video of these concerts, it is a audience of iphones.

[@vlada]

Does it affect the sound? Your view of the stage? You're letting how others like to enjoy themselves bother you enough to ruin your enjoyment? What a delicate flower you are

[@scottneil1187]

​@@vladaYes, it does when there's millions of leds blinding you.

[@revivedfears]

You're also likely watching a video filmed on a phone. Can we please stop the pearl clutching about phones, it's fucking boring and had phones been a thing in the 90's they'd have been everywhere back then too.

[@robphilpott43]

@@vladait often affects view of the stage, particularly for someone like my girlfriend who is short in stature.

[@lemsip207]

​@@revivedfearsBut they thought they were watching a professional video before they clicked on it. With the professional ones there are shots from different angles so there must be at least two people filming and moving about between shots or they use camera drones.

[@EgoChip]

I prefer to buy an album and listen to it at home. Crowds are not my thing, I can't deal with live events. There is so much greed involved here too, it's really tone deaf when so many people are struggling.

[@Mayaman67]

I'm inclined to agree. But the musicians I like and have seen are more low key.

[@stellviahohenheim]

No i disagree, people are struggling but not all of them financial, more people are struggling emotionally because of social media that's how you get whales, as long as these whales exists it doesn't matter if normal people is paying or not

[@tunez4uhickman997]

As much as me and lads wanted tickets we pulled out of the queue when I found out my aunt paid £480 for her ticket, we decided to try our chances of getting Glastonbury tickets instead, much better value for money, I have a family and can’t justify handing over that kind of money for a band, it’s not about music or the fans anymore it’s about greed and the Gallagher brothers don’t care if people can’t feed their kids as long as they stay multi millionaires, a couple of sellouts to the music scene

[@Mayaman67]

Beautifully said.

[@tombartram7384]

Looks like lefty Oasis have truly sold out. Lol, see what I did there?

[@Paul-rp7uh]

You contradicted your self a couple of times in your statement,not very impressive.

[@Paul-rp7uh]

​@@Mayaman67no it wasn't.

[@BattleBecause]

Noel's ex-wife took £20 mill in alimony along with his £8 mill house and ONGOING payments. Noel needs the money so badly!

[@andrewwilson5722]

Saw them at old Trafford 2002 ticket £28. Was a good night but not bothered to see them again let alone 22 years later and it's only happening as a money grab

[@jillyanddavedave280]

If all the suckers kept their money in their pockets,the artists would have to bring the price down.

[@MadazzaMusik]

the artist get sod all unless they make it big time i think they should pot all the cash

[@stellviahohenheim]

But it's not the artist they're just performing it's ticketmaster who set up the prices

[@jiggersotoole7823]

@@stellviahohenheim The ticket price is set by those who buy them.

[@John-d9e4x]

Would have to take music lessons rather than posing

[@lemsip207]

Paul Heaton did. He only charges £35 a ticket. He could sell out a venue even if he charged double that.

[@geepersoilyrag1884]

Guy eating his sandwich was switched on. Seemed like a true music fan!

[@lemsip207]

Yes which is why he would pay more to see Paul McCartney or Roger Waters as he doesn't know how long they have left.

[@darrenscott6931]

I flat out refuse to see music / comedy gigs in places with more than 2,000 seats. Completely pointless; your paying to look at a dot with some speakers next to you. I also refuse to use 3rd party ticket companies. The only way to make them go away is to stop using them.

[@lifeisasimulation1671]

It's a valid point; but what a lot of people pay for is the environment. Sounds lame when summarised so simply; but it is what it is. Human Beings remain deeply connected to their primal instincts. It's kinda hard-coded into our DNA, regardless of how educated/woke/modern we consider ourselves. We are still drawn to communal experiences like concerts and festivals because our DNA is hard-wired to seek out collectve rituals. Things like this tap into our ancient desire to come together, share joy, and partake in traditions that feel sacred, reminding us of the human need for connection and celebration. I'm 42 now, but I remember going to Reading festival; The Darkness were nothing but a blip on the stage, but the communal experience was abso-frikken-lutely epic, especially when "I believe in a thing called love" came on. In a way, it's a kind of culture or tradition. A sorely needed (and arguably lost) thing for us all. Those prices do be crazy tho.

[@rare_medium]

Wholeheartedly agree about the venue size. Stadiums are for the youth and even when I was in my youth I hated them. Give me a smokey club with sticky floors any day over a stadium or open field.

[@__-yw1hb]

saw Deftones at The Forum in 2008 for £20. and for a few years they only played the big festivals in Europe, so i think it was 2019 they played a show before Download, but it was at O2 Arena for £50. i hesitated at that price (which i later felt was just the new rate) but more that it was in an enormous venue. as much as i like them, not for me

[@scottneil1187]

Saw The Chili Peppers st Derby Stadium, was pointless, could barely see them, ended up looking at the giant screen.

[@moviesbye9294]

My biggest concert was 60 000 people.

[@selkarogers7662]

I'm seeing PJ Harvey next week in an intimate venue, all tickets are floor and it was $65 Canadian which is equivalent to maybe $35 pounds. She's not gouging her fans.

[@jeffsimon9594]

No such thing as "gouging", ok? No-one is *forcing* anyone to pay stupid money to see those tedious Northern dullards, it is entirely voluntary.

[@Vamosamigo123]

Who?

[@bungle3912]

I paid £9 to see Oasis at the Astoria in 1994, then £12.50 at Earls Court in 1995, then £14.50 for Earls Court in 1997. £360 is absurd.

[@stellviahohenheim]

Ticketmaster should be chased out of Europe

[@tc8066]

The be here now tour was £17.50-£19.00 in 1997, I know as I went to Sheffield and Manchester - but I take your point! I saw Oasis around 6 times between 96-2000 and it cost less than a face value ticket of this cash-grab COMBINED.

[@bungle3912]

@@tc8066 Earl’s court was £14.50 as I still have the ticket.

[@tc8066]

@@bungle3912 Not in 97 it wasn't - £19. The ticket is on Google images for all to see.

[@lemsip207]

They weren't huge until 1997. Before then there were only another Britpop band.

[@Alfredromeothatsme]

A fool and his money are soon parted. 🤣🤣🤣

[@thegodofcycle216]

I wouldn't pay 10p to watch Oasis, never mind £350 plus.

[@ratatat9790]

Same...they'd have to pay me.

[@mikecarton6994]

@@ratatat9790 WOOWW YOU GUYS ARE FKIN COOL ARENT YA

[@theroomshakers1950]

@@mikecarton6994 a fool and his money are easliy parted

[@AapVanDieKaap]

I don't even know them but if I heard one of their hits I'd probably recognize it

[@dcallan812]

If people keep paying the over price, they will keep charging people way over ticket price. Last concert I saw was Patti Smith she was fantastic but the tickets were not that expensive. I dont care who it was I wouldn't pay over £200.00 for a ticket.

[@Mincecroft]

Absolutely. People complain about the prices but they all sell out. The demand is there and yet people are surprised the costs rise to meet the demand. Same with Football or Formula 1 or anything really.

[@artbasss]

I’ve been to 2 McCartney shows in 2003-4. Standing crowd tickets were about 50$. I got in the fan zone after meeting my friend there. He just passed me his fan zone ticket and I got in with it since I was inside the venue already. Watched Macca from 10 meters away for 50 bucks. Good old analog days, relaxed security, no phones in the crowd. One of my mates got in for free with a flyer for a gig of a local band which looked almost exactly like Macca’s ticket. We repeated the same trick with a ticket and he ended up in the fan zone too. Crazy 😂

[@visceratrocar]

I saw Paul McCartney at the Pond in 2002 Back in the US. The version of the CD was the show I went to. Anyway, we were near the front, on the sides, and it costed around $350 each. Not a bad deal for the view we had. But for 3 tickets plus tax it was over $1,000 dollars.

[@artbasss]

@@visceratrocar ouch, that’s pricey. But it was worth it I bet. Macca was in top shape during those US and World tours. Now I wouldn’t go even for free. His voice is gone sadly. What a legend anyway

[@visceratrocar]

@@artbasss Yeah, it was the last tour where he still sounded like himself. I'm really lucky to have seen him.

[@HomerSparkle]

Back in the 80s I went to multiple gigs every week. I saw the likes of the Smiths, the Cure, the Cult, Big Country, Simple Minds, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gunn, Texas ... just about all of them. I think the average ticket price was about a fiver. That's about fifteen quid today, adjusted for inflation. If somebody asked me for £150 for a single ticket to a gig today, I'd just laugh at them. They're taking the piss.

[@thetruthwillout3347]

In 1994 I paid £80 for 2 tickets to see Nirvana at the Brixton Academy...face value of the tickets was £27.50 each! I never got to see them as Kurt passed away about a week before the concert...very sad news RIP. I still have the tickets.

[@wanderingturnip]

Oh no way that’s crazy. I think Nirvana would be in my top 5 gigs, if it were somehow possible

[@thetruthwillout3347]

I was well into Nirvana at the time and I was absolutely gutted. I was glued to the tv for news about Kurts health as he had been taken ill whilst in Italy. Devastating and a tragic end to an amazing artist and band. Good to hear you are also a fan! I seen Slayer in 2015 when they came to my home town....awesome gig and tickets only £45 !! Great video Mr T as always...

[@superjanesaddiction]

I saw Nirvana at their last UK gig at Kilburn National Ballroom in December 91, it was £7.50. Oh and then at Reading Festival August 92 which was about £40 for the full weekend ticket. Great times! Ticketmaster / Live Nation nowadays are legalised daylight robbery! 🤬

[@scottneil1187]

R. I. P. Kurt.

[@MrGeorge07]

People always go on about the types of characters missing in the industry today, we defiantly need someone like Kurt who would call this bullshit out

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

The idiots that pay it. Weakness invites domination

[@mrECisME]

"There's too much inequality"... Gives £1000 to multi millionaire singers for a concert.

[@katesmiles4208]

I wonder how much the performers get. Wouldn't be surprised if they were ripped off too

[@danielcunningham6727]

​@katesmiles4208 ohhh don't you worry throughout their whole tour they're going to be earning about 50 million each or there abouts whilst half the country lives in poverty

[@HenritheHorse]

BlackRock owns Ticketmaster.

[@Puffball-ll1ly]

I've come to the sad conclusion 95% of those who walk among us are stupid

[@hedernop1985]

Ticketmaster and Live Nation ruin it

[@tomiasthexder7673]

The same people complaining about cost of living will pay $500 for a concert ticket to a washed up band.

[@juliaeckhard2164]

Exactly,& Oasis ,worst Whiney ,nasally ,ugly etc etc so called band

[@teddybear9029]

People will pay for this overrated shit!

[@InvestgoldUK]

Take me away, cos I just don't want to pay

[@Object29]

Great video! My favourite band is The Cure and thankfully Robert Smith is one of the few artists that keeps ticket prices ‘affordable’ and rejects the dynamic pricing model. He also challenged Ticketmaster on their fees and secured refunds for part of the fees to many US fans.

[@PazEdenMoor]

I logged in at 8am for the UK 9am drop. I sat for around 3 hours in a queue to join the queue. Then it kicked me out saying I was a BOT! So I re-joined the queue. At around 15:00 So 6 hours later I got to number 1 in the queue and then bingo I could see some seats in the stadium to pick from... Starting at £150 all the way up-to £457 or something like that. Every seat I picked vanished before you could place it in your baskets. In the end I selected every price... £150 gone... £255 gone....£357 gone....In the end I thought sod it. I'm going to hit the £450 option and it took much longer to load. I was thinking OMG don't work now, at that price. But it also failed. At that point I realised they must be all gone but the system is broken, So I left around 16:00. So I spent 7 hours for nothing.

[@moviesbye9294]

That's what you get for listening to garbage 😂

[@itchy...claypit]

...and the moral of the story is?

[@FraserBailey-jm5yz]

For as long as people are stupid enough to pay the prices, the greed will continue. I have no sympathy for anyone who pays these insane prices.

[@captcomps]

This is an excellent documentary on this madness. Thanks for taking the time to put it together in such an informative and entertaining way. I love you little films on decline in town centres, and this adds a significant strong to your bow for sure. We; done.

[@christopherreynolds9254]

This video made me realise how poor I am. People willing to casually drop £400 on tickets to see bands. I couldn’t even afford to pay £100

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

you're not alone ☝️ and neither am i ✅️

[@scottneil1187]

Couldn't afford a tenner myself. Times are grim.

[@raregrimebeats1352]

I paid about 100£ for pantera @ Wembley and that’s the highest I’d pay for a artist I really like in a big venue. 400£ for anyone is nuts

[@JohnFergos]

I would pay 400 for the old cfh lineup​@@raregrimebeats1352

[@Reba-123]

Paid £27 to see Michael Jackson in the 80s … around £40 for simply Red just before lockdown ….

[@pauljakeman]

Wow! Ticket prices are ridiculous nowadays. I stopped going to concerts for bigger bands years ago when it was hitting around £50. I just didn’t feel it was worth it anymore. But when it’s hundreds. As you said here tickets for Glastonbury are the same price, and look how many more you can see! People need to stop paying this amount as it will carry on. But of course with overhyped bands people will just do it then moan after.

[@lemsip207]

Plus at Glastonbury it's not only music. There is the theatre and circus field and beyond that the green field and Shangri-la La. Lots of amazing art installations and experiences. In Trash City one year they recreated a down at heel 70s Manhattan night club that you could go inside. There are talks in Left Field.

[@pauljakeman]

@@lemsip207 I’ve never been so forgot about the sheer size of it all. That’s well worth the money!

[@robinbennett3531]

a weeks camping and 100s of bands etc. at Pilton=good value

[@fidgetspinner343]

At last someone has covered this!! I always wondered which artist or tour it was, that was the tipping point that took us from £30 a ticket in the late 90s to £100-£200 today? Or was it just the death of CD sales and no money in downloads/KZbin that did it?

[@liubovliubov]

Probably the death of CD sales. People stream or download music these days and only pay for live shows (concerts or festivals), and it's the only way musicians get profit.

[@richardslifer1052]

The increase in operational costs and material costs likely contributed as well.

[@lennoxmate4064]

Phil Collins was the first to charge £100 a concert ticket.

[@haldir3120]

Also by not bying CDs anymore the fans have more disposable to spend on their favourite act. It is the minor contributior compared to the lower income through streaming sales

[@lennoxmate4064]

@@haldir3120 I still buy physical media. CD’s, LP’s and 4K and Bluray movies.

[@abbeyclock4650]

People need to learn to say more often: "At that price, I can do without." This is not only for concert tickets, but for anything.

[@neilthehermit4655]

Nope. Wouldn't pay that much for any band's live performance. - The amount of profit middlemen/resellers make is sickening.

[@Mayaman67]

And they are set to make a few hundred million. At their age , they don't need that much. Give something back. Ego and money , that's what it's about. And the punters are no better because they will pay those stupid amounts just to say they were there. Each to his / her own I suppose.

[@bernarddickson3675]

Even if it all went to the band, no way I would pay it

[@importedmusic]

They complain about the cost of living and food banks but still pay for this...

[@ChingChangWallah.]

I wouldn't pay £350 to a tout, let alone directly to the band.

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

2014 Black Sabbath in Hyde Park I paid £80,00 along with Motorhead, Soundgarden and Faith No More, but I would have paid the £80,00 just for Black Sabbath alone, they we're incredible, I've never heard a band sound that good.

[@EverythingYouDoIsABalloon]

What an odd way to write 8 grand. If you didn't mean that then you should have used a full stop and not a comma. No need for the 00 after it anyway either, just write £80 ffs.

[@ChorltonM21]

I paid just £5.00 to see Sabbath in 1975 at the Hardrock in Manchester

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

@@EverythingYouDoIsABalloon cry more 😆 😆 😆 PMSL

[@jasonmcclatchie6877]

That is a hell of a lineup!

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

@@EverythingYouDoIsABalloon also you do realise 8 grand would be £8,000 😆

[@kennethausten]

I walked out of British rail ticket office. They wanted £480 return to London. As bad as Oasis tickets. Never went. Not giving BR that sort of cash.

[@jasonk7072]

On the one hand this fiasco has exposed the grift, but on the other hand whilst everyone’s moaning they’re still queuing up with their credit cards held aloft. Best time to buy is outside the venue when they take the stage, just before the tickets in the tout’s hand become worthless.

[@lemsip207]

But then you don't get the atmosphere of anticipation and see them take to the stage.

[@tjbonzai87]

I went to darts at Leeds arena and beer price was £9 for a pint of carling or greenking. For a sport generally associated with drinking with your mates, it felt like robbery and left a sour taste in my mouth. I wouldn't go again because of this

[@lucydawson1344]

Another interesting video David! I have paid £100 a ticket for Billy Joel at Wembley stadium in 2019. Saw pet shop boys and Rick Astley this year paid around £40 a ticket in Nottingham arena. I love theatre too but a lot of those now do dynamic pricing too especially down in London. I have 11 year old twins so I’m a bit limited with how much I can spend on tickets now and indeed on things like hotels etc but I love theatre and gigs. I’d love to go to festivals etc too but they’re too pricey for us now too!

[@unchattytwit]

Amazing that some of those people can form a sentence, breath or walk. Wonders never cease. Someone clamps his car whilst you're talking to him - classic.

[@TheMcesar84]

Paid just about as much as I did for a concert ticket in Chicago for 2 beers ($20.12 USD each) and offsite parking 2/3 of a mile away ($35). Sad what's become of the concert industry thanks to the monopolies of LiveNation and Ticketmaster that are able to control the market unabated.

[@muldoon67]

I queued from 8 till 1pm. 80K ahead of me in the line. Finally got in and the only tickets left were 900 for 2 tickets. Needless to say I didn't bother. Last saw them at Wembley in 2000 price was 27 quid!

[@Libertarian606]

When Nick Cave wanted £75 for a ticket to watch him in a park around 2017 I vowed I’d never pay for live music again. Have put on around a dozen high quality production gigs for FREE since. I do not miss lining the pockets of egomaniacs and corporate wankers one little bit

[@rafiqadarr6217]

Well said!!

[@alastairnicolson4992]

Far better catching them on the way up. One of my most treasured memories is seeing the Cranberries in a tiny venue in Mold. 1991. Wouldn't have been more than a fiver. RIP Dolores, an eternal inspiration.♥

[@MelissasArt]

I wouldn't pay that kind of money to see anyone. Nor be as desperate to sit in a queue for hours on end to do so.

[@icosiel]

£100 For a ticket is absurd, granted there are overheads, but these prices are just crazy. Glad I'm into more obscure artists where the prices are up to £25. Then again, if you have the disposable cash, and it means so much to you, why not.

[@MyNameIsJefe-h6v]

Treat them like superstars and they will treat you like a fan.

[@ondrejkonopasek9363]

Great video! One little detail; based on Bank of England inflation calculator, 50gbp in 1998 is 94gbp in 2024. Thats almost 100% more, so it was really worth to mentioned, and put the 1998 price in the perspective of todays money...

[@elvisburgerking8675]

When I was a lot younger I went to many gigs, saw great bands play , Blondie, The Clash, The Who, The Jam, Specials, Selector, Bad Manners, Madness, Sex Pistols, Motorhead, Pretenders, Siouxsie & Banshees, Stiff Little Fingers, Ramones and many more, and at University weekly gig tickets for a lot of B listers, and bands from John Peels shows, and 1 hit wonders were usually £5 or a bit more. some of those £5 tickets were actually really good like Cocteau Twins, Shakespeare's Sister, Tourists, Xmal Deutschland, Pogues, Nena, Creatures, Michele Shocked, Joy Division, Kirsty McCall, and more I can't even remember their names. I even went to a Sam Fox gig at a local bus station which I think was also £5. but last gig I went to was Space Raiders, a long time ago, about 25 years ago if not mistaken, it was in Manchester and tickets were free because Mark Hornby was a friend when he lived up North and worked in the NHS, before moving to Brighton. ah, actually thinking about it later than that I accidentally ended up at a Cheeky Girls gig in Blackpool or Liverpool, which was also free.

[@RexMundi_UTC]

The only thing that will work is a mass boycott of the ticket companies.

[@jerrywallop5647]

The sheer stupidity of the masses……..makes me puke

[@jimbobmaximus515]

It cost me 22.95 quid to see them in knebworth, with inflation that works out at 44.63. Its a fucking ripoff nowadays

[@heathermartin8932]

The most I have paid to see a gig is £70 for Iggy Pop and Blondie. £45 for Prince £35 for Bauhaus £32.50 for Super Furry Animals £25 for Television I have paid more for a 3 day festival ticket, but that`s for a lot more groups! The truth is there are still loads of good gigs that are priced fairly. For instance I am going to see Goat in October in London and that ticket costs £25......

[@BattleBecause]

How did you space out your comment like that??

[@useyourbrain.5574]

The fault is at the idiots paying these extortionate prices. Why support any band that are ripping off their fans.

[@jamiepike6909]

I remember going to watch the stones for £28 in the 90’s. The cost and hassle of going has just put me off. Nothing to do with if I can afford it, but I just can’t believe how much everything has gone up.

[@uniqueaerialvideoltd2863]

Saw them for 22 quid 1990, Wembley.

[@EverythingYouDoIsABalloon]

Going to a gig is like going fucking abroad these days. They've sucked the fun out of it and venues are just like airports with all the bullshit security. I don't agree with having to take my passport out to a rave or whatever and despise having my shite rifled through by a brainless goon on the door. Fuck it.

[@uniqueaerialvideoltd2863]

​@EverythingYouDoIsABalloon Spot on. Everything just gets worse. I hate the 21st Century.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

I'm a music junkie, and if Jimi Hendrix rose from the dead for 1 night only and was playing in my home town i wouldn't pay $350 to see him.

[@whatsahellhell]

The problem with concert tickets is just as unique as it is tied to everything else. The unique bit is like the bloke interviewed said, streaming services have lead to many artists (not Oasis and Swift level but) only having one leg to stand on. Concerts used to be to promote the albums, which were artists main income. Now all that income has disappeared. The bit that isn't unique, is it's like many things in this country- it's become an entirely top heavy and unsustainable industry. Tickets have rose at every level, but the grassroots. Stadiums, arenas, 3k-5k venues, all increased. 100-500 capacity venues and artists can't afford to do the same or no one will turn up. If this continues, the industry will die. It's that simple. Football has figured this out, the live music industry hasn't yet. Weird example, but pyro and cyro at gigs. The cost of energy and co2 has risen so much that if artists want to use these things in shows, the cost gets passed onto the consumer. Someones still making all this money. It's not like the money all vanishes. As usual in neoliberal Britian, those with the largest pockets are the only ones not only not contributing, but laughing to the bank on the back of eveyone else's misery

[@lemsip207]

Yes some bands only aimed to break even with tours as long as they sold a lot of albums. Then once there was free streaming through Spotify, Napster, KZbin and Daily Motion ticket prices rocketed. It only costs to download now. Personal computers didn't used to have enough bandwidth and RAM space for videos.

[@unomas4250]

I saw them at Knebworth in 1996. Ticket price was £22.50 (plus booking fee). The line-up was Bootleg Beatles, Chemical Brothers, Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy then Oasis. Adjust that for inflation and that would be about £45 in today's money. So even the standard price was excessive, let alone with this dynamic pricing bollocks. I didn't bother trying to get a ticket. I was lucky enough to see them 3 times the first time around, so I'm happy to leave it there and spend my money on checking out smaller bands in smaller venues who need the money.

[@terry4333]

Whats more Shameful is the Mugs that pay it.

[@gogovideo10]

The most I paid to see my favourite artist was £1200, but it was for a 4 day music festival at sea from Miami to Cozumel and back. Most I’ve paid for a ticket to see them on land was £90 at Leeds Festival (day ticket) and £45 for their own show (back in 2012) They recently came back to the UK in 2023 and charged £90 a ticket, I didn’t even try to get a ticket. I saw them in 2018 twice, in London and Manchester, they charged £35 for those tickets. My days of going to gigs are coming to an end, I used to be a huge lover of live music, but these artists are charging rent prices for tickets now, and frankly it’s just not worth it. My rent is £115 a week, quite reasonable by any metric, but if a concert comes anywhere close to that amount, there’s no way I’m going to spend it on a 3-4 hour experience, but especially not for artists I’ve already seen many times for less in their prime.

[@Victoria-gq8gt]

A fool and his money are easily parted.

[@newsoftheday420]

It won't even remotely be the same as the nineties, people have forgotten how to party these days and will just be standing there with their phones out. SAD AF!!

[@MetzGaming]

Favourite band is Depeche Mode. I saw them last year in Rome and paid about £150 a ticket for myself and my wife. thats about as much as I’d be willing to pay, and that was on the proviso that it’s likely their last ever tour.

[@wairren]

Sadly - very sadly - Depeche Mode are one of the very worst for price gouging. They've been in bed with LiveNation (Ticketmaster's parent company) for a decade now. I write this as a fan.

[@judeh2646]

I paid $125 CAD for floor tickets for Duran Duran in Edmonton, Alberta in 2017. I paid close to that for The Eagles in 2009 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Paul McCartney in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2014. Like one of the people said, they've honed their craft and you want to see them before it's too late. The Eagles gig in 2009 was with the original members and I'll never forget it! I paid around $50 CAD to see The Arctic Monkeys in Saskatoon in 2011 in the dingiest venue I've ever been to and it was awesome!

[@Chelsss703]

I went to the Eras tour for Taylor and we paid £95 a ticket. We were right at the top in Edinburgh, but we found it so easy. We bought tickets on AXS, it was so much easier than ticketmaster

[@Dangerdangerwillrobinson]

The auld fella was bang on about Ticketmaster at 07:21 when he says this: “They’re bandits. They may as well wear masks.” I thought the suited young man eating his sandwich from 13:24 had a good perspective about the value of art and artists.

[@quanchyplimp]

I saw Pink Floyd on the last night at Earls Court in 1994, tickets were £22.50, what a night!!, proper band, proper music, proper musicians. I also saw Ozric Tentacles in 2008, tickets were £12.50.

[@colincampbell4261]

I go to small gigs in my local venues. Oais played The Limelight on the way up. £10.

[@scubagooner367]

Dynamic pricing is an absolute con. I was one of the lucky ones who got tickets at £150. Even £150 is ridiculously expensive though!

[@bigeein]

Acdc , black ice tour, Hampden Park Scotland, £130. Which was a re-sold ticket. Face value was £65.00. Oasis, I wouldn’t open the curtains if they were playing in the back garden. £350 a ticket is a joke.

[@Marios-br1hm]

The problem is mainly ticket master and the gov must do something about it. BUT also the people that are willing to pay that much for a ticket are also a problem unfortunately. If they didn't then the prices would be lowered to where they must be. Dynamic pricing for concerts is absurd. And that didn't used to be the case few years ago. I don't understand why people think it's normal to pay 3 digit prices for a concert for normal seat. Crazy! VOTE WITH YOUR MONEY

[@advancedwatcher]

In fifty years of concert-going, I think the most I paid was £55 for The Gloaming in Dublin. I saw David Bowie at the Free Trade Hall in 1973 for 80p and 5p of that was the booking fee.

[@leewhite2195]

Seeing Ziggy live would have been the ultimate for me.

[@advancedwatcher]

@@leewhite2195 It was memorable, even from the back row of the gods.

[@SW-tw8rf]

Very good video thank you for doing it. On another video you show brilliant houses for sale in the north of England in really good areas for sale for £20k. That is 66 concert tickets at £300. I think if you only want to be housed where you cant afford and never will be able to afford then you are cutting your nose off to spite your face. These opportunities won't last forever. Your channel is brilliant.

[@stevenfitzmaurice]

Noel and Liam are hypocrites. If they had any morals they would have made sure the working class at all ages can afford it.

[@MichaelNovak1987]

It's a working class band after all...

[@sanmiguel4019]

They must need the money, Noel's last divorce cost him 20 mil!

[@piddlydiddly]

Blink 182 (our fav band) we paid £150 each but it was from a dif website as they'd sold out and resale was a lot more than that. Took us hours of debating whether to pay it, so I do think that was the very max we'd have paid and I dont think we'd pay it again, though really did enjoy it. I also much prefer smaller venues were you'll rarely pay over £40

[@user-ev8vh3hp6n]

What a bunch of sellouts they are... Something needs to seriously have to be done about ticketmaster as well. Absolutely insane

[@mikemcguire2076]

One of your best - we need more of this kind of accessible journalism, exposing the greed and exploitation in our cynical society. I don't suppose the brothers have come out and said that they will refund the difference between the original ticket prices and the ripped-off ones - no, didn't think so. My last big gig was Pink Floyd at the infamous Earls Court "tour" - the seating collapse was, I think, on the Wednesday, and me and my daughter went on the Friday. Great gig and we got our tickets and a stay at a top hotel, near to the Post Office Tower, for less than £150 for both of us (the next morning we went for an early walk in Hyde Park, once we had got our hearing back, and rescued a squirrel in a rubbish bin - its illegal now but was OK back then). The big downer was that it was in the middle of the period when the morons in the audience stood up and waved their lighters during the performance. And now we get them all waving mobile phones - as a suggestion, just get a bit of software on your phone where you can superimpose yourself on an audience image you have downloaded to "prove" you were there, download and play the gig for free, settle back with a takeaway and save yourself hundreds of pounds. I know the whole point of a live gig is the experience, but what kind of experience is it to spend hundreds of pounds to join in with a synchronised iPhone waving event ?

[@mjci3507]

It's called "dynamic pricing", and if the European Union don't create a law it will go on. With AI TicketMaster can do this all the time, all the concerts and gigs. But people are willing to pay. And say "I was there" I tried to get tickets, when I saw what was going on I left the page. Not worth the stress and frustration.

[@mickthemerciless9694]

Multi millionaire bands and stars ripping off their fans instead of giving a bit back.

[@pieterbalk-ht7kq]

It’s the Ticketmasters variable ticketsystems based on demand and supply @Wandering Turnip . And yes, @Oasis could had said, like Taylor Swift, “we don’t want this”! But Noel’s divorce cost him a LOT. The obly reason why he agreed to do this reunion btw. Love the end of the video ha ha ha ha ha the typical concert goer in 2024.

[@Kim-Jong-Un-4]

I doubt Noel is skint after his divorce. Load of codswallop.

[@charlesbolton8471]

@@Kim-Jong-Un-4 I don’t think that’s really the point of the comment. The artists can OPT OUT of Dynamic Pricing if they want, but clearly they chose to allow it. Ticketmaster/LiveNation also has the option for Face Value reselling that prevents huge markups in the reseller market, but I’ve only bought tickets one concert where that option was taken by the artist. I haven’t gone to any where Dynamic Pricing was in effect. Although it can seem like “Dynamic Pricing” after all the fees get added to the original ticket price. I’m in the US, and my state (Tennessee) passed a law requiring “all in pricing” which means that all the “fees” have to be shown when you pick the ticket before you get to the checkout screen.

[@bw7043]

Great video. Epitomises society today and the pure greed of the powers that be.....the masses against the classes.

[@kurtzcol]

high prices and cell phones have ruined shows for me

[@LordWalsallian]

Where do they get off charging those ridiculous prices? There’s no singer or musician on Earth i’d pay that much to see. I wouldn’t even pay that much to see my favourite musician for that much! Grieves me when the price is over £60.

[@wrenn.muller]

Gonna need a minute to appreciate this man’s hair! F*ck sake almighty! SWOON ALERT!!!

[@tcaudiobooks737]

@@digidol52 Thirded. The swashbuckling adventurer look is working.

[@superdarkenvy]

I thought the face value tickets were a piss take. Can't believe people actually thought £150 for general standing was ok, nevermind over £300 once the price went up.

[@jaceacekalgoorlie]

Bands dont have fans, they have customers, its a business

[@carolynmartell2334]

As a teenager in Newcastle in the late 70s and early 80s I saw many many big bands of the day at Newcastle City Hall, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Van Helen, Motörhead, AC/DC etc etc. I paid on average £2.50 per ticket. I recently paid £250 for a Taylor Swift ticket.

[@beebeelicious]

Ironically, Nirvana ( if possible obviously) would be the only one I would pay loads for.

[@Noname-oo9gn]

I'll second that 😊

[@OSW]

Great video! And it was nice of Liam to remove everyone's FOMO by tanking his performance at the boxing last night.

[@rowly132]

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[@kellybray3685]

I know I am commenting way after this video was posted, however, I found it so interesting! That fact that I am seeing it today is such a coincidence! My daughter-in-law was offered last weekend, $7,000.00 Cdn for her Taylor Swift ticket, who arrived last week and last performances this week (virtually shutting down our entire city!) She bought her ticket last Oct 2023. She only paid approx $300.00. I agree that the prices nowadays, is completely out of hand. This pricing puts so many people at an advantage. Probably most people! The tickets for every concert here in Toronto is just as insane. Then I think about how we never paid more than $35.00 back in the 70's and 80's for Supertramp, Rolling Stones, Tears for Fears, Michael Jackson, Springsteen, Alice Cooper, etc...and there was no nonsense of being online for 10 hours for the lottery! Of course, all prices are up on everything, but the ticket prices back then were still affordable in comparison to what the minimum working wage was. So sad what is happening. Imagine what 30 years from now will be like!😏

[@Trainorplus44]

My fave band is Blink 182, when they got back together in 2022 and put tickets up (£90) even in there presale I was 33,000 in a queue (arena only holds 6000) I missed out. Seen them loads before, wasn’t willing to pay £300+ in the re-sell. Let the people that are putting them on credit cards have at it I say. Bands are responsible for this not just the ticket sites / promoters. I wouldn’t go and see Oasis if they were playing on my driveway, that’s just personal taste, so fair play to them for their popularity and being able to make this much money. This country is broken. I saw you in Hebden 2 weeks ago, you let me cross the road by the park/ cinema / nightjar and I only realised afterwards who was driving 😂

[@stephenclark9917]

Hebden in North Yorkshire, near Grassington?